8 July 2013: it's... 1976

[Tinka Cat]

Okay, I'll admit it... I like Frampton.  I think it was required by law for suburban teenagers back
then.

Me too.  I like Gary Wright too, though "Dream Weaver" should be played very sparingly, if at all. 

On the other hand, I have no use for Boston whatsoever....

"Bob Mayo on the keyboards.  Bob Mayo."

[dischead]

Which loosely translates to "white", I suppose. It certainly was heavy on the AOR, prog-rock, FM stuff.

As a fan of the genre, I take exception to the use of prog-rock for anything in that set.  There
were a couple of songs from bands that early in their existence were prog rock, but by 1976
could no longer claim that mantle.

I think Genesis certainly qualifies for prog-rock here.   And I held that opinion before reading this on wikipedia:  "The majority of the song was written in 1972 and was originally intended for the Foxtrot album."  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trick_of_the_Tail_(song)

Call them freaks or publicity stunt artists, but it's still prog-rock, dude, with Hobbit Roick and Woodnymph Rock overtones.    I always felt like Phil Collins sounded a little like Peter Gabriel, and he tried to mimic PF's textures and phrasing on TOTT to ease the longtime fans who might've had their doubts about the band's direction after PG left.

Harumph.  Prog-rock lite.

[dischead]

Okay, I'll admit it... I like Frampton.  I think it was required by law for suburban teenagers back
then.

Me too.  I like Gary Wright too, though "Dream Weaver" should be played very sparingly, if at all. 

On the other hand, I have no use for Boston whatsoever....

I think Boston suffers from the same problem as say, The Cars.  It's okay material, from a time
when there wasn't as much good pop/rock music.  So it gets played a lot, but it's not deep
enough to stand up to the overexposure.