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Joined: December 01 2010
Location: London, England
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Posted: September 29 2012 at 04:32
Prog to me is a willingness to experiment, to expand the boundaries, seek the new. Ironically, a lot of music classified as prog because of its execution, is often a style simply copied from other prog bands, not new or experimental at all. It should be a principle, not a style.
Regarding Radiohead, if I have a criticism of the band, it would be that they experiment too much, and keep losing direction and shape. But that does mean that regardless of the quality of the results, it is pure exploration and, in my books, that would clearly classify them as Prog.
I bought OK computer - expecting it to be this brilliant opus - it's just a crock of sh*t!....Prog it aint - not to compare with any of the proper exponents of prog....end of...pop music - yeah - AOR maybe - Emperors new clothes definately!!!
Joined: December 20 2010
Location: Tomorrowland
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Posted: September 29 2012 at 15:28
M27Barney wrote:
I bought OK computer - expecting it to be this brilliant opus - it's just a crock of sh*t!....Prog it aint - not to compare with any of the proper exponents of prog....end of...pop music - yeah - AOR maybe - Emperors new clothes definately!!!
Prog or not prog is irrelevant to me but Kid A/Amnesiac is more progressive than every single one of your post classic era favorite albums (according to your ratings). You should all check them out before you feel you have a right to an opinion.
But if prog is a defined genre with rules to follow (which would be absurd) and not progressive rock I guess your list of pompous retro prog/generic prog metal is what's real prog.
Joined: September 03 2006
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Posted: September 29 2012 at 20:33
M27Barney wrote:
I bought OK computer - expecting it to be this brilliant opus - it's just a crock of sh*t!....Prog it aint - not to compare with any of the proper exponents of prog....end of...pop music - yeah - AOR maybe - Emperors new clothes definately!!!
What exactly is AOR about Airbag, Climbing the Walls or Paranoid Android? And could you please define "proper exponents of prog"?
Joined: June 04 2010
Location: Terria
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Posted: September 29 2012 at 20:34
M27Barney wrote:
I bought OK computer - expecting it to be this brilliant opus - it's just a crock of sh*t!....Prog it aint - not to compare with any of the proper exponents of prog....end of...pop music - yeah - AOR maybe - Emperors new clothes definately!!!
Joined: September 03 2005
Location: Olympus Mons
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Points: 15916
Posted: September 29 2012 at 22:12
Radiohead = A.O.R. ???? I had my belly-larf for the day - thanks. I used to dis Yorke and his band of try-hard musicians with a passion. Since I acquired KID A - love the album, have a high respect for the band and agree that they are 'progressive' (as opposed to 'Prog'). They are alternative at the heart, but bleedin' experimental and original.
I threw in "AOR" as a sort of red herring - I can dimly rmeber listening to OK computer expecting it to live up to the "hype" - the fact that I can't rember a single note and maybe in my universe it WAS AOR,,,,,
It's always like Schroedingers cat experiment - with me trying to remember a CD listening that happend 10 years ago at least..... I opened the LID and the progressive masterpiece turned out to be a damp squib....even if not AOR ....was it electronica?? Has a cover like a Power Station CD if I remember....
Joined: March 23 2005
Location: Caerdydd
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Posted: October 01 2012 at 06:55
^When I first heard OK Computer I thought it was amazing. We weren't the first to call them Prog though. They had already been called that in the press.
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