I read some interesting descriptions of some Phychdelic acts on places like
Prog Archives and Dime. Their fans seem to go out of their way to avoid
giving them a Prog label and often the bands avoid labeling themselves as
Prog. Without going Raja do you think these bands are/were prog? If not
why?
Radiohead, 10cc, Flaming Lips, Zappa

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A persons a person, no matter how small
~Dr. Seuss

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On Feb 13, 11:47 pm, Mani...@usenet.com wrote:

MAN! Homework.
I knew I should have picked another thread.

On 13-Feb-2008, rojon aol.com> wrote:

I'll settle for your opinion on if you like them
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Without music, life would be a mistake.
~Nietzsche

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On Feb 13, 8:47 pm, Mani...@usenet.com wrote:

I like 'em all except Flaming Lips (whom I don't dislike; just don't
really know their work.) Radiohead certainly owes a debt to Prog, but
I don't think of them as being Prog. Likewise 10cc, which was a sort
of pop/prog schizo band (with Godley & Creme representing the more
progressive half: "L" and "Freeze Frame" are about as close to Prog as
anyone from 10cc ever got.) Zappa, on the other hand, is more-prog-
than-Prog; Prog stripped of its grandiose cliches, and with more wit
and funk than most of the genre ever possessed.

On Feb 13, 11:51 pm, rojon aol.com> wrote:

It WILL be on the test.

On Feb 14, 8:00 pm, Chris Jemmett rogers.com> wrote:

then, better sooner than later...Yes?

On Feb 14, 11:27 pm, rojon aol.com> wrote:

On Feb 13, 10:47 pm, Mani...@usenet.com wrote:

Zappa was experimental rock. I dont know whether exp rock can be
called prog. If not that disqualifies Floyd, Can, Velvet Underground
etc.
Radiohead falls in only one category - boring 'c' rock
Flaming Lips -- dont give a damn

On Feb 13, 11:47 pm, Mani...@usenet.com wrote:

Radiohead's "Kid A" album (er, CD) is actually quite progressive in
nature, although I doubt anyone would call it "Prog Rock" in the sense
of what Prog Rock is usually defined by (i.e., the classics from the
70's, Marillion, Flower Kings, Spock's Beard - you know, time
signature changes and key changes). There are songs with a jazzy feel
(The National Anthem), almost ambient (Everything in It's Right
Place), pure pop (Optimistic), and stuff I don't know how to classify
(Idioteque). It's an album that's truly all over the place, but for
some reason, it winds up working.

It is definitely my favorite album of theirs. The other stuff
(including "OK Computer") is not really prog, but their music is
certainly in a category all its own.

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On Feb 16, 5:49 pm, Led-Yes-Pin-Bea-Rol gmail.com> wrote: