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Prog to me is a willingness to experiment, to expand the boundaries, seek the new. Ironically, a lot of music classified as prog because of its execution, is often a style simply copied from other prog bands, not new or experimental at all. It should be a principle, not a style.

Regarding Radiohead, if I have a criticism of the band, it would be that they experiment too much, and keep losing direction and shape. But that does mean that regardless of the quality of the results, it is pure exploration and, in my books, that would clearly classify them as Prog.
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I saw them live on Wednesday. Just watch this and say this isn't progressive. Jonny is friggin' fantastic.
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I can't stand RADIOHEAD, so I will be no use to this forum.
Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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^Pretty worthless post, then.Ermm
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I bought OK computer - expecting it to be this brilliant opus - it's just a crock of sh*t!....Prog it aint - not to compare with any of the proper exponents of prog....end of...pop music - yeah - AOR maybe - Emperors new clothes definately!!!
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Points: 3136 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2012 at 13:34
And - IMHO - Cockney Rebel - Death Trip - far more prog than anything in OK computer....is Cockney Rebel prog? probably not - I rest my case mlud....
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I think they're prog related
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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

I bought OK computer - expecting it to be this brilliant opus - it's just a crock of sh*t!....Prog it aint - not to compare with any of the proper exponents of prog....end of...pop music - yeah - AOR maybe - Emperors new clothes definately!!!

Prog or not prog is irrelevant to me but Kid A/Amnesiac is more progressive than every single one of your post classic era favorite albums (according to your ratings). You should all check them out before you feel you have a right to an opinion. 

But if prog is a defined genre with rules to follow (which would be absurd) and not progressive rock I guess your list of pompous retro prog/generic prog metal is what's real prog. 
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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

I bought OK computer - expecting it to be this brilliant opus - it's just a crock of sh*t!....Prog it aint - not to compare with any of the proper exponents of prog....end of...pop music - yeah - AOR maybe - Emperors new clothes definately!!!


What exactly is AOR about Airbag, Climbing the Walls or Paranoid Android?  And could you please define "proper exponents of prog"? 
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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

I bought OK computer - expecting it to be this brilliant opus - it's just a crock of sh*t!....Prog it aint - not to compare with any of the proper exponents of prog....end of...pop music - yeah - AOR maybe - Emperors new clothes definately!!!

>Radiohead
>AOR
>wut
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2012 at 20:48
^ :|
Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Radiohead = A.O.R. ????  I had my belly-larf for the day - thanks.  I used to dis Yorke and his band of try-hard musicians with a passion.  Since I acquired KID A - love the album, have a high respect for the band and agree that they are 'progressive' (as opposed to 'Prog').  They are alternative at the heart, but bleedin' experimental and original.
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Radiohead knows its CAN by heart. But perhaps it also knew this masterpiece of Italian progressive rock ?
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AOR? :|
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Points: 296 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2012 at 16:45
Ahahaha, AOR. Laughed so hard, almost fell off the chair.
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Points: 10066 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2012 at 18:21
Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

Radiohead knows its CAN by heart. But perhaps it also knew this masterpiece of Italian progressive rock ?

Its obviously coincidental. About as likely as Mars Volta knew Il Balletto Di Bronzo. 
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Points: 3136 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2012 at 06:51
I threw in "AOR" as a sort of red herring - I can dimly rmeber listening to OK computer expecting it to live up to the "hype" - the fact that I can't rember a single note and maybe in my universe it WAS AOR,,,,,
It's always like Schroedingers cat experiment - with me trying to remember a CD listening that happend 10 years ago at least..... I opened the LID and the progressive masterpiece turned out to be a damp squib....even if not AOR ....was it electronica?? Has a cover like a Power Station CD if I remember....
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2012 at 06:55
^When I first heard OK Computer I thought it was amazing. We weren't the first to call them Prog though. They had already been called that in the press.

Edited by Snow Dog - October 01 2012 at 06:58
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