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Prog Rock
| It baffles me when people say prog is merely instrumental ability and that ot doesn't have emotion. In the court of the crimson king is such an emotionally diverse album, there's the feverish craze of the opening song followed by the lightly filled with sorrow wind-down of I Talk To The Wind. Then comes the wordly anguish and despair filled third song, after it the subtle, shadowy and mystic Moonchild. And the title song, with the thick mood that of solemn, grim determination.
| Same people probably then go on to claim that classical symphonies is just something those rich that people listen to to be pretentious. And that they also have no emotion or feeling. Of course, some of the worst representatives of the movement, like Dream Theater, indeed offer none but mechanical wankery. Still, to listen to, say, Fragile or Tarkus and claim these have no emotion one must be thick as a brick, or just misguided.
| Or Rimsky-Korsakov's Schaherazade, or Mozart's 21th piano concert.
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| Prog was really the pinnacle of artistry and musicianship, there's nothing better.
| I recently started listening to prog rock and I've been loving it. I started with Fragile and I'm listening to In the Court of the Crimson King. Can I get some recommendationsnon what to check out next?
| >>218514
Sure, friend. You can listen to Genesis for the lovin'-the-Queen British quirkyness and sophisticantion, just don't listen to anything past The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, ohh, it's so godawful, frippin Phil Collins. Then there's Camel, it's more akin to classic rock, freespirited, yet with it's own bouts of zanyness: there's the classic Mirage album, then mellow-weird Moonmadness.
| >>218514
Jethro Tull is a classic, folkly, flute ridden tunes. Try Songs from the Wood, if that doesn't do it, try Aqualung. And there's band called Gryphon which is in a similar vein, but more varied and instrumental. Title album for almost pure folk or Red Queen to Gryphon Three for synth goodness. Emerson Lake and Palmer is popular, they have the british eccentrism similar with Genesis but much more unabashedly bombastic and synthy. Try Brain Salad Surgery, then Tarkus.
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| >>218628
I forgot to mention, for Genesis try Nursery Cryme. It's more mellow and vintage, if you don't dig it there's Selling England by the Pound. A single song worth mentioning is Supper's Ready, try listening to just that.
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| Sir, I don't understand half the words you say, but I admire your passion. Gonna look up these bands soon
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| Nigh best musical movement and next to no one here is interested, what a fucking shame
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