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Of course camel freely falls to canterbury scene.
Of course Sinclair is not the reason, it's the music (maybe made by Sinclair.....)
Anyway, I can't clearly say where to categorize Camel. Symphonic prog is OK to me, maybe because the categorization on this site doesn't help me much, and for other people... I'm not sure if it really matters. Maybe Camel should go to Eclectic prog, lol.
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:21 |
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Well, my point is that Moonmadness and most certainly Rain Dances have their fair amount of jazz rock leanings added to the music. |
And this after our National Health discussion.... Jeez, Pablo, what doesn't sound like jazz-rock to you? Next thing you'll tell me about Holdsworth-esque licks in Selena Gomez's latest single. 
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:19 |
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Listen to the ending of Lunar Sea or the middle part of Song within a Song, that should remind you of Bundles immediately.
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It won't, because I haven't heard Bundles.
I don't think I ever made it to the ending of Lunar Sea. 
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I don't find it funny, it's undoubtly the best instrumental ever conceived by a band. 
Just kidding. Don't you have Floating World Live by the Softs?
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I do - thought you meant the album, not the track - I've got some homework to do
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:09 |
Genesis is a symph prog band because they mix folk and symph rock, and Camel is symph prog because they mix jazz and symph prog. 
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:08 |
The Quiet One wrote:
A Person wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
A Person wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Well, Rob, it's been a long time since I listened to a Camel album (have not suffered insomnia lately), but I just never associated their music with any of the main "Canterbury" artists - I don't recall too much of a jazzy feel or any sort of free-form/experimental approach which I normally attach to anyone I would call "Canterbury".I thought the Snow Goose was fairly in the Symphonic vein, but I'm no expert. Although someone earlier posted that the debut Camel was closer to Canterbury - can't comment, I've not heard that album. |
lol @ insomniaWell, Pat, this is where I have trouble too. Camel did symphonic things (like most of The Snow Goose), but I was listening to Caravan and thinking, "gosh, this is so similar to Camel."Also, I don't really think Genesis is a symphonic prog band either, but I don't want my nads cut off.  |
If Genesis are not symphonic, neither is Kansas  |
Genesis are very similar to Jethro Tull.Kansas deserves a subgenre of their own. |
To Jethro Tull? I've never heard that before. Which albums are you thinking of, Nursery Cryme, Trespass and Foxtrot?
To continue expressing our feelings about certain Prog bands, I've always stand that Jethro Tull were not really conceived as a Prog band, and I don't think they intended to be one. However, that doesn't take that their Prog albums, Thick as a Brick, Minstrel and A Passion Play are favorites of mine 
Though, we're getting off-topic  |
You're absolutely right. But look at it this way: Suppose you have a triangle. At the three points are these bands: Yes, Kansas, and Jethro Tull.To which of these three bands is Genesis closer? I'd say Jethro Tull, because much of pre-Lamb Genesis is quite acoustic and quite similar to Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play. |
I agree. |
Me too, lol.
Wouldn't say similar to A Passion Play, though |
Awesome.Let's get Ivan to move Genesis to prog folk. |
If someone tried that there would be blood. |
on the rooftops? |
Now that we are on that we could also move ELP to Avant/RIO (they were very experimental), Magma to Canterbury (they have jazzy keyboards) and Pink Floyd to symphonic!
and now we are good!
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:05 |
You two are killing me.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:05 |
A Person wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
A Person wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Well, Rob, it's been a long time since I listened to a Camel album (have not suffered insomnia lately), but I just never associated their music with any of the main "Canterbury" artists - I don't recall too much of a jazzy feel or any sort of free-form/experimental approach which I normally attach to anyone I would call "Canterbury".
I thought the Snow Goose was fairly in the Symphonic vein, but I'm no expert. Although someone earlier posted that the debut Camel was closer to Canterbury - can't comment, I've not heard that album.
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lol @ insomnia
Well, Pat, this is where I have trouble too. Camel did symphonic things (like most of The Snow Goose), but I was listening to Caravan and thinking, "gosh, this is so similar to Camel."
Also, I don't really think Genesis is a symphonic prog band either, but I don't want my nads cut off.
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If Genesis are not symphonic, neither is Kansas |
Genesis are very similar to Jethro Tull.
Kansas deserves a subgenre of their own.
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To Jethro Tull? I've never heard that before. Which albums are you thinking of, Nursery Cryme, Trespass and Foxtrot?
To continue expressing our feelings about certain Prog bands, I've always stand that Jethro Tull were not really conceived as a Prog band, and I don't think they intended to be one. However, that doesn't take that their Prog albums, Thick as a Brick, Minstrel and A Passion Play are favorites of mine
Though, we're getting off-topic |
You're absolutely right. But look at it this way: Suppose you have a triangle. At the three points are these bands: Yes, Kansas, and Jethro Tull.
