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    Posted: May 16 2006 at 15:12
What was considered so 'progressive' about progressive rock?Ermm
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Points: 8238 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 16 2006 at 15:15
Didn't you get the pamphlet on your way in the front door?
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In the late Sixties it was progressive to broaden the horizons of the average rock music by adding folky, psychedelic, classical and jazzy elements - I recommend the book Rocking The Classics by Edward Macan to read more about this topic!
 
By the way, nowadays most progressive rock is more regressive rock ..Cry ..
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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 16 2006 at 15:16
It was completely new, the early bands were doing something that had never been done in prog before, progressing rock if you will, and somewere along the line some one coined the phrase prog rock.
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Points: 881 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 16 2006 at 15:19
http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive-rock.asp

Please read.

Huh, the URL doesnt work. Theres a button near the top of the main page. "Prog Rock?"
    

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Points: 201 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 16 2006 at 15:21
hmmm...is that a serious question?

if so progressive rock is just rock and roll intergrated with any other form of music not normally played in a rock and roll style. Up until that point (about 60's) everything was
blues based, and for pop radio....it was not very creative music...progressive pushes everything to its creative limit...mixing odd time signatures, schoenberg esque harmonies, electronics and musicianship (as well as compositional technique) and really tries to be more then just a rock record...it takes on an aura, a show, and a sence of hard work. which is really what progressive boils down to...work ethic...to become, not to stick to one general place...king crimson is a perfect example, they are ever changing...in all true meaning of the word, they are progressive...and they make a point of trying new things..even if that new thing  is a pop song, they still are tackeling challenges and breaking down borders....


if you arent serious then i hope you accidentally eat immodium.
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yes it was a serious question!..xSmile
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wot are u on about
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Points: 16 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 16 2006 at 15:41
oh i know its gone downhill since the 1960-early 1970's.. thats when 'Yes' were good. the only problem i think is because of all this change..being progressive and trying new things, the band got worse that they were before..

but what have they progressed from?
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Points: 2747 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 16 2006 at 16:08
Originally posted by Sexyav21 Sexyav21 wrote:

What was considered so 'progressive' about progressive rock?Ermm
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GOOGLE works too LOL
 


Edited by Horlequism - May 16 2006 at 18:52
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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 16 2006 at 20:18
Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

In the late Sixties it was progressive to broaden the horizons of the average rock music by adding folky, psychedelic, classical and jazzy elements - I recommend the book Rocking The Classics by Edward Macan to read more about this topic!
 
By the way, nowadays most progressive rock is more regressive rock ..Cry ..

But that doesn´t make them bad, right? Wink
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