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SteveG

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Posted: June 03 2017 at 11:25

^I felt 50 years younger after reading that. F**king amazing!

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Posted: June 03 2017 at 07:34

Well, Sgt. Pepper just reached #1 again in sales, 50 years after its release. So you could certainly say it is progressing.

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Posted: June 03 2017 at 06:40

is the latest One Direction album prog?

Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.

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Posted: June 03 2017 at 01:09

Tom Ozric wrote:

I'm not a massive Beatles fan, though, for me, it boils down to the 'Prog' vs. 'Progressive' rally.
I do think Sgt. Pepper's is a progressive album - the band surely were 'forward thinking' and experimental in terms of what was 'going down' at the time.........AND popular.......BUT...........
............I don't get all the adulation and praise they receive as to 'the best band that ever lived'.......

'Coz you weren't alive at the time Tom? You had to be there i.e. old!

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Posted: June 02 2017 at 15:14

Economist thinks so (with a PA reference! - is this a PA member? Smile

http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2017/06/sgt-pepper-50

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Posted: June 01 2017 at 23:55

I'm not a massive Beatles fan, though, for me, it boils down to the 'Prog' vs. 'Progressive' rally.
I do think Sgt. Pepper's is a progressive album - the band surely were 'forward thinking' and experimental in terms of what was 'going down' at the time.........AND popular.......BUT...........
............I don't get all the adulation and praise they receive as to 'the best band that ever lived'.......

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Posted: June 01 2017 at 11:59

dr wu23 wrote:

Catcher10 wrote:

Mirror Image wrote:

dr wu23 wrote:

Can anyone do anything about this Captcha sh*t...?

Precisely what I’ve been wondering. It’s getting to the point where posting here is a chore instead of something I enjoy. Is there a way to contact the owner of the forum or whoever designed it and request them to do away with this Captcha crap?

It's been a chore for several months......Find another site to enjoy and maybe in the meantime this one will get fixed.

What this site has been lacking the past several years is more members, that feeds spirited conversations and threads that take a life of their own. Seems here they die after 2-3 pages.......There are sites where threads can go on for pages and pages, within a day you are looking at 4-5 pages. For me what this does is keeps me engaged in a thread, cause if you leave it you will need to read a ton of pages to catch up.

I can leave a thread here and come back couple days later and maybe see 4-5 new posts, not too engaging....Or maybe that says something about prog music, dunno.

Also, the thread answer is still NO!

Whether or not threads go on for awhile depends on the quality of the topic and the posts by the members.....and this is not a negative comment on PA at all just an observation.

There are many threads here I simply don't find all that interesting....and again this is not meant as a slam on PA....it just is what it is.

Agree.....it is what it is.

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Posted: June 01 2017 at 11:51

Catcher10 wrote:

Mirror Image wrote:

dr wu23 wrote:

Can anyone do anything about this Captcha sh*t...?

It's been a chore for several months......Find another site to enjoy and maybe in the meantime this one will get fixed.

I can leave a thread here and come back couple days later and maybe see 4-5 new posts, not too engaging....Or maybe that says something about prog music, dunno.

Also, the thread answer is still NO!

Whether or not threads go on for awhile depends on the quality of the topic and the posts by the members.....and this is not a negative comment on PA at all just an observation.

There are many threads here I simply don't find all that interesting....and again this is not meant as a slam on PA....it just is what it is.

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Posted: June 01 2017 at 09:20

Mirror Image wrote:

dr wu23 wrote:

Can anyone do anything about this Captcha sh*t...?

It's been a chore for several months......Find another site to enjoy and maybe in the meantime this one will get fixed.

I can leave a thread here and come back couple days later and maybe see 4-5 new posts, not too engaging....Or maybe that says something about prog music, dunno.

Also, the thread answer is still NO!

Edited by Catcher10 - June 01 2017 at 09:21

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Posted: June 01 2017 at 08:57

Mirror Image wrote:

dr wu23 wrote:

Can anyone do anything about this Captcha sh*t...?

A lot of discussion about it here

Edited by Jeffro - June 01 2017 at 08:59

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Posted: June 01 2017 at 08:18

dr wu23 wrote:

Can anyone do anything about this Captcha sh*t...?

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Posted: May 31 2017 at 22:31

Thatfabulousalien wrote:

Mirror Image wrote:

Thatfabulousalien wrote:

Everybody conveniently chooses to forget Zappa's "Absolutely Free" album (an all time favorite of mine), which came out the SAME year as Sgt Pepper and is actually COMPOSITIONALLY COMPLEX, TECHNICALLY DEMANDING, STRUCTURALLY progressive, EVERYTHING....but there's lots of political satire.

I didn’t forget, but I choose to not acknowledge Absolutely Free because it’s Zappa and I do a good job of ignoring what he’s done anyway. LOL

Regardless on personal tastes that comment is as logical as it gets when it comes to historical context: if I hate it, it doesn't exist

I’m joking around, Alien. Ermm

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Posted: May 31 2017 at 22:22

Mirror Image wrote:

I didn’t forget, but I choose to not acknowledge Absolutely Free because it’s Zappa and I do a good job of ignoring what he’s done anyway. LOL

Regardless on personal tastes that comment is as logical as it gets when it comes to historical context: if I hate it, it doesn't exist

Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.

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Posted: May 31 2017 at 22:09

I didn’t forget, but I choose to not acknowledge Absolutely Free because it’s Zappa and I do a good job of ignoring what he’s done anyway. LOL

Edited by Mirror Image - May 31 2017 at 22:10

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Posted: May 31 2017 at 14:40

Catcher10 wrote:

dr wu23 wrote:

Can anyone do anything about this Captcha sh*t...?

Just like the answer to this thread post.......NO!!

Ok then

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Posted: May 31 2017 at 09:36

dr wu23 wrote:

Can anyone do anything about this Captcha sh*t...?

Just like the answer to this thread post.......NO!!

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Posted: May 31 2017 at 05:18

Everybody conveniently chooses to forget Zappa's "Absolutely Free" album (an all time favorite of mine), which came out the SAME year as Sgt Pepper and is actually COMPOSITIONALLY COMPLEX, TECHNICALLY DEMANDING, STRUCTURALLY progressive, EVERYTHING....but there's lots of political satire.

Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.

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Posted: May 20 2017 at 09:31

The East Village was indeed very cool at the time, but I was more exposed to the folk thing and coffee houses at the time.

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Posted: May 20 2017 at 09:21

It seems like yesterday I was hanging on St marks place, smelling patchouli wafting from the head shops. Those were exciting times and the Beatles were definitely a big part of it.

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Posted: May 20 2017 at 09:13

I believe that having some first hand experience gives one a leg up on a subject, as the best that those who weren't present can do is claim that those who were there remember events incorrectly. Those not present also fail at understanding the underlying subtitles of the subject.

Edited by SteveG - May 20 2017 at 09:19

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