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ELP all the way for me. Its the only band that i can listen to without getting bored. I like almost all of the songs on their first 5 albums, which adds up to be 41 different songs, some over 9 minutes long. I had never heard of Can until recently but they seem a bit overrated as all their songs sound the same. Every band i've listened to until now has been a phase. I still love KC and Yes but i guess i played them out. This is my first time on this forum but I was surprised to find that some people actually liked King Crimsons later stuff. I personally thought that In the Court of the Crimson King was there only truly good album and the rest paled in comparison.
Has to be Can, their output in the early to mid-70s is just faultless. Soft Machine, Hawkwind, Henry Cow and King Crimson give them a run for their money though.
Can was only good with Damo - the rest of their stuff ain't that great.
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I have to admit, I have a soft spot for 70s genesis, even though not many have voted for them. Maybe it's because they were my introduction to symphonic prog, earning that special place in my heart.
been getting into National Health and Hatfield & The North lately
great stuff
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what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.
Just wondering where Kansas is? Progressive rock was never really mentioned much as a genre until Kansas appeared. If my memory serves me right. Which is less and less frequent these days. I think we called it Album Oriented Rock in the late 60's early 70's. With the exceptions such as the Moody Blues, and ELP. Pink Floyd was actually referred to as Acid Rock, and eerie on acid.
I don't know anymore, but, ELO might fit this category as well. Oh well.
One vote for Kansas.
peace
steve
I'm woven in a fantasy
I can't believe the things I see
The path that I have chosen
Has led me to a wall
And with each passing day
I feel a little more
Like something dear was lost
It rises now before me
A dark and silent barrier between
All I am
And all that I would ever want to be
It's just a travesty
Towering
Marking off the boundaries my spirit
Would erase
To pass beyond is what I seek
I fear that I may be too weak
And those are few
Who've seen it through
To glimpse the other side
The promised land is waiting
Like a maiden
That is soon to be a bride
The moment is a masterpiece
The weight of indecision's in the air
It's standing there
The symbol and the sum of all that's me
It's just a travesty
Towering
Blocking out the light and blinding me
I want to see
Gold and diamonds cast a spell
It's not for me, I know it well
The riches that I seek
Are waiting on the other side
There's more that I can measure
In the treasure of the love that I can find
And though it's always been with me
I must tear down the wall and let it be
All I am
And all that I was ever meant to be
In harmony
Shining true and smiling back
At all who wait to cross
There is no loss
The greatest song of all time. IMHO.
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Kansas is actually one of the few core "American progressive rock" bands from the early 70s.
Other popular American progressive rock bands were mainly during the mid to late 70s. Styx, Journey, Foreigner (British-American) and Boston. These bands were more pop rock orientated than the earlier core progressive rock bands like Yes, Rush, and so on.
These bands, beside British bands like Jethro Tull, Supertramp and ELO, all demonstrated a prog rock influence and while ranking among the most commercially successful acts of the 1970s.
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