Gumplord

[Gumplord]

Hey my friends from across the pond... I've said it before, but thanks again for inventing progressive rock. It  could not have happened without the classical influence. 

[Happy Jack]

Life's like a box of chocolates ...

 

[adamg67]

14 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

Life's like a box of chocolates ...

 

You always get left with the ones you don't like?

[Gumplord]

I think the point is that you never know what you're going to get... not quite sure how that relates to this discussion. Like I said, you guys invented prog rock. Thanks for that!

[Nail Soup]

49 minutes ago, Gumplord said:

you guys invented prog rock

I'd like to deny any involvement 😉!

[Misdee]

1 hour ago, Gumplord said:

Hey my friends from across the pond... I've said it before, but thanks again for inventing progressive rock. It  could not have happened without the classical influence. 

You are quite welcome, my friend. Thank you for inventing the all-you-can-eat buffet and personal computers.

 

There was a long time in the UK when admitting to liking prog rock was akin to confessing to sex crimes but that has changed slightly in recent years. It still carries a stigma, that cannot be denied, but attitudes are slowly changing. Prog fans are now seen by most people as victims rather than criminals.

 

I am old enough to remember prog rock  back in the 1970s and it was a very strange time to be alive, both in a good way and a bad way. (Good way- King Crimson, bad way- too many to list!).

[Rich]

2 hours ago, Gumplord said:

I think the point is that you never know what you're going to get... not quite sure how that relates to this discussion. Like I said, you guys invented prog rock. Thanks for that!

I think it's more about your user name

Thanks back to you for inventing jazz! 😎

[neepheid]

3 hours ago, adamg67 said:

You always get left with the ones you don't like?

 

Surely it's living proof of evolution that I adapted as a child to enjoy the coffee creams.

[SteveXFR]

4 hours ago, Gumplord said:

Hey my friends from across the pond... I've said it before, but thanks again for inventing progressive rock. It  could not have happened without the classical influence. 

 

If I was in your position I'd be demanding reparations for the crimes of prog rock. 

Let us never forget the atrocities of artists such as Focus with their yodelling and Yes with their half hour keyboard solos. 

The only good prog band was Tool.

[Bunion]

26 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

The only good prog band was Tool.

Porcupine tree and the pineapple thief  must be included too 😄

 

And welcome aboard @Gumplord

[SteveXFR]

43 minutes ago, Bunion said:

Porcupine tree and the pineapple thief  must be included too 😄

 

I guess A Perfect Circle and Puscifer could be included as well. 

[knirirr]

6 hours ago, Rich said:

 

Thanks back to you for inventing jazz! 😎

 

Definitely.

 

[SteveXFR]

No one actually likes jazz do they?

[Bunion]

2 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

No one actually likes jazz do they?

 

[Rich]

3 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

No one actually likes jazz do they?

Yup 😁

[SteveXFR]

4 minutes ago, Bunion said:

 

 

As a Sabbath fan I am deeply upset by that abomination 

[Bunion]

3 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

 

As a Sabbath fan I am deeply upset by that abomination 

At the risk of upsetting you more

 

 

 

 

 

[SteveXFR]

5 minutes ago, Bunion said:

At the risk of upsetting you more

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nah that's fine. Radiohead were just a jazz band pretending to be an indie band anyway. I never did like them. 

[paul_5]

I like Jazz, Mrs_5 less so.

[ubit]

14 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

 

I guess A Perfect Circle and Puscifer could be included as well. 

I was just about to say, Prog Rock has developed quite a long way from the epic 70’s Hammond organ type offerings. Tool, Perfect circle and Porcupine tree showing that it can move with the times.  

[Leonard Smalls]

A special thanks also has to go to the 70s progsters for making music go so far up its own arris that punk rock was born.

I don't mean all that fake underground US stuff like the New Yoick Dolls'n'MC5, but proper manufactured Sex Pistols-type punk, which gave rise to all sorts of exciting noises...

 

 

[Len_derby]

As a teenager in the seventies I associate liking prog with not being able to get a sh*g. It was a blessed relief when punk came along. Girls liked it too!

 

Luckily, I didn’t take the path of my cousin who pretended to ladies he liked T.Rex. He’s now got enough ex-wives and children to field his own football team. Plus subs bench.

[SteveXFR]

I don't think there's been an argument about who was or wasn't punk for a while. 

The Clash and Stranglers weren't punk.

[Bunion]

@Gumplordsee what you’ve done! Post anything on here and away it goes like a bag full of cats 😂🤣

[Nail Soup]

1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said:

A special thanks also has to go to the 70s progsters for making music go so far up its own arris that punk rock was born.

I don't mean all that fake underground US stuff like the New Yoick Dolls'n'MC5, but proper manufactured Sex Pistols-type punk, which gave rise to all sorts of exciting noises...

 

 

Absolutely.

That's a good example of DIY.

I'll extend the slight derailment with this: