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Points: 212 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2010 at 14:44
Because of what the mainstream media uses the term "progressive" for anything they like.
 
They same way they chose to label this music genre "neandrathal", "pretensious", "self-indulgent", etc when it was not fashionable anymore.
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Points: 1433 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2010 at 10:40
Originally posted by Mushroom Sword Mushroom Sword wrote:

Also, are all of you guys... do you have proof, or memories of it being called progressive rock for these reasons? Or are you just guessing, cause that's that's what it's called.
 
At the risk of sounding annoying:
 
It is possible to prove stuff without evidence, with a thing called logic or reasoning. Philosophers are probably the best example. But I'm very aware that there are none of those on this site!  ......LOL
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2010 at 13:12
Originally posted by Mushroom Sword Mushroom Sword wrote:

Is there a reason for it? I've always loved prog. But I've never known why it's called "progressive". Unless you're talking about most of the guitar riffs from Rush there isn't anything that progresses. In fact, it's probably the opposite. Maybe I'm just thinking way too much into it. But I've looked it up, haven't found anything. Anyone know why it's "progressive" rock?

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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 16 2010 at 12:06
BTW, one of the most usual debates here on PA is when did the "progressive rock" concept / term appear. Well, I was reading the 1969 press extracts from ITCOTCK's booklet (the remixed edition) and they are PLENTY of mentions of "progressive", "progressive pop" and "progressive rock", and many them expressed of such a manner which implies that it was a well established notion. There were a lot of haters already too LOL
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