IFAIK, there are several westernised countries where it's actually a capital offence to mock Pink Floyd.

/and Tool

"Oh no, this is side two of Dark Side of the Moon! He's in a Floyd hole!"

Vocals "optional"?

Go to 3:45, she makes Whitney Houston sound like the baritone from some barber shop quartet. (new window)

That clip of Hocus Pocus - after all these years, I'm still not sure if that sucked or kicks righteous ass...

Rain-Monkey: That clip of Hocus Pocus - after all these years, I'm still not sure if that sucked or kicks righteous ass...

It kicked ass until about the 400th time your stoned out brother played it for you.

Rain-Monkey: That clip of Hocus Pocus - after all these years, I'm still not sure if that sucked or kicks righteous ass...

the parts that didn't suck kicked righteous ass.

great article. funny.

This is why we can't have nice things.

/ Either you get it or don't, won't explain
// Loves Porcupine Tree greatly
/// And OSI was 13 kinds of awesome.
//// And Rush has had their good days

The "nice and Greasy" cover scares me.

I always thought real progrock was a LOT less pretentious and douchey than glam or whatever. Probably another case where 6 people have 8 ideas about which is which.

As a prog fan, this made me laugh pretty hard and it's pretty spot on in points. Prog can be pretty pretentious and silly at times, but then again that's part of its charm.

/Rush and Porcupine Tree FTW
//Echolyn and Spock's Beard are good too

I LOLed at most of it.

Used to be a HUGE Genesis fan, especially their 70's stuff, when I discovered it in the early 90's.

"With 160GB of storage, iPod classic can now hold up to 40 progressive rock songs. Just $249." ROTFL!

/let's see, 79 Genesis songs, 50 Pink Floyd songs, 103 Queensryche songs.. I think I've got 40 beat.

As a huge prog fan with several hundred gigs worth of albums & concerts from pretty much every band named in the article - I can't find fault with anything mentioned. Funny stuff, spot on in too many instances.

/listening to Pink Floyd's KQED show before/while reading this

this explains why my friends made fun of me in the early '80's. i was the only guy that got king crimson while sober.

I think "Peter Gabriel's Pants" is my new band name.

That's what I like about prog. No matter how pretentious it seems, the fans usually admit to it and can make fun of themselves.

3. It is the only rock genre in which the term "flute solo" has any meaning

Approves:



/hot like steve hackett's subsequent guitar solo

I like you, Cracked, but you'd better stop mocking my music.

OK, you can mock the Love Beach album cover but not in an article about prog rock.

TommyymmoT: Vocals "optional"?

Go to 3:45, she makes Whitney Houston sound like the baritone from some barber shop quartet. (new window)

Annie Haslam was/is an amazing vocalist.

Not much of an improvisor, though.

As a pretentious fan of most of those bands mentioned, I approve of the article - especially the last part where the band name and song list were just awesome. I really enjoyed the way the article mixed real information with understated humor, I love the genre and I'm pretty sure the writer does as well.

I laughed.

Gulper Eel: 3. It is the only rock genre in which the term "flute solo" has any meaning


This immediately came to mind:



(they did win a Grammy as best heavy metal band though)

As a prog fan, I found this article painful to read, but only because it made me laugh so hard.

Yeah, so much more pretentious than interviews with faux-punk acts who proclaim, for example, "Lead guitar is gay! We don't need it!!11!"

Always missing is the admission that they can't play lead guitar, rhythm guitar, Guitar Hero II, or even those little push-button Elmo plastic guitars worth a cow's ass.

I like the too often overlooked prog-folk sub-sub-genre.

Does Isis count as progressive?

some farker: king crimson

Link

HempHead: (they did win a Grammy as best heavy metal band though)

Hard Rock/Metal