what is prog?
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Topic: what is prog?
Posted By: The Pessimist
Subject: what is prog?
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 16:41
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Now i know the archives have made a very good description on what prog is.
but if someone asks you on the street what is is, you ain't gona produce paragraphs of speech are you LOL so what i want to hear are simple one sentence descriptions for "what is prog?". my suggestion is: rock music for intelligent people. tell me what you think 
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 16:43
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hell no, I'm a moron and I like prog although I don't like rock keep winnowing that description down dearest ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 16:45
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smart people can still like dumb music
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Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 16:51
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Not as good as classical music, not as fun as regular rock.
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Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 16:53
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I really don't see how liking prog is any measure of intelligence. ------------- Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat? |
Posted By: santiagomo87
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 16:59
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If somebody asked me in the street (as strange as it sounds) i'll tell him to sit down and relax and then i would start by prog history and samples from my ipod. Now, i know i won't do this with any stranger, however, there is one definition that i would use. I know it is not very accurate but it can open the door for the person who asks to search new music. this definition I´m speaking about is "music which uses rock elements to create ever-changing textures and melodies" simple and true but again, not very accurate. ------------- Santiago |
Posted By: unclemeat69
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 17:05
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prog is an abbreviation for progressive
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 17:06
Hahhaha, that's a nice one.  |
unclemeat69 wrote:Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 17:11
| What your father used to listen to might sum it up nicely. |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 17:13
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if prog really stood for progressive then this site would list about a thirtieth of the bands it currently has. the "prog != progressive" argument has arrived chiefly because the lack of innovation over the years forces everyone to examine even slightly unusual music that much closer ;P (this opinion was controversial about thirty five years ago) ;P ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 17:19
| there is no such thing as prog |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 17:33
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Not what it used to be. ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: unclemeat69
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 17:51
I certainly agree with the lack of innovation, I also can't escape the feeling that most innovation and musical progress since at least the 80's was achieved outside of so-called prog. There is, however, a noticeable change in sound, production and songwriting between the 60's and the 70's with longer, thoroughly-structured songs, more complex meters and rhythms etc. all things that were rarely/never done before, which might all very well be the reason for calling our beloved music prog in the first place. later after the initial developing phase (read:first wave british prog), other bands took the example of the previous bands and couldn't help sounding like the previous bands. and now a band is often not considered prog it they don't sound like a familiar band from the past, no matter how innovative and groundbreaking those later bands may be. Apparently, some people don't recognise progressiveness if it bit them in the nose. ------------- Follow your bliss |
Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 17:54
Hahaha.... |
Posted By: Ghandi 2
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 18:02
You use the winking tongue way, way too much. And when did you become a PR!? I should start writing more reviews, I'm starting to feel left out...
These threads never go anywhere, ever. ------------- "Never forget that the human race with technology is like an alcoholic with a barrel of wine." Sleepytime Gorilla Museum: Because in their hearts, everyone secretly loves the Unabomber. |
Posted By: Marcos
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 18:16
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Progressive rock isn't a style. Prog rock is a searching. Most of instruments are rock-related instrumens, but other instruments are from differents folk styles (from all the countries). Harmony and rhythm aren't typical of rock. ------------- www.postmortemweb.com.ar |
Posted By: YesFan72
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 18:24
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Rock that you wouldn't like nor understand. ------------- 
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Posted By: proglil49
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 19:25
It's not that people are unable to like or understand prog, it's that they won't "waste" time trying to discover a kind of music that's more complex than what they're used to. ------------- I want to be an astronaut |
Posted By: NotSoKoolAid
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 20:14
It's not necessarily a measure of intelligence so much as it is an indicator of intelligence. Musical intelligence isn't an oxymoron, or mythological, it's real.
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 21:14
| Prog is a the result of arranging the letters g, o, p and r together in a certain way. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 22:15
| it rhymes with frog. |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 22:17
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"Rock with a brain" is my definition.
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Posted By: ClassicRocker
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 01:10
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Rule #1: You DON't talk about prog (with common street-folk)
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Posted By: reality
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 01:29
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Say Art Rock and they will get an idea, tell them to come to this site and they will be more confused than before they asked.
Ahem, Prog does not make a lot of sense but we can not change it now. I personally do not use the term much. |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 02:55
You know you love these threads. 
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Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 05:53
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Prog is the creation of very moving music which gets the goosepimples going, shivers down your spine and all the other emotions you can think of.
Then totally shag it up with some crap drumming.
Think Magenta - Seven, Galahad - Empires, Salva - Left to Burn among a lot of others.
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 09:41
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weird music made by and for weird people. ------------- 
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 09:58
and the winking tongue smily is mine and mine alone ;P ;P ;P =P ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 10:07
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My answer is simple: Prog=Art. Other music is just music, and prog is not music, is art. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 10:09
Let's put this one in the appropriate section.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 11:25
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Prog is a pretty little flower that smells really bad.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 20:17
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it is gorp when spelled backwards. ------------- 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 20:21
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It has multiple definitions: 1. Forward-thinking, rock-based music 2. A term to describe bands who work within the styles of of the bands in definition 1, without necessarily progressing things themselves it's really about as simples as that. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: January 09 2008 at 17:58
I would go against Kibble_Alex's advice and strap them to a bench on the side walk and give them at least a 5 min speech on prog ------------- 
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: January 10 2008 at 14:34
| Yes. |