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Yes, Sitar, but there were albums that took that experimentation to far greater levels than the Beatles during that time.

I'm not saying The Beatles were THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PROTO-PROG BAND, but it would also be inherently untrue to say they had zero impact or connection to the rise of progressive rock.

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But the extent of their influence to progressive rock is comparatively negligible.

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"I'm not saying The Beatles were THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PROTO-PROG BAND, but it would also be inherently untrue to say they had zero impact or connection to the rise of progressive rock."



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"I'm not saying The Beatles were THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PROTO-PROG BAND, but it would also be inherently untrue to say they had zero impact or connection to the rise of progressive rock."

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but definitely more on Psychedelic and pop for sure.

"But the extent of their influence to progressive rock is comparatively negligible."

Perhaps not in terms of dictating the path that the genre would take, but there may not be any band more responsible for priming mainstream audiences to embrace progressive rock.

"but definitely more on Psychedelic and pop for sure."

Definitely, and as far as I know Prog itself was an evolution of psychedelia so The Beatles link in that chain can't be denied.

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lol what the fuck just happened in this thread. okay bullet points:



- Beatles certainly had some influence in the emergence of progressive rock in the 60s because the Beatles literally influenced every genre and aspect of rock music during their era but it would be disingenuous to give them any kind of substantial credit for the development of that genre.



@GandhiLion- Beatles were mostly "culturally innovative" you say...what do you mean by that? As in they were only a progressive pop culture phenomenon alone? They changed the course of music history. They inspired endless imitators as soon as they hit the Ed Sullivan show. They then went and set the artistic tone, high bar, and pace for all of rock music. And this is all happening by 1966. By 1967 they've flip-flopped rock music on it's head entirely. You don't have to enjoy the Beatles music but to act like they were not gold standard of rock music of the time and didn't have an absolutely massive cultural, critical, and popular following and impact is just ignoring history.

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"Perhaps not in terms of dictating the path that the genre would take, but there may not be any band more responsible for priming mainstream audiences to embrace progressive rock."



Which, realistically speaking, was never?

"listening to Dream Theater while discussing The Beatles in a Queen thread"

Dude, same! xD

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The Beatles, just like Queen, is one of those cases in which a band is so overrated by the masses that in the end you'll see them being underrated by more serious music aficionados

"Which, realistically speaking, was never? "

Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells sold 15 Million Copies so...

PULL ME UNDER

PULL ME UNDER

PULL ME UNDER

I'M NOT AFRAID!

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"Which, realistically speaking, was never?"



prog was mainstream in the 70's. Dark Side of the Moon is the second most sold album in history



there were other mainstream genres at the time, like disco, and we certainly can't say that prog is mainstream nowadays but it was back then

Beatles is the best metal band

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"Beatles is the best metal band"



I Want you (She's so Heavy) is proto doom. Fight me

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So prog was mainstream because a glorified psych album sold a lot?

Yeah, even if ignoring Pink Floyd 'cause there's a good number of people out there that would say that they aren't prog (I'm not one in case someone thinks about asking btw), prog was fairly mainstrem, at least a few bands. I think.

Prog. Rock wasn't exactly mainstream. Pink Floyd was the notable exception probably because they were so accessible compared to their brethren, but otherwise, prog. rock's popularity in the 70's quickly faded.

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it quickly faded indeed but while it lasted (first half of the 70's) it was big





Not only Floyd but other bands like Yes or ELP