I only made it through 20 seconds, because it saddened me.

At a time when bands like King Crimson, Gentle Giant, and Frank Zappa were at their peak, that is the horseshiat that the guidos and stoopids were buying in to.

What? No love for The Captain And Tenille? No Starland Vocal Band?

blah.. BeeGee's had tons of talent.

Funny how when you hit on the combination of songs that become a phenomenon and absolutely everyone MUST have, years later people say you sucked for it.

Zappa made weird shiat that u could barely remember right after hearing it. Pick up some of that mothers of invention stuff, they were practically farting through the records. I guess thats the respectable stuff.

/Muskrat love

lexshine: blah.. BeeGee's had tons of talent.

Funny how when you hit on the combination of songs that become a phenomenon and absolutely everyone MUST have, years later people say you sucked for it.

Zappa made weird shiat that u could barely remember right after hearing it. Pick up some of that mothers of invention stuff, they were practically farting through the records. I guess thats the respectable stuff.

/Muskrat love

Only shallow idiots feel the need to be to able hum a song after the first time they've heard it.

Better music, has to be heard a few times to really appreciate it.

Zappa's classical compositions are performed by orchestras even to this day.

Muskrat Love? What brand of spray on tan are you using?

TommyymmoT
I'll never buy the theory that any music you have to force yourself to like is good music. And my tastes are far from mainstream.

Anyway, this song always reminds me of a scene in the movie "Playing God". Even years later.

♫ f-f-f-farked already, compassionately
farked already, there's nothing to see ♫

It's been 30+ years since I last heard that song but I still couldn't bring myself to click on the link.

What the hell is a JAMF?
It means you're a jive-ass mother....
Forget I asked.

Far out, solid & right on man

sorry falsetto singing white boys never worked for me then, didn't work for me now.

i know some folks like em, I can't stand em. Not sure I'd say Zappa was the pinnacle of music that came out of the 70s either. To be honest there isn't much in the 70s I can say I could actually listen too.

TommyymmoT is a clueless f*cking imbecile.


Big goddamned deal.

I too absorbed all the same heavy-handed "prog" stuff.
(Roxy Music,Crimson,Gentle Giant...) as well as Zappa and Beefheart...etc...blah...blah..yadda...yadda...

Why does that mean I can't appreciate a well written and perfectly executed pop song too?

I guarantee you Robert Fripp,Brian Eno and Brian Ferry ALL dig the Bee Gees.

Wow!
I listened to "Tales From Topographic Oceans" yesterday and loved it. I guess that means I can't listen to Neil Diamond or any other "horsesh*t" music today.

Only the lowest order of mongrel stock adheres to the belief that just because in 1977 there was a bunch of auspicious(pretentious)
prog and "art-rock" that all other music is "horsesh*t"

If your under-developed brain categorizes musical achievements in that manner you are wallowing in the realm of pure FAIL

Listening to the song now it doesn't seem so bad. I guess it was the hearing it 20 or so times daily that irritated me so much back in the day.

TommyymmoT: At a time when bands like King Crimson, Gentle Giant, and Frank Zappa were at their peak, that is the horseshiat that the guidos and stoopids were buying in to.

i love all these bands(and rtf and mahavishnu orchestra, and every obscure french, italian, czech, etc prog and fusion band you could POSSIBLY name). guess what? i F*CKING ADORE this song too!

plus this came out in 75, king crimson was disbanded and zappa was not even close to 'at his peak'.

lexshine: Zappa made weird shiat that u could barely remember right after hearing it. Pick up some of that mothers of invention stuff, they were practically farting through the records. I guess thats the respectable stuff.

yeah, king kong and the symphonic parts of uncle meat and 200 motels are the stuff of total unrespectable retards. little house i used to live in, aybe sea-only someone who knows NOTHING about music could write music that simple right? toads of the short forest, dwarf nebula, makes you wonder why loads of the most respected composers and musicians in the rock, jazz, AND classical worlds revere this guy. but what do i know?

It wasn't so much the comparison between prog and disco; that's pointless. The sad comparison is this versus Lonely Days or New York Mining Disaster 1941.

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I'm inclined to agree with TommyymmoT.

If you like the Bee Gees, or Captain & Tenille, or C.W. McCall, or Yanni, or the sound of a group of howler monkeys with their nutsacks wired up to a car battery (oh... guess I already covered the Bee Gees... sorry.) then more power to ya.

Personally, I prefer to spin a copy of "Hot Rats" than "Saturday Night Fever". but hey - whatever turns you on.

lexshine: blah.. BeeGee's had tons of talent.

Funny how when you hit on the combination of songs that become a phenomenon and absolutely everyone MUST have, years later people say you sucked for it.

Zappa made weird shiat that u could barely remember right after hearing it. Pick up some of that mothers of invention stuff, they were practically farting through the records. I guess thats the respectable stuff.

