Boo-boo I agree and disagree with you at the same time. Your list of characteristics describes some key and very common themes that have been found within the genre in the past, especially the late 60's/early70's, which is the era that is most commonly associated with peogressive rock, but esentially, progressive rock is just that: progressive, so its definition and subsequent criteria/characteristics are always evolving. The one defining characteristic that is constant is that progressive rock continue to push further outward the boundaries which define contemporary rock through imagination and innovation, and usually, a great deal of musical skill. Like I said your characterisitics are not wrong,. I just find them a bit restraining for a genre that is ever evolving and redifining itself.
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