stop the "Neo" prog label ?

Only just

 

Not even the Queen speaks the Queen's English.

 

Abbreviations have sod all to do with anything, we abbreviate all the time it doesn't (Gahh! A concatenation - orf with 'is 'ead) negate the meaning of the word or phrase, must we say Synthesiser all the time when speaking of the electronic musical instrument, or Light amplification by stimulated emission radiation when referring to the light emitting diode used in Compact Disc and Digital Video Disc players? No - abbreviations are a convenient short-hand to make conversation a tad less tedious. Hip speak it is not.

 

You can debate as long as you like as to when the name Progressive Rock first became abrieviated to Prog Rock (certainly Johnny Rotten and his ilk called it that in 1977), but first you'd have to determine when we started calling it Progressive Rock - no two people can agree on that even. But the abrieviation exists and has done for quite some time, you can attempt to put the genie back into the bottle if you wish.

 

Neo Prog is an abbreviation for Neo Progressive Rock and it is the name of a subgenre of rock music, it is also not unique to here, the term is widely used.

 

Neither the word "Neo" nor the word "Progressive" are used in their adjective form, both are used as nouns - so it is simply a name,  just as Elizabeth is just a name (Elizabeth no longer means "God's promise"). Neo Prog as a name does not mean that the music contained within is either New or Moving forward (or whatever adjectival meaning you are using).

 

Assuming that Progressive (n) Rock must be progressive (adj) is a common misconception - if that were true then practically eveything recorded after 1971 would fail the test.

 

 

Not correct

"It is music that does progress. It takes an idea and developes it, rather than just repeat it. Pop songs are about repetition and riffs and simplicity. Progressive music takes a riff, turns it inside out, plays it upside down and the other way around, and explores its potential." Keith Emerson[1] [1] A review of Rocking the Clasics English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture, by Edward Macan .por Mark S. Spicer

Please don't mistake the adjective progressive with the proper name PROGRESSIVE ROCK

There still are, believe me.

All completely off topic of course.

And that is a perfectly reasonable, sensible, and pragmatic statement, and I would not argue with a single word.

Following on from this, then, is it not the case that teams should be a little bit more open to variations from their strict interpretation of the various styles, and also react positively to positive and open suggestions and criticisms when there are disagreements about additions? I would rather this than being shouted at and told to mind my own bloody business, as has happened on more than a few occasions. As I said in the other thread, the sub-genres form an important resource of the site as a whole, not individual empires.

This, btw, also, IMO, supports my view that artists should be added to the site where we agree it/they are prog, and argue about the semantics of styles afterwards.