Losing interest in prog

I feel the same way about Fox News, Cauliflower and The Kardashians

thehallway wrote: I will head over eventually, but I feel that right now, I'd just be adding to the problem. If the admins could find a community of Duke Ellington fans...... a Gershwin appreciation society..... I don't know, a 'bop forum'..... they might be able to pull them in and get a much more comprehensive, well-rounded and fun site. There may be other established sites about jazz, but if they don't have a user reviwing capacity then visitors to such sites might be exactly the kind of people that JMA can lure in!

The reviewing capacity is a draw card of Max's site, huh? It's certainly what sucked me into PA & JMA

thehallway wrote: Padraic wrote: thehallway wrote: The only trouble with JMA is it's full of people from PA. Stupid PA people have to ruin everything. I should elaborate. It's not the fact that they emigrate from here that is a problem, but their naturally proggy tastes. I know that JMA are struggling to build a fanbase, but the huge slant towards fusion will definitely confuse and/or put off a lot of people who want to celebrate swing or big band jazz (for example). Earlier types of jazz are almost ignored over there.

thehallway wrote: The only trouble with JMA is it's full of people from PA. That's why their top ten is basically Miles Davis.

I've nearly got Charles Mingus in there - I'll finish my 5 star review and see if I can swing it hahaha!
And Herbie Hancock's there  too (and John Coltrane) - but the wrong Hancock album in my opinion

So many PA folks (such as me) have made the leap

thehallway wrote: The only trouble with JMA is it's full of people from PA.

I think I've been too dismissive of modern acts in the past - I keep finding that, looking past the studio separation of an album and of its generically "prog" title and art, it'll still contain a few good ideas. Of course I don't think I'll ever find something that matches up to Magma, or Henry Cow, or Comus in the modern prog-rock world, since it is simply too based upon itself to do much surprising, but there are still hours upon hours of great songs being written - plenty to envelop yourself in whenever you do tire of the greats.

I'm certainly losing interest in prog......

.......Archives.

Alberto Muñoz wrote: Hercules wrote: I've never tired of prog and I doubt if I ever will.   This

When I first discovered prog in the 90's, the 70's stuff was all I was interested in and I felt that nothing could ever be that good in modern times.  Since 2000 or so, I've been happy to have been proven wrong.  Honestly, for me, the "greats" of the 70's are what I have almost completely lost interest in, though I still rate many of their albums as masterpieces.  I just don't feel any need to hear them anymore, since they are imprinted on my brain forever.

I am of the opinion that there is much new prog and progressive music (to me, two different, yet sometimes the same, depending on the artist, things) can be as good or even better than the 70's stuff.  I find plenty of great music to listen to.

Having said that, I totally understand about prog burnout.  I am an ardent fan of the symphonic rock style, yet have gone through at least two phases of feeling very burnt out on it.  So I listened to other things......jazz, classical, electronic, RIO, etc.  But I always come back to it for some reason, just my musical sweet spot I guess you could say.

Sure there is a lot of crap today, and I've found plenty of 70's crap as well in my delvings into prog and music generally.  The biggest difference I see between today and the 70's is that progressive rock in the 70's was actually a money making venture.  Also the record labels creating something of a filter so that lesser groups didn't reach our ears (unlike now, when anyone with a computer and some instruments can make a reasonably well produced album).  Of course, it also meant that some truly talented bands didn't make it past the filter either.

But for the OP, nothing wrong with tiring of a genre and moving on to other things.  Whatever works for you.  Personally, I don't see how I could ever tire of prog in general, since there is so much variety, but if I do there is always plenty of other music to check out.

Man this thread gets some workout these days