Prog Died in 1979?????

Nothing to add - just amazed that this thread is still going ;-)

Prog did not die in 1979.....it evolved, though, since then....

Most music after the 70's was a mistake

There's some truth to this not many may notice. When people like me and you remain in our bubble of ambitious indie music, it seems like a ridiculous statement. But when you look at ALL MUSIC IN ALL GENRES EVER RELEASED WORLDWIDE, and compare the ~1910s*-1979 period to the 1980-present period, the latter has seen a much larger volume of bad and mediocre records in proportion to the true masterpieces. From the connoisseur standpoint of course. Relax, YMMV.

*during the early days of recorded music, its commercial distribution all around the globe wasn't standardized well enough to make it possible to determine the clear beginning of the record industry

suitkees wrote: Hrychu wrote: Most music after the 70's was a mistake There's some truth to this not many may notice. When people like me and you remain in our bubble of ambitious indie music, it seems like a ridiculous statement. But when you look at ALL MUSIC IN ALL GENRES EVER RELEASED WORLDWIDE, and compare the ~1910s*-1979 period to the 1980-present period, the latter has seen a much larger volume of bad and mediocre records in proportion to the true masterpieces. From the connoisseur standpoint of course. Relax, YMMV. This is a statement that would need some solid statistics to earn some validity. Honestly, I don't think that those statistics exist. To me, it just expresses ignorance of many other music domains outside of prog, rock, jazz or folk or others that get sometimes discussed here: there are many other musical territories not or hardly mentioned on these forums that are apparently terra incognita for some - and especially for those who want to defend a claim that "most music after the 70's was a mistake". This, to me, just exposes ignorance about what music has to offer outside of the "mainstream" (rock, pop, prog and the like...). Nothing else: just ignorance.

"This is a statement that would need some solid statistics to earn some validity."

Not necessarily because it's 100% opinion driven. And I'd say the type of opinion upon whether certain music is good or bad is formed on experience, rather than statistics. To each their own. Statistical evidence would come in handy if one was to document more of a "general opinion" though.

My comment was only a way to present one of the many possible reasons such opinion might be expressed. A bit of a "devil's advocate" thing really.

However, I agree with you that had GoodDay provieded better argumentation, that statement would've contributed much more to the discussion. Though simple unelaborate answers are good for fun prog polls, they're not the best "weapon of choice" when you want to express your views with clarity and weight.

Edited by Hrychu - June 13 2024 at 20:43

Floydoid wrote: Prog didn't die in 1979, it merely slipped under the radar of the average music fan. Tho I agree the classic era (where most of the prog I love is from) is approximately 1968-78.

I remember the day the music died. Drove my Chevy to the levee.

Awesoreno wrote: [An uninformed opinion on a subjective topic presented as objective fact]!!!!!!!!! But hey, [punchy one-liner, wink emote]. I didn't want to be left out.

Reddit/Twitter in a nutshell.

suitkees wrote: Hrychu wrote: Most music after the 70's was a mistake There's some truth to this not many may notice. When people like me and you remain in our bubble of ambitious indie music, it seems like a ridiculous statement. But when you look at ALL MUSIC IN ALL GENRES EVER RELEASED WORLDWIDE, and compare the ~1910s*-1979 period to the 1980-present period, the latter has seen a much larger volume of bad and mediocre records in proportion to the true masterpieces. From the connoisseur standpoint of course. Relax, YMMV. This is a statement that would need some solid statistics to earn some validity. Honestly, I don't think that those statistics exist. To me, it just expresses ignorance of many other music domains outside of prog, rock, jazz or folk or others that get sometimes discussed here: there are many other musical territories not or hardly mentioned on these forums that are apparently terra incognita for some - and especially for those who want to defend a claim that "most music after the 70's was a mistake". This, to me, just exposes ignorance about what music has to offer outside of the "mainstream" (rock, pop, prog and the like...). Nothing else: just ignorance.

Classics need some time so that the world realises they are classics. Music of the sixties & seventies had more time than music of today.

Stop feeding the troll