Greatest Progressive band of all time.

Unknown Soldier · 11-19-2011, 05:02 AM

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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.

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.

Salami · 11-19-2011, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

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 repond to it. Early Genesis were certainly very English though with their whimsical sound.

Haha... I'll be honest, my dislike of the Mars Volta is because it reminds me of Led Zeppelin! I'm happy just listening to Led Zeppelin without some prog impersonation, but that's just me.

Rush is fun because of the acoustic aesthetic, I don't mean "funny" like those lame comedy bands calling themselves things like "The Farters" and "The Poopers". I just think that hearing Rush is pretty fun!
Pink Floyd make much more serious and sensible music, and if you need cheering up you probably won't put on "The Wall".

Unknown Soldier · 11-19-2011, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Mighty Salami

Pink Floyd make much more serious and sensible music, and if you need cheering up you probably won't put on "The Wall".

The Wall was an accomplished album, but it always bored me, not to the same level as Blonde on Blonde but it still bored me and I always found it hard to sit through it from beginning to end. I`ve heard every Floyd album and own about 60% of their discography, but I was never a huge fan of the band and actually preferred most of the other big prog bands of the era. As for being pretentious, didn`t Roger Waters invent the word?