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    Posted: April 20 2007 at 22:01
     There was a great band from the 70's named BUDGIE that was mostly known
for playing hard rock/metal music, but they also had quite a few songs with prog
elements to them, "Nude disintegrating parachutist woman", "If i were Brittania
I'd waive the rules", to name a couple.
       Do you think they could be considered prog?
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There are some prog moments on "Never turn your back on a friend" and "In for the kill" as well.
I would consider them Prog Related.
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Well, they had the extended song, fancy lyrics, & great album covers. You got me convinced. But I'm a fan.
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Points: 746 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2007 at 22:48
Yes they had prog tendencies.And those cool Roger Dean covers.
If Uriah Heep,Deep Purple,Blue Oyster Cult ect... are here why not Budgie?
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Points: 296 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2007 at 23:38
Me too!
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Points: 201 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 21 2007 at 00:49
Budgie  .. a three piece  from the 70`s  kind of a bit similar ina way to some elemants of  Rush and some of Triumph , Rush are definitely prog that's for sure but Triumph have been a debatable inclusion  for some forum members , The way I remember Budgie is the are in the middle,   more prog than Triumph less prog than Rush for this reason they definitely should be here as prog related only though Smile  

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Actually, they well Welsh I think.
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Originally posted by jikai55 jikai55 wrote:

Actually, they well Welsh I think.
Yes you are correct I did some looking into it and they were Welsh  .. all these years I thought they were Canadian .. learn something new every day Smile
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Yes, definitely prog related IMHOSmile
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I love Budgie, Never turn your back on a Friend and In for the Kill are their best I think.
But why redefine their genre, they were and are pure hardrock.
 
By the way: they made a new one: You're all living in Cuckooland. And it is pleasant enough.
 
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This is a good hard rock band!  prog? no!Unhappy
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Oh....you gotta love the Welsh version of Prog!Cool

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No, but definitely Prog Related if Blue Öyster Cult are. Budgie made more Prog than BÖC, in my opinion.

Originally posted by glass house glass house wrote:

But why redefine their genre, they were and are pure hardrock.


So were BÖC, Deep Purple, Rainbow and Led Zeppelin.


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Points: 1188 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 23 2007 at 20:03
Bandolier is considered their best album and I agree. But defineatly not prog!Confused
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They explicitly said on the text on their LPs that they were NOT Prog Rock - but then, Robert Fripp hated the association too, so yes - easily as Prog-Related as, say, Wishbone Ash - Budgie were more than just a hard rock band - and this disco-flavoured link shows their versatility and ability to branch out beyond the stereotyped image of the power trio. Note the date of the performance Wink
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Well, I'd say the scope here is broad enough to include Budgie...if Zep is here, why not?
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For what I've heard till today not prog, neither prog related, though some few songs are proggish, like Cat Stevens, Bee Gees, Elton John, David Bowie, Velvet Underground, Spooky Tooth, Tommy James and the Shondells, Beach Boys, Ten Years After, etc, etc, etc....
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Oh....you gotta love the Welsh version of Prog!Cool
 
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If Budgie, why not Trapeze?Wink
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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 28 2007 at 03:31
Originally posted by akin akin wrote:

For what I've heard till today not prog, neither prog related, though some few songs are proggish, like Cat Stevens, Bee Gees, Elton John, David Bowie, Velvet Underground, Spooky Tooth, Tommy James and the Shondells, Beach Boys, Ten Years After, etc, etc, etc....
 
Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Uriah Heep, Roxy Music, Kate Bush, ABBA... Wink
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