Do any other younger prog fans feel this way?

richardh wrote: Hrychu wrote: Seventies prog was very UK centric It's a myth people blindly trust for some reason. Prog was born in the UK, but soon it spread onto other places, like the rest of Europe, the US, and later other countries where there were already strong rock music scenes, like, I dunno, Canada, Japan, Argentina and so on. And by 1979 prog was made all over the map, despite its decline in the UK. Hardly a myth. The Big Six is recognised to be ELP, Yes, Genesis, ,Floyd, Tull and Crimson. There is a reason for that. The other bands came later so 'progressive rock' in its purest form was set down by British bands.

"Classic prog" only lasted a few years when the baby boomers were buying records and Progressive/Compositional Rock was considered "new" thus hip 

SMSM wrote: Prog is most critically reviled music today, mostly because of the group politics Media judging the group of individuals playing it, not the music itself, where it is very politically incorrect (read bigoted) for Music being played by a significant number of Whites, Males, Europeans, Middle Class persons

No, not really. Prog was reviled from the late 1970's and sometime up to the late 1990's, early 2000's. Along with the internet things started to change as music journalists lost their power and influence. People that loved and kept listening to Progressive Rock got a voice, and there were quite a few of us out there. Young and old people that never bought into "three chords and the truth". Very few lists of influential groups or albums would be without King Cimson, Yes, Pink Floyd, possibly Rush and Can... maybe Tangerine Dream... Some equally loathed Jazz Rock-Fusion classics would be featured as well. Only Pink Floyd could be up for consideration ca. 1980-2000, and not because they were progressive rock. But because they weren't thought of as such. And still the fashionable thing to say was that you hate everything post- Syd Barrett. Now you're just not taken seriously anymore if you postulate something in the line of "thank god punk rock came along and killed of this abomination". King Crimson is pretty darned hip and you're more of a dullard if you only enjoy pop-era Genesis than the Gabriel-era. Classic Punk Rock is probably less influential and listened to nowadays actually. A kid or a teen in the 2020's listening to Sex Pistols? Only if mom and dad are ageing punks themselves.

richardh wrote: Early 'classic' punk was actually quite sophisticated and not what it was being sold as. Punk was/is one of the great marketing cons of all time but then some would argue the same for 'progressive rock'.

I didn't really mean to say something negative about punk and especially not Sex Pistols - as I love Never Mind the Bollocks... from start to finish. I'm no kid or teen though:) This was more about the Lester Bangs school of hateful and dismissive "rock-journalism" - which I'm glad has lost it's impact.

Saperlipopette! wrote: richardh wrote: Early 'classic' punk was actually quite sophisticated and not what it was being sold as. Punk was/is one of the great marketing cons of all time but then some would argue the same for 'progressive rock'.  I didn't really mean to say something negative about punk and especially not Sex Pistols - as I love Never Mind the Bollocks... from start to finish. I'm no kid or teen though:) This was more about the Lester Bangs school of hateful and dismissive "rock-journalism" - which I'm glad has lost it's impact.

When I listen to a new prog rock band, it always feels like I found a hidden treasure. It always feels good.

I found a few new ones in just in the last few weeks:

Faul_McCartney wrote: Whenever I listen to late 70s prog, a sense of sadness comes over me, because I know the classic era of prog is almost over. I don't exactly feel like I was "born in the wrong generation". But I feel wistful, knowing I'll never get to see any of my favorite bands perform, at least not in their prime. Something like a medieval peasant looking at the ruins of ancient Rome. I think late 70s prog, especially Genesis from this period, has a sort of sadness to it anyway but it could be my bias.

zumacraig wrote: Faul_McCartney wrote: Whenever I listen to late 70s prog, a sense of sadness comes over me, because I know the classic era of prog is almost over. I don't exactly feel like I was "born in the wrong generation". But I feel wistful, knowing I'll never get to see any of my favorite bands perform, at least not in their prime. Something like a medieval peasant looking at the ruins of ancient Rome. I think late 70s prog, especially Genesis from this period, has a sort of sadness to it anyway but it could be my bias. I feel this way. It was a moment in time. I do think there is good prog music being made now, but it is almost unlistenable with the production values prog-progmetal basically adopted in the 90s. This reverbed out 'live' sound is just awful. Wobbler, with it's in-studio sound a la Fragile, is a recent outlier at least in part because of the production. Why can't this warm, more immediate sound be seen as a production choice rather than labeled 'vintage' or whatever?