Prog and the younger generation

^ hehe you joined today :P

I'm a 'young people' and I love Prog! I've gotten my best friend into it as well, so there are two youthful fans of the genre right there.

I'm sure many young people would like prog if they'd just know about it. I'm 14 and a huge fan of Genesis. There was a music lesson at school when everyone had to bring their current favourite song and the others would rate it. I brought "Dancing with the moonlit knight" (on LP) and it was a great success. It went #2.

I'm a teen ager and my best friends listen to prog.

Henry Plainview wrote: CCVP wrote: popeyethecat wrote: True true. I SHALL find friends, damn it! or die alone lol (just kidding). If you want i can be your friend o:) You guys do realize that you can be friends with people for reasons other than shared music taste, right...?

you do realize that i was kidding right? RIGHT?

CCVP wrote: popeyethecat wrote: True true. I SHALL find friends, damn it! or die alone lol (just kidding). If you want i can be your friend o:)

Sacred 22 wrote: popeyethecat wrote: fusionfreak wrote: Don't worry young guy you're normal but there are so many people being garrulous about music(but often pointless),always looking for dancing or overtly optimistic songs.It's too easy,I often say one has to deserve music:I really suffered from listening to In the court of the crimson king but I tried and became a King Crimson addict.I'm far from being an extremist(I still like Led Zep,Black Sabbath,Deep Purple,Beatles's psychedelic stuff)but I think that prog is for true music lovers.If you come to a Magma concert I'm sure you will find like minded persons.Keep on proggin'! It may surprise you, but I am not a "young guy", I am in fact a young girl. Yes, a teenage girl who loves prog. See why I don't feel all that normal? I'm not an extremist either, people tell me I have broad taste (though not always meant particularly nicely!). I agree about deserving it. Some of my favourite things now I've had to really persevere with. I listened to In the Court several times thinking "hmm yeah Schizoid Man!!! er...the rest goes like what?!", but it eventually clicked, thankfully :) Having bumped into a (or as they said, "the") Yes tribute act in an airport, I think when I do eventually go to one of their concerts, when they play a bit closer to where I live, I should find some like-minded people there! They will, of course, be at least twice my age Hang in there, prog is something that you can appreciate all by yourself and anyone you meet along the way who enjoys the same music you do is a bonus, even if they are twice your age

True true. I SHALL find friends, damn it!

When I was 14 and 15 I knew about Yes, King Crimson, John McLaughlin, and other prog and prog related artists. As did many of my fellow peers. To this day I know the same is true if not more so as I work at a rock and roll camp and high schools and talk to kids about music. Plenty of them have Dream Theater shirts, the Mars Volta, Coheed and Cambria, and other great bands that aren't necessarily prog. Its pretty easy for people to find music now that its basically anywhere you could think of.

Henry Plainview wrote: reality wrote: jplanet wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: I think the only solution is to have everybody stop talking about what prog is or is not. If you don't like the way things are here, nobody is forcing you to come anymore. ;-) Yes but this site says it is "Your Ultimate Prog Rock Resource" and a lot of people get their idea of "what (P)rog is and what it is not" from this resource. Don't you feel this site has a moral obligation not to spread lies and misinformation (whether or not it originates with them) and let "True Prog" shine? This site was developed to promote "Prog" music and for a lot of reasons it does not. When I first came to this site the "adopt a genre" was very limited and I learned a lot about actual "Prog" even more than I already knew. Now it is so cluttered, for what? Popularity? How un-Prog like! This site should be a place for spreading the word about "Prog" and all its glory! Not hiding under a blanket of non related music. If Genesis and Yes are the only "Prog" bands (once again see post above) you can mention we need this place to be cleaned of the clutter! Choice: Step up and either clearly define "Prog" and non "Prog" or get rid of "adopt a genre" all together or Continue seeking popularity and keep on forsaking true "Prog" to the cluttered basement of the archives. And notice the word "archives" it means preserving the one and only time period of the "Progressive Rock" movement for all to share in the rich history and the unique splendor of the time. So all true "Prog" fans should be voting for the first choice and save the precious inheritance of "Prog". This is not a zero sum game. Sleepytime Gorrilla Museum do not "hurt" Yes and vice versa. Fans of each can go into their respective threads and never even have to talk to each other! P.S. If you want to be taken seriously, using such ridiculous language does not help. When you say something like "a moral obligation not to spread lies and misinformation (whether or not it originates with them) and let "True Prog" shine", you sound like a religious zealout angrily preaching on the television.

oh jeez, not this again. Turbo facepalm for prog definition

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rushfan4 wrote: ^ I've never heard of any of them or anything from them so I think I am one of the fortunate ones.

These are all acts that have a song in Billboard's top 40 singles chart. NOW do you "young 'uns" feel better about most of your friends not knowing less commercially successful bands ?

Get over it ... it is not a problem unless your ego somehow needs to be boosted by your peer group loving all the same things you do. And if that's what you need, or if you're so insecure in your musical taste, well, again GET OVER IT.
In the early 80s I listened to Gary Numan. In my small village (Pop. 1500), no one else did, and only 2-3 knew him. More than a few knew the song "Cars", but had no clue who sang it ? Who cares ?