The Best Progressive Rock Band of The '60s?

Hi,

I think that David D is underestimating the musical ability of many of the folks in Caravan, and indeed almost all of Canterbury ... these were all well educated and about to become upper level students in music, and the rock bands, in some cases, were just some fun on the side, although I think they took them a bit more serious.

These were not school/street kids that decided they liked rock this and that ... and went out to create some "new" music. These were folks that knew what they were doing, but when they decided to do something together it had to be very different from the "norm" (WHICH WAS WHAT THE ART SCENE WAS ABOUT!!!)  .... however, I don't think that David D knows/understands the feelings at the time, and how so much of the music we like and consider "progressive" was not just a "song" in the same format as all others. To him, it's all songs, not music, and even someone like Hugh Hopper once said ... "I might as well go wash dishes if you are not here for the music!"

And the worst side of it, is that David D has no idea what the connection between many of the Canterbury folks and so many writers and artists, hanging around, including well-known actors. It's a different world when you are into an artistic group, instead of simply thinking "just another rock'n'roll song" (how pathetic!) or let's do a "progressive song" (they wouldn't know progressive from polka dot reggae!). 

The influences, when it comes to creativity are MASSIVE and they helped what became known as "progressive music", something that David D, I don't think, understands or can relate to.

I don't think that David D is always "wrong", he has many good posts out there, but knowing and understanding the history of some of these things is important ... it's bad enough that you can't tell people in this board that there is no difference between Damo and Kinski, because they will ignore it and have no idea why that comparison was made! Like Canterbury, "krautrock" was an art scene, not a rock music scene. SF was an art scene before it got corrupted by idiots with flowers in their hair! NY was an art scene, until someone thought that MM and a Tomato Soup can was more far out than the work itself as an art form ... it became the end of "art" in America!!!!

Maybe one day we will give "Progressive Music" some credit it deserves other than being just another pop song out there!