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Just watched the prog documentary for another thread and saw many great band I love and some I am going to check out. So here's my list

Yes up to Drama
King Crimson
Pink Floyd up to The Wall
Genesis with Peter
Rush up to Moving Pictures and then again with Snakes And Arrows
Frank Zappa if he can be considered prog, some stuff yes some a big no.

I feel abashed that I have never actually heard a Rush tune.....

I'm with you on the others and would add early ELP (definitely not to be confused with ELO!). I'm a big Crimson fan - Lark's Tongues in Aspic being my all-time favourite prog album.

I'll go along with that list, too, except for Rush. I just don't care for Geddy's singing. Especially the albums "Fragile" through "Relayer" are tops on my list.

I don't know many people that would confuse ELP with ELO. I like ELP but sometimes they go a little to far in the way of being pretentious. Larks Tounges is the bomb and sometimes it is tough to decide if that or Red is my fav. Close To The Edge and Relayer are the best Yes. Pink Floyd would be Animals, Rush is Perm Waves. Zappa to many to mention. Many of the bands of the new style of Prog are really good.

I'd say Genesis all the way through Duke was good prog. Abacab was the first real boner by them.

kiramdear wrote:... Especially the albums "Fragile" through "Relayer" are tops on my list.

+1 Great music there. GOD is a must listen on Relayer.

johnallg wrote:

kiramdear wrote:... Especially the albums "Fragile" through "Relayer" are tops on my list.

+1 Great music there. GOD is a must listen on Relayer.

Hey no religion talk here!

jdogric12 wrote:

johnallg wrote:

kiramdear wrote:... Especially the albums "Fragile" through "Relayer" are tops on my list.

+1 Great music there. GOD is a must listen on Relayer.

Hey no religion talk here!

Okay..... Gates Of Delirium. Ya happy??!!

jdogric12 wrote:I'd say Genesis all the way through Duke was good prog. Abacab was the first real boner by them.

Agree with you, but there's some great prog songs on Abacab (Me and Sarah Jane, Dodo/Lurker), on Genesis (Mama, Home by the Sea...) on Invisible Touch (Domino, The Brazilian) on We Can't Dance (Fading Lights) especially live version.

My list:
Yes (classic line-up)
Genesis with Gabriel and Collins
Pink Floyd up to DSOTM
and then some baby progs like Spock's Beard and Porcupine Tree

Remo wrote:

jdogric12 wrote:I'd say Genesis all the way through Duke was good prog. Abacab was the first real boner by them.

Agree with you, but there's some great prog songs on Abacab (Me and Sarah Jane, Dodo/Lurker), on Genesis (Mama, Home by the Sea...) on Invisible Touch (Domino, The Brazilian) on We Can't Dance (Fading Lights) especially live version.

I used to defend that as well. That's certainly a good point. But it doesn't excuse the drivel that fills the rest of those albums!

I am curious though, off the top of my head I can't remember much different on Fading Lights live vs. studio, other than a short guitar solo. Is there much different? I am impressed that they played that, just Phil, Mike and Tony live. Bass pedals live forever!!!

I didn't mean just Fading Lights. But you're right about Fading Lights.

Genesis at ABACAB got really lame and the stuff after was just sad. After Peter left it was alright and when Hackett left they were to Phil Collinsy. I really don't care for ... And Then..., even Duke was kind of weak in a lot of areas and stuff like Who Donnit on ABACAB must have taken them all of 5 minuites to write the lyrics. Dodo/Lurker was really cool. Home By The Sea and Second Home By The Seas was good.

Hey,Jason,

Well...chester thompson and darryl steurmer HELPED on that live genesis stuff...
A couple of really good american (70's) prog bands are happy the man,and ethos. I loves me some ozric tentacles,too....