Um... Ok. I know Methem was simply making an inquiry. I'm not out to restart that debate. I'm just pointing out the ideaology that appears every so often. All I'm saying is that Metallica is quite "progressive" at times too - long extended songs with key changes and rhythm changes drawn from classical. They do a version of Mars by Holst, ala King Crimson. My point is that most talented bands in rock have a few prog songs. And the idea of four whole BS albums on the Moon seems odd to me. I think for those songs that you so eloquently call "tweeners," they have to be considered song by song, not by a body-of-work and album basis. Take Zeppelin. I think there are easily a dozen songs that could and should be on AM. But any one album as a whole? No way. What one LZep album would you put on the Moon? There's not one. And if there are, say, two songs on "In Through the Out Door" that should be added, would you exclude them because you can't add "Fool in the Rain"? I'd say no. Song by song on tweeners, not "pick an album." I've used this example elsewhere: Genesis' Invisible Touch album. I think four of the eight should be on any prog station - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight; The Brazilian, Land of Confusion, and Domino. The other four songs are pure pop. (BTW, this argument can't be made for 80s Yes, KC, Tull, etc., because while it's decidedly poppy, it is definitely Prog-Pop.) So should ALL Genesis be on? Nah. Should ALL Black Sabbath be off? Nah. But you got to put more effort into it than picking an album. (Man thi is way off from where I started...).
PS, I didn't mention Starrider. I mentioned Foreigner. That means you thought of Starrider on your own, so something proggy clicked there?!!
