sorry to get all historical on you, but the term progressive was first
coined for Pink Floyd's early pop songs which wanted to extend beyond
the two minute restrictions of early 60's radio hits/early Beatles etc
(at least until Morrissey started writing short tunes in the 80's). Then
Brian Wilson and the Beatles helped promote the idea of creating full
length creations rather than just singles, and that and psychedelia
inspired longer song forms which got clogged up with symphonic
influences which made the music no longer just about rockin' (ie sex).
Punk loosened things up again (even though a bunch of them were closet
Genesis fans). What is interesting is that the techno/house DJ has
returned us to a long form experience, but one based on rhythm rather
than melody/chord changes. The irony is that several from the Detroit
techno scene were progressive rock/jazz fusion musicians before getting
into electronic music. Model 500 was originally a jazz-fusion group
featuring the guitarist who turned them onto the Alvin Toffler/Future
Shock. I'm afraid the interesting music is where the "progressions" are.
Andrei wrote:
quoted 12 lines Well, I find the whole notion of "progressive" rock, or any kind of>
> Well, I find the whole notion of "progressive" rock, or any kind of
> "progressive" music, a laughable one. Yes and all the bands of their ilk
> didn't do anything to help the "progression" of rock music. It was a step
> in the wrong direction, imo. They mostly missed the point about what rock
> music's functions are. I think the bands that usually have something vital
> to say tend to be musically pretty "dumb", by prog standards.
> I'm not saying Hendrix's music was dumb, but I think he did more to
> advance rock music than any pseudo-aristocratic band of Englishmen.
> There's nothing I find more barf inducing than admiration for rock
> musicians' technical skills.
>
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