To which of these three bands is Genesis closer?
I'd say Jethro Tull, because much of pre-Lamb Genesis is quite acoustic and quite similar to Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play.
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I agree.
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Me too, lol.
Wouldn't say similar to A Passion Play, though |
Awesome.
Let's get Ivan to move Genesis to prog folk.
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If someone tried that there would be blood.
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on the rooftops?
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:04 |
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
A Person wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Well, Rob, it's been a long time since I listened to a Camel album (have not suffered insomnia lately), but I just never associated their music with any of the main "Canterbury" artists - I don't recall too much of a jazzy feel or any sort of free-form/experimental approach which I normally attach to anyone I would call "Canterbury".
I thought the Snow Goose was fairly in the Symphonic vein, but I'm no expert. Although someone earlier posted that the debut Camel was closer to Canterbury - can't comment, I've not heard that album.
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lol @ insomnia
Well, Pat, this is where I have trouble too. Camel did symphonic things (like most of The Snow Goose), but I was listening to Caravan and thinking, "gosh, this is so similar to Camel."
Also, I don't really think Genesis is a symphonic prog band either, but I don't want my nads cut off.
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If Genesis are not symphonic, neither is Kansas |
Genesis are very similar to Jethro Tull.
Kansas deserves a subgenre of their own.
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To Jethro Tull? I've never heard that before. Which albums are you thinking of, Nursery Cryme, Trespass and Foxtrot?
To continue expressing our feelings about certain Prog bands, I've always stand that Jethro Tull were not really conceived as a Prog band, and I don't think they intended to be one. However, that doesn't take that their Prog albums, Thick as a Brick, Minstrel and A Passion Play are favorites of mine
Though, we're getting off-topic |
You're absolutely right. But look at it this way: Suppose you have a triangle. At the three points are these bands: Yes, Kansas, and Jethro Tull.
To which of these three bands is Genesis closer?
I'd say Jethro Tull, because much of pre-Lamb Genesis is quite acoustic and quite similar to Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play.
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I agree.
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Me too, lol.
Wouldn't say similar to A Passion Play, though |
Awesome.
Let's get Ivan to move Genesis to prog folk.
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 There still is The Lamb, Trick of the Tail and W&W, those are easily Symphonic Prog albums, right? I would also include Selling England by the Pound, haha.
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:04 |
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
A Person wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Well, Rob, it's been a long time since I listened to a Camel album (have not suffered insomnia lately), but I just never associated their music with any of the main "Canterbury" artists - I don't recall too much of a jazzy feel or any sort of free-form/experimental approach which I normally attach to anyone I would call "Canterbury".
I thought the Snow Goose was fairly in the Symphonic vein, but I'm no expert. Although someone earlier posted that the debut Camel was closer to Canterbury - can't comment, I've not heard that album.
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lol @ insomnia
Well, Pat, this is where I have trouble too. Camel did symphonic things (like most of The Snow Goose), but I was listening to Caravan and thinking, "gosh, this is so similar to Camel."
Also, I don't really think Genesis is a symphonic prog band either, but I don't want my nads cut off.
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If Genesis are not symphonic, neither is Kansas |
Genesis are very similar to Jethro Tull.
Kansas deserves a subgenre of their own.
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To Jethro Tull? I've never heard that before. Which albums are you thinking of, Nursery Cryme, Trespass and Foxtrot?
To continue expressing our feelings about certain Prog bands, I've always stand that Jethro Tull were not really conceived as a Prog band, and I don't think they intended to be one. However, that doesn't take that their Prog albums, Thick as a Brick, Minstrel and A Passion Play are favorites of mine
Though, we're getting off-topic |
You're absolutely right. But look at it this way: Suppose you have a triangle. At the three points are these bands: Yes, Kansas, and Jethro Tull.
To which of these three bands is Genesis closer?
I'd say Jethro Tull, because much of pre-Lamb Genesis is quite acoustic and quite similar to Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play.
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I agree.
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Me too, lol.
Wouldn't say similar to A Passion Play, though |
Awesome.
Let's get Ivan to move Genesis to prog folk.
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If someone tried that there would be blood.
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:03 |
The Quiet One wrote:
A Person wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Well, Rob, it's been a long time since I listened to a Camel album (have not suffered insomnia lately), but I just never associated their music with any of the main "Canterbury" artists - I don't recall too much of a jazzy feel or any sort of free-form/experimental approach which I normally attach to anyone I would call "Canterbury".
I thought the Snow Goose was fairly in the Symphonic vein, but I'm no expert. Although someone earlier posted that the debut Camel was closer to Canterbury - can't comment, I've not heard that album.
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lol @ insomnia
Well, Pat, this is where I have trouble too. Camel did symphonic things (like most of The Snow Goose), but I was listening to Caravan and thinking, "gosh, this is so similar to Camel."
Also, I don't really think Genesis is a symphonic prog band either, but I don't want my nads cut off.
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If Genesis are not symphonic, neither is Kansas |
Genesis are very similar to Jethro Tull.
Kansas deserves a subgenre of their own.
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To Jethro Tull? I've never heard that before. Which albums are you thinking of, Nursery Cryme, Trespass and Foxtrot?
To continue expressing our feelings about certain Prog bands, I've always stand that Jethro Tull were not really conceived as a Prog band, and I don't think they intended to be one. However, that doesn't take that their Prog albums, Thick as a Brick, Minstrel and A Passion Play are favorites of mine
Though, we're getting off-topic |
You're absolutely right. But look at it this way: Suppose you have a triangle. At the three points are these bands: Yes, Kansas, and Jethro Tull.
To which of these three bands is Genesis closer?
I'd say Jethro Tull, because much of pre-Lamb Genesis is quite acoustic and quite similar to Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play.
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I agree.
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Me too, lol.
Wouldn't say similar to A Passion Play, though |
Awesome.
Let's get Ivan to move Genesis to prog folk.
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:02 |
Padraic wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
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Listen to the ending of Lunar Sea or the middle part of Song within a Song, that should remind you of Bundles immediately.
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It won't, because I haven't heard Bundles.
I don't think I ever made it to the ending of Lunar Sea.
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I don't find it funny, it's undoubtly the best instrumental ever conceived by a band.
Just kidding. Don't you have Floating World Live by the Softs? Well, I suppose not, you'd probably have told me so... Well, my point is that Moonmadness and most certainly Rain Dances have their fair amount of jazz rock leanings added to the music.
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 20:00 |
A Person wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Well, Rob, it's been a long time since I listened to a Camel album (have not suffered insomnia lately), but I just never associated their music with any of the main "Canterbury" artists - I don't recall too much of a jazzy feel or any sort of free-form/experimental approach which I normally attach to anyone I would call "Canterbury".
I thought the Snow Goose was fairly in the Symphonic vein, but I'm no expert. Although someone earlier posted that the debut Camel was closer to Canterbury - can't comment, I've not heard that album.
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lol @ insomnia
Well, Pat, this is where I have trouble too. Camel did symphonic things (like most of The Snow Goose), but I was listening to Caravan and thinking, "gosh, this is so similar to Camel."
Also, I don't really think Genesis is a symphonic prog band either, but I don't want my nads cut off.
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If Genesis are not symphonic, neither is Kansas |
Genesis are very similar to Jethro Tull.
Kansas deserves a subgenre of their own.
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To Jethro Tull? I've never heard that before. Which albums are you thinking of, Nursery Cryme, Trespass and Foxtrot?
To continue expressing our feelings about certain Prog bands, I've always stand that Jethro Tull were not really conceived as a Prog band, and I don't think they intended to be one. However, that doesn't take that their Prog albums, Thick as a Brick, Minstrel and A Passion Play are favorites of mine
Though, we're getting off-topic |
You're absolutely right. But look at it this way: Suppose you have a triangle. At the three points are these bands: Yes, Kansas, and Jethro Tull.
To which of these three bands is Genesis closer?
I'd say Jethro Tull, because much of pre-Lamb Genesis is quite acoustic and quite similar to Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play.
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I agree.
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Me too, lol.
Wouldn't say similar to A Passion Play, though
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 19:59 |
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Well, Rob, it's been a long time since I listened to a Camel album (have not suffered insomnia lately), but I just never associated their music with any of the main "Canterbury" artists - I don't recall too much of a jazzy feel or any sort of free-form/experimental approach which I normally attach to anyone I would call "Canterbury".
I thought the Snow Goose was fairly in the Symphonic vein, but I'm no expert. Although someone earlier posted that the debut Camel was closer to Canterbury - can't comment, I've not heard that album.
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lol @ insomnia
Well, Pat, this is where I have trouble too. Camel did symphonic things (like most of The Snow Goose), but I was listening to Caravan and thinking, "gosh, this is so similar to Camel."
Also, I don't really think Genesis is a symphonic prog band either, but I don't want my nads cut off.
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If Genesis are not symphonic, neither is Kansas |
Genesis are very similar to Jethro Tull.
Kansas deserves a subgenre of their own.
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To Jethro Tull? I've never heard that before. Which albums are you thinking of, Nursery Cryme, Trespass and Foxtrot?
