Prog "Masterpieces" that you couldn't get into

"Watcher of the Skies" never really clicked with me. Despite probably having one of my favourite intros of all time, the content of it never really did much for me, sadly. The vocal melodies outside of the verses, and flow of the song don't seem to click with me much. It's a song I'd love to like



Edited by souio - November 29 2016 at 08:21

"The Wall" is one, though that isn't such a controversial call since there's a healthy chunk of the Floyd fanbase who aren't so hot on it either.

definitely a Plague of Lighthouse Keepers...  many of you all are frickin nuts...

yes the first half of it .. said it once.. said it a hundred times.. the first half on it is one of the best.. most evocative pieces of prog I've ever heard.. but then there is the 2nd half where it does a 180 and becomes one of the most awful dogsh*t pieces of prog I've ever heard...

a prog classic? hah.. pfff....only in illustrating the dangers and extremes of prog rock.

When great.. it rules.. when it sucks.. oh god how it sucks...


Edited by micky - November 24 2016 at 08:56

Hercules wrote: micky wrote: ^ pfff... they stole that intro from PFM's Appena un Po' .. and trust me man... they owned it.  No one does melody like Italians...  no one does bad food and great beer like the English British beer is astonishing, but don't diss the food. Real British food is delicious. Mind you, I'm really partial to our local American "Man v Food" diner (Huckleberry's York) as well.

yeah.... sterotypes aside... if the faire of the local British pubs (said to be very authetic in this area as obviously we have a large expat, diplomatic community here)  is any guide .. it isn't half as bad as the jokes make it out to be.


Surprisely... Raff really took to American cuisine... especially Southern.  And though not the drinker I am.. she agrees wholeheartedly with me that we have gone from the armpit of the beer brewing universe to its shining light.  The best beers in the world are now coming from this country...  shocking for those who grew up chugging the Beast and Buttwiper and you felt halfway cultured ordering a Stella or a Guinness...

Upbeat Tango Monday wrote: Most RIO/Avant Garde "masterpieces". Bands that can't play worth sh*t, but "hey! it's art"...

hey now.. that was MY line... back before Uncle Ian and Auntie Raff actually got me listening to it.

I am a 70s prog fan, that's where and when all started for this music and for me too, yes I am old, but the music that never "clicked" for me is most of Genesis' work, don't know why or how, but I don't get it.

Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot are two classics that no matter how hard i try i cannot understand why in the friggin world everyone is so gaga over them. Anything after the second Riverside album leaves me cold as well. Lucikily i can almost always get something out of an album even if it's not my personal favorite but there are those very few albums that not only do i not click with but they actually make me cringe!

I find Wind and Wuthering to be a remarkable  album, go figure...

I don't give a sh*t about half the albums in the PA Top 100; most of my fave prog albums aren't even in it.