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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2015 at 01:23
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Tool certainly aren't prog metal in the sense Dream Theater or Queensr˙che are prog metal.  True, it is called prog metal, but it's a different meaning of the term.


Progressive music is progressive music, sure there are different ways of being progressive, but as long as you're expanding the boundaries of music and creating a unique and innovative sound you are a progressive band. And of course Tool doesn't sound like Dream Theater, then they wouldn't be progressive. However, even if a band isn't progressive doesn't mean they're bad. 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2015 at 05:38
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

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Originally posted by WeepingElf WeepingElf wrote:

Tool certainly aren't prog metal in the sense Dream Theater or Queensr˙che are prog metal.  True, it is called prog metal, but it's a different meaning of the term.


Progressive music is progressive music, sure there are different ways of being progressive, but as long as you're expanding the boundaries of music and creating a unique and innovative sound you are a progressive band. And of course Tool doesn't sound like Dream Theater, then they wouldn't be progressive. However, even if a band isn't progressive doesn't mean they're bad. 
 
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It is.  What I see here is a "blackbird problem".  The blackbird is named thus because it is a black bird; that doesn't mean that all black birds are blackbirds.  The same way, there is rock that is progressive, but not part of the tradition called progressive rock.

I didn't say that Tool aren't progressive in any way; I moreover didn't say they are bad.  Maynard James Keenan certainly is a very creative musician; there aren't many who have single-handedly created a new genre.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2015 at 12:09
Originally posted by WeepingElf WeepingElf wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

Originally posted by WeepingElf WeepingElf wrote:

Tool certainly aren't prog metal in the sense Dream Theater or Queensr˙che are prog metal.  True, it is called prog metal, but it's a different meaning of the term.


Progressive music is progressive music, sure there are different ways of being progressive, but as long as you're expanding the boundaries of music and creating a unique and innovative sound you are a progressive band. And of course Tool doesn't sound like Dream Theater, then they wouldn't be progressive. However, even if a band isn't progressive doesn't mean they're bad. 
 
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It is.  What I see here is a "blackbird problem".  The blackbird is named thus because it is a black bird; that doesn't mean that all black birds are blackbirds.  The same way, there is rock that is progressive, but not part of the tradition called progressive rock.

I didn't say that Tool aren't progressive in any way; I moreover didn't say they are bad.  Maynard James Keenan certainly is a very creative musician; there aren't many who have single-handedly created a new genre.


I see where you are coming from, I guess we have different meanings of the word progressive. I honestly don't use 'progressive' as a genre, I use it as an adjective to describe rock or metal bands that create something new and fresh. Due to this there are a lot of bands on this site that I don't call progressive, and a lot of bands that aren't on here that I do call progressive. Bands like Haken, and some neo-prog bands, I don't call progressive because they aren't doing anything new. Yes, they are copying the works of previous progressive artists, but that makes them not progressive.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2015 at 14:47
Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

I see where you are coming from, I guess we have different meanings of the word progressive. I honestly don't use 'progressive' as a genre, I use it as an adjective to describe rock or metal bands that create something new and fresh. Due to this there are a lot of bands on this site that I don't call progressive, and a lot of bands that aren't on here that I do call progressive. Bands like Haken, and some neo-prog bands, I don't call progressive because they aren't doing anything new. Yes, they are copying the works of previous progressive artists, but that makes them not progressive.


Yes, that is precisely the point!  Indeed, there are many bands within the tradition of progressive rock that don't do much new, and therefore aren't literally "progressive" - kind of like albino blackbirds which aren't black (I don't know whether albinism actually occurs among blackbirds, but for the point ...) but nevertheless blackbirds.  And there are many innovative bands outside the progressive rock tradition.

Me, I find the genre definition useful because it functions as a tag which tells something about a band's music and has some predictive power about whether I will like the music, and find the two meanings of "progressive rock" we are wrestling with here unhelpful.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2015 at 14:52
Originally posted by WeepingElf WeepingElf wrote:

Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

I see where you are coming from, I guess we have different meanings of the word progressive. I honestly don't use 'progressive' as a genre, I use it as an adjective to describe rock or metal bands that create something new and fresh. Due to this there are a lot of bands on this site that I don't call progressive, and a lot of bands that aren't on here that I do call progressive. Bands like Haken, and some neo-prog bands, I don't call progressive because they aren't doing anything new. Yes, they are copying the works of previous progressive artists, but that makes them not progressive.


Yes, that is precisely the point!  Indeed, there are many bands within the tradition of progressive rock that don't do much new, and therefore aren't literally "progressive" - kind of like albino blackbirds which aren't black (I don't know whether albinism actually occurs among blackbirds, but for the point ...) but nevertheless blackbirds.  And there are many innovative bands outside the progressive rock tradition.

Me, I find the genre definition useful because it functions as a tag which tells something about a band's music and has some predictive power about whether I will like the music, and find the two meanings of "progressive rock" we are wrestling with here unhelpful.


Yup, genres can work for and against the listener. Good to see we're on the same page now Smile
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''Prog'' is about a sound and style that is recognisable
''Progressive'' is more about an attitude to create and not copy
 
neither definition can presuppose that what is being presented is either good or bad.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2015 at 12:48
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

''Prog'' is about a sound and style that is recognisable
''Progressive'' is more about an attitude to create and not copy
 
neither definition can presuppose that what is being presented is either good or bad.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2015 at 12:58
Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

Originally posted by WeepingElf WeepingElf wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

Originally posted by WeepingElf WeepingElf wrote:

Tool certainly aren't prog metal in the sense Dream Theater or Queensr˙che are prog metal.  True, it is called prog metal, but it's a different meaning of the term.


Progressive music is progressive music, sure there are different ways of being progressive, but as long as you're expanding the boundaries of music and creating a unique and innovative sound you are a progressive band. And of course Tool doesn't sound like Dream Theater, then they wouldn't be progressive. However, even if a band isn't progressive doesn't mean they're bad. 
 
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It is.  What I see here is a "blackbird problem".  The blackbird is named thus because it is a black bird; that doesn't mean that all black birds are blackbirds.  The same way, there is rock that is progressive, but not part of the tradition called progressive rock.

I didn't say that Tool aren't progressive in any way; I moreover didn't say they are bad.  Maynard James Keenan certainly is a very creative musician; there aren't many who have single-handedly created a new genre.


I see where you are coming from, I guess we have different meanings of the word progressive. I honestly don't use 'progressive' as a genre, I use it as an adjective to describe rock or metal bands that create something new and fresh. Due to this there are a lot of bands on this site that I don't call progressive, and a lot of bands that aren't on here that I do call progressive. Bands like Haken, and some neo-prog bands, I don't call progressive because they aren't doing anything new. Yes, they are copying the works of previous progressive artists, but that makes them not progressive.
That makes them not original.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2015 at 13:13
Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

I see where you are coming from, I guess we have different meanings of the word progressive. I honestly don't use 'progressive' as a genre, I use it as an adjective to describe rock or metal bands that create something new and fresh. Due to this there are a lot of bands on this site that I don't call progressive, and a lot of bands that aren't on here that I do call progressive. Bands like Haken, and some neo-prog bands, I don't call progressive because they aren't doing anything new. Yes, they are copying the works of previous progressive artists, but that makes them not progressive.
That makes them not original.


Yep!  There are plenty of synonyms (or near-synonyms) for progressive - original, innovative, avant-garde and even the much maligned New School - there is no need to create terminological confusion by using the term progressive rock in ways that have little or nothing to do with what it has been meaning for almost half a century by now: a certain current in rock music that was born in late 1960s England, and has continued until today.  This meaning is the established one, no matter what other kinds of rock music could be called "progressive".

