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Points: 5127 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2012 at 12:39
Funny how we all have such different perceptions.
To me cheesy has never had anything to do with music being overblown or pretentious.
That someone says that ELP, Wakeman or Genesis Return of The Giant Hogweed is cheesy is completely against my perception of the term.
 
I have always associated the term to pseudo-prog which has a lot of commercial and pop leanings, perfect examples being the poppiest songs in Neal Morse's Lifeline such as The Way Home, God's Love and Children Of The Chosen (and having nothing to do with the religious lyrics, I mean the musical style).
 
Or the poppiest songs of Moon Safari (such as The Gods of Flowers Past in Blomljud which even with a lenght of nearly 10 min it's clearly based on pop chord progressions and melodies but with prog arrangement).
 
Ayreon indeed have a few cheesy ones.
 
In other words songs which are basically pop songs and then arranged into a proggy fashion by adding a couple of time breaks here and there, a gilmouresque solo, the instrumentation etc.
 
Although the cheesiest prog band must surely be Bunchacheeze Wink


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I used the word "cheesy" in college to describe guys who hit on girls all the time.  For music that I consider a bit embarrassing for its ingratiating manner with an absence of irony, I use the word "corny".

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Originally posted by bb1319 bb1319 wrote:

Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:


Originally posted by HackettFan HackettFan wrote:

Hmm... I think of anything cheesy as being commercialized. Frank Zappa expounds upon the term cheese inside one of his album jackets. I can't remember which album, You Are What You Is maybe. It's been a long time since I read it, but it still guides my interpretation of the word.
A little earlier in his discography, but do you remember Suzy Creamcheese?


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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by AlexDOM AlexDOM wrote:

Return of the Giant Hogweed by Genesis comes to my mind.
It's such a fun song

But  not "cheesy"

Agreed.  "Your Own Special Way" by Genesis on W&W always comes to my mind as cloyingly sweet cheese.  

This definition of "cheesy" seems to nail it down for me:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cheesy


"This is an important word and nobody has it right yet. What it means is: Trying too hard, unsubtle, and inauthentic. 

Specifically that which is unsubtle or inauthentic in its way of trying to elicit a certain response from a viewer, listener, audience, etc. Celine Dion is cheesy because her lyrics, timbre, key changes, and swelling orchestral accompaniment telegraph 'I want you to be moved' instead of moving you."





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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

An example of 'cheesy' prog, imo, would be 'Surrounded' by Dream Theater.

I actually really like that song, but hey..

I don't regard over the top music as 'cheesy' To me the term has always meant music that overplays the sentimental, so it by no means refers to just prog rock. Any musical genre can fall victim to cheese. Indeed, in the world of power ballads, the more cheese, the better..so it seems.



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Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:


Originally posted by HackettFan HackettFan wrote:

Hmm... I think of anything cheesy as being commercialized. Frank Zappa expounds upon the term cheese inside one of his album jackets. I can't remember which album, You Are What You Is maybe. It's been a long time since I read it, but it still guides my interpretation of the word.
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Originally posted by HackettFan HackettFan wrote:

Hmm... I think of anything cheesy as being commercialized. Frank Zappa expounds upon the term cheese inside one of his album jackets. I can't remember which album, You Are What You Is maybe. It's been a long time since I read it, but it still guides my interpretation of the word.


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I think of cheesy as being way over the top.  Rick Wakeman performing an ice show of King Arthur comes to mind as the cheesiest of cheesy prog.
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Originally posted by AlexDOM AlexDOM wrote:

Return of the Giant Hogweed by Genesis comes to my mind.
It's such a fun song

But  not "cheesy"
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Return of the Giant Hogweed by Genesis comes to my mind.
It's such a fun song
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Hmm... I think of anything cheesy as being commercialized. Frank Zappa expounds upon the term cheese inside one of his album jackets. I can't remember which album, You Are What You Is maybe. It's been a long time since I read it, but it still guides my interpretation of the word.
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Not only modern "prog metal" ballads are cheesie, we also got some cheese dripping Anderson song along the way.
Infact i was begging my record dealer, to get me the first edition vinyl, instead of the second edition he had on stock.
Just because i wanted the otherwise great album, not to start with this. 
 
 
 
I was crazy about Yes/Anderson, back then, but this and a few other tracks was too slimy.
Nowadays i generally find Yes to be a bit cheesie, but still like to listen to them, now and then.


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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Ayreon are the kings of cheese. And no, cheesiness is not good in music.
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But yeah, on a more serious note, I guess it refers to prog that is overblown, somewhat plastic and by the numbers so to speak. I am not naming names here, because I won't pull this thread into the gutter. I will say this though, a lot of the modern production values that now seem tattooed onto the genre itself, to me at least, unwillingly maybe - stands for most of the cheese this style of music has to offer. The lacking warmth and "noise" of the production literally lures cheese into the music.
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An example of 'cheesy' prog, imo, would be 'Surrounded' by Dream Theater.

I actually really like that song, but hey..

I don't regard over the top music as 'cheesy' To me the term has always meant music that overplays the sentimental, so it by no means refers to just prog rock. Any musical genre can fall victim to cheese. Indeed, in the world of power ballads, the more cheese, the better..so it seems.

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There is a knive made for cutting Progressive Cheese :
Ergo Progressive Cheese exist
 
 


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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

Dream Theater is pretty sticky.

Yeah, I'd have to agree with that!  

Even worse....I attended the Dream Theater show in Chicago a few years back.  Opening for DT were "Zappa Plays Zappa," which is sublime and not to be missed....."Scale the Summit," an instrumental, guitar-prog band from Texas that channels Fripp's gamelan music....

.....and THIS mess, "Big Elf"!!   Music for raging headaches!  I submit this as proof positive of the existence of prog cheese:
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It's about putting mainstream Beegee-like pop sillyness into progressive rock, with Kansas being one of the best examples.
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Dream Theater is pretty sticky.
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Originally posted by smartpatrol smartpatrol wrote:

I think the only truluy cheesey/pretentious Prog band I've heard is ELP. Still like em, though.

Hmmm...I'd agree with that!  Emerson wrestling with a Hammond organ onstage, plunging a dagger into the keyboard with great drama, would seem to fit the bill.  

However, many of the greats seemed to wallow in a sea of cheese!  Sir Richard Wakeman?   This photo reeks of prog cheesiness!  




I would call this photo a more classic version of the P word.


This here be cheesy.

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