To continue expressing our feelings about certain Prog bands, I've always stand that Jethro Tull were not really conceived as a Prog band, and I don't think they intended to be one. However, that doesn't take that their Prog albums, Thick as a Brick, Minstrel and A Passion Play are favorites of mine
Though, we're getting off-topic |
You're absolutely right. But look at it this way: Suppose you have a triangle. At the three points are these bands: Yes, Kansas, and Jethro Tull.
To which of these three bands is Genesis closer?
I'd say Jethro Tull, because much of pre-Lamb Genesis is quite acoustic and quite similar to Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play.
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I agree.
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 19:58 |
harmonium.ro wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Both have very notable jazz rock influences, even more so than the symphonic ones.
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I have listened to the first five Camel albums a few years ago so may memory might play me games, but I never felt the jazzy component of their sound to be more than a "flavour" added to the base. And actually the jazziest thing I can remember from those albums is the quirky sound and playfulness of the synth in The Snow Goose.
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It's indeed a flavour, since it is mainly Peter Bardens adding it alone, but what a big and notable flavour it is! It's such a unique essence of Camel's classic albums which make it possible to easy distinguish from Yes, Genesis and ELP.
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 19:58 |
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Listen to the ending of Lunar Sea or the middle part of Song within a Song, that should remind you of Bundles immediately.
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It won't, because I haven't heard Bundles. I don't think I ever made it to the ending of Lunar Sea.
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 19:57 |
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Well, Rob, it's been a long time since I listened to a Camel album (have not suffered insomnia lately), but I just never associated their music with any of the main "Canterbury" artists - I don't recall too much of a jazzy feel or any sort of free-form/experimental approach which I normally attach to anyone I would call "Canterbury".
I thought the Snow Goose was fairly in the Symphonic vein, but I'm no expert. Although someone earlier posted that the debut Camel was closer to Canterbury - can't comment, I've not heard that album.
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lol @ insomnia
Well, Pat, this is where I have trouble too. Camel did symphonic things (like most of The Snow Goose), but I was listening to Caravan and thinking, "gosh, this is so similar to Camel."
Also, I don't really think Genesis is a symphonic prog band either, but I don't want my nads cut off.
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If Genesis are not symphonic, neither is Kansas |
Genesis are very similar to Jethro Tull.
Kansas deserves a subgenre of their own.
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To Jethro Tull? I've never heard that before. Which albums are you thinking of, Nursery Cryme, Trespass and Foxtrot?
To continue expressing our feelings about certain Prog bands, I've always stand that Jethro Tull were not really conceived as a Prog band, and I don't think they intended to be one. However, that doesn't take that their Prog albums, Thick as a Brick, Minstrel and A Passion Play are favorites of mine
Though, we're getting off-topic |
You're absolutely right. But look at it this way: Suppose you have a triangle. At the three points are these bands: Yes, Kansas, and Jethro Tull.
To which of these three bands is Genesis closer?
I'd say Jethro Tull, because much of pre-Lamb Genesis is quite acoustic and quite similar to Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play.
And none of those bands were "conceived" as prog bands (although Kansas's debut is amazing prog because Livgren is amazing as a songwriter ).
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 19:56 |
Padraic wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Both have very notable jazz rock influences, even more so than the symphonic ones.
However, like I said before, I'm not suggesting to move Camel to Canterbury neither to Jazz Rock. |
Moonmadness has a jazz rock influence? Must be a soft jazz rock influence.
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I agree that there are jazz influences on Moonmadness, I haven't really
heard Rain Dances so I can't comment on that.
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 19:56 |
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Both have very notable jazz rock influences, even more so than the symphonic ones.
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I have listened to the first five Camel albums a few years ago so may memory might play me games, but I never felt the jazzy component of their sound to be more than a "flavour" added to the base. And actually the jazziest thing I can remember from those albums is the quirky sound and playfulness of the synth in The Snow Goose.
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 19:55 |
Padraic wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
Both have very notable jazz rock influences, even more so than the symphonic ones.
However, like I said before, I'm not suggesting to move Camel to Canterbury neither to Jazz Rock. |
Moonmadness has a jazz rock influence? Must be a soft jazz rock influence.
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Listen to the ending of Lunar Sea or the middle part of Song within a Song, that should remind you of Bundles immediately.
Also, the rhythm section is akin to jazz.
Of course, not the complex characteristics of jazz rock, but jazz rock doesn't need to be complex, just like prog.
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Posted: March 10 2010 at 19:52 |
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So it is a difficult decision at the time of labeling them..... bu t at the end WHO CARES? it is fun to discuss but the fact is that Camel is a great band and could appeal to Symphonic and Canterbury fans... |
That's the bottom line, they're here, just don't need to sweat the labels that much.
Now about the "great band" part...
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Indeed, a great band, we agree on that. 
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