Fast Caz Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 For lengthy discussions of Robert Wyatts utmost brilliance,Can Gong ever make a shit album,Would it be a crime to not want to embrace several forms of hallucinagenics whilst listening to Ozric Tentacles.You get the jist.Folk-Jazz-Heavy Prog-AmbientEverything from Saint Just - Caravan - Syd Barret - Mahavishnu Orchestra - Van Der Graaf Generator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stichman Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 King Crimson? Please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Ahhh which album ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stichman Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 In the Court of the Crimson King, of course.Starless and Bible Black is ace too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 In the court really should go without saying.Larks Tongue in Aspic is quite overlooked along with Starless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stichman Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Yeah Lark's Tongue is pretty decent too. Have you heard any of their live stuff? Awesome. I see you mentioned Caravan; favourite album? I think they're pretty often overlooked, but they're one of the best British prog bands in my humble opinion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 In the land of grey and pinkPretty much just for golfgirl which was the frist song i heard by Caravan when i was a tender age of 13 hanging around in the cavern listening to all the prog / metal / krautrock i could with Mike.Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 they're one of the best British prog bands in my humble opinion...Hhhmmmm really don't know about that. I mean you can't get any better than Piper At The Gates Of Dawn or Space Ritual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stichman Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Haha, maybe I'm getting carried away with my Caravany love.In the Land of Grey and Pink is just such a good album. I think For Girls Who Go Plump... is a hugely underrated record too, I think it's just quality. King Crimson are my favourite prog band though. Just so much better than Pink Floyd who, for the most part, churned out what is by comparison a raft of pish. True story. Piper at the Gates is pretty ace, but they have truly come out with some amount of rubbish since then.What about Beggars Opera? Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Haha, maybe I'm getting carried away with my Caravany love.In the Land of Grey and Pink is just such a good album. I think For Girls Who Go Plump... is a hugely underrated record too, I think it's just quality. King Crimson are my favourite prog band though. Just so much better than Pink Floyd who, for the most part, churned out what is by comparison a raft of pish. True story. Piper at the Gates is pretty ace, but they have truly come out with some amount of rubbish since then.What about Beggars Opera? HahaYeah i really don't rate much of the Pink Floyd stuff after Syd Barret.I liked The Wall Film but music is quite dull.Fish era Marillion may be on the top spot for me. That's only because Script For A Jesters Tear is one of my top five desert island discs.Can't actually say i've heard Beggars Opera.To youtube i go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Haha, maybe I'm getting carried away with my Caravany love.In the Land of Grey and Pink is just such a good album. I think For Girls Who Go Plump... is a hugely underrated record too, I think it's just quality. King Crimson are my favourite prog band though. Just so much better than Pink Floyd who, for the most part, churned out what is by comparison a raft of pish. True story. Piper at the Gates is pretty ace, but they have truly come out with some amount of rubbish since then.What about Beggars Opera? HahaBeggars Opera were a GREAT live band without doubtBBC R6 Freak Zone Sundays @ 5.30pm is your Christmas present early.check out their play list astonishing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzdiablo Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 i don't know much about prog but i know a little about amazing prog album coverspossibly nsfw: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Oh yes i was wanting to have a best prog album cover yak.Gong , Ozrics , ELP , Yes covers all really stand out for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Along with many of the above:Still one of the ultimate space rock albums IMO, and possibly the one that got me into the genre. It is still one of the albums I am most likely to unwind to today.Maybe neck and neck with:And some of the early Eloy albums were no bad either, particularly:I still have my vinyl of those, which I caried back from a school trip to Austria, some years before they had any release here and thankfully well before they took that god-awful metal nosedive!And of course no small mention for Crimson and :The Gong/Caravan/ELP etc kids used to run away from me - Lightweights! I better stop now - Could be here all night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester1470 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I like a bit of prog, i like some yes, Fish Era Marillion, some Early