Best examples of Prog Pop

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:42 pm

Umm... It's actually called 'the internets'. You should know that.

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:57 pm

Look, I've got just what this thread needs, but I don't know how to post photos here. I urge you check out the two Ian Anderson photos at

http://esnips.com/web/bonfeusPhotos

Trust me on this one.

John Jeffers · Post by **John Jeffers** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:34 pm

Tatertot wrote:Umm... It's actually called 'the internets'. You should know that.

Wait, I'm confused now. I thought it was the intarweb.

In any case, I think Kevin Gilbert could be called "Prog Pop" if such a thing existed, which it doesn't.

timbertrout · Post by **timbertrout** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:53 am

John Jeffers wrote:it occurs to me that there is no such thing as "prog pop". Prog rock, sure. But prog pop? Those words are mutually exclusive.

Yeah, it's seemingly oxymoronic...but I couldn't help thinking that it does exist when I heard "Long Distance Runaround" on the radio. It's like a meat-and-potatoes prog song (complete with crunchy rickenbacker bass, oddball time signatures, instrumental wankerism- er, I mean prowess) grafted onto a Graham Nash "Our House"-style pure pop tune.

I'd mentioned that I could envision the Shins covering this...Actually it'd be more in Mommyheads territory if they were still around. They could pull off the complex parts. Those dudes were Players. They could convincingly branch into Jam-bandism when they cared to.

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:06 pm

scott anthony · Post by **scott anthony** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:18 pm

Kansas "Portrait" comes to mind.

Saga "Wind Him Up" is also kinda poppy.

Asia comes to mind as somthing that tried to be both but... you know...

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:40 pm

I just learned how to post images. I apologize in advance for any future atrocities I will ever commit.

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:04 am

Tatertot wrote:I just learned how to post images. I apologize in advance for any future atrocities I will ever commit.

Wow.

I mean, wow.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

dr.ona · Post by **dr.ona** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:13 am

todd rundgrens band "utopia".

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:06 am

(I don't know why it took me so long to think of this one)

Styx

foodforthemoon · Post by **foodforthemoon** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:43 am

jwnc wrote:Check out www.spocksbeard.com

Jason

I could never get over the vocals on the SB stuff I've heard. It's like the singer on the 'Real Men of Genius' commercials.

timbertrout · Post by **timbertrout** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:44 am

Tatertot wrote:(I don't know why it took me so long to think of this one)

Styx

Yeah! "Fooling Yourself" is Prog Pop all the way. Great bombastic synths.

kdarr · Post by **kdarr** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:13 pm

porcupine tree has the occasional poppy moment, although they're usually more crimson-style prog.

even broken social scene is kinda proggy in a way... lotsa odd-meter stuff.

and let's not forget the end of Blondie's "heart of glass" - there's that one bar of 7 during the melody interlude. PROG AS HELL.

the police might be considered "progressive" in some circles.

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JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:59 am

Queen.

I mean, come on, "Bohemian Rhapsody?"

Piano verses, choral/orchestral middle movement, hard rock outro?

180 tracks of vocals?

From a record called "A Night at the Opera?"

Total prog.

myphx · Post by **myphx** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:28 am

From the 1970's - BeBop Deluxe, The guitarist Bill Nelson gets all kinds of good sounds.

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