Trollheart's Wonderful World of Prog

The Batlord · 07-27-2018, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Maybe I'm an anomaly. Nothing really since the debut has clicked for me. So far. It's not that it's bad, per se, just kind of meh what's the big deal?

I've liked everything up to and including Discipline (1981) so far. I'm sure I'm not nearly as into them as Frownie since I'm a prog and jazz noob dunce, but they manage to meld rock and jazz in a way that expresses the coolness of both and they did it seemingly without missing a beat at least for the entirety of the 70s. And not liking those horns is grounds for banning afaic.

Trollheart · 07-27-2018, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Seventies highlights are Red an Larks Tongues.

Okay well we'll see.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I've liked everything up to and including Discipline (1981) so far. I'm sure I'm not nearly as into them as Frownie since I'm a prog and jazz noob dunce, but they manage to meld rock and jazz in a way that expresses the coolness of both and they did it seemingly without missing a beat at least for the entirety of the 70s. And not liking those horns is grounds for banning afaic.

Meh

Trollheart · 07-27-2018, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I've liked everything up to and including Discipline (1981) so far. I'm sure I'm not nearly as into them as Frownie since I'm a prog and jazz noob dunce, but they manage to meld rock and jazz in a way that expresses the coolness of both and they did it seemingly without missing a beat at least for the entirety of the 70s. And not liking those horns is grounds for banning afaic.

I think this may be part of the problem. I've never mentioned it before, but I don't care for jazz. So any band, especially a prog one, who uses it in their music is going to have a hard sell to me from the get-go. This is also why I often find VDGG hard to get into. I'll have my prog sans jazz, please.