MH>-=> Quoting Michael Doyle to Jon Web <=-
MH>The Beatles basically invented ProgRock...no matter how you look at it...
No, I can't concur there, although I LOVE the Beatles, but Prog-rock is
just a few steps further than where the Beatles went, IMHO.  They
started to make the turn, but then they backed up, and reverted.  They
were great though, whatever they did, and I concur, they "rule".
MH>And Pink Floyd is every bit as progressive as Yes in my book, and I'm
I disagree.  I enjoy Floyd, and I will agree that Meddle, DSOTHM, and
WYWH were near-prog, they went downhill from Animals on.  And the level
of musicianship found in Yes simply isn't there in Floyd.
MH>Floyd, but you also have to think about the last few Yes
MH>albums...don't sound all that progressive to me.  Starting with
MH>the incredibly pop "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
OK, but you're talking what, 1984?  This is 1997, 13 years later, and
that isn't recent Yes material by any strech.  Trevor Rabin is now
out.  Check out ABWH from 89 and Ascension from 96 and the soon to be
released new Yes album with Anderson, Howe, Squire, Wakeman, & White.
MH>Sure Pink Floyd had their "hits", such as "Another Brick In the Wall P.2",
MH>"Time", "Money", "Comfortably Numb", etc...but so did Yes:
Not Prog.
MH>"Roundabout", "Your Move/I've Seen all Good People", etc...
Great Prog!  IMHO, of course. Peace.
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