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cgod · 4634 days ago · link · · parent · post: Pepe Deluxé - A Night and a Day [Electropop, Progressive Rock]

Why do you think it's progressive rock? Aside from the snare drum it feels like it's music from the past.

acezee · 4634 days ago · link ·

Honestly, it's hard to define this work's genre. I was conflicted between electronic, electropop, pop rock, alternative rock, baroque pop, and progressive rock. So I checked last.fm and one of the top tags for Queen of the Wave was progressive rock. So seeing as the album as a whole incorporates baroque, fantasy, and story elements it seemed appropriate to be labeled progressive rock in my view. Of course, seeing as Pepe Deluxé started out as a trip-hop band, they have more electronic influences than traditional progressive rock bands. If they made this album in the 1970s or started out as a rock band, it would feel more like traditional prog rock.

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cgod · 4634 days ago · link ·

Genre is hard. I've been on a Various Wave bender for about 2 weeks now. Bands are classified as New, Minimalist or Dark Wave with synth pop and post punk poking it's head in here or there. Sometimes I feel relativity confident that something fits a "minimalist wave" category but other times I think what a waste of time trying to classify this stuff.

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cgod · 4634 days ago · link ·

Not trying to be downer, but I would say I'm a progressive rock fan, but defining what is and what isn't seems difficult to me. Guess would say I think I know progressive when I hear it.

I personally would say progressive rock, is rock that pushes the envelope on traditional rock and roll conventions, while still appealing to a rock and roll conventionality. Standard modern drum synthesizer sounds don't really seem to fit the bill as progressive to me.

Stuff I think is progressive. Battles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FsvMyQeC-Q King Crimson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCo00hwrlK0 Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_95u4axtNY&feature=relat... Captain Beefhart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mi8vz_3tZc&feature=relmf... Can http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ7pYfELOeY

Plenty of other, but I think that these are fairly representative of what I'm talking about. I'll re-post some of these later, some good stuff that some people have probably never heard. If I post them at this hour they will just disappear to page 2 or 3 of hubski, and never be seen by anyone.