Return to Forever (w/diMeola), for ex., sounds more like emotionless showmanship to me. Fun in some ways, in no way deep like Mahavishnu.
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link
I saw them in Lowell at the Paul Tsongas Arena last weekend (the last gig of this leg of their tour; I think the one right after MSG), which they were videotaping I believe for a PBS special and later a DVD release. They played The Beatles' "Every Little Thing" (an early cover of theirs, but very much revamped) as an encore instead of "Soon", plus "Starship Trooper" as the final closer. Great versions of "And You and I", "Ritual", "Turn of the Century"...
Minuses: They did a shuffle-blues acoustic version of "Roundabout" (like Clapton did for "Layla" on his Unplugged)--sounds too cheezy to me. Dean's inflatable set looked very (ahem) Stonehenge like.
That aside, I continue to be amazed at what a great show these guys still put on, since they're all like 55-60 years old. Plus, the a/c that night was non-existent, so it was like 85-90 degrees on stage the entire time for them.
― Joe (Joe), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― chaki_burger (chaki), Friday, 21 May 2004 00:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Saturday, 22 May 2004 19:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Saturday, 22 May 2004 19:05 (nineteen years ago) link
it actually exists. it's actually pretty good.
― (Jon L), Monday, 24 May 2004 17:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― earlnash, Monday, 24 May 2004 17:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― chaki_burger (chaki), Monday, 24 May 2004 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
Area/Demetrio Stratos: C or D
― Joe (Joe), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 01:01 (nineteen years ago) link
Rustic Hinge's [recorded 1970, not released until '88, former Arthur Brown sidemen, almost certainly the first Trout Mask Replica-disciples] is excellent but you'll probably never find it. ― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 06:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 06:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 06:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 06:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Prog that rocks...
Alan Parsons Project "Stereotomy" (leans towards pop)Alan Parsons "Try Anything Once" (absolute rock masterpiece)
― jigue (jigue), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 11:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 12:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― doug watson (solid air), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 16:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Anyone watching the prog rock BBC archive footage, followed by documentary this evening?
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
answer to original poster's question -- Triode On n'a pas fini d'avoir tout vu (with proto-disco flutes!). it played between almost every outside set at terrastock in june and had people a little wiggly
― kamerad, Friday, 2 January 2009 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Stuck this on in the background, we're gonna probably play Scrabble
― REMOVE THEIR EARS (country matters), Friday, 2 January 2009 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice barnet, Moody Blues frontman.
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Hardcore flute action, yes it's the Tull!
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Wishbone Ash sound like Polvo!
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
But look like Creme Brulee.
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Hang on, I didn't think any of this kicked off till 10pm? For fuck's sake.
― Special topics: Disco, The Common Market (grimly fiendish), Friday, 2 January 2009 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
An hour of archive footage with what seem to be Steve Wright penned glib captions, followed by the docu, in which Rick Wakeman will no doubt be aloowed to drone on.
Pretty entertaining so far though!
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah, right. Bugger, missing the archive footage, then (and still up to eyes with work and reluctanct to give up just yet. Tits).
― Special topics: Disco, The Common Market (grimly fiendish), Friday, 2 January 2009 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
:-( sorry! First capes sighted too...
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
have any of these put in in an appearance on the archive footing of the show
John Peel / Alan Freeman / Tommy Vance
― djmartian, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
...and whispering Bob Harris
― djmartian, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Not yet, but Jimmy Saville did one of the intros.
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Hmmm Emerson Lake & Palmer suck the big one, sadly.
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Soft Machine a lot better!
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
lol Bob Harris!
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:43 (fifteen years ago) link
does Bob Harris look like a long haired hippy?
― djmartian, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
love Caravan.
― get that pion down you son (Frogman Henry), Friday, 2 January 2009 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
i bet Comus are too obscure for this program
any sign of the van der graaf generator yet?
― djmartian, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Harris looking well groomed. Genesis now, I think.
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
radiohead
― get that pion down you son (Frogman Henry), Friday, 2 January 2009 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Live Bern 1975
― djmartian, Friday, 2 January 2009 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Robert Wyatt on the documentary :-)
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm watching the arse end of Big Brother and taping the start of the doc.
― Special topics: Disco, The Common Market (grimly fiendish), Friday, 2 January 2009 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Pretty good set of talking heads thus far. Some of the usual "greatest era" stuff, although most contrbutors seem to be able to analyse things a bit more than that.
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Scored 321 in a 3-player game against hapless gf's mum (142) and gf (120), who won last night's triple-header and incurred the fitting response. I am the GODLIEST, she the BARMAID. Bam. All this to a lovely soundtrack too. :)
― REMOVE THEIR EARS (country matters), Friday, 2 January 2009 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
lol you so cool prog rock and Scrabble!
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
i know right it's totally happening here
― REMOVE THEIR EARS (country matters), Friday, 2 January 2009 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link
at least King Crimson are sounding pretty good.
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Jonathan Coe reckons Crimson is "progressive rock at its most melodic" Geir to thread!
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 22:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Or actually on second thoughts...
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 22:31 (fifteen years ago) link
uugh "thoroughbred musical statement" fuck you ELP guy.
― Neil S, Friday, 2 January 2009 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
oops
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:04 (one week ago) link
new elbow album (audio vertigo) is allegedly proggy, maybe harkening to crane wife / "tain": "Self-confessed Genesis fans, this influence comes across very clearly in 'Her to the Earth', where even the mix on Garvey’s voice (and female backing vocals – Ella Hohnen-Ford, Kianja and Eliza Oakes) would impress Mr Gabriel. It’s a real departure for them and, even for someone who shudders at the very notion of Genesis, a blinding success"
https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-elbow-audio-vertigo
also impending decemberists (double!) album has a sidelong epic suite that progresses from beach boys harmonies through a long floyd stretch into finally a balls out iron maiden gallop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nhLuHWcTdo
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 21 March 2024 20:47 (one week ago) link
Cautiously optimistic about both of those albums, both bands I've really loved in the past but had moved away from what I liked best about them.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 21 March 2024 20:54 (one week ago) link
Posted in the Uncool Music thread but gosh i love this band:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2XS7pj8lAE
― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 22 March 2024 13:26 (one week ago) link
new elbow album (audio vertigo) is allegedly proggy
it's not, it's another real snoozer based on my one listen. I dunno, I loved this band up through Take Off and Landing but everything since has done very little for me.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 22 March 2024 14:21 (one week ago) link
Ugh, that's a bummer, but makes sense. I've found them to be pretty snoozy for awhile now.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 22 March 2024 14:25 (one week ago) link
It's got more life to it than the previous album but that's a low bar. (I'm pretty much with akm but liked Giants of All Sizes too).
Also worth noting that a couple of years ago their keyboard player mostly turned his Twitter over to transphobia before abruptly deleting his account.
― Iain Mew (if), Saturday, 23 March 2024 06:43 (six days ago) link
I did give it a more fair listen last night and agree that it is less snoozy than the previous two records. It doesn't hit the highs of everything through Take off and Landing, but it's not terrible. I don't know that I'd call it extremely proggy though, despite them naming a song Lover's Leap. But they don't shy away from the genre the way they did early on (I swear I read somewhere that Elbow, when starting out, actually played a Marillion Weekend, but have been unable to find that documented anywhere, like they buried it after getting signed and told it was uncool).
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:46 (six days ago) link