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thellama73
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Posted: December 17 2012 at 09:17 | ||
Ah, that is a good point. They are pretty great. |
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moshkito
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 16006 |
Posted: December 19 2012 at 08:08 | ||
Shhhhhhhh!!!!!
We can not name half known and unknown American bands no one has ever heard ... specially if they came out of the Fillmore and Monterey days ...
Of course, you're right ... but then ... even mentioning Al Kooper or Paul Butterfield, Sugar Loaf, Ides of March, (heaven forbid!) Mason Profit ... and many others, around here, sends shivers up the progressive spine! And I haven't started on the SF scene, which was bigger than the midwest scene ... but I could add Sons of Champlin!
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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progbethyname
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 30 2012 Location: HiFi Headmania Status: Offline Points: 7738 |
Posted: December 19 2012 at 11:41 | ||
Oh Dire Straights is great. Love the album BROTHERS IN ARMS. Mark Knopler is an incredible guitarist and a very accomplished one at that. :) |
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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progbethyname
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 30 2012 Location: HiFi Headmania Status: Offline Points: 7738 |
Posted: December 20 2012 at 01:50 | ||
Fine, but do any of those bands come close to the sheer skill and musicianship of Dream Theater?? No freakin' way. Boston is pretty awesome, but not Dream Theater awesome. |
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: December 20 2012 at 02:47 | ||
How do you measure skill and musicianship and is that really an indication of "the greatest band in America"?
I would imagine popularity and influence are far more important.
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What?
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Sumdeus
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 23 2012 Location: SF Bay Area Status: Offline Points: 831 |
Posted: December 20 2012 at 03:55 | ||
I don't really care about how technically proficient musicians are at playing their instruments if I find their music completely boring. To me bands like The Doors were just as proficient in the context of their time and were much more inventive and revolutionary with their music.
Edited by Sumdeus - December 20 2012 at 03:56 |
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Sumdeus - surreal space/psych/prog journeys
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 12:48 | ||
Let me see:
Iván PD: Just in case I have heard at least one album of each and every band listed in Symphonic Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - January 11 2013 at 12:51 |
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Tapfret
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 12 2007 Location: Bryant, Wa Status: Offline Points: 8571 |
Posted: January 11 2013 at 13:14 | ||
Huger? That better not be a jab at our weight. Don't make us try to get up off this couch! Edited by Tapfret - January 11 2013 at 13:15 |
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: January 11 2013 at 13:23 | ||
One more thing
Check how many bands claim to be influenced by Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull or ELP. I calculate around 90%, if not more. Now tell me, ¿How many bands claim to have been influenced by bands from other nations? The percentage will be incredibly smaller |
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Stool Man
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 30 2007 Location: Anti-Cool (anag Status: Offline Points: 2689 |
Posted: February 26 2013 at 11:41 | ||
Imaginary scenario:
How progressive rock might have developed without including the UK's bands (let's say, for example, that all the UK's psychedelic bands moved on to country rock by 1969, just like the US ones did) 1960s: Miles Davis, Frank Zappa & Brian Wilson inspire a generation of US prog bands. Daevid Allen, Konny Plank, & Christian Vander inspire a generation of European bands 1970s: Jazz/Fusion rules in the US Everyone else flies away to Planet Gong. Which is pretty much what happened anyway! |
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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SquonkHunter
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 22 2013 Location: Texas, by God! Status: Offline Points: 334 |
Posted: March 15 2013 at 06:35 | ||
Growing up in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area in the early 70s, Bloodrock was a huge local favorite. Always nice to see hometown boys make good. |
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