Farewell to Prog Rock

Slartibartfast wrote: While I like classical I see no need to retreat to just listening to one form of music.  I see you didn't mention my favorite decomposing composer, Debussy.  Also partial to Holst and Mussorgsky.  And non decomposing composers, Philip Glass and Steve Reich.

amen.

and double amen re: Glass + Reich.

progressive music will not die so long as it progresses

I see no reason why my feelings for prog, classical, jazz, classic rock, etc cannot coexist.  Sometimes I'm in the mood for Chopin, sometimes for Crimson, sometimes for Coltrane.  I love it all!  I do go through periods where I listen to more of one than the other, but I'm never too far to come back.

 ^ I remember adding them.. I don't remember all their stuff being tech/post hardcore but I think that mix of things probably helped them get our yes vote

holla at u later prog

To borrow a phrase, you don't leave prog, prog leaves you!

Edited by jammun - December 17 2008 at 22:17

Wow!! Linda threefates is in the house..! Hi Linda..

I've loved progressive rock since my mid teens. I like many different styles of music, and have drifted away from prog for long periods, but it always catches my attention again and reels me back in. I tend to get fixated on one or two bands at a time. Right now its Opeth and Porcupine Tree. That will fizzle out eventually, and I'll probably listen to Judas Priest for a year, before going back to King Crimson..

Some mentioned Steve Reich. I was listening to Different Trains a few nights back. Mindblowing!

About few months back, it used to be just metal, metal and more metal. Now it's prog, prog and more prog. Tomorrow it will be something else.  But it's not about genres, there are some all time favourites for me in both these and other genres and well and I will keep returning to them. Exploring one genre in exclusion for forever is not something I would be able to do or would enjoy doing either. 

Edited by rogerthat - December 18 2008 at 03:38

Atavachron wrote:  ^ I remember adding them.. I don't remember all their stuff being tech/post hardcore but I think that mix of things probably helped them get our yes vote

Ohhh, I'm not saying they don't deserve to be here, because their music fits the criteria for prog as it is and they go above and beyond straight post hardcore bands for compositional complexity, easily.
But it's just, their aesthetic is so punk, it's just odd to see them in the same sub genre on PA as bands like Rush and Porcupine Tree which have the prog label written all over them.
But I guess on the same token, you could say many of the bands in Tech/Extreme prog metal have such a metal aesthetic that it's weird to see them on the same site as Yes, Marillion etc.

Welcome back, Linda (Threefates). Great to see you post again.

threefates wrote: I love some classical music, but I think I would find it hard to stay awake if I had to listen to classical music all the time.  Actually I find it hard to clean the house anymore unless I have AC/DC playing loud. :-)  And this time of the year, I prefer jazzy or celtic holiday music .

O - M - G

The ledge returns!