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Everything You Need to Know About Prog Rock, according to Discogs.

Quite an interesting read.

https://blog.discogs.com/en/prog-rock-genre-music-essential-history-guide/

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It's a really nice look into progressive-rock, but it seems to focus somewaht on the English scene, leaving out people from the american scene like Zappa and Beefhart. Good intro though Smile

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Progishness wrote:

Everything You Need to Know About Prog Rock, according to Discogs.

Quite an interesting read.

https://blog.discogs.com/en/prog-rock-genre-music-essential-history-guide/

Thanks! That was a fascinating introduction to the world of Prog Rock and it was interesting to note that "Technically, the origins of Progressive Rock lay in Jazz", so that settles the long-running debate over whether or not Miles Davis should be included in the hallowed halls of Prog Archives. Smile

It's also good to see that two of my all-time favourite albums by Cressida and Fantasy are listed as two out of the ten most essential prog albums of all time. Thumbs Up

I don't think it has ever been translated into English, but the book "PROG" by Donato Zoppo, an Italian journalist and reviewer is the most complete and well-done history of the genre that I've read.

Nothing to do with that blog thing, and also good for newbies.

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That's actually rather pisspoor. No mention of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and not even one reference to the Canterbury Scene.

It does mention Caravan and Egg.

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Thanks! That was a fascinating introduction to the world of Prog Rock and it was interesting to note that "Technically, the origins of Progressive Rock lay in Jazz", so that settles the long-running debate over whether or not Miles Davis should be included in the hallowed halls of Prog Archives. Smile

Damn, I've lived under a misapprehension for the past several decades in thinking prog's main roots were 60's psychedelia.

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Progishness wrote:

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Thanks! That was a fascinating introduction to the world of Prog Rock and it was interesting to note that "Technically, the origins of Progressive Rock lay in Jazz", so that settles the long-running debate over whether or not Miles Davis should be included in the hallowed halls of Prog Archives. Smile

Damn, I've lived under a misapprehension for the past several decades in thinking prog's main roots were 60's psychedelia.

well, a lot of prog is rooted in psychedelia. You are not wrong.

The thing that makes prog what it is, is that it comes from all kinds of influences; rock, psychedelia, jazz, classical, world music, folk music, etc, etc, etc. That's what makes it progressive is combining all of these influences, and then throwing in unpredictability and new ideas in composition and instrumentation. The article mentions some of this, but then fails to include artists and albums that take influences from a lot of these influences. A lot of people do the same thing. That's why there are so many opinions about what makes music prog and what doesn't.

"...progressive rock is about musical indulgence."

Probably about as simple of a definition as I've seen.

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I took a look at this, and much gets glossed over and neglected, which makes me realise how big a world "everything" you need to know about prog rock really is.

That is just my feeling on it, as one of my feet is in the "known world" of progressive music, with another foot planted just as firmly in the appreciation of obscure and overlooked artists.

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Progishness wrote:

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Thanks! That was a fascinating introduction to the world of Prog Rock and it was interesting to note that "Technically, the origins of Progressive Rock lay in Jazz", so that settles the long-running debate over whether or not Miles Davis should be included in the hallowed halls of Prog Archives. Smile

Damn, I've lived under a misapprehension for the past several decades in thinking prog's main roots were 60's psychedelia.

No, you're absolutely right - prog's main roots were 60's psychedelia, but it depends how far back you want to go. After all, several classical composers could have been modern-day prog musicians..... For instance:- Grieg's Hall of the Mountain King, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravel's Bolero & Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet suite have all now become prog epics. Smile

I'd also chuck Stockhausen and Cage into that mix, along with other avant-garde 20th century composers.

Edited by Progishness - August 19 2021 at 05:37

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