Is 70's prog a nostalgia thing?

Yeah, 70's prog was actually progressive, now they're attempting to fit the mold made by said prog bands.  Which is the opposite of progression.

The Quiet One wrote: A Person wrote: The Quiet One wrote: A Person wrote: I don't care when it's made as long as I like it.   That's okay, but that's not the question.   The OP is asking wheter you consider that you like and consider better the 70s bands because there's a nostalgia feel or not. No nostalgia for me, I just like a lot of 60's/70's music more. I never think of when it was made, or who made it first, except maybe with Zeuhl.   Good, that was what you had to answer.

I was trying to imply it, but I guess typing it out is better.

The Quiet One wrote: A Person wrote: I don't care when it's made as long as I like it.   That's okay, but that's not the question.   The OP is asking wheter you consider that you like and consider better the 70s bands because there's a nostalgia feel or not.

No nostalgia for me, I just like a lot of 60's/70's music more. I never think of when it was made, or who made it first, except maybe with Zeuhl.

I don't care when it's made as long as I like it.

The Quiet One wrote: King By-Tor wrote: I'm 22 and I say that music from the 70s is, in large, better than what we get today. So no.   This. (and I'm 16)

That (and I'm 21).

King By-Tor wrote: I'm 22 and I say that music from the 70s is, in large, better than what we get today. So no.

Edited by The Quiet One - April 22 2010 at 15:48

The enjoyment of 70's music is partially a nostalgia thing for me (I also love 60's music though I wasn't alive in that decade, but I was exposed to it as a child -- even if not the particular music I listen to from that time), but I like many post 70's bands (I don't care for Neo Prog or most modern symph).  For my tastes, bands such as Marillion, IQ, or The Flower Kings are not as good as the classic ones you mentioned (particularly KC and VdGG), but it's not because they came later that I don't like them.  For post 70's music, most of what I listen to is RIO/ Avant oriented music.  I feel that there are many modern bands in the archives that surpass the "quality" of a great many classic era bands, but not those post classic era ones you listed -- I don't find them that adventurous or interesting. 


Edited by Logan - April 22 2010 at 15:11

I have some thoughts for many years about our evaluation of the quality of the 70's music big bands like Yes, Genesis, KC, VDGG etc.I want know if it's a sure thing that we can say that those bands made better music then today's bands or all the bands coming from the 80's and 90's. I have doubts about it. Is Genesis better then Marillion or IQ, for example? Could it be a nostalgia thing. Could it be that those who experience the 70's music at the time were discovering a new thing and by so were more open to appreciate the phenomenon?

And today after 30 years of experience we could be bored by listening the music of the Neo Prog bands. If Genesis, KC or Yes didn't exist and all the golden age of the 70's, and we only knew bands like IQ, Marillion or Flower Kings, did we have the same opinions on those bands?

Is it possible that we simply can't recreate our past experience everytime we are listening to bands of today or coming from the 80's and 90's? Or, it simply that the music of that area (70's) was better.


Edited by rdtprog - April 22 2010 at 14:46