Is Sgt Pepper Prog?

Davesax1965 wrote: Well, I suppose I'm half right, as Dr Wu says. ;-)  Yes, the board is here to discuss prog rock, but I just find myself looking at some of these "is this prog" posts and being reminded of "Solve if u r genius" posts on Facebook et al. Perhaps I'm being a bit harsh, but some posts seem to be put up just for the sake of putting a post up.  Is Sergeant Pepper prog ? Well. I'm really not bothered, but it was a groundbreaking and stunningly good album, in it's day. I give it a spin every now and again and enjoy it. I'm not really worried if it's prog, progressive pop, psychedelia or whatever, to be honest. Music is art, people interpret art in different ways. One man's prog is another man's psychedelic pop.  I compose music, and I hardly ever think "I know, I'll sit down and write dark ambient" or whatever. It's just a label. I dislike labels, I tend to think labels are invented by record companies to shift product. I suppose I'm in the Frank Zappa camp there. If you want to musically dissect Sergeant Peppers and apply music theory to it to determine what it is or isn't, fine, but to do that with any credence you have to be a musician with vast experience of the genre. It's the usual Internet thing of someone having an opinion and voicing it without the background technical knowledge to back it up.  And it's art. You shouldn't define art by the means of science.  So, sorry, posts like this just irritate me. You've probably noticed: I am ancient and decrepit and curmudgeonly. That's my $0.02, but probably voiced in a more constructive manner than the post above, for which apologies.

THIS man I like! (Buys him a beer, clinks glasses) Cheers!

Peter wrote: Davesax1965 wrote: Well, I suppose I'm half right, as Dr Wu says. ;-)  Yes, the board is here to discuss prog rock, but I just find myself looking at some of these "is this prog" posts and being reminded of "Solve if u r genius" posts on Facebook et al. Perhaps I'm being a bit harsh, but some posts seem to be put up just for the sake of putting a post up.  Is Sergeant Pepper prog ? Well. I'm really not bothered, but it was a groundbreaking and stunningly good album, in it's day. I give it a spin every now and again and enjoy it. I'm not really worried if it's prog, progressive pop, psychedelia or whatever, to be honest. Music is art, people interpret art in different ways. One man's prog is another man's psychedelic pop.  I compose music, and I hardly ever think "I know, I'll sit down and write dark ambient" or whatever. It's just a label. I dislike labels, I tend to think labels are invented by record companies to shift product. I suppose I'm in the Frank Zappa camp there. If you want to musically dissect Sergeant Peppers and apply music theory to it to determine what it is or isn't, fine, but to do that with any credence you have to be a musician with vast experience of the genre. It's the usual Internet thing of someone having an opinion and voicing it without the background technical knowledge to back it up.  And it's art. You shouldn't define art by the means of science.  So, sorry, posts like this just irritate me. You've probably noticed: I am ancient and decrepit and curmudgeonly. That's my $0.02, but probably voiced in a more constructive manner than the post above, for which apologies.  THIS man I like! (Buys him a beer, clinks glasses) Cheers!

More question bashing instead of answering the OP's question, which is all that required of any respondent to do when replying to this thread. Rest assured Peter that the moment that you post one of your inane questions or topics in PA, along with the other trolls in this thread, I will you treat you the same in my responses to your posts. I would tell you to just grow up, but that I know when I'm wasting my time with someone as selfish and juvenile as you. I hope that you're impressed with yourself, because you've had absolutely the opposite effect on me.

and what was the OP's question anyhow...

^ And you should know better with a thread topic posted from a newbe micky. Instead of pointing out to the newbe OP that his tread topic is as old as the hills, has been debated numerous times and lacks a conclusion, you throw more gas on the fire. I'd welcome you back under a different circumstance, but I'm quite tired of this lack of common respect I've seen so far. As I've said, I'm not impressed.

Edited by SteveG - January 27 2018 at 10:50

SteveG wrote: ^ And you should know better with a thread topic posted from a newbe micky. Instead of pointing out to the newbe OP that his tread topic is as old as the hills, has been debated numerous times and lacks a conclusion, you throw more gas on the fire. I'd welcome you back under a different circumstance, but I'm quite tired of this lack of common respect I've seen so far. As I've said, I'm not impressed.

you're too sweet Steve.

first dibs on being the Art!!!!!

ah man....  you can't leave Peter...the party just got started!!! 

I have to stick up for Peter here. On my texting thread(which turned into a total joke lol), he was nice to me. So I think there might be a misunderstanding here but I truly don't believe he's doing any question bashing at all. He's just not that kind of guy.  

Edited by YESESIS - January 30 2018 at 15:33

 definitely trying my friend... trying. Balance and moderation. Hah.  Foreign concepts to me but having to learn them. Better late than never I suppose. Thanks David and damn good to see you brother. Hope all has been well with you.