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Points: 15014 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 17 2013 at 11:11
Pop-Prog, Symph Lite, Crossover...whatever you call it, APP's I, Robot is great!! I can't say I like that much of the Parsons catalogue but I love that album (especially the reissue with more instrumentals).
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Points: 7752 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 17 2013 at 12:32
Originally posted by yam yam yam yam wrote:


Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:


Amazing. Beautiful band. I tell you how many times I've listened to the song 'Some other Time' in my life.
Unbelievable.


 
Ditto. Approve
 
Arjen Lucassen did a cover of it on his 'Lost In The New Real' album last year.
 
 
The vocals on the original sound so much like Colin Blunstone, but were actually shared by Peter Straker & Jaki Whitren - a guy and a chick with very similar sounding voices.
 
 
The choruses were sung by Jaki, and the verses by Peter, who had previously starred in the 'Hair' musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London.  Geek
 
This is an equally beautiful APP track from 'Eye In The Sky' (1982), which DOES have Colin Blunstone on vocals:
 
 
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Beautiful Yami!! Not as good as APP originals of course but stil....
Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Points: 1474 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 17 2013 at 13:21
I'm a pretty big fan of theirs. I even got to see them live twice(once on their own and once opening for YES). I would call them prog pop or pop prog. You could even call them art rock. Were they a full blown prog band? Probably not but neither were a lot of bands who often considered prog(cough cough moody blues cough cough). I would say they are in the same ball park as Ambrosia or the Moody Blues as far as prog content goes. All my opinion of course. Big smile

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