Social concerns of the major Prog acts in the 70s?

I hear much more spiritual awareness in Jon Anderson's solo work than in Yes. There's a little bit but not much compared to his solo work which is loaded with it. 

In the early 70s, Family was one of the major progressive rock acts, and their stuff in the early 70s, as well as the late 60s, served as a reflection of various social concerns prevalent during that time—disillusionment with authority figures, mental health awareness, critiques of consumer culture, and fairly complex lyrics about the issues of human existence.

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Edited by moshkito - August 20 2024 at 07:40

moshkito wrote: .... you got ANGE that did a social political thing that was influenced by Jacques Brel and the Brechtian staging methods ...

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Sometimes it's a matter of a particularly hard-headed band leader, sometimes it's just trying to fit in with the Joneses! 

It is to my understanding that young German musicians between 68' and 74' were teenagers on a collaborative mission to change Berlin...to make a new Germany. The odd aspect for me is the realization that they were this new generation. Amon Duul and Amon Duul II, Can, Guru, Guru, Faust, Cluster were deeply disappointed in their parents. The statements several of them made on film? "Our parents were Nazis" "Our parents would never talk about it" 😕

To an extent ...anger revealed itself through Krautrock. It also created disturbing Visions and at times...a kind of 'la-la-land ,floating pie in the sky feeling through keyboard soundscapes by Klaus Schulze, Cosmic Jokers, Can and others..

Most Krautrock musicians (particularly in the early 70's), somehow expressed in their music that they disliked the old Germany and or told the truth which many of them claim was hidden from them by their parents. Krautrock bands from the 70s are well into their 70s 😃 and they still discuss the subject with the kind of conviction that gives viewers the impression that they were pretty pissed off about it in their youth.

So it's strange and fascinating to think that the German youth experienced that and rebelled. So it was after they had the realization that their parents refused to talk about it ..and had this desire to make a new Germany...and music came out of it! That's a really strange way to create music. Growing up in that environment inspired them to write unusual music. ...and that can be attributed to why Krautrock sounded unique or different...

Jacob Schoolcraft wrote: ...... So it's strange and fascinating to think that the German youth experienced that and rebelled. So it was after they had the realization that their parents refused to talk about it ..and had this desire to make a new Germany...and music came out of it! That's a really strange way to create music. Growing up in that environment inspired them to write unusual music. ...and that can be attributed to why Krautrock sounded unique or different...

Jacob Schoolcraft wrote: It is to my understanding that young German musicians between 68' and 74' were teenagers on a collaborative mission to change Berlin...to make a new Germany. The odd aspect for me is the realization that they were this new generation. Amon Duul and Amon Duul II, Can, Guru, Guru, Faust, Cluster were deeply disappointed in their parents. The statements several of them made on film? "Our parents were Nazis" "Our parents would never talk about it" 😕 ...