Show 133 - Moon Royalty

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by ColoProg

In the end, if there is some music on AM that you don't like, just take the headphones off or turn the sound down. No need to get snippy. I made a comment that Rick probably didn't like on Shout during the Queen show, regarding Queen not being a prog band. As a former DJ who had a prog radio show in the 1970's, I know that you need the freedom to play what you see fit, or we are not going to have a good prog rock station, such as AM. Without getting into the relative progressive-ness of bands such as Queen, Rush, Styx, ELO, and the like, some of us are disappointed when the time we have to tune in to AM is used on such marginally progressive acts. But its no reason to get militant or angry and piss each other off. Don't like it, turn it off. Go find one of your 2,000 CDs and play it until the stuff you don't like passes.

Actually I don't mind the comments. I just don't like to trot out the same arguments. It always seems that examples of Prog are bands that really aren't sometimes. Tull and Rush are my favorite bands but I'm hard-pressed to call them pure prog. Same with Queen.

I've played Sabbath, Styx, etc.....always with caveats.

My favorite prog debate is the exclusion of metal. Maiden is as prog as it comes.

Didn't you make the Bay City comment, Colo, or was that someone else? that was pretty funny, I didn't respond because I had to log out. Rarely do show comments make me upset.

An EXCELLENT point about having limited time to tune in and hearing something you don't like. All I can do is post the show in advance. Almost always you'll see it up the Wed prior to the show. It's early, but convenient for me. Another thing I want to do less is the featured artists. A CD of a band is great, but three hours seems to be a lot. I'll keep that in mind.

I will be spotlighting some marginal bands in the future. I want to get to BOC, Elton, and maybe one or two others. But most of it will be Moon material.

Great post.