Underworld and Prog Bands

[BeautifulBurnout]

Following on from other discussions on here relating to Genesis in particular, how many of you have been/are fans of prog bands such as Genesis, Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Pink Floyd etc.?

I was a huge fan as a teenager, but also loved dancing. It was an impossible combination because at the time there was nothing that really floated my boat dance-music wise, yet the skill and inventiveness of these and other similar bands gripped me totally but was nigh-on impossible to dance to properly.

It was a delight to me to find, years later, bands such as Underworld and Orbital taking the prog influence a step further and creating truly awesome dance music with it. Or at least that is the way I saw it at the time.

What are your views, if any? And have any of you tried mixing any Underworld tracks with any prog stuff?

[stimpee]

*tumbleweed*

[big screen satellite]

i liked emerson, never liked lake and palmer, so was glad when he joined Underworld in the 1990's...

i love progressive house - does that count...??Q!?!¬

[holden]

I think the term "progressive" is relative, since a lot of the bands that had that label in the 1970s eventually ceased to be progressive, not evolving and releasing the same stuff over and over, or else tainting the public's perception with ill-advised pop turns in the 80's (what wasn't ill-advised back then?!). Progressive usally means being on the forefront of music or a step ahead. i think this is UW's intent with the riverrun series.
i was and still am a huge fan of Genesis. Most Pink Floyd is enjoyable. But bands like Yes and ELP fell into that category of tiresome and repeating themselves. In the 90's, i guess everyone cites Radiohead as carying on the torch, along with Sigur Ros. But anyone who's into indie music will tell you that there are thousands of extremely creative bands that are truly progressing music. That's where i'd look for real experimentation.

holden

[bryantm3]

*raises hand*
huge prog fan. i love genesis and yes, and listen to king crimson sometimes. brand x and bruford are favourites as well.

[dubman]

i can't stand it.
but hey, it's good that underworld gets processed in different ways. i thought genesis, yes, and all of that shit aside from the floyd were unlistenable.

[den]

Originally Posted by holden

Progressive usally means being on the forefront of music or a step ahead.

I see what you mean, as far as "progressive" rock goes. But when I hear the phrase "progressive rock" I automatically think of Yes and Pink Floyd and all those. It blends a little bit in to psychedelic music, anything sort of complex and rambling that gives you a sense of a journey, which fits Underworld quite well.

Just depends on how you want to take it.

[spacefish]

Also raising my hand. I loved Genesis, and they were by far my favorite, more in the Peter Gabriel days, and Peter Gabriel solo, than with Phil Collins. Pink Floyd and Yes were also pretty mainstream on my stereo but I never listened to ELP as much as I think I wanted to. I loved Brain Salad Surgery but never really heard much from any other albums. Not sure if I'd get into them now but I still break out my Genesis on a regular basis and I'm always thinking about filling in the missing albums in my collection for both Genesis and Pink Floyd.

[Flywaver]

Indie had it too.Many bands were ahead of there time but never really hit the mainstream or they started off a trend.A great band was Curve for example.Anyone like Curve?

[jose m]

i think curve hit the mainstream didn't they?chart hit/s and press acclaim? i liked them but never thought of them as prog.great production with curve,flood /alan moulder i think.