Prog Rock Political Party

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Many proggers are conservative in their views on the genre (just look
at the general reaction to new stuff like TMV around here), so I
wouldn't be surprised if a lot of prog fans were conservatives. I've
also heard that Rick Wakeman is a fully paid member of the UK
Conservative party, but I don't know if there's any truth behind that.

To be honest, proggers are one of the most closed-minded groups of
people I've ever known, so I really can't see most of them being truly
liberal .

Edited by Ty1020

Poll Question: Which political party are most prog rock fans in?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Liberal	28	[48.28%]
Conservative	12	[20.69%]
Other	18	[31.03%]
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Ty1020 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 24 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 721	Posted: November 27 2005 at 21:52
	Many proggers are conservative in their views on the genre (just look at the general reaction to new stuff like TMV around here), so I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of prog fans were conservatives. I've also heard that Rick Wakeman is a fully paid member of the UK Conservative party, but I don't know if there's any truth behind that. To be honest, proggers are one of the most closed-minded groups of people I've ever known, so I really can't see most of them being truly liberal . Edited by Ty1020


goose Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 20 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 4097	Posted: November 27 2005 at 21:43
	On the other hand, many proggers could be conservative because prog has pretensions to high art, which has certainly for a century been a staunchly upper class thing!

genesis24601 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: November 14 2005 Status: Offline Points: 57	Posted: November 27 2005 at 20:41
	Note- I am not trying to put down any political party. All political parties have pros and cons. I hope this is somewhat original. Anyways, I would think that most proggers (such as I) are liberals, or at least open-minded. The lyrics and complexity of the songs in this genre of music are not your average feel good songs. You have to pay attention to the song, not have it playing in the background. The lyrics are more philisophical, story-like, and even political. Anyways, what do you think?
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