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Kepler62
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 19:44 |
What about capes and robes. There were a lot of capes and robes in prog back in the seventies.
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cstack3
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Posted: April 09 2017 at 00:00 |
"Queen II" was in that realm....songs like "Ogre Battle," "Fairy Feller's Master Stroke" etc.
Their best album IMHO.
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octopus-4
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Posted: April 09 2017 at 02:57 |
I want to tell you a story About a little man, if I can A gnome named Crimble Crumble and the little gnomes stay in their homes eating, sleeping, drining their wine
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com
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BaldFriede
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Posted: April 09 2017 at 04:02 |
I think the "goblins and wizards" statement refers to prog being all about fantasy. This should not be confused with mythology. Mythological themes do indeed quite often appear in prog; fantasy is in my opinion much rarer. This "often" has to be taken with a grain of salt though; my guess is that about 0,1% of prog songs is about mythology and/or fantasy, if not less.
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: April 09 2017 at 04:19 |
Prog is all about hardcore sex and violence
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: April 09 2017 at 04:47 |
This thread reminds me of two separate things: Bo Hansson's Sagan om Ringen and the band Gandalf's Fist. The former is much closer to a late 60s offering and instrumental to boot whilst the latter sports all the cheesy accolades one dares to throw at them. Conclusion? Bananas don't grow in Denmark but we still eat them on a daily basis.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Gully Foyle
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Posted: April 18 2017 at 11:40 |
CapnBearbossa wrote:
dazzammm2 wrote:
If prog IS just songs about goblins and wizards and pixies what are best examples of this?ive listened to alot of prog and have not heard too many songs about the aforementioned groups of people |
Anyone who declares "Hobbit Rock" is at all an accurate description of progressive rock is showing himself to know nothing about the subject matter. I can't speak for neo-prog or latter day (nu-)prog, but definitive Prog distinguishes itself by being cross-genre, combining unlikely influences into a cohesive whole, and being more interested in musicianship than in lyrics, story or song concept.
That said, Led Zeppelin and Rush have recorded the rare song to do with such themes.
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Well, to be fair, with Jon Anderson's presence, Yes is kind of 'hobbit rock'
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Mascodagama
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Posted: April 18 2017 at 11:47 |
Gully Foyle wrote:
CapnBearbossa wrote:
dazzammm2 wrote:
If prog IS just songs about goblins and wizards and pixies what are best examples of this?ive listened to alot of prog and have not heard too many songs about the aforementioned groups of people |
Anyone who declares "Hobbit Rock" is at all an accurate description of progressive rock is showing himself to know nothing about the subject matter. I can't speak for neo-prog or latter day (nu-)prog, but definitive Prog distinguishes itself by being cross-genre, combining unlikely influences into a cohesive whole, and being more interested in musicianship than in lyrics, story or song concept.
That said, Led Zeppelin and Rush have recorded the rare song to do with such themes.
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Well, to be fair, with Jon Anderson's presence, Yes is kind of 'hobbit rock' | But how hairy are his feet?
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The T
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Posted: April 18 2017 at 12:30 |
Prog is about masturbation from a non-sexual perspective.
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ClaudeV
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Posted: April 18 2017 at 12:50 |
This is a cliché from punks who know nothing about prog.
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WeepingElf
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Posted: April 18 2017 at 13:19 |
Gully Foyle wrote:
Well, to be fair, with Jon Anderson's presence, Yes is kind of 'hobbit rock' |
Not hobbits as much as ... see my signature.
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Jeffro
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Posted: April 19 2017 at 05:26 |
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u got it wrong man.......prog is about sex, drugs and rock n roll!! |
You haven't lived until you've done the mattress dance in 13/8
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Kepler62
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Posted: April 19 2017 at 14:52 |
Oh no what do we have here?
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aglasshouse
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Posted: April 19 2017 at 15:25 |
I'd hate to be mythicist, but wizards and goblins aren't real....so can they be considered groups of people? Asking for a friend
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SteveG
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Posted: April 19 2017 at 15:36 |
Ask the WGDL. (The Wizards and Goblins Discrimination League.)
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aglasshouse
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Posted: April 19 2017 at 22:10 |
SteveG wrote:
Ask the WGDL. (The Wizards and Goblins Discrimination League.) |
Sure thing. I'm sure they're in Times Square as we speak!
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Kepler62
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Posted: April 20 2017 at 03:58 |
I wish that a sky wizard would come down from his magic kingdom and eradicate that annoying Danko Jones advert.
Edited by Kepler62 - April 20 2017 at 04:29
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Evolver
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Posted: April 20 2017 at 09:03 |
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uduwudu
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Posted: April 21 2017 at 05:10 |
aglasshouse wrote:
I'd hate to be mythicist, but wizards and goblins aren't real....so can they be considered groups of people? Asking for a friend |
I wondered about that. Though not for long. Wizards, yes. Goblins no.
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M27Barney
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Posted: April 21 2017 at 05:35 |
At the bottom of my garden, I came upon a little man, dressed all in green and white. He had his head between his legs and had his hands on the side of his head. I asked him...."Are you a Goblin?" "No", he replied "I'm a little pissed on real-ale and I've got a head-ache"....
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