[kj] Top 10 and the "throwback" era

[Alexander Smith]

Excuse me, but.....

Peter Frampton IS NOT PROG!!! PETER FRAMPTON HAS *NEVER* BEEN PROG!!!

Thanks,

Alex in NYC


On Apr 2, 2007, at 10:59 PM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


> I was quoting one of the main opinions out there, of course (the  

> "rockist" stance?), not my own. I like stuff that deviates from  

> three chord rock & roll, obviously, or else I wouldn't be on a  

> Killing Joke list, or have them in my Top 10 fave bands ever.

>

> But I do sympathize with the view that when prog gets to the point  

> of Peter Frampton, it's like, okay, fuck this. That type of prog is  

> not my bag. A recent punk band that have been becoming more & more  

> prog are Fucked Up. People either love'em or hate'em. Their debut  

> on Jade Tree was a bloated double LP monstrosity (_Hidden World_:  

> http://www.jadetree.com/releases/product/JT1122) that I hated --  

> many songs were over ten minutes long. It's prog-hardcore punk, but  

> I don't hate it because it's prog-punk. I just hate it because it  

> is just boring.

>

> I like no-wave and post-punk and some ambient/industrial (Coph Nia  

> are a recent addiction); it's not either/or for me -- but it is for  

> some, which is what I said. I like Chuck Berry and Lydia Lunch,  

> personally. I don't want to have to choose between the two.

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> Geoffrey ODonoghue wrote:

>> Yeah - it was just so wrong to try and expand the boundaries of  

>> rock by incorporating jazz, classical and other influences and  

>> also trying to challenge the traditional song structure etc etc.  

>> Those poor misguided fools - everybody knows rock should just be  

>> three chords and three minutes.

>>

>> */"B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>/* wrote:

>>

>>     Punk rock ... setting rock 'n roll ... away from the "mistaken"

>>     turn it had taken in the early 70s

>

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