Losing interest in prog

Snow Dog wrote: progprogprog wrote: Dean wrote: here the guy was called progprogprog and I said "you need to change your username" - a dumb passive joke that he didn't get it and thought I was being serious so I said (words to the effect of) there is more to prog than just 1970s non-electronic Prog ... so he should be called progprogprog for example.  I did get that you were being sarcastic, and if you retrieve my response to your post, it was "And your right about my username, I should delete the two last prog ".The wink!, you know. Jee, communicating is very hard on the net. Dean is clearly addressing Moshkito here and not you.

Snow Dog wrote: You didn't get it and you did think he was serious. That much is clear.

And put some friggin clothes on dammit.

You guys are a hoot and a half.

Snow Dog wrote: You didn't get it and you did think he was serious. That much is clear. edit/ But you are correct. You were answering Dean about his part about you. Sorry, bit tired. And a cold.

Man this thread gets some workout these days

When I first discovered prog in the 90's, the 70's stuff was all I was interested in and I felt that nothing could ever be that good in modern times.  Since 2000 or so, I've been happy to have been proven wrong.  Honestly, for me, the "greats" of the 70's are what I have almost completely lost interest in, though I still rate many of their albums as masterpieces.  I just don't feel any need to hear them anymore, since they are imprinted on my brain forever.

I am of the opinion that there is much new prog and progressive music (to me, two different, yet sometimes the same, depending on the artist, things) can be as good or even better than the 70's stuff.  I find plenty of great music to listen to.

Having said that, I totally understand about prog burnout.  I am an ardent fan of the symphonic rock style, yet have gone through at least two phases of feeling very burnt out on it.  So I listened to other things......jazz, classical, electronic, RIO, etc.  But I always come back to it for some reason, just my musical sweet spot I guess you could say.

Sure there is a lot of crap today, and I've found plenty of 70's crap as well in my delvings into prog and music generally.  The biggest difference I see between today and the 70's is that progressive rock in the 70's was actually a money making venture.  Also the record labels creating something of a filter so that lesser groups didn't reach our ears (unlike now, when anyone with a computer and some instruments can make a reasonably well produced album).  Of course, it also meant that some truly talented bands didn't make it past the filter either.

But for the OP, nothing wrong with tiring of a genre and moving on to other things.  Whatever works for you.  Personally, I don't see how I could ever tire of prog in general, since there is so much variety, but if I do there is always plenty of other music to check out.

Alberto Muñoz wrote: Hercules wrote: I've never tired of prog and I doubt if I ever will.   This

I'm certainly losing interest in prog......

.......Archives.

I think I've been too dismissive of modern acts in the past - I keep finding that, looking past the studio separation of an album and of its generically "prog" title and art, it'll still contain a few good ideas. Of course I don't think I'll ever find something that matches up to Magma, or Henry Cow, or Comus in the modern prog-rock world, since it is simply too based upon itself to do much surprising, but there are still hours upon hours of great songs being written - plenty to envelop yourself in whenever you do tire of the greats.

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