However, I have to admit that it is perhaps a poor choice of a genre term.  A genre term always implies that later bands that continue the style without doing anything really new will be covered by it, too.  And that makes the choice of progressive as a genre label somewhat problematic.  Yet, it is established by now.

And, as I argued previously, the "progressiveness" of progressive rock was, in original at least, threefold - musical, socio-cultural and to a lesser extent, technological.  Read Stump, Macan and Martin.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2015 at 13:28
Gotta love how 50% of all discussions wind up in the ol prog vs progressive
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2015 at 14:10
Originally posted by WeepingElf WeepingElf wrote:

Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

I see where you are coming from, I guess we have different meanings of the word progressive. I honestly don't use 'progressive' as a genre, I use it as an adjective to describe rock or metal bands that create something new and fresh. Due to this there are a lot of bands on this site that I don't call progressive, and a lot of bands that aren't on here that I do call progressive. Bands like Haken, and some neo-prog bands, I don't call progressive because they aren't doing anything new. Yes, they are copying the works of previous progressive artists, but that makes them not progressive.
That makes them not original.


(...) a certain current in rock music that was born in late 1960s England, and has continued until today.  (...)

Nope. It was born in America.





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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2015 at 14:19
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Gotta love how 50% of all discussions wind up in the ol prog vs progressive


it is the blood and semen of the site man... 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2015 at 14:20
Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:


I see where you are coming from, I guess we have different meanings of the word progressive. I honestly don't use 'progressive' as a genre, I use it as an adjective to describe rock or metal bands that create something new and fresh. Due to this there are a lot of bands on this site that I don't call progressive, and a lot of bands that aren't on here that I do call progressive. Bands like Haken, and some neo-prog bands, I don't call progressive because they aren't doing anything new. Yes, they are copying the works of previous progressive artists, but that makes them not progressive.
That makes them not original.

Prog and Progressive mean the same thing, 'prog' is just an abbreviation of Progressive.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2015 at 14:25
Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:


I see where you are coming from, I guess we have different meanings of the word progressive. I honestly don't use 'progressive' as a genre, I use it as an adjective to describe rock or metal bands that create something new and fresh. Due to this there are a lot of bands on this site that I don't call progressive, and a lot of bands that aren't on here that I do call progressive. Bands like Haken, and some neo-prog bands, I don't call progressive because they aren't doing anything new. Yes, they are copying the works of previous progressive artists, but that makes them not progressive.
That makes them not original.

Prog and Progressive mean the same thing, 'prog' is just an abbreviation of Progressive.
Nope. Prog and Progressive rock mean the same thing.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2015 at 14:32
Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:


I see where you are coming from, I guess we have different meanings of the word progressive. I honestly don't use 'progressive' as a genre, I use it as an adjective to describe rock or metal bands that create something new and fresh. Due to this there are a lot of bands on this site that I don't call progressive, and a lot of bands that aren't on here that I do call progressive. Bands like Haken, and some neo-prog bands, I don't call progressive because they aren't doing anything new. Yes, they are copying the works of previous progressive artists, but that makes them not progressive.
That makes them not original.

Prog and Progressive mean the same thing, 'prog' is just an abbreviation of Progressive.




a great many, including myself, disagree strongly.  Smile 

No one is going to stop you from thinking what you do. A good many see it this way. Prog is a noun.. it is a musical genre..  progressive rock is an adjective man.  It is the scene today.. is was the scene way back in the day before the genreifiction (© Micky 2007) of the music and also when the labels and reviewers went slap happy with genres and tags and started breaking up music (and listeners) into nice easy to define (and thus market TO) niches.

Look at it one big circle man

progressive rock....

became Prog Rock..

and the circle is closing again today as band make music that rebels against the cliched sounds and stylistic norms of prog rock.. yet is undeniably progressive rock.. just like those cats were doing in 1970.


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