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Topic: styx or kansas ? Posted: December 22 2015 at 17:10
The albums point of no return or the grand illusion were they works of prog or just American commercial radio play. if someone has an opinion whether good or bad if they see these two bands as prog related in any way like to know
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Posted: December 23 2015 at 00:47
I have always considered both bands to be equal and never favored one over the other.
On seventies vinyl I have eight albums by Styx and only five by Kansas but that's just the way it worked out. It didn't have anything to do with preference.
I don't use Prog as a basis for liking or not liking a band.
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Posted: December 23 2015 at 03:32
Like some Styx but really like 70s era Kansas. And yes Kansas definitely was axprogressive rock band during that time period. Styx were a bit proggy during their beginning phase.
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Posted: December 23 2015 at 13:53
Kansas over Styx ...no real comparison imho though Styx did write a few decent songs here and there.
Don't understand the dislike for Kansas...especially the first 4 or 5 albums ,but then I don't get all the love for some of the krautrock bands like Can and Faust.
A matter of taste I suppose in that those who don't like Kansas simply have none.
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I like the two big hits from each band Come Sail Away and Dust In The Wind (alright maybe Mr Roboto was a bigger hit but erm....yeah). Out of those two I rather prefer the Kansas tune.
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