Prog and Socialism

I am communist and I am very much into prog. I think prog would be good for educating the masses and create revolutionary armies.

"Few styles of popular music have generated as much controversy as progressive rock, a musical genre best remembered today for its gargantuan stage shows, its fascination with epic subject matter drawn from science fiction, mythology, and fantasy literature, and above all for its attempts to combine classical music's sense of space and monumental scope with rock's raw power and energy. Its dazzling virtuosity and spectacular live concerts made it hugely popular with fans during the 1970s, who saw bands such as King Crimson, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, and Jethro Tull bring a new level of depth and sophistication to rock. On the other hand, critics branded the elaborate concerts of these bands as self- indulgent and materialistic. They viewed progressive rock's classical/rock fusion attempts as elitist, a betrayal of rock's populist origins."...Rocking the Classics

Elitist, populist. This doesn't sound to socialistic to me. In fact critics hate prog because it does not reflect the us against the man mentality, the haves against the have nots,the the proletariat against the bourgeoisie They felt that rock was first and foremost a political tool for Marxist Ideal isms and that prog led people away from all the inequality and the injustice. This is why punk was praised as reviving the spirit of rock. The early prog bands were observationalists for the most part and madingley apolitical. Sorry, but in my view the absents of socialism in music was the reason prog was scorned, not embraced.

I'm extremely conservative, then again Rush is my favorite band so maybe that affects it

I happen to be sort of a socialist, but this has nothing to do with prog. As already said many times in here, music and political opinion don't have anything to do with each other, except in some sick fascistic musical environments.

I think politics and music should not mix - the same as literature and politics. I've always had my own political views, but I think this is not the place to air them.

 

I see a lot of confusion between the terms socialism, left, conservative, etc, etc.

People who listen to non commercial music , including all genres tend to be open minded and some kind of rebel.

 

 

 

 

 

I vote for the left-side.

But I think that music must stay apart from the politic. A progger can be right-oriented or left-oriented. Prog is no politic, prog is the pure music.

Trotsky wrote: Try and guess which side I am on!

God Trotsky! The only part of the brain working on you is the left one! LOL!

Dick Heath wrote: I thought anti-proggists the Clash were socialist..................

The clash aren't anti-proggists, i don't think punk ever had the intention to kill prog, it just happened.

I thought anti-proggists the Clash were socialist..................