Nice one Eric, and to Pedro for the heads up.
I just watched 9 of 'em back to back.
It goes to show why these things are relevant to the time and rightly lose focus after performing their function in the context of that time setting.
It's nice as well to be able to listen to some prog now and then, these days without embarrassment and look at the good things in there, but I'm glad in a way that, for example Yes became pretty much redundant to me after 'Close to the Edge' as did 'Genesis' after Gabriel's departure (Gabriel himself too largely, also).
These kind of things affirm to me that I was actually hearing some of those real qualities in the artists themselves and was buying albums such as 'Close to the Edge' on merit and not just being a partisan Yes fan, as I concur with Bill Bruford himself that it was their pinnacle of creative worth and I never bought them after that.
There was some glaring omissions in there but at least they played out with the Moody Blues - 'Thinking is the best way to travel'.
I loved the comment about British artists being embarrassed and reserved about 'vulgar' displays of capability where Americans gladly celebrate that, as it seems so true.
Nothing wrong with either view but 'vive la difference' I say! Somewhere between the guarded self-concious and the overt lies a good balance and it is what makes trans-atlantic collabs seem so worthwhile and fruitful from what I can tell.
post edited by Jonbouy - 2010/07/24 09:17:31