Why isnt Roxy music considered a prog rock band?

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Supernaut123 — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 03:52 AM)

Listening to For your pleasure and it sounds plenty prog certainly more so than Pink Floyd or Caravan.

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Schiz-Ke-Bab — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 06:38 AM)

I think the studio slipped the wrong cd in your case. I'd complain if I were you.
Or maybe we just have a different perspective on prog vs. art rock.
Art rock is like prog minus the cheese. Or maybe it's with the cheese? I'm not entirely certain.
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disturbedtool68 — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 07:23 AM)

They remind me a bit of Bowie without the danger
Not too progressive. Glam, art, pop, new wave?
Their song structures arent really progressive. Fairly straight forward.

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fontinau — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 01:18 PM)

They remind me a bit of Bowie without the danger
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NJtoTX — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 10:56 AM)

Crossover Prog
http://www.progarchives.com/album-reviews.asp?id=7099

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TheHumanCypher — 9 years ago(December 01, 2016 06:34 AM)

Hey NJ,
I clicked on your link, and as the page for Roxy Music came up, my arrow key must have been hovering over another link that brought up the 'Electric Orange' page instead.
Without your 'link', I wouldn't have discovered this band, and one of the best albums, 'Misophonia', of 2016 I have listened to.
So, just wanted to pass on my thanks for the unintended consequences

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NJtoTX — 9 years ago(December 01, 2016 06:37 AM)

Was serendipity, the Cosmic Sky Muffin, something like that.
Listening - sounds pretty good.

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NikolajCostas1005 — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 01:37 PM)

They had relatively long instrumental passages peppered with Eno's "treatments", but they were still too rooted in traditional pop forms thanks to Bryan Ferry. Also, their jams were more inspired by the Velvet Underground, where Prog is typically associated with traditional classical influences.
That's why Pink Floyd's categorization as a prog rock band is hotly debated. But then again, very little else seems appropriate. Blues rock? Not exclusively. Psychedelic or acid rock? Not by the '70s.
I think the great thing about both Roxy Music and Pink Floyd is how each defied easy categorization.
Eh I don't know what 'phallocentric' means, but NO GIRLS!

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Brandos_Bitch — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 08:17 PM)

art rock.
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Henry_Swizzlesticks_the_Second — 9 years ago(December 01, 2016 08:50 AM)

Just a label, and - like all labels - not altogether helpful. (although I tend to throw around the "garage" label plenty.)
I am not a fan of bands typically considered "prog": king Crimson; Emerson, Lake and Palmer . . .
I like Roxy and Moody Blues - sometimes they are considered prog.
Someone said "art rock".
Yeah. I guess so.