To the Prog users of X2

Great!

And somebody's just rehashed a Genesis album... In the charts now... Worrying what is going on. Jeff Lynne remade his own songs to be faximilies of themselves. Jeff Wayne has done the same thing with different voices. Maybe McCartney should do his own interpretation of Sgt Pepper. No one wants to divide the cake any more.

jb101


I know it's not Christmas yet, and this is old hat, and probably on the wrong forum, but this is for the Prog fans - you know who you are..
 
http://youtu.be/8cGH4sZIpr0
 
There is a later version, but I prefer this one.

Yes!


And I resemble these remarks.


Ps: we need to do a Spinal Tap on Prog rock...

Loved it. Really great job. 

Speaking of Genesis my friend Nad Sylvan is currently working with & on tour with Steve Hackett.
I'm sure some of you may know Nad from his work on mp3.com, Soundclick , Artistlaunch over the years.
He also performs with Agents Of Mercy with Roine Stolt / The Flower Kings.
He's very inspired by Gabriel / Genesis & a talented writer in his own right.
He's psyched working with Hackett, said he's touring the states around March.
Check him out if you get a chance.  

http://powerofprog.com/profiles/blogs/steve-hackett-to-collaborate-with-nad-sylvan-on-revisited-ii

Sorry, but I fail to see the humor.  Why mock a music style that is complex and intellectual?  I don't think I've ever seen parodies of the simplistic styles of Rap or Punk.  Maybe because they are already parodies of themselves.

Oh, and I've seen plenty of parodies of punk and hip hop.  They just weren't as funny or poignant as this.

Hi Peter, Love prog but was more into the Brand-X & fusion stuff. I like music in general, have respect for most styles & artists. These days I'll generally throw on some Monk or FZ. 

I loved Brand X back in the days when Phil Collins was putting his efforts into that project, especially Moroccan Roll and Product.  Also loved the Return to Forever band and some of the stuff Al Di Meola did.   I explore a bit of jazz on my solo stuff, one song that has more of a quirky vibe feel to it and another where I found myself needing to add a brass section and sax solo, though I wouldn't cast myself as a jazz musician as such.  That's the cool thing about doing your own music is that you can play unrestrictedly and see what happens.

But I digress....

Cool video... thanks for sharing!

Scott

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Bill Bruford used rename albums he'd played on.
 
Starless and Bible Black became "Bra-less and Slightly Slack".
 
When the eighties Crimson released their third album, and the tour was going to be sponsored by a fruit and veg company, he suggested "Tree of a Perfect Pear".
 
My favorite was Rick Wakeman's renaming of the Yes album "Union" as "Onion".
 
Because it made him cry..

Excellent video by the way. No ladies dancing indeed lol.

I still listen to prog now by the way.

Hi, Cakewalkers (Cakewalkistas?).

John, lead singer of Somewhere, here. I just registered to post this (I'm a Reason user myself - but I actually fiddled with Cakewalk in the late 90s) after doing some vanity googling and finding this thread. 

First of all, thanks for the many nice comments. We appreciate them greatly.

Second of all, we are still a going concern, we've just had a run of bad luck. Our bass player left us in early summer just as we were laying down basic tracks for the debut album. It was an amicable split and we've found a frankly fantastic replacement.

So we decided to step back a bit and let our new bass player become part of the group and its compositions rather than just having him ape his predecessor. It's a decision that has paid off in spades musically, but has naturally slowed our progression (heh). The music we're working on is a lot more structurally complex than our released stuff (and longer, though we have yet to pass the 10-minute mark - there's no point in extending a song just to do it) so it takes a while to get it down.

And just as we were getting ready to start looking at recording again in October...our guitarist (also producer and one of the two principal songwriters) was in an accident and hurt his left hand quite severely. It has only just now healed to the point we he can start playing again.

But the timeline is set for us to have principal recording done when summer rolls around, leading to at least one gig already lined up, probably followed by another at the Sweden Prog Fest in the fall of 2013. As for album release date, I don't even dare guess at this point, but Magnitizdat (probable title) will be made, and will be followed by another album, as we have raw material for at least two already.

Oh, how I ramble. Anyways, what I meant to say was: thanks, and no we're not defunct. Carry on as you were.

On the 13th day of Progmas this song gave to me...

too few RUSH references...

But man is this AWESOME.

Great stuff! We watched it on Saturday night and there was a definite scent of nostalgia in the air.

And for anyone interested, Steve Hackett is touring the UK next Autumn, tour title is "Genesis Revisited"

Just a heads up.