Decemberists

[mello tron]

They may not be prog, strictly speaking. But that label is less useful today, when sharp distinctions become less evident. "Creative music" might be a more pragmatic label. Progressive is, as I understand it, anti-pop. It demands at least some of the following: great musicianship, key changes, odd time signatures, no set time limits on songs. My point is that a lot of bands today do not fit the label "prog," but have many of the qualities we look for in progressive music. I think The Decemberists fit the bill. Certainly much of their stuff is closer to prog than Peter Gabriel, post Gabriel/hackett Genesis, Asia, and much else played on the Moon. And I think any attempt to keep the Moon's programming "pure" has gone by the wayside. Santana, Miles Davis, Return to Forever, Dixie Dregs, all of which are played here, would not be called prog by anyone, I think. Well, that's my argument. Now can someone explain why the first album of French, Frith Kaiser and Thompson is not here?