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Wed Jun-30-04 02:19 PM
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Poll question: Biggest Sell out by a Prog Rock Band (attempt #2) |
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Wed Jun-30-04 02:21 PM
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1. smells like teen spirit commercials |
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Wed Jun-30-04 02:23 PM
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2. Cobain took his title from the product |
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Nirvana's not prog either.
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Wed Jun-30-04 02:39 PM
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Wed Jun-30-04 02:25 PM
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3. I voted for Genesis with Phil Collins .... |
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but mainly for the "Invisible Touch" and "We Can't Dance" albums, where the band's sound became almost indistinguishable from Phil's solo work.
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Wed Jun-30-04 02:26 PM
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4. ELP is tiresome, pretentious, wankery |
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No matter who the "P" is.
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Wed Jun-30-04 02:29 PM
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No prog-rock band has irreversably went commercial the way Genesis did.
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Wed Jun-30-04 02:31 PM
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6. Genesis, totally, bot not until Invisible Touch |
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Abacab was getting there; the Mama album took 'em back to their roots (except "illegal alien"). Invisible Touch definitely definitely put them in pop mode, where they stayed inperpetuity.
Oh, how they insulted their fan base! I shall never forgive them.
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Wed Jun-30-04 02:50 PM
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8. Jefferson Airplane......Jefferson Starship(pew wee)stinker |
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Edited on Wed Jun-30-04 02:51 PM by PoliticsSportsMusic
OK so Airplane wasn't progressive but it still needs to be listed.
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Wed Jun-30-04 02:51 PM
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9. I don't think anything comes close to Genesis |
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Phil Collins took it from a daring progressive band to the lamest kind of lounge act.
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Wed Jun-30-04 03:38 PM
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Everything since "And then there were three..."
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Wed Jun-30-04 04:58 PM
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I'm a big fan of early Genesis, but "Duke" is one of their best.
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Wed Jun-30-04 03:47 PM
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11. I'm surprised no one mentioned King Crimson |
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When they completely changed format in the early 80's, trying to pick up the "New York Sound" helmed by Brian Eno and the Talking Heads. I didn't think it was a sell out personall, just a format change - one they totally rocked with - but at the time I remember a lot of Prog Rockers mighty upset by the decision.
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Wed Jun-30-04 05:04 PM
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14. Progressive rockers don't like change |
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Wed Jun-30-04 05:01 PM
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13. Yes, because Genesis have a plausible excuse |
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90% of their prog-ness went away with Peter Gabriel.
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Wed Jun-30-04 05:14 PM
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16. They still had plenty without Gabriel |
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Banks and Hackett (and Rutherford, to an extent) all wrote true prog rock pieces. And Collins sings and plays drums fine. It was when they let him write stuff that they went downhill.
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Wed Jun-30-04 05:07 PM
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15. I see PF as more art rock than prog. (nt) |
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Wed Jun-30-04 05:35 PM
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17. 90125 wasn't really a sell out... |
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Edited on Wed Jun-30-04 05:35 PM by southpaw
It was more of an accident, really. Squire and Rabin formed a band that featured Alan White on drums and Eddie Jobson on keys. Rabin was to be the lead singer, the band was to be called "Cinema"
Jon Anderson was brought into the fold late in the game and the songs were re-worked to incorporate him. Suddenly it was too much like "Yes" te be called anything else. Good album, actually.
Biggest sell out... The later Genesis/Collins era. The first few albums w/out Gabriel were actually pretty proggy... worthy of the Genesis legacy.
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