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    Posted: October 03 2017 at 08:54
I'm sure most people here listen to some music other than progressive rock.
With the sad passing of Tom Petty I got to thinking , who are your favorite non-prog artists. 
(Forgive me if this has been done before)

 Here's my list:
  1. Beatles
  2. The Who
  3. Clapton (Cream , Blind Faith...)
  4. Grateful Dead
  5. Allman Brothers
  6. Police
  7. Tom Petty
  8. Dire Straits
  9. Stones
  10. U2
So, who's on your list?
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Black Sabbath
UFO
Toto
Whitesnake
Led Zeppelin
Thin Lizzy
A-ha
Death Angel
Testament
Cinderella
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Bowie
Beatles
Beach Boys
Scott Walker
Talking Heads
Laurie Anderson
Prefab Sprout
Marvin Gaye
Fela
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Oups ! and

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Its an honest attempt but I'm certain I'll change my mind tomorrow. Leaving out anything represented on PA (as far as I know). It seems there's a shared tenth place on my top ten.

Dmitri Shostakovich
Mal Waldron
Egisto Macchi
Ennio Morricone 
Alice Coltrane
Andrew Hill
Fairuz
Bolt Thrower
Ken Nordine
Thin Lizzy
Grachan Moncur III
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That's pretty tough.  In no particular order (and number)

Garfield (Garfield Band, Garfield French)
Lindisfarne 
Men they Couldn't Hang
Oysterband
Juluka/Savuka/Johnny Clegg
Habib Koite
Runrig
Ismael Lo
Toure Kunda
Three Dog Night
Pogues
Grassroots
Fleetwood Mac


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Anton Bruckner
Gustav Mahler
Richard Strauss
Jail
Bloodrock
Pat Travers
Dirk Steffens
Moxy
Dirty Tricks
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I don't actually listen to much non-prog anymore, but these were and are still interesting to me on occasion and none of them are on this site... (sorry, can't come up with 10)
 
Grandaddy
The Fixx
The Cars
Violinski
Billy Joel
Steve Miller Band
Scott Walker
Elvis Costello
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Just a bunch of old "friends"

Prefab Sprout (almost everything)
Bruce Springsteen (up until Nebraska)
Rory Gallagher
Echo & The Bunnymen (most part)
Smiths (some part)
LLoyd Cole (with the Commotions)
Tracy Chapman
Joni Mitchell
Sandy Denny
Ella Fitzgerald
Rickie Lee Jones
... and the last but not the least - Des'ree ! Ying Yang
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Its an honest attempt but I'm certain I'll change my mind tomorrow. Leaving out anything represented on PA (as far as I know). It seems there's a shared tenth place on my top ten.

Dmitri Shostakovich
Mal Waldron
Egisto Macchi
Ennio Morricone 
Alice Coltrane
Andrew Hill
Fairuz
Bolt Thrower
Ken Nordine
Thin Lizzy
Grachan Moncur III


I know Morricone is not prog but it's certainly no denying that several prog bands use Morricone's style/elements of weirdness, beauty and unpredictability in some of their songs.
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Like Saper I too will change my mind tomorrow. I've never been one to rate albums I own. In fact writing reviews for PA has been the only time where I've ever had to out a finite verdict on music.

Anyways:

Milton Nascimento
Pharoah Sanders
Fleet Foxes
Magazine
Sun Ra
Stevie Wonder
F*ck Buttons
Yusef Lateef
David Bowie
The Future Sound Of London
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Yup changed my mind

The Doors
The Stooges
LCD Soundsystem
John Coltrane
Lalo Schifrin
Blanck Mass
Ennio Morricone
Cocteau Twins
Charles Mingus
Funkadelic
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Originally posted by progbaby progbaby wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Its an honest attempt but I'm certain I'll change my mind tomorrow. Leaving out anything represented on PA (as far as I know). It seems there's a shared tenth place on my top ten.

