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Progressive Rock

Sunday, 14 May 2023, 23:06 BFH Uncategorized 35

I like a lot of different genres. I like 3 chord songs and 60 chord songs. We don’t talk too much about progressive rock on this site, but I know there are lots of fans.

Here are some that have flown under the progressive rock “usual cuts.”

See what you think.

Anathema – Universal

Plini – Selenium Forest

Oceansize – Meredith

Steven Wilson – Routine

Bent Knee – Being Human 

Frost* – Milliontown

Crack the Sky – Nuclear Apathy

Porcupine Tree – Time Flies

Oceansize – Trail of Fire

Anakdota – The Girl Next Door

35 Comments on Progressive Rock

  4. “Progressive Rock”. Means not Led Zepplin, etc, etc, etc. We use to have a progressive rock station here in Northern Cali. Great stuff. Honestly music like we listened to when we were young. If need be I can name the bands from a couple years ago. Those bands have gone no where. WTF? Are we doomed to continue to listen to When The Levy Breaks? WTF?

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  5. I don’t know anything about that stuff. Progressive rock was Steely Dan, The Alan Parsons Project, and to some extent The Moody Blues, ELP, and Electric Flag. And even Cream and Traffic. And, of course, Procol Harum. And Supertramp.

    The definitions are smeared by time. It used to just mean jazz and/or symphonic attributes. It’s like arguing about negro blues versus honkey blues. Or Charlie Christian in a Big Band. Or Dave Brubeck played ten-finger chords with two feet… and Paul Desmond played warmup fingerings on his sax for entire LPs.

    What the hell were we talking about? Oh, yeah, Alvin Lee played soooo fast you couldn’t hear it.

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  8. I liked the selenium forest, as it is more akin to heavy metal or hard rock which I enjoy. Five Finger Death Punch, Mettalica and Pink Floyd (which is it’s own unique genre.)

    However, I did recognize the musical talent in many of the other selections.

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  10. Progressive rock is (was?) Yes, or Rush, King Crimson, Frank Zappa &c. Then throw in Jethro Tull, Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer and the hits just keep on coming.

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  11. Everyone here would do themselves well by deep diving into Anathema and Porcupine Tree. Fur put them there for a very good prog reason. 🌞

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  14. Don’t forget Hawkwind ( with Lemmy before Motorhead) or Gentle Giant, at the right moment, wonderful music. Frank Zappa and Rush are my go tos even today but will definitely give your suggestions a try. I always look for new music to enjoy, thanks.

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  15. Too close to jazz for my taste, but back in the day I used to live Jethro Tull, ELP, ELO, and a few others. But now I’m old and my tastes have changed. I miss Tom Petty.

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  20. Me and a few friends get together and trade music, since 1997. It’s been an ever growing collection as they get music from their friends, and their friends, who knows how many degrees of separation there are. Maybe I’ve got some music from Trump’s collection. LOL.

    The collection became unlistenable. I’d put the whole library on random (100s of thousands of tracks) and have to skip 20 times before something I’d sort of like came on. I mean, death metal, darkwave, ambient, gangsta rap, electronic and newage… and, well, progressive, most all that shit had to go. Been working on the collection for months now, in the thick of it right now. One day I’ll have it all sorted. I don’t actually delete anything though, just move it out of the way, my 64 terabyte self-hosted server can manage it, lol. Because someone some day will ask me for XYZ artist and I’ll say yep, that’s not my cup’o tea, but you’re welcome to it, stream it directly off the server.

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  25. @BFH
    I rarely post these days, but still lurk every day since 2011 or so. I saw this post this morning at work and emailed it to myself to review when I got home. Finding new music is such a gift and I just wanted to say thank you for sharing. Anathema was good. Plini I’m saving to explore. But when I got to Bent Knee “Being Human”… I actually said “dayum” out loud. That hits different.
    Thank you for sharing. In exchange, my own suggestions in the same or similar genre.
    TOE (Japanese band. Literally anything. Their live shows are incredible.)
    Mouse on the Keys. (similar to above)
    Foxing (getting a little raw/emo but savage)
    My Morning Jacket. (Dondante live. It’s sort of the only one I like. My old band mate who’s super into prog stuff showed me it a few years ago)
    Manchester Orchestra is all around legend
    Overhead the Albatross. Fantastic instrumentals.
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Explosions in the Sky are no-brainers.

    Thanks again, specifically for Bent Knee. I’m bout to go on a journey. My word, new music is priceless. Take care. I’ll be here lurking.
    Keep up the great work.

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  29. Anybody besides me(and possibly,Missradiomattm, being British) ever heard of or listen to anything by Barclay James Harvest? If Prog rock be your thing, this be your music. Very different & eclectic listening.

  30. Illustr8r I dig Parsons.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOwFVowEugQ

    He was the Chief Engineer for DSOM, too.

    And I enjoyed all of the bands I named. I just thought it was rock and roll. I was born in ’76 and started out on Classical, then went to the Oldies. And then I found Blind Faith when I was struggling with the guitar. I’m left handed and played violin left handed, but when it came time for the guitar I just learned it right handed.

    Funny thing is if I picked up a fiddle right now I’d play it left handed.

    What was my point? I’m not sure. I like what I like and I’m not so sure about the pigeonholes of category… these days, anyway. I used to be a horrific bigot. If it wasn’t Clapton, or Bloomfield, or Santana, it was RUBBISH. These days I’m still a horrific bigot, but my horizons are broader.

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