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From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: progressive rock mavens
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Date: Fri, 15-Nov-85 09:30:30 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 15 09:30:30 1985
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In article <2000@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) writes:
>
>> but I have my pet bands (XTC, Eno, Gabriel, Zappa, Prince, Pere Ubu, etc.).
>                                                       [Todd Jones?]
>And I'm sure a lot of ex-Yes freaks share many of those newer pet bands
>in common (myself included).  I often wonder what other progressive rock
>mavens find to be their favorite bands today.  (Some are still stuck in the
>past, but more than a few have popped up here with some examples like those
>you've mentioned.)  I keep hearing Tears for Fears getting compared to Yes
>by critics and DJs, and I think they share a lot of composing mentality
>with Yes, but I wonder if ex-Yes freaks think the comparison is valid in
>any way.

Well, I was a little reluctant to post this because I could see this group
getting flooded with dozens of messages like this, but it hasn't happened
yet, and I know I'm interested in what the musical tastes of the people in
this group are and were, so I assume I'm not the only one who feels that
way.  Anyway, here's a list of what my favourite groups from each decade
were then, not in order of preference:

FIFTIES:  none  (I was only around for two months in the 50's, and to this
          day I still haven't developed a liking for any 50's music; in fact,
          with all the 50's nostalgia stuff that I was exposed to in my
          teens, I grew to hate the music rather than like it.)

SIXTIES:  The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel
          (As a young child with no older brothers and sisters I wasn't
           exposed to much hit music.  However, I somehow heard a lot of
           music by the above groups, though it was mostly just the hits,
           and I liked pretty well all of it.  Later, I developed an
           appreciation for some other 60's groups, but The Beatles are
           still the only one that ranks up there with my favourite 70's
           and 80's groups.)

SEVENTIES:
   Extremely Great, I thought everything they did was excellent:
           David Bowie, Genesis, Elton John, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd,
           Queen, Supertramp, Yes
   Great, but not as consistent as the above:
           Camel, Emerson Lake & Palmer, FM, King Crimson, Klaatu, Neil Young,
           Led Zeppelin, Roxy Music, Strawbs, Tangerine Dream, Triumvirat
   Somewhere in between the above two categories:
           Rush (would have been in the top category if not for their first
           three albums), The Alan Parsons Project (they were consistent,
           but not as great as the groups in the top category)
   (My taste in 70's music has changed a bit since then, but not very
    much, and I still think that most of this music is as great as I
    thought it was then.  However, while I used to be able to listen
    to progressive rock pretty well any time, I now find that I have
    to be in the right mood, whereas I can listen to my favourite 80's
    music pretty well any time.)

EIGHTIES:
    Extremely Great (as defined above):
           The Cure, Peter Gabriel, Mike Oldfield, Tears For Fears, U2
    Great but not as consistent as the above:
           Big Country, Kate Bush (no flames please Doug, I still don't like
           her first two albums very much), The Clash, Dire Straits, Thomas
           Dolby, Echo & The Bunnymen, King Crimson, Martha And The Muffins/M+M,
           The Police, Simple Minds, Soft Cell, The Spoons, Talking Heads
    Consistent and Great, but not quite as great as the above:
           ABC, Adrian Belew, China Crisis, Kissing The Pink, New Order, Yaz(oo)
    Extremely Great so far, but hasn't done enough yet to put them in
    the top category:   Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Jane Siberry, The The
-- 
Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto  (416) 635-2073
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