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dtguitarfan 
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 12:51 |
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What is your definition of the word "progressive", when it's used in the phrase "progressive rock"? I've often heard people say "this band is progressive" or "this band is NOT progressive" and I start wondering if we're talking about the same thing.... I'll give my definition after a few people have answered but I'm just curious to see what people say.
Edited by dtguitarfan - March 07 2012 at 12:52
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lazland
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:01 |
Well, you are new here, so I will be as polite as it is possible to be when I tell you that this is probably the most worn out, and debated to death, topic on the forum.
And the answer is?........................
Well, there is, as far as I am concerned, no definitive answer. Each person, as you will see, has their own definition. That's why it has been debated to death 
For what it is worth, I regard it as a form of music that grew out of the late 1960's in Britain (mainly England) that mixed blues, psychedelia, and classical symphonic tendencies to create an album artform that progressed the music of the day, pushing the boundaries of rock music in a way that had never been tried before.
Of course, progressive rock music itself has progressed since then!
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Sagichim
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:04 |
Nobody here really knows 
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dtguitarfan
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:04 |
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Sorry if I'm recreating a thread.
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lazland
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:06 |
 dtguitarfan wrote:
Sorry if I'm recreating a thread. |
It's okay. You are not on your own!! 
It's just that those of us who have been here a while tend to get a bit tired of this debate, because, ultimately, it degenerates into nonsense.
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The Neck Romancer
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:07 |
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This thread is not progressive.
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rushfan4
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:08 |
lazland wrote:
dtguitarfan wrote:
Sorry if I'm recreating a thread. |
It's okay. You are not on your own!!
It's just that those of us who have been here a while tend to get a bit tired of this debate, because, ultimately, it degenerates into nonsense. |
However, if tomorrow you come back and create a thread that asks why don't women like prog, you will be permabanned. 
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dtguitarfan
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:09 |
Polo wrote:
This thread is not progressive. |
*golf clap*
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lazland
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:11 |
Scott, you are a very bad man
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dtguitarfan
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:12 |
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What if I ask in 7/4? ;-)
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lazland
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:14 |
dtguitarfan wrote:
What if I ask in 7/4? ;-) |
Then you will start a discussion about how some players, notably Nick Mason, are incapable of playing in such a time.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:14 |
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Elves & sh*t. Hammonds & sh*t, Capes & sh*t, epics & sh*t, classical music rip offs & sh*t, Tolkein & sh*t, electronic devices & sh*t, cheese & sh*t, bravado, granduer, pompousness, pretentiousness and elitism.
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dtguitarfan
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:16 |
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I had no idea it was such a sh*tty genre...
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:17 |
dtguitarfan wrote:
What if I ask in 7/4? ;-) |
Even if you come back on July 4th, it is not a good thing. (That would be April 7th for those on the other side of the ocean who list their dates funny.) Although I suppose us Americans may be the only ones who list July 4th as 7/4.
Edited by rushfan4 - March 07 2012 at 13:19
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:20 |
rushfan4 wrote:
dtguitarfan wrote:
What if I ask in 7/4? ;-) |
Even if you come back on July 4th, it is not a good thing. (That would be April 7th for those on the other side of the ocean who list their dates funny.) |
Hmph! Correctly.
Edited by akamaisondufromage - March 07 2012 at 13:22
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lazland
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:26 |
akamaisondufromage wrote:
rushfan4 wrote:
dtguitarfan wrote:
What if I ask in 7/4? ;-) |
Even if you come back on July 4th, it is not a good thing. (That would be April 7th for those on the other side of the ocean who list their dates funny.) |
Hmph! Correctly. |
Damn right!!
You know, this might turn out to be the best prog definition thread ever.
Why don't we now start debating just who we are all going to hate when he/she places a  here?
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Atoms
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:31 |
lazland wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
rushfan4 wrote:
dtguitarfan wrote:
What if I ask in 7/4? ;-) |
Even if you come back on July 4th, it is not a good thing. (That would be April 7th for those on the other side of the ocean who list their dates funny.) |
Hmph! Correctly. |
Why don't we now start debating just who we are all going to hate when he/she places a here? |
You just made it very tempting! However, I will refrain.
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:41 |
Vibrationbaby wrote:
Elves & sh*t. Hammonds & sh*t, Capes & sh*t, epics & sh*t, classical music rip offs & sh*t, Tolkein & sh*t, electronic devices & sh*t, cheese & sh*t, bravado, granduer, pompousness, pretentiousness and elitism. |
Best answer ever. 
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 13:59 |
Agree, but more than elitism I'd say etilism.  Think to some now fat bassist-singer.
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Posted: March 07 2012 at 18:35 |
dtguitarfan wrote:
Sorry if I'm recreating a thread. |
You're not recreating a thread, you're making the entire tapestry.
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