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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2009 at 09:33
Can't progressive music be constructivist music?
Sorry Time Signature, I didn't see your post before I posted mine.  Looks like I wasn't the first person to make that observation.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2009 at 16:15
Did anyone ever see the Simpsons' take on the "Ayn Rand Day Care Center"?  Little Maggie and the rest of the babies were left to fend for themselves.

Progressive Rock has too much love to be involved with Ayn Rand.  That's why even Rush grew up and left her behind.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2009 at 04:20
This thread makes me want to start one about how Frank Zappa was the Friedrich Nietzsche of rock music. Hell, it's not just the entire sarcastic iconoclast thing, as well as structuring their works in a chaotic manner, they also both had huge moustaches and are often accused of misogyny... and Nietzsche did compose a bit of music for that matter.

(that said, there's other planned prog blogs of mine that I'm much more interested in)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 26 2009 at 09:46
I hate it when I'm almost done with what I've written, and then I inadvertently erase it by hitting a button by mistake.  In light of this, here is a much shorter response to this thread.  The writer assumes that lovers of prog music are by definition more intelligent or rational than lovers of "pop" music.  This is simply unprovable.  He also assumes that rationality in music is necessarily a good thing.   It's not.  The root appeal of music is emotional. I love King Crimson's music.  I also like Rihanna's and Billy Joel's music, examples of so-called "pop" music.   
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2009 at 20:12
Originally posted by freyacat freyacat wrote:

That's why even Rush grew up and left her behind.


Haha, I laughed at that one.  I was the same way though.  At one time I was a huge fan of Ayn Rand, reading Anthem, Fountainhead (which I still think is a very good book at least for the individualism in art aspect), and Atlas Shrugged.  I "grew up" though and moved onto bigger and better things philosophically.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2009 at 19:54
I notice a Vytas Brenner cover album...are you venezuelan.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2010 at 20:50
Originally posted by PabloVzla PabloVzla wrote:

I notice a Vytas Brenner cover album...are you venezuelan.


Yep and a huge fan of Vytas'

Edited by ProgressiveAttic - January 02 2010 at 20:51
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2010 at 06:01
I have a knack for joining threads after all life and interest have left them.
Here's my 2 cents anyway.

1.     Reality exists as an objective absolute—facts are facts, independent of man’s feelings, wishes, hopes or fears.
--> What a strange thesis.
As if feelings, wishes, hopes or fears aren't equally real as reality. Besides, we can only see reality through our subjective senses so objective reality remains unknown to all of us.

2.     Reason (the faculty which identifies and integrates the material provided by man’s senses) is man’s only means of perceiving reality, his only source of knowledge, his only guide to action, and his basic means of survival.
--> Dream on. I might prefer it if reason would guide our actions, but I'd say were probably even more driven by instinct and emotion.

3.     Man—every man—is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life.
--> That's simply romantic individualistic overstatement. But it seems like Rand had at least a good feeling of where things would head with society in the 21st century (western society at least). I'd say an individual is nothing without recognition within a social group. We're social animals as much as predators. There's not much thought gone in this philosophy really...

4.     The ideal political-economic system is laissez-faire capitalism.

--> Yeah right, I think we've seen the last two years that this is complete nonsense. Even hard-core capitalist wouldn't believe that anymore.

I once read one book from her. I suck at titles but it was something about an architect. I managed to survive it for 3/4 of its length. It's a great defence of artistic integrity and unbound creativity. Which is great, but I can't relate it to all 4 points of her philosophy. I guess she was relevant at her time but like many philosophers she seems not to realize that our complex reality will never be described with just one theory.

PS. When it comes to music, I'd say point 1,2 and 3 are the credo of black metal rather then prog.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2010 at 06:41
Originally posted by Bonnek Bonnek wrote:


4.     The ideal political-economic system is laissez-faire capitalism.

--> Yeah right, I think we've seen the last two years that this is complete nonsense. Even hard-core capitalist wouldn't believe that anymore.



You would be surprised at how many people still believe that, at least here in the USUnhappy. It seems like the events of the past two years never happened for them.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2010 at 07:04
"at least here in the US"
-->Phew you must be an early riser. And immediately checking the forum. That's what I call prog dedication Clap
It's actually quite frightening what you say. I thought hardcore capitalism was given more critical thought in US as well.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2010 at 19:52
Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:


Originally posted by Bonnek Bonnek wrote:


4.     The ideal political-economic system is laissez-faire capitalism.--> Yeah right, I think we've seen the last two years that this is complete nonsense. Even hard-core capitalist wouldn't believe that anymore.
You would be surprised at how many people still believe that, at least here in the USUnhappy. It seems like the events of the past two years never happened for them.

There are reasons to believe (and many economists think so) that the cause of the crisis was government intervention... but since I am not from the U.S. (and this isn't the political discussions thread) I won't go any further...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2010 at 20:03
Originally posted by ProgressiveAttic ProgressiveAttic wrote:


There are reasons to believe (and many economists think so) that the cause of the crisis was government intervention... but since I am not from the U.S. (and this isn't the political discussions thread) I won't go any further...


yyyeeaaahh I don't know about that, chicken & egg-- it's like saying your doctor made you sick.  Also it depends what intervention you speak of;  Before the crisis?  During?  After?  Do you mean imprudent real estate allowances and home loans?  Corporate regulation/deregulation?  What, man, what?