Dmitri Shostakovich
Mal Waldron
Egisto Macchi
Ennio Morricone 
Alice Coltrane
Andrew Hill
Fairuz
Bolt Thrower
Ken Nordine
Thin Lizzy
Grachan Moncur III


I know Morricone is not prog but it's certainly no denying that several prog bands use Morricone's style/elements of weirdness, beauty and unpredictability in some of their songs.
Indeed. One could claim the same about about the (other) jazz artists & composers I mention too. Although some more directly influential than others. 
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Its an honest attempt but I'm certain I'll change my mind tomorrow. Leaving out anything represented on PA (as far as I know). It seems there's a shared tenth place on my top ten.

Dmitri Shostakovich
Mal Waldron
Egisto Macchi
Ennio Morricone 
Alice Coltrane
Andrew Hill
Fairuz
Bolt Thrower
Ken Nordine
Thin Lizzy
Grachan Moncur III


I rarely seem to run across anyone who appreciates Andrew Hill but I applaud your choice! A true original and never less than fascinating. Point of Departure is one my favourite albums in any genre. I only managed to see him live twice, to my regret.

Edited by Mascodagama - October 03 2017 at 14:32
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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

 
I rarely seem to run across anyone who appreciates Andrew Hill but I applaud your choice! A true original and never less than fascinating. Point of Departure is one my favourite albums in any genre. I only managed to see him live twice, to my regret.
Thank you! Andrew Hill and Mal Waldron are my two favorite jazz pianists and they're about as different as one can get them. Point of Departure is a masterpiece and belongs among the greatest jazz albums ever made - still my personal favorite is Compulsion!!!!! 

You managed to see Andrew two times more than I did. I'm certain it must have been unforgettable as I've never heard anything by him that wasn't intriguing or genuine. 
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

 
I rarely seem to run across anyone who appreciates Andrew Hill but I applaud your choice! A true original and never less than fascinating. Point of Departure is one my favourite albums in any genre. I only managed to see him live twice, to my regret.

Thank you! Andrew Hill and Mal Waldron are my two favorite jazz pianists and they're about as different as one can get them. Point of Departure is a masterpiece and belongs among the greatest jazz albums ever made - still my personal favorite is Compulsion!!!!!

Both are great IMO, and everything he put out on Blue Note pretty much essential.

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

You managed to see Andrew two times more than I did. I'm certain it must have been unforgettable as I've never heard anything by him that wasn't intriguing or genuine. 

Both times were in London with a big band formation, a year or two apart. For obvious financial reasons he was playing with what amounted to a high-class pick up band that consisted of a lot of the cream of British jazz talent. The first time the band seemed slightly under-rehearsed on what was some very complex material, and consequently a bit ragged, but it was still fascinating. The second time the band were on the nail and it was magical!
 


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In no particular order:

The Pop Group
Nurse With Wound
Einsturzende Neubauten
Meredith Monk
Joanna Newsom
Don Cherry
Sun Ra
Dollar Brand
Lights in a Fat City / Trance Mission (two separate groups technically, sue me)
Esoteric

Honorable mentions to Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, who I mainly left out because they'd already been mentioned.


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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

 
I rarely seem to run across anyone who appreciates Andrew Hill but I applaud your choice! A true original and never less than fascinating. Point of Departure is one my favourite albums in any genre. I only managed to see him live twice, to my regret.
Thank you! Andrew Hill and Mal Waldron are my two favorite jazz pianists and they're about as different as one can get them. Point of Departure is a masterpiece and belongs among the greatest jazz albums ever made - still my personal favorite is Compulsion!!!!! 

You managed to see Andrew two times more than I did. I'm certain it must have been unforgettable as I've never heard anything by him that wasn't intriguing or genuine. 

Compulsion is great. Haven't heard any Mal Waldron though, any recommendations?
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Black Sabbath
John Lee Hooker
John Coltrane
Zoe Keating
Cream
Steve Reich
Leonard Cohen
Stars In Battledress
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Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

I'm sure most people here listen to some music other than progressive rock..

What?? Music that isn't... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! 

Ok, I'm serious now. Here's my list. 

1. Wishbone Ash
2. Steely Dan
3. The Beatles
4. Amy Grant
5. The Smiths
6. Led Zeppelin
7. T Rex
8. Kiss
9. Humble Pie
10. Journey 

I'm sure I'm Forgetting somebody that I'm a big fan of, but oh well. 
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