is youth losing its roots?

you'll be hard-pressed to find any 14 year olds that like prog...wait till you're 15 or 16, and they'll show up more...but not much more. I still only have one friend who's really into prog, but only because of me. THen I know some others that are mildly into it, but no Van der Graaf Generator fans...

For an indication of the vitality of prog among young people today, look no further than my avatar. It's a picture of my band (I'm on the left ) performing Porcupine Tree's Blackest Eyes at our school's last Lunchapalooza (our semi-annual rock show). The song was well-received and I know a lot of people who downloaded it and got into Porcupine Tree as a result, in addition to the droves of people who were already familiar with the band and enjoyed it for that reason.

Alpine Jones wrote: I am 19, and I currently have .66 friends interested in Prog. I do not count people who listen to just Pink Floyd, everyone likes Floyd. I think the best way to get people interested in Prog. is to tie them down in a chair and start spinning records for 5 hours. Otherwise if you do not tie them down, there short attention spans will kick in. Another thing I never want is Prog to go mainstream. The media and big record companies will exploit and kill it one by one. Luckily are hero has come, the internet. This means the end of major labels!

i like that! but dont u think it may be a little extrememe?

I know what you mean... and the answer is yes. The majority of todays youth would rather listen to mindless apes(blink182, new found glory, etc etc) strum away power chords and sing like they are holding their noses, than listen to anything with any sort of complication at all. This girl I know(17 at the time) told me that she would rather listen to simple music like blink182 than anything with guitar solos. It's rather disgusting.

one of my friends dosent know who Pink Floyd are either, and we were watching Live 8 at the time just before they came on

Rashikal wrote: im only 15, and i discovered prog a couple years ago through rush, which an uncle was playing in a car, i liked it and i discovered that there is more to music than the mainstream trash. it's fun for me to listen to a whole album at a time in a room alone with the music turned up, just focusing on every aspect of the music. most kids in my town my age just listen to whatevers on mtv and the radio, so i doubt many other 15 year olds like or have the tolerance to listen to prog. i guess the ADD 15 year old inside of me is why i also enjoy listening to at the drive in, rites of spring and fugazi. music doesnt have to be prog to be good, you know. there are many talented musicians who dont choose to play extremely complex songs or 30 minute epics. a con ive notcied that applies to most proggers is that they are closed minded to anything that isnt prog.

You are absolutley right, their are good bands that are not prog; I can
count them with one hand.

-Led Zeppelin
-Allman Brothers
-Guess Who
-White Stripes
-Smashing Pumpkins

(Notice how I did not say Nirvana...)

i told someone that was wearing a dark side of the moon t shirt that pink floyd is prog, and he said that "pink floyd is like acdc, theyre rock! falloutboy and modest mouse are prog!"

at first i laughed because i thought he was kidding, but he was totally serious.... heh kids these days right?


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im only 15, and i discovered prog a couple years ago through rush, which an uncle was playing in a car, i liked it and i discovered that there is more to music than the mainstream trash. it's fun for me to listen to a whole album at a time in a room alone with the music turned up, just focusing on every aspect of the music. most kids in my town my age just listen to whatevers on mtv and the radio, so i doubt many other 15 year olds like or have the tolerance to listen to prog.

i guess the ADD 15 year old inside of me is why i also enjoy listening to at the drive in, rites of spring and fugazi.

music doesnt have to be prog to be good, you know. there are many talented musicians who dont choose to play extremely complex songs or 30 minute epics. a con ive notcied that applies to most proggers is that they are closed minded to anything that isnt prog.

Peace Frog wrote: Rosescar wrote: I noticed that the people who do not know prog either are girls, unintelligent, or just don't listen to music at all. I'm a girl. I like prog. I understand prog. And I'm very intelligent and listen to a lot of music!Yes, I'm breaking the gender barrier! Honestly though, there doesn't seem to be any more 15 year old girls on this site, does there? That must mean something about the way the popularity of music has intensified its crappiness and made mainstream artists sell out, and my generation (or any other generation, for that matter) become more obsessed with popularity and less concerned with actual music. As you can tell, I hate society.

Society isn't generally too forgiving for a fifteen year old into prog (or anything else unusual, for that matter) - probably even less for girls. The good news is as other people get older they become more accepting, and as you become older you can find more nice & accepting people (and maybe even some into prog )

Rosescar wrote: I noticed that the people who do not know prog either are girls, unintelligent, or just don't listen to music at all.

I'm a girl. I like prog. I understand prog. And I'm very intelligent and listen to a lot of music!
Yes, I'm breaking the gender barrier!

Honestly though, there doesn't seem to be any more 15 year old girls on this site, does there?
That must mean something about the way the popularity of music has intensified its crappiness and made mainstream artists sell out, and my generation (or any other generation, for that matter) become more obsessed with popularity and less concerned with actual music. As you can tell, I hate society.

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