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Poll Question: What name do you prefer this genre to be called ?
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    Posted: March 24 2006 at 10:32
The name prog is something I  put up with , personally I much prefer it to be called Progressive Rock , to me Prog sounds unattractive and subdued, where as Progressive Rock has a more descriptive meaning about it and suggests a bigger impression  , what do you think ? do you prefer to call this genre Prog or Progressive Rock  or maybe something else?
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I prefer progressive rock,but prog doesn't bother me much.


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I chose other. But instead of having some new crazy idea, it's more like they're exactly equal in my mind. It's true that "progressive rock" has a possibly more persuasive or elegant tone, but prog is easy to say, which is the point. It's an abbreviation. Do you dislike abbreviations or something? :P
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I really don't care wheter it's called "Progressive Rock" or "Prog", but the shorter version is more convenient to use, while the longer one tells more about the music itself.
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It used to be called "progressive" initially. Since language lazynness is a global trend, it logically was reduced to "prog". The next step is no word at all. Better produce progressive CDs with a dedicated smell then
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Progressive Rock definitely!!  The other thing doesn't have any flavor! If you're going to abbreviate it I'd prefer PR for that matter...
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Progressive Rock sounds better as it is the original term.
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Out dated term anyway. Progressive rock? in 2006? Re-gressive more like.
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I like to say "I heart prog!" in a silly American accent teenager accent but when talking on an intelligent level I say "progressive rock" in my polite, natural British accent.
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In Finland "Prog" is "Proge", which sounds quite nice Finnish. But in English progressive rock is better for me.
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For me terms "Prog" and "Progressive rock" bear slightly different meanings. Prog (short of "Progressive") IMO is more wider term. For example Enid or Kotebel or Contrappunto Project are assosiated for me with word "Prog", but simply Contappunto or Rush or Focus are progressive rock.

Prog might (or might not) include progressive rock among its components, plus always something else (classical, jazz, whatever else), while progressive rock is only progressive rock, if you know what I mean.

King Crimson - prog, Anekdoten - progressive rock

Taal - prog, 4/3 de trio - progressive rock

etc etc etc etc..............

Prog is not necessarily better than progressive rock (it depends on particular artists) - just wider.
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I disagree. I consider "prog" to be the short form of "progrock", which is a description of a specific sound. "Progressive rock", in my opinion, is any rock that progresses, therefore, a group that is "progrock" may or may not be "Progressive" and vice versa.

Speaking about the aim of this site, I think it is not only collectings as many artists that follow the usual "prog" sound, but also to expand it under its own definitions, supplied by the site admins. For example, I fail to see how My Dying Bride were rejected without any doubt at all, whereas they are both "progressive" and "prog" enough for this website.

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It seems to me that, back in the seventies, it was all ROCK. Every now and then you would hear someone use the word "progressive" to descibe the cutting-edge, experimental sound that we now call "progressive rock", to differentiate the gender. "Prog" was simply an abbreviation. Now I hear people use the word "prog" as a sub-gender. So, I guess you could say that the terms we use to describe the music we love so much is PROGRESSING. It's ALL good.
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Originally posted by Ounamahl Ounamahl wrote:

In Finland "Prog" is "Proge", which sounds quite nice Finnish. But in English progressive rock is better for me.


I agree with that.
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Personally I prefer progressive music, as a lot of prog bands have...nothing in common with rock anymore...but that´s just the name, right?
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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Personally I prefer progressive music, as a lot of prog bands have...nothing in common with rock anymore...but that´s just the name, right?

Right! That's basically what I was trying to say.
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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

I prefer progressive rock,but prog doesn't bother me much.

Me too.

Bottom line, call it prog, call it progressive rock, just don't call me late for supper!
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Points: 218 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2006 at 17:43
I like progressive rock       Maybe thats why I can't get into Gentle Giant


Edit:  I take that back.  I'm finally starting to get into them


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Progressive Rock for people who don't know the genre and Prog for people who know what I'm talking about.

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Progressive rock when I talk to people who hear the term for the first time, prog when I talk to other proggies.
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