Prog Rock

[Lawrie]

I saw Genesis at the Greyhound too. If I remember they played the Fairfields Hall a few weeks later.
They were really good in the Gabriel years. Lamb Lies Down on Bdoadway was their last decent album in the mid seventies and went commercial after Steve Hackett left.

The Greyhound on Sunday evenings were fantastic. Roxy Music, Alex Harvey, Genesis and even Queen if I remember correctly. The only concert I ever left early was Stray.

Yes we're excellent too. I've seen them and Rick Wakeman a number of times over the years.....

Totally agree. Genesis were the ultimate prog rock band for me. As you say, it all went tits up after Steve Hackett left.
Have you seen Steve Hackett ‘Genesis Revisited’? They’re brilliant. The ‘live at the Albert Hall’ album is available on dvd in 5.1 surround. It’s amazing.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

and nobody has yet mentioned The Alan Parson's Project. Prog Rock from London.

 

[Lawrie]

and nobody has yet mentioned The Alan Parson's Project. Prog Rock from London.

Great call. Tales of mystery and imagination is a classic.
I have every album they made. (I think).

 

[orpingtoneagle]

Don't get me wrong I can see the skill and musicianship in a lot of these players but for me it can all.getba bit overblown and pompous. You get a bass solo, a guitar solo, keyboard noodling and god forbid a drum solo all in a 70 mind song about goblins

Early stuff can be very clever but some of it is just a bit to overblown for me.

Give me a two minute blast of The Ramones....

Hey ho let's go!

 

[Lawrie]

following on from my earlier post, we mustn’t forget that Alan Parsons also gave us a lot more than his Project albums.
He was a sound engineer at Abbey Road for the Beatles and also produced Dark Side of the Moon, amongst others.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Don't get me wrong I can see the skill and musicianship in a lot of these players but for me it can all.getba bit overblown and pompous. You get a bass solo, a guitar solo, keyboard noodling and god forbid a drum solo all in a 70 mind song about goblins

Early stuff can be very clever but some of it is just a bit to overblown for me.

Give me a two minute blast of The Ramones....

Hey ho let's go!

I'm in your corner on this OE although there are a couple of exceptions - at the time I quite liked Greenslade (a band without a guitarist? Heresy. But in their case it sort of worked) and Wish You Were Here era Pink Floyd. If they count as prog Be Bop Deluxe did some interesting stuff too.

 

[silvertop]

Curved Air = Back street love. Brilliant song.

again, yes indeed!

 

[silvertop]

Don't get me wrong I can see the skill and musicianship in a lot of these players but for me it can all.getba bit overblown and pompous. You get a bass solo, a guitar solo, keyboard noodling and god forbid a drum solo all in a 70 mind song about goblins

Early stuff can be very clever but some of it is just a bit to overblown for me.

Give me a two minute blast of The Ramones....

Hey ho let's go!

Come on! How anyone can knock Rick Wakeman's opera on ice?
🙄

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Come on! How anyone can knock Rick Wakeman's opera on ice?
🙄

He does knock it himself like Jon Hiseman on a coffee binge.

 

[orpingtoneagle]

Come on! How anyone can knock Rick Wakeman's opera on ice?
🙄

I think even he did as there was so much dry I e used for effect no one could see anything!

 

[Forest Hillbilly]

Totally agree. Genesis were the ultimate prog rock band for me. As you say, it all went tits up after Steve Hackett left.
Have you seen Steve Hackett ‘Genesis Revisited’? They’re brilliant. The ‘live at the Albert Hall’ album is available on dvd in 5.1 surround. It’s amazing.

I saw SH do an early Genesis gig 3 years ago, and he had that blond guy on vocals. The band were tight and SH still has 'it' in bucketloads. Truly mesmerizing.