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2010 at 20:19
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:


Originally posted by ProgressiveAttic ProgressiveAttic wrote:

There are reasons to believe (and many economists think so) that the cause of the crisis was government intervention... but since I am not from the U.S. (and this isn't the political discussions thread) I won't go any further...
yyyeeaaahh I don't know about that, chicken & egg-- it's like saying your doctor made you sick.  Also it depends what intervention you speak of;  Before the crisis?  During?  After?  Do you mean imprudent real estate allowances and home loans?  Corporate regulation/deregulation?  What, man, what?


I don't believe in Keynes' theory that the state should play the role of "doctor" in economy because the government has power and definite functions (police, tribunals and army) and it is dangerous to give to it more power and responsibilities (believe me...I live in Venezuela which now days is the example of what happens when you take that to an extreme)... anyways, as I said before I prefer not to comment about a country that isn't my own...(if you want to discuss about it I have no problem )
but if you insist... here is a link for you to read (it is just an opinion that I find logical): http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=24015
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2010 at 21:03
In Ryand's vision, authority figures tyranically squelch individual expression.  The antidote is the elevation of the individual's self-interest above all else.  One appeal of Objectivism is its celebration of the autonomy and value of the individual. 
 
I *do* see a connection to Progrock or Avant music in that they can be somewhat contrarian (even self-righteous), daring to stand up for what it believes in despite ridicule and persecution.  No doubt, some of the Objectivism's ideas are positive and constructive. 
 
Ironically, when put into practice in the real world, the philosophy of Objectivism insists upon such singular devotion to the *self* that it squelches individual expression of ideas that are deemed "altruistic" or "non-objective".  In so doing, it sadly degenerates into one of the things it so passionately seeks to prevent:  a form of tyrrany against individuals who don't conform to its established requirements.  So, in a most unusual and unanticipated way, within the social setting of the real world, time and again Objectivism becomes the very monster it promises its followers that it will defeat.
 
These are not abstract and unfounded accusations.  This is what a dispassionate person can witness time and again wherever the tenets of Objectivism are implemented within a social (group) setting. 
The first (but not only) case study to observe is the Objectivism put into action by Ann Ryand within her own social circle.  This is well documented.  I don't need to go into the details here.
 
Objectivism, despite its good in promoting responsibility and encouraging self-reliance, neglects to dig deeply into the communal aspect of humanity.  It fails to recognize how deeply and intricately altruism and self-interest are interwoven one within another in the human psyche.  Indeed, a full development of  *community* is a little neglected within Objectivist thought, is it not?  Yes, we are all individuals that must not get subsumed by a greater whole.  But are we not also, by our very nature, social beings that wither and fall if isolated from a greater whole?   We live so much of our lives in groups (families, workplaces, towns, counties, countries) - not in silos of self empowered isolation. 
 
Ryand called Objectivism a philosophy for living, But I suggest that we "live" more fully when both self interest and altruism coexist...  This need not be an "either / or" proposition. 
 
To quote a certain 'philosopher' out of context...  I'll just say that I belive "self interest" and "altruism" can be united into a "single, perfect sphere". 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2010 at 21:35
This thread really interests me. I've read the Fountainhead once and Atlas Shrugged twice, and while I think that some of Ayn Rand's ideas are absolutely batsh*t insane and that the woman herself was nothing short of ridiculous to the point of hilarity, I do agree with a lot of what she said. 

That said, I can see where the OP is coming from with calling progressive rock objective music. The obvious connection is to [Atlas Shrugged character] Richard Halley, who (like many prog musicians) wrote his music not for any sort of acclaim but as an expression of himself; nothing more. He did not write it for anyone else, he wrote for himself. I certainly think that prog embodies this musical better than any other philosophy, but I don't know if that means you can call it purely objective music.

Brilliant idea; though, I never would have thought of this.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2010 at 21:53
Originally posted by VanVanVan VanVanVan wrote:

This thread really interests me. I've read the Fountainhead once and Atlas Shrugged twice, and while I think that some of Ayn Rand's ideas are absolutely batsh*t insane and that the woman herself was nothing short of ridiculous to the point of hilarity, I do agree with a lot of what she said. 
That said, I can see where the OP is coming from with calling progressive rock objective music. The obvious connection is to [Atlas Shrugged character] Richard Halley, who (like many prog musicians) wrote his music not for any sort of acclaim but as an expression of himself; nothing more. He did not write it for anyone else, he wrote for himself. I certainly think that prog embodies this musical better than any other philosophy, but I don't know if that means you can call it purely objective music.
Brilliant idea; though, I never would have thought of this.


That is precisely the idea!

Thanks! I actually got inspired while reading to Richard Halley's words in Atlas Shrugged

Nonetheless I do think that Rand's philosophy is for the most part correct... but I have to admit that she was a bit (well...more than a bit)crazy...

Edited by ProgressiveAttic - April 13 2010 at 22:01
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