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Points: 191 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2006 at 07:41
Hi,
 
the confusion between Swedish progg and progressive rock has a simple explanation. Progressive rock is called in sweden Symphonic rock. Progg on the contrary in Sweden is POLITICAL underground songs. Nothing to do with progressive rock what so ever. If some of these political bands did music that might sound like prog that is a coincidance. Usually Swedish progg is socialist or some other way socially critical songs that sound a bit raw and has some folk leanings.
 
 
Pirkka from Finland, who has a lot of swedish friends.
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Points: 3004 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2006 at 07:45
This is extremely complicated...
An example of a swedish progg-band is Blå tåget ("the blue train"), a political band that was very left wing and had absolutely NOTHING to do with "our" prog, but somehow people here in sweden just love to mix the two genres up and iäve even heard people refer to Änglagård as "progg", putting them in the same pot as Blå Tåget and Nationalteatern, which is just... wrong. Therefore, swedish prog IS the same as italian, spanish, british, etc.. but swedish PROGG is a completely different thing. This might only be relevant to swedes, as others haven't heard of "proGG" and... i envy them. :)
Or i could be completely wrong, but in that case anyone is more than welcome to correct me.
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Points: 3004 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2006 at 07:53
Well, you're not friends with ME, after you STOLE my post! :)
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Points: 191 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2006 at 09:06
Originally posted by Evans Evans wrote:

Well, you're not friends with ME, after you STOLE my post! :)
 
CryCry
 
Hope I simplyfied things a little Smile
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Points: 3004 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2006 at 09:56
I'm just envious because you explained it a lot better than me. :)
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Points: 18292 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2006 at 12:17
There's a difference:
Prog:
Samla Mammas Manna
Kebnekaise
 
Progg:
Kebnekaise (On Their First Album, "Resa Mot Okänt Mål")
Blå Tåget
Hoola Bandoola Band
Grus i Dojjan
 
And i really think that Progg should be a subgenre on PA!
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