Most Productive Year for prog 1970 - 2010 !

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   For Europe the Canterbury scene of the late 60's early 70's seems to have initiated one of the great sparks of bands that I enjoy - for America somewhere in the mid 70's. Although it was good to see Dream Theater's latest album do so well on the charts & I enjoyed the progressive rock tour with DT, Zappa Plays Zappa & others. I was reading the discussion about modern vs. early prog & I can see both points of view in that my only issue with the latest trends in prog rock are that the bands seem to be too similar. Everyone sounds like Rush (even DT) or some metal band. What I loved about the Canterbury scene & King Crimson is that they incorporated other instruments besides drums & guitars (& synth. to a lesser degree). I get so tired of the same sounds & themes & the 70's prog scene was all about doing it live. I just picked up a CD from Soft Machine called "Live at the Proms 1970" & its outrageously in your face "Coltrane/Zorn" but with a rock edge - keys, bass, sax & drums. Its the same with a PFM album I picked up recently (Jet lag - it's great!), that didn't have the best review - but for me it's so refreshing to hear woodwinds & violins with a prog/rock (Jethro Tull-esk) back drop. I've learned to NEVER listen to someone reviewing prog that cares about sales statistics, singles or popular whatever. 

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kglenz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: November 28 2010 Location: Mpls, MN, USA Status: Offline Points: 39	Posted: January 30 2011 at 21:07
	For Europe the Canterbury scene of the late 60's early 70's seems to have initiated one of the great sparks of bands that I enjoy - for America somewhere in the mid 70's. Although it was good to see Dream Theater's latest album do so well on the charts & I enjoyed the progressive rock tour with DT, Zappa Plays Zappa & others. I was reading the discussion about modern vs. early prog & I can see both points of view in that my only issue with the latest trends in prog rock are that the bands seem to be too similar. Everyone sounds like Rush (even DT) or some metal band. What I loved about the Canterbury scene & King Crimson is that they incorporated other instruments besides drums & guitars (& synth. to a lesser degree). I get so tired of the same sounds & themes & the 70's prog scene was all about doing it live. I just picked up a CD from Soft Machine called "Live at the Proms 1970" & its outrageously in your face "Coltrane/Zorn" but with a rock edge - keys, bass, sax & drums. Its the same with a PFM album I picked up recently (Jet lag - it's great!), that didn't have the best review - but for me it's so refreshing to hear woodwinds & violins with a prog/rock (Jethro Tull-esk) back drop. I've learned to NEVER listen to someone reviewing prog that cares about sales statistics, singles or popular whatever.