[atlantaprog] Re: Progress is being made...

I can't help but chuckle about this particular line of discussion.  
It's an oft-stated joke that ANY online discussion of prog music will
eventually devolve into (or at least reference) a heated comparison of
Yes and its various incarnations.

It took us.....(checking watch)......less than a day.   :)



UncleEggsy@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 11/12/2002 7:26:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> MABaker@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> >  agree with you.  Personally, I rejected all so-called prog rock after
> > the mid-70s - with the heavy-handed pomposity of late-years-Yes,
> > Genesis, etc. (nope, I never liked them, even with Gabriel) - and punk
> > rock coming along to fly in the face of it.
> 
> Ladies and gentlemen....We have a celebrity here.  Please welcome Mr. Robert
> Christgau :)  Seriously, you're echoing just about every mainstream music
> critic under the sun, right down to the "Thank goodness punk came along and
> got rid of all that!" sentiment.  Me, I think Yes' _Tales From Topographic
> Oceans_ is one of the five best pop/rock albums *ever* and I think Gabriel
> Genesis is pure ecstasy and brilliance.  Your mileage may vary, of course.
> 
> Chris Hosford

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