Is 70's prog a nostalgia thing?

For those who, like me, were around in the 70s, the coming of the 80s has been a tragedy. Rock bands like Led Zeppelin replaced by Sex Pistols, Beatles/Stones replaced by Duran/Spandau. Also the disco became worse than previously. Prog bands disbanded, disappeared or tried to modify their sound to the new-wave standards by using the fairlight and electronic drums wherever possible. This affected between the others, Rick Wright, Camel and Yes. And forget what Genesis did in the 80s.

rogerthat wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: If you are a younger person exploring the music of that era, I don't think it can be by definition, just appreciation for some good stuff. This too. Would people say someone who appreciates Brubeck, Coltrane or Davis is necessarily a nostalgic for old jazz music...it may be that the listener found something great in those artists?

right--  I loved bands when I was young that were around before I was born, so it wasn't nostalgia

Atavachron wrote: Well I just bought a 2007 release from one of the 'quality new prog bands' brought to us by the Metal Mind label, and it may be the last thing I get from this ilk for awhile.. you know the type; a decent, well-produced band that otherwise probably wouldn't be able to professionally distribute their CD-- sounds like a good idea, but I just threw away $10 on a very mediocre product (that would've been twice that if I'd not got it used) My point?  Not sure myself, but I know I'm now quite put-off this 'brand' (if you will, and you can add InsideOut to that list) of modern Prog.  Maybe Transatlantic will be better, I've heard good things about them ...

I didn't particularly dig SMPTe, if I got the sequence of alphabets right.  It was not a bad album but there was no sense of discovery in the music for me.  A very professional, competently put together prog album but if liking SEBTP more than an album like this makes me a nostalgic for prog, I don't know what to say. 

  Perhaps, a bit part of calling 70s prog a nostalgia thing is a reluctance to accept that there may have been some music from the past better than some music of today, it's as simple as that.  There may be some other really exciting scene today  - Jamiroquai may have opened some modern doors for me, personally - but the listener may not get around to it...which is not hard considering how scattered and vast the music scene as such is today.   Would people say someone who appreciates Brubeck, Coltrane or Davis is necessarily a nostalgic for old jazz music...it may be that the listener found something great in those artists?  And by the way, is 70s prog just supposed to be symphonic prog?  What about Krautrock, Canterbury, Zeuhl?  Unless you've actually lived in that era, it's a bit hard to get nostalgic for all three (and/or symphonic!) because they couldn't be more unlike each other.

Reggy wrote: The problem is that the Neo prog is just an nemesis of the 70's. There are no neoprog unless the term of "prog" detached from 70's. IQ, Flower Kings, Thriumvirat, Kayak, Van De Graff,  etc those are  trying to imitate the 70's. 70's Progressive  is finished when Gabriel left Genesis, or Anderson sings "Owner of Lonely Hearts..........TheNeo is not progs, but the evolution and metamorphosis..........

Yayaya, but listen the tune...is it Yes.........nope !...prog always unpredicted..."Owner " is Yes turns Pops. The 70's is really prog, the rest.......they are just mix...:))))

Slartibartfast wrote: From dictionary.com: a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days. It's only nostalgia if you've been there.  If you are a younger person exploring the music of that era, I don't think it can be by definition, just appreciation for some good stuff.

Yes my post  had a complete different meaning for old guys like me! I will never know how different would it be my experience of discovering the 70's music in 2010.

Reggy wrote: The problem is that the Neo prog is just an nemesis of the 70's. There are no neoprog unless the term of "prog" detached from 70's. IQ, Flower Kings, Thriumvirat, Kayak, Van De Graff,  etc those are  trying to imitate the 70's. 70's Progressive  is finished when Gabriel left Genesis, or Anderson sings "Owner of Lonely Hearts..........TheNeo is not progs, but the evolution and metamorphosis..........

Might want to check your research when it comes to Triumvirat, Kayak, and Van De Graff Generator...

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Whaaat? Come here! Take that. And that. Here's another one. Now get outta' here. But seriously, '70s prog is the standard for all else to be held up against, really, and I believe many bands today have a healthy realization of that fact.

Noticing something good is not here, and cannot be here, because is historical, that makes you nostalgic..........And example ( and an example only) you can  say i dont like ( cristianism, comunism, whatever) because im nostalgic i like it is because its good, but as long as these fenomenon appears to be historical and its gone, i feel nostalgic . I wanna reawake it but its truly posible? Is what lovers of 70 prog wonder when facing the neo-prog waves.