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GuruCan
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Haken's lyrics occasionally address societal challenges, particularly in albums like 'Vector.' |
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I think Every Bloody Emperor can be added to the VDGG section.
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David_D
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Edited by David_D - November 27 2024 at 15:47 |
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David_D
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Vector looks to me to be a socially-engaged concept album, alright, but also to be a Metal album. |
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David_D
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I still think that John J. Sheinbaum, as being a musicologist, has very good qualifications for a reasonnable interpretation, and which has been published as a scientific article - but of course, he doesn't have to be right. |
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Cristi
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So because it's a progressive metal album, it does not count, or lacks credibility, or what?! There are a ton of metal bands that tackle social issues, corruption and politics. But i guess, no credibility because... metal...
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David_D
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^ As the thread title says, this thread is about "major Progressive Rock", and that is meant stricktly defined. And btw, in your opinion, Metal is something different than Rock, isn't that correct?
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Cristi
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Not what you said. You are saying progressive metal does not belong in the discussion, a very dismissive statement, for a prog subgenre that has been around since the 80s.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Some socially-engaged major Progressive Metal, courtesy of Porcupine Tree. |
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That's definitely socially-engaged major album, which I also will consider as Progressive Rock. And here's what Wikipedia writes about Fear of a Blank Planet : "The lyrics of the album deal with some common behaviour tendencies concerning society, especially youth, in the beginning of the 21st century, such as bipolar disorder, attention deficit disorder, drug abuse, alienation,[36] and deprivation caused by mass media.[37] The concept of the album was inspired by Bret Easton Ellis novel Lunar Park[38] and the title alludes to Public Enemy's album, Fear of a Black Planet, both sharing the particularity of reflecting notorious conflicts affecting society in the world at some time. Wilson notes that whilst race relationship was the main issue among young people when Public Enemy's album was released, it was replaced in the 21st century by a general superficiality, boredom, and introversion.[39] The album features contributions from Rush's Alex Lifeson and King Crimson's Robert Fripp. Wilson: "My fear is that the current generation of kids who're being born into this information revolution, growing up with the Internet, cell phones, iPods, this download culture, 'American Idol,' reality TV, prescription drugs, PlayStations—all of these things kind of distract people from what's important about life, which is to develop a sense of curiosity about what's out there."" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_Tree#Fear_of_a_Blank_Planet )
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Psychedelic Paul
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But the Internet, PlayStation and the information revolution ARE what's important in life - at least to me anyhow.
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Well, I've edited my OP, so it explicitly tells now that this thread is about stricktly defined Progressive Rock. |
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For PA, Progressive Rock is more of a vibe—essentially, Progressive Rock, the term, equals *Prog* here; that's how your title could be read—"socially engaged major Prog bands." So, it would've been good to highlight in your initial post that "socially engaged major bands" from PA's Progressive Metal section aren't allowed but only the bands from other PA categories like Symphonic Prog, Neo Prog, Eclectic Prog, Heavy Prog, Canterbury Scene, Rock Progressivo Italiano, RIO/Avant-Prog, and so forth. Since you didn't do it that way, to my previous Heavy Prog (Haken) suggestion, I'm free to add this one, Progressive Metal suggestion: |
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