Your top 15 progressive music albums IN the '70s?

Edited by moshkito - September 09 2024 at 17:28

Hrychu wrote: I was born in 1996 and I consider myself a Zillennial. Like, definitely a Millennial in a lot of aspects, but just a little bit too young to remember most of the stuff typical Millennials are nostalgic for. And on the other hand, too old to truly "get" the way Gen Z'ers are perceiving their media. But you know what? At the end of the day, what helps me connect with representatives of other generations is progressive rock music. Prog is timeless. <3

I was born in 1996 and I consider myself a Zillennial. Like, definitely a Millennial in a lot of aspects, but just a little bit too young to remember most of the stuff typical Millennials are nostalgic for. And on the other hand, too old to truly "get" the way Gen Z'ers are perceiving their media. But you know what? At the end of the day, what helps me connect with representatives of other generations is progressive rock music. Prog is timeless. <3

Hrychu wrote: I used the term "boomer" as a simple abbreviation of "baby boomer". Believe it or not, a lot of people use it in such context online. Also, the generation labels are not strict or scientific nor are they meant to judge people. They're meant to simplify certain generational traits in order to find common grounds between people who grew up during similar time frames. ;)

^As a boomer, the word does not offend me.

Edited by David_D - September 08 2024 at 08:31

Sean Trane wrote: In some ways, yes, I do think that those who were late-teens and in early their early 20's during the late 60's and early 70's are fairly different than the baby-boomers. They participated to summer of  love, civil rights movement fights, Mai 68 in Paris,West  German rebellions, etc...   Early BB rebels were few and generally called Beatnicks, while later BB were more numerous and became Hippies.

Hrychu wrote: If someone is insensitive here, it is you, Sean. Yes you. Just, chill out and re-read my messages. I didn't criticize those generations in my post! Read it carefully, without your default negative prejudice. I used those terms in a stirctly descriptive manner. I mean, IMHO the generation gaps aren't even as drastics as people lead themselves to believe. I know a lot of boomers (born 1946-1964) and Jonesers (~1958-1963 more/less) who are friendly and easy going people. The constant culture wars really shape cross-generational relations in a negative way. It's a bit of a bummer.

 

YOU don't understand. I have no problems with the use of Baby-Boomers (the terms Jared used) , but the use of the "boomer" diminutive term (that YOU used) is generally  meant/used to be negative.

I had to look up "Jonesers", because I'd never heard of that bogus concept (gen X is another bogus as well, and so are all the next inventions like Gen Z and now Gen Alpha).

In some ways, yes, I do think that those who were late-teens and in early their early 20's during the late 60's and early 70's are fairly different than the baby-boomers. They participated to summer of  love, civil rights movement fights, Mai 68 in Paris,West  German rebellions, etc...   Early BB rebels were few and generally called Beatnicks, while later BB were more numerous and became Hippies.

In either case, the younger dudes mocking the older generations should really shut up and be respectfull for the fight and price paid in their fight to change the world (at least the western hemisphere), because they would've really resented the established order prior to 67 to be still in application today.

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As for your complaint of PA in PE:

Czyszy;1249874 wrote: ProgArchives community is getting more and more toxic. What a shame. For some time now, PA simply doesn't feel like a community anymore. There are many active users but they all do their own thing, debate over which band is better (using polls or not) and rarely showing any real human social skills. The way discussions on PA go rn doesn't make me ever want to hang out with any of those users. I dunno. Maybe it's the generational gap? The userbase give me an impression of masked-up anonymous figures wearing business suits. PA just feels really formal and cold.

If you feel really that way....

Nobody’s holding you back…. And Don’t let the door hit you in the back on the way out

I was one of the young boys in the 70s, and do recall being introduced to and liking music in the late 70s, so thought that would count from my reading of the OP. If not, kindly disregard. :)

^ Another way the wires could get crossed. That reminds me, I had meant to mention ELO way back on page two of this thread -- ah, the memories, that takes me back to yesterday. Now I'm feeling nostalgic for yesterday, when all my troubles seemed so far away. My older brother, as usual, bought that A New World Record album and I remember hearing it when wee (not when weeing). He also had bought a Simon Says game and the cover had reminded me of that. ELO was one of the first pop/rock bands I remember getting into as a weeing lad.