Jarre: Progressive Electronic or Prog Related?

Well this brings us back to whether or not this is a "Progressive site" or a "Progressive Rock" site. I always believed this to be a "Progressive Rock" site. Otherwise we have become a mirror image of Bradley Smith's book "The Billboard guide to Progressive Music". I, for one would be disappointed if that were so. Although the inclusion of many of the artists already on this site would actually seem to infer the latter. Artists such as J. M Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Captain Beefheart, Eno, Kate Bush, 10cc, Roxy Music, Kraftwerk, Klaus Schulze and many, many others, I believe, have no place whatsoever on a Progressive rock site and should, if at all, be classified under prog-related (and some just are out-and-out pop IMO). With that in mind, where do you stop with "prog-related"? It seems like every Tom, Dick and Harry (an English term for all you who are saying "what?" - meaning seemingly everyone) is in that category. I have just seen a proposal for Tom Waits. The aurgument against was that he was "progressive" but not "progressive rock" - I would classify him as a viurtual twin of C. Beefheart - so, why one and not another? This type of debate will rage on and on, obviously, with people's perceptions and desires being what they are. I don't like seeing some of the classifications / inclusions on ProgArchives because of how I view genres, but I have to accept that it is NOT my site and I am a participating guest. It certainly does not mar my enjoyment, after all, I can just skip all that I do not agree with. It's all an a image of the democratic society that we live in anyway - so, live and let live.

Well, by definition, I don't think progressive electronic necessarily means progressive electronic rock... I definitely wouldn't characterize Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, or Brian Eno's ambient stuff as rock, but it's all certainly progressive. Jean-Michel Jarre is at least as progressive as these guys, if not more - meaning, it's more musically intelligent and adventurous than a lot of other music when it was composed. I would say Jarre's experimentation is certainly more musically interesting than some of Eno's highly regarded ambient work, at least.

Atavachron wrote: Jarre is indeed an electronic musician. Whether he's progressive or not is a matter of opinion. I do like his stuff, though.

Seeing my favorite progressive electronic artist getting demoted to Prog Related is something I take personally.

Well, not exactly. But you get the idea. I mean, the guy is JUST AS progressive as Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, and other artists at the top of the genre. So my vote goes to Progressive Electronic, not Prog Related.