Jesters and Clowns in European prog

Seems like there are a lot of appearances of jesters and clowns in European prog.

What are your thoughts? Any reason for why this might be?

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Any reason for why this might be?

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The themes of jesters and clowns have now virtually become a cliche. Any prog parody nowadays will surely feature a jester, as have some quite awful prog bands. Bit like the 60’s fixation with songs about gypsies representing free spirits…..

Edited by Duddick - December 18 2024 at 08:57

"I told him, 'Look,' I said, 'I'm not the way you're thinking.'

What the hell is going on here? :| This thread is acting like some sort of magnet to suspicious newly signed up users. Surely you jest? I think somebody is trying to play us for a clown.

What happened?

Svetonio, a neurodivergent troll extraordinaire and repeat offender, used several sock puppet accounts to post Chat GPT-initiated responses and to "Thank" and upvote each of his doppelgangers' posts. The mods deleted his accounts and posts, thus making this thread look barren.

FTFY!