Psychedelic and prog rock

[gweimer]

While the sound is pretty bad, you have to love Jamie Muir in one of the rare live gigs he did.

[nofi]

excellent! makes most other prog sound like windham hill out takes.

[Pekka]

I don't identify psychedelic with "no arrangement and drugged, untight playing" (btw: not all drugs do that to you, Status Quo spent the late seventies in a coke haze, but man were they tight), but more with a certain tranquil, esoteric nature of the music. As such that Camel track is psychedelic to me. As is Pink Floyd and much of the older Genesis. ELP is a prog band that is not psychedelic to me as they are all about athletic, instrumental brawn - some of which I'm sure was coke induced!

My post wasn't that serious, I was just trying to say that there's room for Crack The Sky here too. The drug thing was a joke too.
ELP and coke definitely match, I think Keith was very honest about it in his book too.

English psychedelia was very tightly arranged at times, like the first Family album for example.

What drugs this band used I'm sure most of us don't want to know. Most likely they don't use any.  The mighty Magma:


Saw them in Finland in 2004. Played the then released "K.A" album and "Mekanik Destrüktiw Kommandoh".

[Pekka]

While the sound is pretty bad, you have to love Jamie Muir in one of the rare live gigs he did.

Do you have the "Larks'" box? It has the whole German TV gig from Bremen on DVD and Blu-Ray and many other live recordings of variable quality featuring the 5 man line-up.

[saltymonkey]

The Factory, English 60's Psyche. This thread's making me scour my record collection then see if the stuff is available on youtube. The Factory was pretty great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aysz7yJX5lE&list=PLRDO1HwoVumUn7Njf_Lp_4ZNMr42OBPPs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDGj29bzKPQ&list=PLRDO1HwoVumUn7Njf_Lp_4ZNMr42OBPPs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhOu62dXqw&list=PLRDO1HwoVumUn7Njf_Lp_4ZNMr42OBPPs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNUkzuVJPio&list=PLRDO1HwoVumUn7Njf_Lp_4ZNMr42OBPPs

[Denis]

Digging this one lately: The Black Cat Bones!

[chromium]

Happy the Man


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Shadowfax

[nofi]

too bad there seems to be a formula for writing a prog 'tune'. it really hasn't changed in decades.

[gearHed289]

too bad there seems to be a formula for writing a prog 'tune'. it really hasn't changed in decades.

How is that different from any other kind of rock?

[uwe]

too bad there seems to be a formula for writing a prog 'tune'. it really hasn't changed in decades.

Which is why Genesis sounded like Jethro Tull sounded like ELP sounded like Yes sounded like Pink Floyd?  Formula or not, the major league of the Prog bands were immediately identifiable.

[uwe]

How is that different from any other kind of rock?

Well, not all forms of music can be as pattern-defying as the Blues, can they? 

[Highlander]

Denis... do some research on that Black Cat Bones... I used to have that LP... the original, now deceased guitarist was replaced by another now deceased player, both of which went on to significantly better gigs...

[gweimer]

Denis... do some research on that Black Cat Bones... I used to have that LP... the original, now deceased guitarist was replaced by another now deceased player, both of which went on to significantly better gigs...

Interesting!  I'm surprised I never heard of these guys before.  That was the era when I was buying all sorts of records out of curiosity.  The drummer didn't do so bad after this band, either.

[Highlander]

Followed his buddy, and then another buddy...

[LoEndMaestro]

Just bought this! That's just my game....

Thanks for the heads up.