Prog

Post by **Relayer** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:59 pm

Oh, I've loved the Beard for many years now... I have all of their stuff. I also have most of the Flower Kings and enjoy Transatlantic even more than the FK's because to me they seem more focused. I really dig a lot of FK but Roine has a tendency to ramble a bit too much for me. Having Neal in TA seems to help rein that in.

I can respect DT but other than a few pieces I'm not into the metal thing.

Have you heard Jordan Rudess newest solo album? He covers Tarkus, Sound Chaser, Dance on a Volcano and a few others. Neal, Steven Wilson, and NDV are among the guest musicians.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:26 pm

deer of the dawn wrote:Sorry, coming in late to this and I only read about three of the pages of posts... I want to plug a complete unknown named Andy Rinehart, whose albums Jason's Chord and Pillbox are amazing in a quiet, non-blistering prog way. More like early Genesis than, say, Rush or Yes.

After listening to Dragonfly and Something, I'd say he's most like early (post-Genesis) Peter Gabriel.

Post by **Vraith** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:43 am

First, I want to thank Menolly for sending me to this...even though not much posting lately...I'm going to check all the links posted earlier and hope they still work.
Just a few thing for anyone who still looks here (garnered from a quick scan of the posts)
Did y'all know Belew worked with Bowie?
Those John Anderson is an elf people: check the song, (which I think just ran on the credits) from the "Legend" soundtrack. [actually, a great soundtrack overall. 'Tangerine Dream' for the most part...a band no one mentioned that I saw, and I love.]
On Pink Floyd...they sort of have their own category, and I THINK it's because the effects/keyboards count as progressive..but David Gilmore (my favorite guitarist of all time) is basically a blues-ist that shattered the limits of the blues genre, in the same way the keyboardists, classically trained, transcended classical music. I could post pages and pages about Gilmore as a player (though, without Waters, the songwriting suffered).

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:48 am

<-- saw Tangerine Dream live, with Andy Summers solo as the opening act, years ago. Not much of a stage presence for either act, but the music was awesome.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:58 am

Jeff wrote: Did y'all know Belew worked with Bowie?

I saw Adrian Belew in concert playing guitar for Bowie; it was the tour after Glass Spider. I have the dvd of him playing in Zappa's band, too.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:20 am

Adrian Belew playing Three of a Perfect Pair on acoustic guitar, by himself, was jaw-dropping. It's on the Eyes Wide Open DVD, and definitely worth the price of admission alone, never mind the stellar concerts themselves.

Post by **Vraith** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:13 pm

dANdeLION wrote:
Jeff wrote: Did y'all know Belew worked with Bowie?
I saw Adrian Belew in concert playing guitar for Bowie; it was the tour after Glass Spider. I have the dvd of him playing in Zappa's band, too.

I'm pretty jealous. Though not as jealous as of my friend who MET Bowie and all of Nine Inch Nails at a club in Buffalo several years back (Oh, God...was that about a decade ago? I'm so old.)

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:08 pm

I never met Bowie, but I was in the front row for that concert.

Post by **Zarathustra** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:50 pm

Lord Foul wrote:Adrian Belew playing Three of a Perfect Pair on acoustic guitar, by himself, was jaw-dropping. It's on the Eyes Wide Open DVD, and definitely worth the price of admission alone, never mind the stellar concerts themselves.

I've got that DVD. Excellent, especially that performance. Sometimes I put in that disc (the "bootleg" one) just to hear that one song, and then switch back to disc 1 to hear the better quality show. The surround sound on disc 1 is one of the best in my collection.

Post by **danlo** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:17 am

Mind Flowers by Ultimate Spinach-cult psychedelic band from Boston circa 1967. I had no ideal that the same Jeff Baxter was the lead guitarist. I bought this album in 1973... (warning: doing drugs while watching this could be harmful to reality)

Post by **The Dreaming** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:27 am

Don't know how I missed the Rudess - Tarkus link. I have been wanting to hear how he stacks up against Keith Emerson for a while. Dream Theater covers everyone, no one covers Dream Theater. They are all among the most talented players of their respective instruments alive.

I recently heard that Nobuo Uematsu, the guy who composed most of the music for Squaresoft for some 10-15 years (Final Fantasy) considers Keith Emerson his greatest influence. I believe it. Just listen to this for God's sake.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNF_AIhxNjQ&fea ... PL&index=2

Post by **Zarathustra** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:11 pm

Anyone like Panzerballet? Check out those 30 second clips. They will blow you away. Heavy metal jazz fusion with a sax.

The site is in German (I think), but just click on the "Musik" link to the left, and then the different numbers. Pretty self-explanatory.

Post by **Brinn** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:33 pm

Been listening to Pain of Salvation and Steven Wilson's newest "Insurgentes".

Post by **Zarathustra** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:40 pm

Did anyone check out the Panzerballet clips? The first one is a heavy metal jazz fusion interpretation of

Spoiler

the Simpson's theme.

I dare you to figure it out before the classic, recognizable theme starts playing!

(If you open the file with Windows Media player, don't look at the song title at the top right, or you'll ruin the game for yourself.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:00 pm

My current favorite youtube...
an oldie, but it lifts me up when I watch it...

~On the Silent Wings of Freedom~

Post by **danlo** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:32 am

Bump for Demondim-spawn, for christsakes!!!

Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:35 pm

HERE I IZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Watcher of the Skies, Bitches!

Sound and picture not quite in sync, unfortunately.

Menolly wrote:~On the Silent Wings of Freedom~

*hugs Menolly*

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:51 pm

Demondim-spawn wrote:Watcher of the Skies, Bitches!

Oh, I've never seen that particular footage before though.
Awesome.

Post by **Usivius** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:05 pm

Wow... i just 'discovered' this group and they have blown me away. Especially their latest Ep (Nil Recurring) ... the opening track is BLISTERING hot! LOVE IT!
'Fear the Blank Planet' is also killer. Must have more....!

BTW, don't knwo if anyone gets the UK magazine 'C;assic Rock', but a few months ago they had a two part Prog special that was amazing... and each magazine comes with a CD, so I got to sample some amazing new prog acts! whew!

love it!

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:42 pm

Usivius, are you talking about Porcupine Tree? Their song is 'Fear of a Blank Planet', and yeah, they're quite good. They kind of remind me of Marillion.

Kevin's Watch

Kevin's Watch

Prog

Porcupine Tree!!!