Genesis, John Young/JYB, some Asia, the first Transatlantic album 0- the second one was terrible, and I'd classiofy early Queen and Magnum as prog too. Some of my fave prog covers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Transatlantic are very hit and miss. Liquid Tension Experiment are godlike though as much are Spocks Beard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan G Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Hhhmmmm really don't know about that. I mean you can't get any better than Piper At The Gates Of Dawn or Space Ritual.I'm really not a fan of Syd Barrett-era Floyd at all. It sounds like Monty Python. However, Wish You Were Here, Division Bell and most of Darkside... are stunning.Floyd and Yes is where it's at for me.And there's some cool covers there... but where the fuck are the Roger Dean painted Yes and Asia covers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'm rather suprised DrBastard hasn't posted in this thread yet.Rory. Sort your fucking life out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'm really not a fan of Syd Barrett-era Floyd at all. It sounds like Monty Python. Sounds like Monty Python?I got Division Bell a couple of years ago on tape and i was very happy with it. Very mellow and quiet ambient in parts.The yes covers were one of the main reasons for wanting to start on about the covers.Ah Asia a pleasure that never fails me. Soul Survivor and Heat Of The Moment ahhhhhhhhh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Ah Asia a pleasure that never fails me. Soul Survivor and Heat Of The Moment ahhhhhhhhh.Those two ant that first album, agree fully but I never got quite into the rest of the output.Certain Yes albums, yup - them too. Up to Going for the one/Tormato anyway. After that, there is only brief moments IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'm the opposite of Dan.....I think early Pink Floyd is great, inventive stuff, but they got increasingly more average with every album post Syd. I like Wyatt an awful lot, plus Kevin Ayers etc. Had the pleasure of seeing many great prog bands in the 70s (Caravan, Gong, King Crimson, Yes, early Genesis etc), and I agree with that other old chap's opinion of Beggar's Opera live (presume you also saw them at the Beach Ballroom?).One of my favourite, underrated bands of the genre are Tonton Macoute who had a lovely album out on the Neon label. I play it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'm the opposite of Dan.....I think early Pink Floyd is great, inventive stuff, but they got increasingly more average with every album post Syd. I like Wyatt an awful lot, plus Kevin Ayers etc. Had the pleasure of seeing many great prog bands in the 70s (Caravan, Gong, King Crimson, Yes, early Genesis etc), and I agree with that other old chap's opinion of Beggar's Opera live (presume you also saw them at the Beach Ballroom?).One of my favourite, underrated bands of the genre are Tonton Macoute who had a lovely album out on the Neon label. I play it a lot.Even by todays standards the Barret era is still inventive and fresh sounding. Anyone a fan of Robert Fripps solo albums? I have Rubicon and it aint too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan G Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'm really not a fan of Syd Barrett-era Floyd at all. It sounds like Monty Python. Sounds like Monty Python?I got Division Bell a couple of years ago on tape and i was very happy with it. Very mellow and quiet ambient in parts.The yes covers were one of the main reasons for wanting to start on about the covers.Ah Asia a pleasure that never fails me. Soul Survivor and Heat Of The Moment ahhhhhhhhh.What I mean is if Monty Python were a band they would sound like early Floyd! Kazoos, duck quacks, insane lyrics and general sillyness. The end of the track 'Bike' being the best example. Actually that whole song is utterly bizarre.I love division bell to pieces though... it sounds so massive. Similarly I'm a huge fan of half of 'Big Generator' and '90125' albums by Yes because they have that same sort of huge synth driven ambience, although 80's yes is a little poppier than Floyd. If you don't know it, check out the song "Shoot High, Aim Low" from Big Generator. So, so good.And well played, bringing up Prog album covers. HR Giger's cover for ELP's 'Brain Salad Surgery' is also a winner, although not so typically prog (think I was discussing this with Teabags the other day at the tunnels) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Oh just got Dream Theaters new cover of Larks Tongue in Aspic pt.2 . It's great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogofish Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Similarly I'm a huge fan of half of 'Big Generator' and '90125' albums by Yes because they have that same sort of huge synth driven ambience, although 80's yes is a little poppier than Floyd. If you don't know it, check out the song "Shoot High, Aim Low" from Big Generator. So, so good.Yup, those are good albums but I've never seen them in the same way as the more properly "prog" albums, before and since - They were much more of a straight-up rock band at that point IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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