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    Posted: August 27 2012 at 04:02
Originally posted by cstack3



 Cheese doesn't have to be bad, but bad cheese has a reek of its own.  

No bad cheese reeks as badly as bad prog cheese....true or false?


I just wonder if proggers are maybe more forgiving of cheesey prog than say, metalheads are of cheesey metal?
(Given that metal is way more popular than prog)
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I think the only truluy cheesey/pretentious Prog band I've heard is ELP. Still like em, though.

Hmmm...I'd agree with that!  Emerson wrestling with a Hammond organ onstage, plunging a dagger into the keyboard with great drama, would seem to fit the bill.  

However, many of the greats seemed to wallow in a sea of cheese!  Sir Richard Wakeman?   This photo reeks of prog cheesiness!  


I don't know if you've read his book Grumpy Old Rock Star but in the photo section he has a whole page of photos of himself dressed up in robes caoes & sh*t. The caption reads " It was the seventies, why else woould I look like this?"
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Originally posted by Vibrationbaby

Originally posted by cstack3

Originally posted by smartpatrol

I think the only truluy cheesey/pretentious Prog band I've heard is ELP. Still like em, though.

Hmmm...I'd agree with that!  Emerson wrestling with a Hammond organ onstage, plunging a dagger into the keyboard with great drama, would seem to fit the bill.  

However, many of the greats seemed to wallow in a sea of cheese!  Sir Richard Wakeman?   This photo reeks of prog cheesiness!  


I don't know if you've read his book Grumpy Old Rock Star but in the photo section he has a whole page of photos of himself dressed up in robes caoes & sh*t. The caption reads " It was the seventies, why else woould I look like this?"

Haven't seen that one, must check it out!!  

I tend to forgive extreme prog cheesiness IF the music & talent levels are high!  So, even though I laughed at Rick with sparkles in his blonde hair at the GFTO show (all the better to reflect the lasers), I took it as what it was, cheeky showmanship! 

I don't suppose the cheesiest prog comes close to the cheese of the 80's hair metal bands, with all the pouting, posturing, silly haircuts, etc.   Poison, Motley Crue, Ratt, Dokken, Cinderella etc. etc.  

Man, that was some heavy cheese!!  Ugh!!  Never got into much of that stuff, if at all (although I did like Randy Rhodes as a guitarist).
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some of PT's stuff has a slightly cheesy flavour esp the metal riff bits
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ClapLOL show business is 'cheese' .. but this thread shows that that there are many different flavors/interpretations... it allows 'us' to enjoy in so many ways/or disdain.. either way.. peaceCry
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