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crispytreats
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Topic: Most Overrated Prog Bands Of All Time Poll Posted: March 08 2017 at 01:02 |
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https://rateyourmusic.com/list/WithACloud/the-most-overrated-prog-bands-ever/
So what do you guys think ? |
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Chilltoss
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Posted: March 08 2017 at 01:10 | |
Perhaps ELP. They do have their moments with songs like "Lucky Man" or "The Sheriff", however the rest of their work is filled with pretentious, self-indulgent, and bombastic noodling(half the bands on your list are probably similar in this regard, but I've yet to listen to them and don't plan to). Look no further than Karn Evil 9. ab-so-lute rub-bish
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hellogoodbye
Forum Senior Member VIP member Joined: August 29 2011 Location: Troy Status: Offline Points: 7251 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 01:59 | |
Floyd
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Atavachron
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 64636 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 02:24 | |
Hmmm. Interesting definition of rubbish. You create something better and then we'll talk. |
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Blacksword
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 03:30 | |
I have never heard Egg! Oh well...
Nothing on that list is any more pretentious than any othjer prog, and I don't have a problem with pretentiousness in music. If every artist "kept it real" every band would be like the f***ing Housemartins.... Gentle Giant springs to mind, not as necessarily being pretentious but certainly quite contrived and annoying, at least for my ears. Like a mob of music professors making 'clever' music to prove they can. Very little entertainment value for me. |
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Flight123
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 01 2010 Location: Sohar, Oman Status: Offline Points: 1399 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 04:16 | |
Harsh - you sound like a punk journalist from the late 70s
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Sean Trane
Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 19705 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 04:58 | |
can't really disagree with those choices (maybe add TFK and SB), though Rush in #1 is definitely not my idea of over-rated
But I have a sense that the list maker meant ridiculous rather than over-rated
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AFlowerKingCrimson
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 16521 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 05:58 | |
Rush aren't number one. Dream Theater is. There is a picture of Rush but they don't appear to actually be on the list.
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Manuel
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12462 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 07:47 | |
The "Overrated" title seems a bit radical to me, since most people don't even have a clue on how to play an instrument, what to speak of writing a song, and yet, decide that somebody's music is good or bad, pretentious or overrated etc, based on our personal taste and opinions, which are as faulty, if not more, than the people who wrote the music we criticize.
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Modrigue
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 14 2007 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 1125 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 08:29 | |
IMHO, Riverside is a lesser-known band, not in the same notoriety league as ELP, Marillion or Dream Theater.
Personally, from this list, I find Dream Theater very overrated since 2000, not as inspired and impacting as before.
Edited by Modrigue - March 08 2017 at 08:31 |
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miamiscot
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 23 2014 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 3450 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 08:40 | |
Egg? No way, dude. Not a huge fan of the whole Canterbury scene but both 1971's The Polite Force and The Civil Surface from 1974 are brilliant.
ELP and Kansas? Stop the madness. They're both terrific. IQ and Marillion? Neo-Prog is not my favorite sub genre either but they are the two best practitioners of it. Riverside? Ridiculous. Most overrated Prog band? Le Orme.
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Mascodagama
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Posted: March 08 2017 at 09:08 | |
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Blacksword
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 09:27 | |
Ok, maybe they are pretentious
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Tapfret
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 12 2007 Location: Bryant, Wa Status: Offline Points: 8577 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 10:42 | |
Thank you. Every few months this thread comes along without searching for the numerous existing incidents of the same thing so a handful can sling about the p-word and feel they are somehow clever and original while ignoring that such behavior is the quintessence self-indulgence.
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Hercules
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Near York UK Status: Offline Points: 7024 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 10:54 | |
King Crimson or Van de Graaf Generator.
Pick either. I loathe them both.
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Logan
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Posted: March 08 2017 at 11:17 | |
I would say that those two are the most underrated Prog bands, at least underrated by you. I know why you don't like Van der Graaf Generator, it's because of Hammill's vocals, but I don't recall why you loathe King Crimson so much. Edited by Logan - March 08 2017 at 11:18 |
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verslibre
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 15205 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 11:20 | |
I can't possibly disagree more. "Karn Evil 9" is the reason ELP is one of my favorite bands. They were ahead of their time. If you prefer more straightforward melodic fare, like the type Floyd was doing in the mid-70s, then I understand why you'd hate ELP.
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Progosopher
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 12 2009 Location: Coolwood Status: Offline Points: 6400 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 11:59 | |
Both these posts go along with my thoughts as well. I didn't even look at the list because I really do not care. Pretentious is just a word used by people who do not like Prog. If they prefer punk or some kind of alt-pop, or whatever, that's fine, they can listen to what they want. They don't have to listen to Prog if they don't want. That's their prerogative. It is also mine to listen to what I like, and I listen to Prog. No, I don't like every artist listed here on the Archives and I listen to quite a bit that would never be on this site (at the moment is it Sunken Condos by Donald Fagen; a few minutes ago it was Dominant Curve by classical quartet Brooklyn Rider). My ears, my listening. |
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Hercules
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Near York UK Status: Offline Points: 7024 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 13:00 | |
1) I don't like Fripp's guitar style at all 2) Too self indulgent 3) Poor composition (with the honorable exception of Epitaph, ITCOTCK and The Night Watch) 4) Jamie Muir (on LTIA)
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Wanorak
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 09 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4574 |
Posted: March 08 2017 at 14:38 | |
Yes imo, too many bad albums.
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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