/Muskrat love


I enjoyed a Zappa performance in a suit on a talk show better than his junk on stage.

Ram ThAT up your poop chute!

craigdamage: TommyymmoT is a clueless f*cking imbecile.


Big goddamned deal.

I too absorbed all the same heavy-handed "prog" stuff.
(Roxy Music,Crimson,Gentle Giant...) as well as Zappa and Beefheart...etc...blah...blah..yadda...yadda...

Why does that mean I can't appreciate a well written and perfectly executed pop song too?

I guarantee you Robert Fripp,Brian Eno and Brian Ferry ALL dig the Bee Gees.

Wow!
I listened to "Tales From Topographic Oceans" yesterday and loved it. I guess that means I can't listen to Neil Diamond or any other "horsesh*t" music today.

Only the lowest order of mongrel stock adheres to the belief that just because in 1977 there was a bunch of auspicious(pretentious)
prog and "art-rock" that all other music is "horsesh*t"

If your under-developed brain categorizes musical achievements in that manner you are wallowing in the realm of pure FAIL
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At least I know what that little "quote" icon does.

My brothers, and I, used to own Bee Gees albums, and some were quite good, but that was before their disco phase.

I'm not a music snob. I've been in the business for over 30 years, and have mixed, live, an awful lot of bands you probably listen to.

Hell, I did 3 years of Chubby Checker, and Fats Domino, and you really don't get any more "pop" than that.

Actually, I really appreciate a good pop song, as it's kind of hard to craft a good one.

You have to get your point across in 3 minutes, as opposed to musically masturbating for an hour.

"I listened to "Tales From Topographic Oceans" yesterday and loved it."

I personally, thought it to be way too long, very pretentious, and boring. Even Bruford, and Wakeman didn't like it.

Is that the Black Crows?

/obscure?

I'm Barry effin GIBB!!!!!

...virtually the only thing I ever enjoyed Jimmy Fallon doing.

TommyymmoT
I love 70's prog. {Genesis, Yes, ELP, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Robert Wyatt/Soft Machine, Peter Hammill/Van Der Graff Generator, Eno, etc. etc.]
but i also really like 70's pop/rock like Dire Straits, Elton John, Billy Joel, T. Rex, etc., and i'm getting into Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers, etc.
Krautrock like Kraftwerk, Neu!, CAN, Tangerine Dream, etc.
the list goes on
One of the things i pride myself is that i listen to a wide range of genres of music. [basically everything except really bad country, opera, and rap/hip/hop, and modern techno.]

Dude, If you don't like 70's pop [horsesh*t??], DON'T LISTEN TO IT. Don't pay it any attention.
why did you even click subby's link? you KNEW it was the BeeGees. It said clearly in the headline.

do you JUST listen to prog, and that's it?
what other genres do you listen to?

well boy is my face red now.
i didn't read your post right above mine...
my bad.

well your Boobies [the boobies of the thread] and your post near mine seem quite different....

w/ quote goodness, side by side
"I only made it through 20 seconds, because it saddened me.

At a time when bands like King Crimson, Gentle Giant, and Frank Zappa were at their peak, that is the horseshiat that the guidos and stoopids were buying in to."

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My brothers, and I, used to own Bee Gees albums, and some were quite good, but that was before their disco phase.

Actually, I really appreciate a good pop song, as it's kind of hard to craft a good one.

You have to get your point across in 3 minutes, as opposed to musically masturbating for an hour.

those quotes up there highlight to kind of different viewpoints on the same thing.
so where do you really stand?
you like most prog, but not the long pretentious stuff? [wasn't that part of the progness itself?!]
and you like pop, but just not the disco pop? [ie. you like pre disco beegees but not the disco ones]
why didn't you say that in your boobies?

so your only real beef is with stupid disco, and not 70's pop in general / itself?

TommyymmoT: At least I know what that little "quote" icon does.

Good for you. Now start working on how to use a comma correctly.

"J-j-j-jiiiii We're sorry, this video is no longer available."

barefoot in the head: It wasn't so much the comparison between prog and disco; that's pointless. The sad comparison is this versus Lonely Days or New York Mining Disaster 1941.

Right on. Love those songs. Let's not forget To Love Somebody ftw.

And fwiw, I think Lights On Broadway still has a nice groove to this day. Ok, so I don't exactly listen to it like I do Lateralus, but apple to oranges. Etc

Lights = Nights

/when we gonna get an edit button Drew?

To sonnyboy11: You ride a Triple? Man, I have lusted after one of those babies for years.

Huge Zappa fan, huge Crimson fan, and I like a lot of prog.

Jive Talkin is a great song. Period. Barry could write a great tune, and regardless of who recorded it, it stood out. While I love Zappa, he's out of his league when you talk about songwriting and Barry Gibb. And Crimson? I'm not even sure those are actual songs, although they are great musicians and I love their arrangements.