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Originally Posted by LessinSF
I confess to loving prog rock. The first 10 Genesis albums and all Gabriel solo. Rush. King Crimson. Jethro Tull. IQ. Camel. ELP. Pink Floyd. Hawkwind (Lemmy's first band). Kansas. Saga. Early Styx. Uriah Heep. All are the tits. And, my fave, Marillion (only with Fish).
Edit - some Roger Waters solo. "These Are The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking" is also the tits.
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As I was driving around this weekend, thinking about LessinThe70s sitting cross-legged next to his turntable surrounded by Genesis records, our local alternative rock station played ELO’s “Don’t Bring Me Down.” Later this weekend, as I was driving around flipping through the stations, thinking about LessinThe70s playing air flute to a rad Jethro tune, I landed on our classic rock station, which was playing ELO’s “Don’t Bring Me Down.” I took it as a sign. I’m not sure if ELO is technically prog rock, but it is hard to deny the visceral power of the riff in this tune. And when I saw the video (which I don’t think I have ever seen before), it sealed the deal. It is perfect. If I were to try to make a video that encapsulated the 70s, including a neon hot dog pulsating to the hand clap section, this video would be it. You may think ELO is totes uncool … but try not to clap along, I dare you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9nkzaOPP6g
Fun fact: Jeff Lynne says that mystery word he says after “Don’t Bring Me Down” is “groos” — a made-up placeholder word that he ended up keeping in the final version of the song. Later, after so many fans interpreted the mystery word as actually being the name “Bruce,” he started singing “Bruce” instead of “groos” in concert. An ELO engineer has a different story, so we may never know the truth.
