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Snow Dog 
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 Posted: November 08 2009 at 13:19 |
I'm so pleased to see all this Sweet loving! 
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The Pessimist
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 13:41 |
I grew up with the Chili Peppers. I even rate them higher than any prog band if I'm honest.
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
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crimhead
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 13:48 |
 akamaisondufromage wrote:
Yes I've been in Dire Straits most of my life!
1 Neil Young = 'pop' ?
2 AC/DC
3 The Sweet : The first single I ever bought (Don't listen to them though)
4 Some U2
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Neil Young as 'pop' struck me as funny as well.
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SgtPepper67
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 14:08 |
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I'm in a U2 mood lately so I voted for them. They were one of my favourite bands when I was a teenager and I still like them a lot, although I'm not a big fan of the last two albums but they still have some great songs. Achtung baby was an amazing album and one of the best of the 90's, thei experimental period was their best for me.
I also like Alice Cooper a lot, but he's not pop at all in my opinion. I also listen to some Toto and Tear for fears stuff.
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 14:23 |
crimhead wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
Yes I've been in Dire Straits most of my life!
1 Neil Young = 'pop' ?
2 AC/DC
3 The Sweet : The first single I ever bought (Don't listen to them though)
4 Some U2
5 Alice |
Neil Young as 'pop' struck me as funny as well.
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Yes well there seems to be a lot of questionmarks over pop or not pop. But Neil Young struck me as odd just because the cantankerous old bugger never struck me as one who would chase the dollar . Rather he does what the fk he wants! Maybe stepping on the toes of pop occsionally but never really holding its hand!
 If you describe him as pop then there are a lot of so called prog artists in danger of that fate too!
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Xanthous
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 14:49 |
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Of the list, my favorites are Chicago and Neil Young. I don't know a few of the others and I don't like a few.
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progrules
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 13:13 |
akamaisondufromage wrote:
crimhead wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
Yes I've been in Dire Straits most of my life!
1 Neil Young = 'pop' ?
2 AC/DC
3 The Sweet : The first single I ever bought (Don't listen to them though)
4 Some U2
5 Alice |
Neil Young as 'pop' struck me as funny as well.
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Yes well there seems to be a lot of questionmarks over pop or not pop. But Neil Young struck me as odd just because the cantankerous old bugger never struck me as one who would chase the dollar . Rather he does what the fk he wants! Maybe stepping on the toes of pop occsionally but never really holding its hand!
If you describe him as pop then there are a lot of so called prog artists in danger of that fate too! |
Heart of Gold was a real pop song, a very good one but it was made to be a hit and then it's pop (= popular for the wide audience). Pop is not always cheesy.
And of course he's not a pop artist, I know that  as are most of the other artists/bands but all of them made at least one popsong that made the charts. Am I clear now ? 
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rushfan4
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 13:26 |
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Did anyone watch How I Met Your Mother last night? Barney kept referring to Neil Young as "that old woman".
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Snow Dog
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 16:55 |
progrules wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
crimhead wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
Yes I've been in Dire Straits most of my life!
1 Neil Young = 'pop' ?
2 AC/DC
3 The Sweet : The first single I ever bought (Don't listen to them though)
4 Some U2
5 Alice |
Neil Young as 'pop' struck me as funny as well.
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Yes well there seems to be a lot of questionmarks over pop or not pop. But Neil Young struck me as odd just because the cantankerous old bugger never struck me as one who would chase the dollar . Rather he does what the fk he wants! Maybe stepping on the toes of pop occsionally but never really holding its hand!
If you describe him as pop then there are a lot of so called prog artists in danger of that fate too! |
Heart of Gold was a real pop song, |
Was it? Not in my opinion and which is UFo's and AC/DC's pop songs?
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memowakeman
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 17:29 |
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Tears for Fears and U2 are the bands i could say i really like, i enjoy some Dire Straits songs, but don't listen to them that much.
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aapatsos
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 17:49 |
Henk, I guess you mean popular bands (the term pop resembles to the genre in my books) Lots of favourites there, Toto, Gary Moore (early stuff). UFO, AC/DC I will go with UFO 
Edited by aapatsos - November 10 2009 at 17:51
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TheCaptain
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 17:56 |
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I do like pretty much all of U2's hits although I haven't looked too deeply into their actual albums. They get my vote unless the Neil Young option includes his time with Crosby Stills and Nash.
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
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Bitterblogger
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 19:04 |
progrules wrote:
I know it's a mixed bag but most of these bands are childhood (or recent) loves of mine and I believe some of them do even have progressive elements. That's why I chose these to present on this site. I wonder if there are more proggers who appreciate any of these bands. Please add comments. |
Yeah, Christopher Cross' "Arthur's Theme" with those familiar prog elements. . .  Why didn't you include The Osmonds while you were at it?
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TheGazzardian
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 00:55 |
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Tears for Fears, they were my favorite band for years before I got into progressive rock and Yes replaced them.
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Lost Follower
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Posted: December 01 2009 at 04:34 |
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All dreadful bar 3. And who on earth voted for Toto?!
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StrangerByTheMinute
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Boston are awesome!
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Which of these (pop) bands ?
