Is the original Prog left-wing?

I really recommend folks spend some time reading the "Eurock" thing by Archie Patterson. It goes through the very early days of what some music that became known as progressive, however, it was not the only "style" that did so, and many of these were also a part of a theatrical tradition.

I think that we can all agree if one person can play this or that, they also have the right to say this or that with it, and sometimes right and left is not even a discussion. But, it obviously makes for an incredible amount of opinions ... though I wish that more of these had a historical perspective on it, as things were very different in 1968 and 1969 than they are today, where no one gives a cahoot. The music we discuss stood out ... for a very good reason, and I think that Jimi's version is definitely left minded (literally!) while others were definitely different and in the other direction ... you could say that Woodstock was all left minded!

Try "Volunteers of America" and "Foreign Son" ... just for a taste! Brutal in many ways!

 

It's a dead end, because no one can (not only) define it, but exemplify anything properly. It's impossible in this day and age, as everyone is an expert and nobody agrees on anything, and there is always 1 cent of a difference between this and that and these and those.

 

Reminds me of my own country after the fascist days of Salazar ... all of a sudden there are 100 political parties, the Christian puddings, the Christian alarmist, the Christian demolitionists,  the Christian Society of the Maniacal Book, and of course at least 15 different Democratic, and another 15 different Republican, and another 15 Socialist this or that ... and ... no one knows what they stand for ... so guess what you got here ... NOTHING! (... and so you know the results in Portugal were not pretty, and the violence was worse!)