Prog Pop - an oxymoron?

 

I agree partially with you.

 

Progressive is only and adjective that qualkifies the approach of the bands to music, there vxcan be progressive )with low case p) in every genre, for example I believe REM was ahead of most bands ion their genre, so they were some kind of progressive Alternative.

 

No Prog (with capital P) is an acrionym for "Progressive Rock", in this case saying Pop prog or Prog Pop is clearly an oxymoron, because both genres are uncopatible to coexist.

 

Of course there are usually prog bands that played some Pop material and Pop bands that played a couple of tracks, but two opposite genres coexisting together is a natural contradiction.

 

Even the bands that made some Prog with Pop influences, were creating a different thing, it was not Pop anymore, because the structure, timing and characteristics are not the traditional characteristics of Prog.

 

My two cents.

 

Iván

 

a Prog band that has produced mainstream pop songs; (we all know who they are)

a Pop band that has progressive tendancies; (aka Prog-Related)

 

However, there is a third interpretation where the music is a natural fusion of the two and therefore it does not sit comfortably in either camp. Prince is a fine example of that - no one could accuse him of being a mainstream Pop artist anymore and he certainly isn't Prog. Those 'difficult' artists like XTC, Sparks and David Bowie (to name three that have been mentioned recently) also fall into this category.

 

 

You might have forgotten the most obvious oxymoron.  "Military Intelligence - two words combined that don't make sense" - Megadeth.  Or of course Jumbo Shrimp.

 

Kansas has very few elements of pop.  That isn't to say 1-2 of their songs might fall into the pop category. Spiraling would be my idea of Pop-prog band.