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Old 01-19-2008, 05:01 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Well under your definition The Velvet Underground are a prog band.
Well, they certainly were progressive and they certainly were a rock band. But I guess one of the main connotations of prog is that it tends to be pretty technical, with a lot of classical or jazz influences. I suppose that disqualifies Radiohead and VU. But if krautrock bands like Can or Neu! are progressive rock I don't see why Radiohead, VU, or Stereolab wouldn't fall under the same heading.
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Old 01-19-2008, 05:06 PM   #12 (permalink)
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But taking all that into account you would also have to include Roxy Music as well & they're about as far removed from prog as you can get.
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Old 01-19-2008, 05:14 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Depends on yer definition.
I don't think it does - I think it depends upon the two factors of A: how the term is conventionally used, and B: whether or not the artists themselves would identify with it.

Prog as I see it is a controversial term, for one, which has generally been used to refer to a specific type of rock band and fanbase rather than clear stylistic elements. It's not the music one makes but rather whether or not they can fall in by association.



ProggyMan, we had a similar discussion before, but about 'rock' itself. It is curious that you can even call Radiohead in the sense of e.g. "In Rainbows" / "Kid A" 'rock' music at all, given that you think 'rock' has stylistic criteria.



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they certainly were progressive
But that's the whole point: "progressive" in a musical context doesn't MEAN anything! Does it mean to suggest that non-prog music doesn't contain sonic progression? It's a bullsh*t term! The punk band Television had an awful lot more sonic progression than most of those redundant bland insipid prog bands who really just aped each other. Why don't we call their music progressive?

Progressive means nothing at all. It's one of the stupidest terms ever coined. Even some great pioneers of "prog" such as Fripp rejected the term and thought it a load of nonsense. Let's not apply such a vague, controversial term so freely, but rather on whether a band fits it by association. It's more of a movement, at the end of the day.

I mean, hell... I used to think TOOL were experimental. I then had a look at indie music, and came across stuff so much more wildly experimental than Tool that it wasn't funny. And yet, there'd be absolutely no context in which it would be described as prog. Radiohead are just that - an experimental band.

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Old 01-19-2008, 05:47 PM   #14 (permalink)
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The Mars Volta are hardly "progressive" imo. I'd call them pretentious.
And this makes them not prog because? Most prog is considered pretentious.

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And I don't think progressive music will become mainstream again in the near future. The only Coheed songs to get any sort of media attention are the ones with pop hooks (A Favor House Atlantic, Running Free, The Suffering, etc.).
Prog will never be as popular as it was in the early 70s. But I do see a lot of new prog bands appealing to people who never liked 70s prog bands.

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Ironically enough, I find that the people who write prog off as being pretentious (aka punk fans) tend to be the most pretentious people on the planet.

Also, I think Radiohead and Roxy Music could both be considered prog, since they have a good deal of the characteristics I listed. I have them listed under Art Rock. Which is the term prog fans use to categorize bands that could be considered prog but don't fall into any of the sub-genres.

VU however I don't consider to be prog. It depends on your definition. But one things for sure. There is a difference between progressive and prog. Just because a band is progressive dosen't make them prog.
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Also, I think Radiohead and Roxy Music could both be considered prog,
Had you said that to a bunch of prog fans in 1975 you would have been lynched.
Roxy Music were hated pretty venomously by fans & journalists who liked prog.
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Had you said that to a bunch of prog fans in 1975 you would have been lynched.
Roxy Music were hated pretty venomously by fans & journalists who liked prog.
So? That dosen't make them not prog.

You don't have to be technical to be prog either. Pink Floyd are by no means technical. But its pretty clear they are accepted as a prog band.

And for the record, Roxy Music were pretty capable musicians.
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1. And this makes them not prog because? Most prog is considered pretentious.


Ironically enough, I find that the people who write prog off as being pretentious (aka punk fans) tend to be the most pretentious people on the planet.
1. Fair enough. Although, TMV will always be an indie band with drawn out jam sessions to me.

2. I'm a self-admitted elitist, but hardly pretentious.
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Never said they wern't

All i'm saying is that they were totally at odds of the perception of what prog rock is and that they were reviled or loved for it depending on which camp you were in.
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Well under your definition The Velvet Underground are a prog band.
No way in hell is VU experimental, and only their image is arty.
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I define prog as experimental rock music, or rock music that is fused with other genres. Of course the most famous prog bands are the ones like Genesis, Pink Floyd and Yes from the early to mid 70's movement, but the fact that there are still many good prog bands like TMV, and Porcupine Tree.
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