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1980s' other Progressive Rock than Neo-Prog? |
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David_D 
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^ At least, not all true dinosaur albums.
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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I'd say, there was a lot of good music in the whole '80s. Actually, it's my second favourite all-music decade next after the '70s, and not least thanks to various kind of Punk.
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: October 28 2023 at 10:11 |
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Yes, and if you add Neo Prog and Synth-Pop/New Wave to the equation too, it more than doubles the amount of good music there was around in the eighties.
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Posted: October 28 2023 at 10:20 |
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Certainly yes! ....or at least for the Poppers. |
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Posted: October 28 2023 at 10:47 |
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Yeah, but we"re talking about good music (prog or not)    |
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Posted: October 28 2023 at 13:27 |
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But when talking about Prog Metal in the late-'80s, I finally today, after a year and many listenings, got almost into Voivod's Nothingface, which I'm not so little happy about, as I've had my doubts but have been much up to being able to do it.
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Posted: October 28 2023 at 13:33 |
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Did anyone mention Bob Fripp's amazing League of Gentlemen?
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As long as I'm on a Bob-Fripp-1980's tear, let's not forget his impressive work with Andy Summers!!
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Reissues are again required for both Fripp/Summers albums!
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Thanks for reminding me of their second album, "Bewitched!" |
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The Police were actually close to becoming a prog band in my eyes when they stopped (perhaps thats the reason!). Andy Summers (ex Soft Machine) and Stewart Copeland (ex Curved Air) had already touched on the genre outside of this band. Shame they didn't continue although Sting did a crossover jazz fusion album Bring On The Night which is quite fun. IMO!
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I wish, Paul, you had more respect for the OPs and for the strong feelings, I think not so few of us have for Progressive Rock as a genre, because at least for me, it is not easy to accept the way you act.
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Thank you very much for some good discussion here.  Edited by David_D - October 29 2023 at 13:10 |
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I'm still on a Bob Fripp tear!
The album by the Roche sisters featured Bob Fripp and Tony Levin. Fripp's guitar work on this song is sublime. I find this music rarely acknowledged in prog land. Sorry, 1979, oh well! Edited by cstack3 - October 30 2023 at 01:13 |
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I could mention a tracks "conspiracy" and a couple more. |
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It doesn't look Prog to me, either.  |
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Compared to what, exactly? Did you listen to Fripp's guitar work in any of those clips?
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No comments, Paul? |
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Tears For Fears were 'Art rock' but then so was Kate Bush. Both were equally important and both were a massive respite from so much dismal over produced 80's shyte from artists with zero talent.
If we dismiss Seeds Of Love as not being worthy of the tag 'prog' then we can equally dismiss The Sensual World IMO. The idea of 'crossover prog' is just a massive deceit imo. Basically a bunch of artists that we randomly like or don't like that didn't make commercial driven music. |
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The main point here concerning Tears for Fears is that they are not included in PA, and thus are not considered to be Prog by PA. So if to respect my OP, the band should not be listed, neither if to respect the PA rules for Progressive Music Lounges. Personally, I consider The Seeds of Love to be Pop-Rock, and so do Paul, I think. Edited by David_D - October 31 2023 at 18:51 |
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Psychedelic Paul wrote:
1989: Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love
on PA to rehabilitate the 80's as a normal (good) decade, by seeing the amount of 80's polls series in the last two years of the forum, but the 80's still sucked because of its second half. Of course, the weak start (81 to 85) didn't help either.