When was the game up for prog rock? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Apart from continental Europe, the end of the 70s marked the incremental erosion of progressive rock - simplification for the sake of it. What event made you think the best is over?

The best years of prog have been the last decade. Just took a breather in the 80's. Maybe some prog musicians wanted to make a living from music and wrote more commercial tunes?

Maybe all of the above.

What event made me think it was over?

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I guess you mean which of these put a cap on the golden years of prog, when it enjoyed the most commercial success (which wasn't much but still), had the most important and influential bands and albums come out, and most importantly when said important bands hadn't yet gone pop.

I'd say if Follow You, Follow Me seemed more like a fluke than a new trend, the cover of Love Beach would have to be the moment of realization for someone alive at the time that things were changing.

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I'm not sure that any of these were "it", although they probably helped in some ways.

To me, the best example, was when both Led Zepellin and The Rolling Stones, each got over 100 million in the 70's and the next day, we could tell ... the number of bands that were dropped by many record labels was quite evident and the music suffered.

However, the "import" market in America was now very strong, and it helped keep many bands in the spotlight, until the early 80's when the corporate raiders started buying all the FM stations and removed the individual disk jockey and their unusual choices for music and replaced them with "rock classics" the same kind of merde that folks listen to these days, and think it's the best music, when it wasn't!

I have no dislikes for LZ or RS, and they probably deserved it, but their riches caused a lot of record companies to cut corners, to ensure they could make the money back, and as such they stopped investing in many bands that were not considered good sellers, or just had a niche market, which a lot of the early "progressive" music had.

To me, this carnivorous process is what hurt the most. And it became the time for mememememe and the greed for the money! I think it OK to make money, but I think it NOT OK to be greedy about it!

The good news is that "progressive" is still alive which tells you that many record companies lost their ability to even make themselves some really good money on many bands that went their own way, and left the companies only making nickels for the delivery of the albums! In my book, I really want all of these companies to die off, and allow the artist a chance to make it on their own, not with someone's idea of hits and stealing fame and fortune from many folks.

Edited by moshkito - October 25 2021 at 12:50

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There should've been an "Other" option because the thing that made me think that great music was coming to an end during the late '70s was the growing popularity of Reggae on the radio station I listened to.

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Good grief, it isn't over! Stronger than ever these days😎

Some of you people need to stop living in the past! 🙄

I don't think I ever thought the best was over. I took each and every example you listed above in stride...ok, in disappointed stride. But I can remember exactly where I was and what I felt the first time I saw the Love Beach cover in the record store. It was not a good feeling, although side two kept me from out right crying.

Edited by JD - October 25 2021 at 13:12

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Poll Question: What event made you think it was over?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Virgin's 1976 meeting to purge progressive roster	6	[20.69%]
'Follow You, Follow Me' played on Radio 2 in 1978	8	[27.59%]
The union of Yes and Buggles in 1980	1	[3.45%]
The cover of ELP's 'Love Beach'	5	[17.24%]
Waters firing Rick Wright during 'The Wall' sessions	1	[3.45%]
Fripp's dissolution of the original King Crimson	1	[3.45%]
The formation of Asia	7	[24.14%]
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