That moment. When you find a prog album you love.

I merely commented upon your final paragraph sunshine, which I saw as yet another direct lambast upon us thick headed folk who think that Progressive Rock is a specific classification of music and not an all-encompassing catch-all for any artist, band or album that *someone* thinks is good. Of course what music and social culture that came before is important either to the formation of Progressive Rock or to our appreciation of it, but it does not automatically become part of that classification once it is established, that is like saying horse-drawn carts and bicycles should be classified as automobiles.

 

At somepoint in a life after listening to a whole raft of disperate music there comes a point where the question asked either has an answer or it does not. I listened to a lot of beat music, psychedelic pop, glam, bubble-gum, hard rock, folk and even Prog rock before I heard a Prog album I truly loved and of course the journey that took me to that album was important and worth comment perhaps, but those other albums that were not Prog were not Prog and I don't see that moaning that the rest of the world doesn't see things my way will change that.

   Well , SCREW YOU TOO gallifrey !!!  and mind your language with us !  Fuc***k Progressive , and Fuc***k you !  we're here to enjoy your ratings , your comments & your Presence in Our Lives !  However , i'm 59 years old , i was lucky to witness the 60's , 70's and 90's eras , but i want to tell you only one thing !!  if they have a Top 100 or 1000 or even  Top 10.000 , believe me my friend , i have the Top one Million in Progressive scenes !  they're all my babies since 1968 , and i have no Preferences . And I Really enjoyed every single song of them !!  Have a nice Day now , and Enjoy what we did 30 years Ago !

   ( You Can Delete my Comment now , Administrators !  )  Cheers to you all  !  

Organ and drums: "BAAAAAAAAAAAmmmm TYSCH TYSCH TYSCH TYSCH TYSCH --- TYSCH ! ... BAAAAAAAAAAAmmmm TYSCH TYSCH TYSCH TYSCH TYSCH --- TYSCH ! ... " and on, and on, and on, ... . McLaughlin freaks out and then starts creeping on me with his unwinding twangy menace, ... well, hear the rest of the story on the album. Throughout the record, the electric guitar tone is terrific, almost liquid when McLaughlin runs fast, the melodies were given special attention. The band shows off like they don't give a d$%n about their reputation. 

Why the album appealed to me so fast? It benefits from the fact that all tracks were composed and conducted by McLaughlin himself. He had a head and he used it. Almost every track gradually unwinds and goes louder and stronger. And also, McLaughlin, Cobham, Hammer, and Goodman aptly demonstrated that to go further on the emotional spectrum it is actually necessary to show off. PROG ROCK in its true sense.