Prog Rock Political Party

Paid up member of the Liberal Democrats (in Britain, a Centre-Left party) and proud to be so.

Pet hates: American neo-cons and European right wingers who use the word "Liberal" as an insult. Over this side of the pond it's highly respectable to be tolerant, believe in equality of opportunity and not to be selfish and short-sighted in one's outlook.

And Wakeman is a Tory, yes. Brian Eno is a very active Lib Dem.

well I like to think of myself as a political science major as both a liberal progressive just as i am a fan of progressive music, all things leading forward you might say. I also have a few semi political questions that maybe someone here can answer.

*Selling England By the Pound is supposed to read like a political platform for one of the parties in england at the time, can't find much information here

*someone mentioned dream theater as liberals here somewhere but i seem to remember hearing a dream theater song that i thought was apposed to stem cell research, maybe it was satire, but dream theater are usually painfully straight-forward with their lyrics. sorry i don't know the title of the song, I'm not to big on them actually, but i think it's rather new, after metropolis part 2 at least...

Rock itself is liberal.

someone answer my question!  please!

GPFR wrote: Conservitive here, I think music and politics are two very unrelated topics.

 I think music and politics are two very unrelated topics, too.

Again from an american view , liberal is left wing when the rest of the planets sees the libs as capitalists.

so from your list I chose other and pose myself and the vast majotity of progheads (check out the results of the political compass test) as left-wing with a fairly strong libertarian feel.

FragileDT wrote: GPFR wrote: Conservitive here, I think music and politics are two very unrelated topics. I don't. Music and politics cross all the time. Tons of songs are written about politics and conditions in today's world and in fact, I can't really think of a prog band off the top of my head that never touched base on war/peace, saving society, corruption, ect...

Well, that depends on what you listen too more, the music or the lyrics,  Ifor one listen to the Music itself, and emotion of the vocals, if it's politics or religion against what I think, who cares? Doesn't make me think less of the song.

Another goofy post.  It's a shame to see something great and honorable (prog. music) get somehow mixed up with something that's often full of loathing and corruption (politics).

 

The Wizard wrote: Rock itself is liberal.

Tell Rush that. They have some very nasty right wing attitudes and Neil Peart is particularly neo con in his outlook. Strange when you consider that Geddy Lee is Jewish by descent.

Sice I do not belive in parlamentarianism I don't belong in any "party". Nope, I consider myself something of a left-wing libertarian/ anarchist.