Why classic prog faded?

octopus-4 wrote: Quote from somebody: the generation that really liked it were no longer the target audience of the record companies I think this is the synhtesis of the whole thread. There was no bandcamp in the 80s and only the bigs were in condition to self-produce their albums.

^^ what an agreeable thread! Oh what the hell....I agree too!

Well, at least it wasn't a full year! Boy that would have been torture.
In any case, Classic Prog rock maybe dead for a lot of people but not for I.
Myself, I still relish in the classics like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Camel, Asia Minor and Pink Floyd of course. :)

Then again, I am very young and I've only been listening to Prog for 17 years while some even here on PA are close to 40 years. I am curious to see how I will feel about Genesis and the latter of other great Prog classic artist in say....20 years?

Let the fading begin? I won't hold my breath. Lol

The.Crimson.King wrote: progbethyname wrote: In any case, Classic Prog rock maybe dead for a lot of people but not for I. Myself, I still relish in the classics like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Camel, Asia Minor and Pink Floyd of course. :) Then again, I am very young and I've only been listening to Prog for 17 years while some even here on PA are close to 40 years. I am curious to see how I will feel about Genesis and the latter of other great Prog classic artist in say....20 years? Let the fading begin? I won't hold my breath. Lol Don't hold your breath Nick!  I've been into prog since '75 and still listen to those 1st few albums that hooked me up...Brain Salad Surgery, Close to the Edge, Relayer, Minstrel in the Gallery, Starless and Bible Black, Nursery Cryme, H to He, Mirage, Meddle, Free Hand...they still get a spot in the rotation from time to time

My dear friend, at this point in my youth I cannot imagine such classics, as you mentioned above, ever getting stale or ignored with in my Prog brain....especially that Moonmadness. Come on...I think that album may never die for me. ;)

Rick Robson wrote: NO doubt at all ! Classic Prog, in some way like Classical Music, will NEVER fade away...

Progressive rock certainly has its classics, especially, but not only, from the classic era.  Close to the Edge probably belongs to the finest pieces of music created in the late 20th century, on a par with John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, and better than most of the postserialist brainfartery that many "classical" composers produced at that time.

Rick Robson wrote: NO doubt at all ! Classic Prog, in some way like Classical Music, will NEVER fade away...

I like this attitude. and F.Y.I I love Pink Floyd's PULSE live album as well.
One of 1994's finest.

While we are on the topic of celebrating good prog, this album has been blowing my mind into mincemeat for the past couple of months, and its not stopping...many will know this well already, but those that don't...give it a go man

Il Balletto di Bronzo - YS

The.Crimson.King wrote: Rick Robson wrote: NO doubt at all ! Classic Prog, in some way like Classical Music, will NEVER fade away... I think it's entirely possible since prog (like classical) is more harmonically and structurally complex than ritual dance music or disposable pop

Ever get tired of being right all the time.

The.Crimson.King wrote: progbethyname wrote: The.Crimson.King wrote: Rick Robson wrote: NO doubt at all ! Classic Prog, in some way like Classical Music, will NEVER fade away... I think it's entirely possible since prog (like classical) is more harmonically and structurally complex than ritual dance music or disposable pop  Ever get tired of being right all the time. I'm not celebrating yet, we'll see in a hundred years just how right I am

Oh come on. Do a little shuffle dance to celebrate. You've earned it.

Nature's forever changing behavior applies to everything. That's why I hope, for the EXISTENCE of human being, that applies as "permanent waves" (not the Rush's album hahaha), somewhat like sea waves coming and going... like a journey between YING and YAN, because Classical Music is deeply related to the way our brain cells behave.

Edited by Rick Robson - November 30 2013 at 18:55