Why classic prog faded?

progbethyname wrote: Dean wrote: Gerinski wrote: moshkito wrote: All in all, DT deserves the credit for some musicianship, and if Mike was playing a violin or a flute, you would say that he is masterful, but because it is an electric guitar, we say stupid things about his playing!     Sorry which Mike is playing an electric guitar in DT? Pedro has mixed up his Mike and John in Dream Theater for years, it is part of his charm Well if mike was aging the flute/electric guitar and drums that would get my vote for masterful.

 

Some say Mike is the (factually) greatest drummer.

Snow Dog wrote: Dean wrote: Some say Mike is the (factually) greatest drummer. No that is Mangini.

here we go again....

I think everybody knows since years on this site that I LOVE 90125

Gerinski wrote: I love 90125 and Asia debut, not ashamed of it.

Me neither but I think part of it is nostalgia for me since I was 12 when the first Asia came out(didn't hear it until later though) and 13 when 90125 came out(this one I did buy soon after it came out)and also because I was new to this stuff when these albums came out and didn't discover PROG(or prog)until later therefore had nothing to compare it too(same thing with 80's Genesis).


Edited by Prog_Traveller - November 27 2012 at 23:12

90125 was fun (despite that dreary cover), and was at the time one of the more interesting projects during the MTV era

The songs were getting simpler in an attempt to grab a wider audience - though, as John Weathers admits, 'the died-in -the wool fans seemed to like if as intricate as possible.' It was a gamble that failed to pay off here as Genesis - the band so often racked alongside them in the shops - got the vote. 'It was going to be them or us - we were pulling the same size crowds in America and Britain, the same people were buying our records as theirs, and they cracked it because the went commercial about two years earlier.'

Of the five Giant members featured here, only Weathers - who replaced Dire Straits-bound Terry Williams on the drum stool for Man - is still on the road. Yet 'The Power and the Glory', a more rounded and consistent album than its predecessor if a degree or two less intricate, stands proudly in its own right as a rewarding piece of progressive rock from one of the genre's master groups.

- Michael Heatley. Many thanks for their assistance to John Weathers and Alan Kinsman.

octopus-4 wrote: I think everybody knows since years on this site that I LOVE 90125

Does that album have the track, LIFT ME UP on it?? Sorry, too lazy to remember or look it up. Lol. Anyway, I love that track by them. Big softy for that one. :)

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: progbethyname wrote: I enjoy the 13/8. It worked in GENESIS's TURN IT ON AGAIN. I danced to it at a wedding. Went over nicely. ;) I would have liked to have been at that wedding!

Later on, I requested that the Bride and Groom slow Dance to GENESIS's AFTERGLOW. Again, went over nicely. ;)

Also, little seque here speaking of classic prog, I meant to ask you about the MAGMA box set. The 11 disc studio set. How much did you pay for it if you don't mind me asking? The cheapest I can find it is cdiscogs.com from a Russian seller at 258$(CAN)! I know the set came out in '08 so I'm a bit late, which i know will make it harder to obtain. If you have any thoughts or suggestions I'm all ears. Thank you, Scott.