I have a question

Did that have anything to do with my question?

DallasBryan wrote: Get rid of the borderline crap, and get some focus back. This site in my mind should be as open-minded as New Gibralter Encyclopedia, but separate the best progressive rock from the junk(pooh!). And give the youngsters a chance to have a global view of only the best from the past and whats good in the new scene. There are those who feel Americas best output is to AOR and Germany was but a fringe element outside of when fair german bands tried to copy the style coming from england. --------------- I am the intruder

I'm about 3/4 the way with you DB, but there is point some boundaries have to be set - otherwise all music would most misleadingly be called progressive rock. So when I protest about inclusion of XY or Z (have you caught this band: Cajun Punk Jazz String Quartet all aged 80 or more), means that either they have done something musically that does noteet my somewhat (IMHO) liberal definitions - and/or were not categorised as prog when they first appeared on the scene - hence me want some selectively when it comes to Pink Floyd or Rush. However, I'm less likely to go do-alley than once I might had - if somebody thinks their electronica band is prog let them, but don't count me in on that opinion and expect a word or two, to warn the unsuspecting that such views are not the whole of the Progarchive's concensus on the matter.

Why do I get the feeling that the English (or UK) is more your problem than Progressive Rock Dallas?

In my time here, I've seen a lot of English/America bashing but none of it has centred on any perceived ownership of the genre. I've said it before and it looks as though I'll have to say it again, there is only good music or bad music and everything else is just semantics.

That said, I tend to agree with you in that the UK is more or less a spent force when it comes to innovative prog but then again, it was there first and I guess that the well just ran dry. The younger generations were lured away with the promise of better rewards (and more poon tang I suppose ) elsewhere i.e. punk, new wave, etc.

There is a lot of 'You' and 'I' mentioned in your post and I can almost see the fingers being pointed. Please, please don't do this Dallas as the thread could be descending into an unsavoury, last word slanging match.

Please don't.

DallasBryan wrote: point taken sigod and I am dropping it!!! I just felt that there is a ownership issue and it leaves us going over the same old period and new bands trying to duplicate the same old period and not taking in the growth after the first 8 years. I consider progressive rock as mostly a dead entity and its elements showing up on occasions in many styles of music. I think the crown should be passed to the germans and then maybe we could revive progressive music with a blend of new age, progressive metal and AOR. --------- he stumbles back to his corner a beaten champ

You are a good man Dallas  

There is a thread in http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=754&am p;am p;am p;am p;am p;PN=1 about which bands could be added. It was started by MAX. There is also in Progarchives a form http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_PRO GARCHIVES.asp to be filled by the readers about suggestions for bands/artists to be included in this website. I think that the Administrators Group have open minds to opinions. If not, they simply didn`t start this thread in the Forums and they could simply delete that form in Progarchives. They also could not put attention in the Polls done by Forum Readers about which bands could be included. The Poll about Traffic, for example, worked very well, because Traffic was added when the majority of the people that answered to that Poll considered that Traffic should be included. It is good to make Polls, even if the opinion of the majority of the readers is against other opinions (for example, the Poll about E.L.O. started by me; I consider E.L.O. as Progressive, but  if the majority of the readers don`t think so, E.L.O. is not included in this website , and I`m not angry about it ).

I recognize the very good job done in this website by the Administrators Group.

Beyonce has done some great prog tracks, lets get her on here! What do you think Vibe?

(had to edit the post, I though beyonce was a group!)