DM> Now if Mr. BJ were to pump his paean to onanism, "Captain Jack", up
DM> into a concept album-cum Broadway musical, maybe he'd earn a little
DM> more Prog credibility.
With whom does Billy Joel need to "earn" Prog credibility? The Prog-Rock
Police?
Regardless of how non-Prog the vast majority of his catalog is, the
songs "Ballad of Billy the Kid" and, to a lesser degree "Captain Jack"
SOUND as much like Prog-Rock songs as most of the music created by
"certified" Prog-Rock bands like Gentle Giant and Yes.
If you go strictly by the sound of the songs, and forget about mythical
"Prog credibility", "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" comes much closer to
the definition of Prog-Rock than "I've Seen All Good People" by Yes.
There's so little Prog-Rock out there in the first place, why does
everyone reject discussion of Prog-Rock songs by artists who don't limit
themselves to that genre exclusively, yet embrace discussion of artists
who only do Prog-Rock but that no one has ever heard of (much less
heard)?
 * OLX 2.1 TD * I'm only here for the beer.
--- Renegade
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