Bjork go home! (the right one)

Epignosis wrote: Prog is very easy to define.  I don't know why so many people make a mystery out of it.

Yes, it is very easy to define. We even have clearly defined sub-divisions, here are some examples.


Crossover Prog



Prog-Related


Symphonic Prog


Tech/Extreme Prog Metal


Not Prog at all


Jazz/Rock Fusion


Also Not Prog at All

alanight wrote: This is so snob... AND SO STUPID

Prog is very easy to define.  I don't know why so many people make a mystery out of it.

Asphalt wrote: So let me get this straight. People still actually care about which artists are on PA and which are not? Hard to believe, especially since it's so easy to come up with an objective definition of Prog. And, of course, it's vital that we come up with that definition. Also, vital that we don't listen to things that we decided we don't like. What is the world coming to? [... aaand scene]

Well, think of it like this. You go to this website about this weird prog thing and you see the artist Bjork on the front page of it. I think that would turn people away from not only this website but also progressive rock as a whole.

[... aaand scene]

So let me get this straight. People still actually care about which artists are on PA and which are not?

Hard to believe, especially since it's so easy to come up with an objective definition of Prog. And, of course, it's vital that we come up with that definition. Also, vital that we don't listen to things that we decided we don't like.

What is the world coming to?

[... aaand scene]

be positive guys, we can review her albums now  ... (i have heard a few)

next addition: Madonna

Yeah, she should be under G for Guðmundsdóttir instead of B  for Björk Guðmundsdóttir.

Regardless of the fact that I find her more irritating that a mains powered squeaky toy, Bjork's output is certainly eclectic and experimental (but then so are Jane Siberry and PJ Harvey I guess)

Given the current climate for additions on PA, were the Radical Prog Party to run for election I suspect they would lose their deposit. We are way too far down the inclusive road now for a U turn methinks. I believe PA will continue to mutate into a repository for all kinds of interesting, innovative and experimental rock music and whether we like it or not, the Prog hard-liners will suffer the same fate as the dinosaurs they gaze lovingly on behind the glass case.

If we're forced to choose, give me a zoo over a museum any day.

Henry Plainview wrote: I disagree, and it's bizarre considering how many times she's been publicly shot down, but I don't care enough to vote. Triceratopsoil wrote: I just think it's ridiculous that Bjork is "prog" but Satan Alfa Beel Atem and Detectivbyran aren't To be fair, though, I support the rejection of Satan Alfa Beel Atem because I want the world to forget they ever existed.

Since I have never listened to an album of her's I don't know for sure.

I disagree, and it's bizarre considering how many times she's been publicly shot down, but I don't care enough to vote.

Triceratopsoil wrote: I just think it's ridiculous that Bjork is "prog" but Satan Alfa Beel Atem and Detectivbyran aren't

To be fair, though, I support the rejection of Satan Alfa Beel Atem because I want the world to forget they ever existed.


Edited by Henry Plainview - December 06 2010 at 18:53