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Mithra6 posted:Holy poo poo I just got the remasters to "In the Court of the Crimson King", "In the Wake of Poseidon", "Lizard", and "Starless and Bible Black". I haven't heard Starless yet. The only version of Lizard I've heard is the newest remaster so I kept wondering why everyone seemed to hate it so much. Now I know why. Well, that and I guess Gordon Haskell wasn't the greatest singer.
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He sang lead on "More Fool Me" and I think had some vocal parts on at least one other song.
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Aug 28, 2012 16:41
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Decided to give Renaissance a listen today. Considering how much I love British folk rock like The Pentangle and Fairport Convention I'm surprised I hadn't listened to them sooner.
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I think it says a lot about TFTO that even Rick Wakeman thought it was pretentious. I'm kind of surprised to see all the love for Relayer. I like parts of "Gates of Delirium" but the album is way too dense for my liking. I don't mind dense when it's King Crimson doing it but it just seems off to me when Yes is doing it.
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Nov 17, 2012 08:04
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King Crimson being reactivated (I know Fripp considers it "a way of doing things") is cool but they kind lost me after their 80s lineup. I'll see them anyway because Robert Fripp is awesome. Edit: Somewhat related but what's good if I really like ICOTCK? The only band I think of that was that mellotron heavy was The Moody Blues and I guess Porcupine Tree to some extent but I'm a bad prog fan and never got too into them though I get the appeal.
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Thanks for the recommendations guys. I've already got the other KC albums through Three of a Perfect Pair and I love Genesis but Van Der Graaf and the others slipped under my radar somehow.
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Sep 28, 2013 05:46
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Yeah I agree. The other one is alright but In The Land of Pink and Grey is phenomenal.
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Sep 28, 2013 06:41
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Earwicker posted:I will probably catch flak itt for saying this but IMO several of the early Jethro Tull albums have a certain amount of "heart" I guess I'd say that is really lacking on the albums of their prog contemporaries. I mean I love just about every late 60's/early 70's prog album that is out there, but there is something just so warm and beautiful and sad in a song like Wondring Aloud that I have never found in other prog rock from that period I agree with you but then I prefer the British folk-rock sound Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Richard Thompson, etc. had going on to a lot of prog rock.  I think both scenes were kinda shooting for the same goal but had different source material they were inspired by.
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Jan 4, 2015 19:25
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Grouchio posted:Also has there been any sort of resurgence in this really tasteful genre? I think the genre is less frowned upon now (even pitchfork gave a reissue of Close to the Edge 9/10 a while back) but I don't think the golden age of prog sound is going to come back like post-punk did anytime soon. Though the way I see it 70s prog was a specific style from a specific time but progressive rock lives on in any band that pushes the envelope. Rehashing marrying Romantic composers to rock ad nauseum isn't, well, progressive.
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May 23, 2015 05:15
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A human heart posted:The problem with just listing the canon bands is that like half of them aren't very good. Like you could be listening to some weirdo italian crap or some krautrock and it would be better than ELP or Pink Floyd for instance. I know Pink Floyd is a little overrated but kinda mean to lump them in with ELP
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Aug 3, 2015 02:16
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It's no Close to the Edge but it's better than Relayer and Tales IMO. Drama was surprisingly decent for what it was though.
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Sep 28, 2015 16:14
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Woolie Wool posted:E 2: A symphonic prog band fronted by Ronnie James Dio would have been really cool. If "Stargazer" by Rainbow is any indication it would've been pretty loving great.
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Nov 21, 2015 21:22
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I feel like outside of the first album I like King Crimson on an intellectual level more than an emotional level if that makes any sense
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Nov 29, 2015 22:30
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I mean Drama is underrated but Going for the One is pretty great. I think the production is a little off and I guess in retrospect you get the vague sense something as horrible as Tormato is lurking around the corner but I play it more than Relayer and Tales.
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Jan 2, 2016 22:37
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I'm not an ELP fan but I was wayyy more into classic rock than modern music growing up so seeing the old guard all dying off is just a world class bummer. Plus The Nice were pretty decent.
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Mar 13, 2016 18:52
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Cozy Powell is a big reason why I like Rainbow Rising so much
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Mar 27, 2016 00:46
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Porcupine Tree is okay but sometimes they just come across as boring Radiohead to me. I was a Dream Theater fan in high school and it's one of the only bands I wince about being into.
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Mar 28, 2016 21:29
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Vulture Culture posted:I remember when Daniel Gildenlow pulled this poo poo with Pain of Salvation, then reversed course when Obama came into office and changed zero of the policies he was complaining about I remember back when I used to post on the Dream Theater forums (which got closed because no one there actually liked DT much anymore) Pain of Salvation was always getting praise but the only album I found in the music store was Be... I am not a Pain of Salvation fan.
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May 22, 2016 19:11
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Earwicker posted:I agree in that I love some of Yes' and Genesis' actual straight up pop songs as well as some solo Phil Collins tunes. but personally I can't stomach the AWBH stuff, not because it's poppy but because it's just so overwhelmingly saccharine. I dunno I think The Turn of a Friendly Card and Eye in the Sky are decent enough albums
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I'm starting to think Van der Graaf Generator is secretly the best prog band. Or at least Peter Hammill is secretly the best prog musician. Even though it's proggy in places I can't believe the person who wrote Over also wrote H to He, Who Am the Only One.
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