What Sucks About This Genre: Prog Rock Edition

Ninetales · 07-19-2018, 09:59 AM

King Crimson seems to get a lot of "despite" love, but honestly don't really think theyre much better than the lot of popular-yet-disliked prog bands

gun to my head id probably take Yes over them anyway, but agree with elphenor that krautrock kicks the dick off any of the noodlers

**Frownland** · 07-19-2018, 10:15 AM

Ninetales · 07-19-2018, 12:29 PM

hey I mean im pretty much unwilling to listen to Close to the Edge again; if only so that I can permanently encase my opinion that "Siberian Khatru" is, at the very least, FUN

**Frownland** · 07-19-2018, 12:31 PM

I'm a big Yes fan, but they don't call them King Crimson for nothing.

Ninetales · 07-19-2018, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

they don't call them King Crimson for nothing.

Yes they do

**Frownland** · 07-19-2018, 12:34 PM

Nah. It's because they're staunch monarchists.

~~MicShazam~~ · 07-19-2018, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

King Crimson seems to get a lot of "despite" love, but honestly don't really think theyre much better than the lot of popular-yet-disliked prog bands

gun to my head id probably take Yes over them anyway, but agree with elphenor that krautrock kicks the dick off any of the noodlers

I listened to a few of Elph's krautrock recs and yeah, easily defeats prog with both hands tied on its back. I can tell that with next to no knowledge of the genre of krautrock.

**Janszoon** · 07-19-2018, 12:53 PM

For me, the biggest issue with prog is that it’s often better on paper than in practice. Talented musicians playing complex, enveloping-pushing music? Sign me up! Unfortunately, a lot of it ends up being kind of meh—too staid, too attached to rock conventions, and too often saddled with lame vocals.

That said, just yesterday I gave Yes’ Fragile another listen after many years and found that I liked it a lot more than I used to. So I think I’m in a frame of mind to have my opinion changed.

~~MicShazam~~ · 07-19-2018, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by janszoon

, and too often saddled with lame vocals.

thank you

**Frownland** · 07-19-2018, 01:00 PM

I really like the Discipline-era harmonic vocals.

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

For me, the biggest issue with prog is that it’s often better on paper than in practice. Talented musicians playing complex, enveloping-pushing music? Sign me up! Unfortunately, a lot of it ends up being kind of meh—too staid, too attached to rock conventions, and too often saddled with lame vocals.

It'd be awesome if they actually pushed the envelope to the point of there being no prog conventions.

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07-19-2018, 10:15 AM	#112 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	__________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-19-2018, 12:31 PM	#114 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I'm a big Yes fan, but they don't call them King Crimson for nothing. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-19-2018, 12:34 PM	#116 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Nah. It's because they're staunch monarchists. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-19-2018, 12:53 PM	#118 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	For me, the biggest issue with prog is that it’s often better on paper than in practice. Talented musicians playing complex, enveloping-pushing music? Sign me up! Unfortunately, a lot of it ends up being kind of meh—too staid, too attached to rock conventions, and too often saddled with lame vocals. That said, just yesterday I gave Yes’ Fragile another listen after many years and found that I liked it a lot more than I used to. So I think I’m in a frame of mind to have my opinion changed. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

07-19-2018, 09:59 AM	#111 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	King Crimson seems to get a lot of "despite" love, but honestly don't really think theyre much better than the lot of popular-yet-disliked prog bands gun to my head id probably take Yes over them anyway, but agree with elphenor that krautrock kicks the dick off any of the noodlers

07-19-2018, 12:29 PM	#113 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	hey I mean im pretty much unwilling to listen to Close to the Edge again; if only so that I can permanently encase my opinion that "Siberian Khatru" is, at the very least, FUN