SVI> This stupid ":)" thingee is very useful for people who, like me, don't 
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SVI> English at home and therefor do not understand many of the hidden humor 

SVI> such messages. May I point out that you didn't understand a simple 
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SVI> 'No a, no b'?
May I point out that I DID understand the concept of "No A, No B" --
what I didn't understand was the identity of "B". It was a French
Prog-Rock band known only to a few Frenchmen and a handful of Americans
who follow French Prog-Rock. Much as I would enjoy being able to stroll
along the boulevards of Paris, looking for obscure recordings in little
shops here and there, I can not.
SVI> My attempt was to use this message to improve my previous definition of
SVI> ProgRock: after a split, every part of the band has to be reconsidered 
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SVI> if they're still ProgRock (you might remember my definition was not 
ased
SVI> single songs or albums, but on group concepts).
I recall that. Your definition was different from many of the other
definitions that defined Prog-Rock. It seems that, given the abundance
of definitions floating around, one can simply pick the definition you
like best and go by it. Therefore, I choose to use the definition of
Prog-Rock that defines the musical parameters that a song must conform
to. And why not? It's no better and no worse than any of the others out
there.
And please note, I have tried to discuss Prog-Rock music many times in
here. But it seems that everytime I make a statement about a piece of
music that fits at least one of the many definitions of Prog-Rock that's
floating around in here, the bulk of the responses I get consist of
being told that the artist who recorded the song I mentioned wasn't
"proggish" enough, therefore the music wasn't Proggish enough.
I mentioned "Good Vibrations", by the Beach Boys. The artists were NOT
Prog-Rock specialists, but that particular song WAS as "proggish" as
anything by any band that specialized in Prog-Rock.
I mentioned "The Ballad of Billy the Kid", by Billy Joel, another artist
who didn't specialize in the Prog-Rock genre, but the song fit at lest
one of the many definitions of Prog-Rock floating around.
I mentioned "Funeral for a Friend" by Elton John, and -- well, I think
you see my point.
I must therefore conclude that the REAL definition of Prog-Rock is "any
music recorded by artists on the short list of 'qualified' Prog-Rockers,
regardless of what it sounds like, plus any music recorded by obscure
artists that Prog-Rock echo 'insiders' happen to like".
 * OLX 2.1 TD * I don't eat red meat. I cook it. It's brown.
--- Renegade
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