Funny Ways: Your Unusual Prog Opinions

The first two Kate Bush albums are the best.   Passion and youth sometimes beat overthinking it.  


Edited by Finnforest - May 14 2016 at 16:16

Guldbamsen wrote: The last bit of your post Proof? Compare Piper to The Division Bell or The Yes Album with Fly From Here.

I've always loved debuts in most cases.  Even the very first YES self titled I love.  Great songs!

Octopus > Three Friends. 

The eighties were every bit as good music-wise as the seventies (though it mostly wasn't prog what was good about them).

Finnforest wrote: The first two Kate Bush albums are the best.   Passion and youth sometimes beat overthinking it.

Finnforest wrote: Octopus > Three Friends.

I concurr, Someone had to say it

Not an `unusual prog opinion' so much as a pet peeve or a disappointment:

The idea among many that prog bands aren't worth listening to unless the vocals/lyrics are in English.

And that's not even coming from me simply as an Italian prog fanboy...

I would have thought more prog listeners would be more accepting of vocals sung in other languages because Prog is primarily enjoyed for the instrumental qualities, where the vocals and lyrics are often secondary. I mean, come on, although many of us often enjoy the lyrics on prog albums, I doubt that there's even a single prog listener there for the lyrics and vocals first!

I think those who don't venture beyong the English language groups are seriously missing out in so many sh*t-hot albums.

I don't care much for Marillion's Brave and the line "love can be as hard as algebra" from Hard as Love made me cringe. And on the flip side I really like the lower rated Holidays in Eden and Radiation.

- The Yes albums is one of my least liked albums from the band (I could actually do without it, given that the one song I really love from it, Starship Trooper, is so much better on Keys to Ascension).
- I would give more 5 star albums to Rick Wakeman solo than to Yes themselves.
- I really dislike Peter Gabriel's singing (as well as Wetton's).
- I think the best Gentle Giant albums (and the only 5 star ones for me) are the first 2, and from there onwards they became less enjoyable.
- "The Division Bell" is among my favourite Pink Floyd albums... number 3, just under "Wish you were Here" and "Animals". And yes, over "Dark Side of the Moon" (though not for much).

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Not an `unusual prog opinion' so much as a pet peeve or a disappointment: The idea among many that prog bands aren't worth listening to unless the vocals/lyrics are in English. And that's not even coming from me simply as an Italian prog fanboy... I would have thought more prog listeners would be more accepting of vocals sung in other languages because Prog is primarily enjoyed for the instrumental qualities, where the vocals and lyrics are often secondary. I mean, come on, although many of us often enjoy the lyrics on prog albums, I doubt that there's even a single prog listener there for the lyrics and vocals first! I think those who don't venture beyong the English language groups are seriously missing out in so many sh*t-hot albums.

I generally view it as a benefit if a band sings in a language I don't understand. Whilst there are some great lyricists out there, they are a rarity (and maybe rarer in prog than elsewhere). Most lyrics range from bland to actively embarassing. I can happily live without having them interfere with my enjoyment of the music. I wish Jon Anderson sang in Tibetan, for instance.

Edited by Mascodagama - May 15 2016 at 02:53