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Originally Posted by Mighty Salami
I personally can't agree with that. In my opinion, The Mars Volta seems so pretentious and boring compared with Floyd, Rush and Genesis that I don't think they merit being mentioned in the same sentence. At least Rush were fun, Floyd were meaningful and Genesis were English! If you listen to the lyrics of "Miranda That Ghost Just Isn’t Holy Anymore", you'll see what I mean.
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The Mars Volta are pretentious and that`s what makes them great, it brings back memories of 1970s Yes! Music wise they are like a modern day Yes and Led Zeppelin rolled into one with a heavy jazz and Latin tinge...........wow!
I wouldn`t actually label Rush as a fun band and don`t really see any fun factor to their sound, they didn`t do for example any of the "duff and jokey songs" that you would ocasionally find on albums (usually just one song) by some of the British bands of the early 1970s prog era. I also wouldn`t describe Floyd as meaningful (but I think you need to clarify that better) for me to respond to it. Early Genesis were certainly very English though with their whimsical sound.