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ole-the-first
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Posted: November 20 2013 at 00:43 |
It doesn't really matters for me whether the band is old or new or anything else. Actually both eras had thier awesome bands and a lot of dull artists.
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This night wounds time.
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Hercules
Prog Reviewer
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Posted: November 20 2013 at 10:07 |
About 50% of my listening is pre1980, 25% 1980 -2000 and 25% after 2000.
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A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
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presdoug
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Posted: November 20 2013 at 12:26 |
Older prog, exclusively (though my cut off date is a little sooner-1983) Even my classical music collection is dated (mostly recordings before 1960) Believe me, i have tried with the newer music, and it just doesn't work for me, unfortunately
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Mormegil
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Location: NE PA
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Posted: November 20 2013 at 12:51 |
If it sounds good, it is good, to my ears - any prog!
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Logan
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Location: Vancouver, BC
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Posted: November 20 2013 at 13:09 |
Older "prog" (includes music that I consider to be under a fairly wide progressive rock tent, which goes even beyond PA's big umbrella as however loosely defined today). The vast majority of the rock and rock related music that I listen to is from the 60s through 70s, though I listen to a lot of avant prog from the 80s (especially early 80s) as well. There's a lot I also love that is newer, but in my collection there is not nearly so much post 80s music.
From my experience, I'm much more likely to enjoy a wider variety of so-called Prog music from the late 60s through 70s than after that. A lot of what I listen to is fairly obscure, but certainly looking at the popular Prog lists, there is more that I like from the "classic" years than from the newer years, and despite already owning far more from the 60s and 70s, my collection is still growing faster from that time (that said, I very rarely get new-to-me albums these days).
When it comes to 80s-up music, the vast majority is on the RIO/ Avant prog side (if not necessarily classed in that category at PA), and, well, a lot of the earlier than that music in my collection is also fairly experimental/ avant garde, but there is a wider amount of music that I like from the earlier years, and there will be plenty of music I love from every category that is used from music from the late 60s through somewhere in the 70s, but I can't readily say that of all post-classic era categories of Prog music. I'm being not as precise nor nearly concise enough with my words and personal perspective/ ideas as I would like here, but whatever.
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WeepingElf
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Joined: August 18 2013
Location: Germany
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Posted: November 20 2013 at 14:06 |
I am more into new stuff than old stuff, but that of course doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the classics. But my main interest is in what is going on in progressive rock these days. The past is, well, over; the future lies before us to explore.
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"What does Elvish rock music sound like?" - "Yes."
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Neo-Romantic
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Posted: November 20 2013 at 22:36 |
If I chart out my top 5 bands, I find there's pretty much an even split:
VDGG Wetton-Era KC Opeth Discipline Riverside I got my start on classic groups and started incorporating more modern groups within the past year or so, thanks to discovering this site. I'll never hold one era over another, because quality is timeless. That works both ways. And, because I saw the OP's inquiry, I'm 23.
Edited by Neo-Romantic - November 20 2013 at 22:37
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Smurph
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Posted: November 21 2013 at 07:04 |
I prefer new stuff because I love the idea of making music from the future. I want to see music pushed as far as possible.
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fredyair
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Posted: November 21 2013 at 09:09 |
So difficult to just single out just one band! But if I have to choose a discography for a castaway island I'll have to choose Pink Floyd.
And if a second one is aloud I'll take Big Big Train. Why? Mostly because the ample range of their music, from psychedelic to avant garde, from pop to progressive and everything in between.
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Long live Progresive music!
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Manuel
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Posted: November 21 2013 at 09:20 |
To be honest, I don't even care if it's considered prog or not. as long as the music is good and it's well composed, instrumented, arranged and orchestrated, I will give it a go.
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rogerthat
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Posted: November 21 2013 at 10:50 |
It's not as if old and new prog are each in one homogeneous style. So I can't say I prefer one over the other. There are more 'classic' albums that I like compared to new ones but that's simply because I started with them. It's much easier to just pick off the essentials and get familiar with prog. Over time, my favourites from new prog will grow.
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kenethlevine
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Posted: November 21 2013 at 11:06 |
doesn't matter to me, but discovering "new" prog from the 1970s is becoming harder hand harder now that it's been around 40 years, so lately I'm more into newer prog
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: November 21 2013 at 18:34 |
I've pretty much stopped acquiring older prog as I have built up a substantial amount of it and played it over and over already.
I do various rotation schemes to keep the older stuff in circulation.
Edited by Slartibartfast - November 21 2013 at 18:34
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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mmmreesescups
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Joined: August 21 2009
Location: New York
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Posted: November 21 2013 at 20:11 |
I think a much better thread would have been::
Favorite OLD prog? Favorite NEW "prog"?
As for mine, I love all eras of KC. Nowadays prog would probably be DT or PT.
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The Mystical
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Posted: November 23 2013 at 02:50 |
I tend to listen to older prog, mainly because it contains the musical and aesthetic characteristics that I enjoy listening to. That being said, I love new prog too, so it doesn't really matter to me.
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I am currently digging:
Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz!
Please drop me a message with album suggestions.
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genbanks
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Location: Argentina
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Posted: November 25 2013 at 19:43 |
All of this, but the big highlights are in what you called Old prog
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Anadaj
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Posted: December 03 2013 at 01:55 |
It doesn't matter to me when the music is made, so long as it sounds good, and there's passion in it. That said, the prog that I like typically is on the more modern end of the scale.
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paganinio
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Posted: December 03 2013 at 18:05 |
I mostly listen to 2000-- 2020 future/modern prog is better than historical prog Edit: In order to include Opeth I'll change that to 1995 -- 2020 Edit (again):  In order to include Death's Individual Thought Patterns and Dream Theater's Images and Words I'll change that to 1992 -- 2020. yeah I think I'm done.
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aldri7
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Posted: December 03 2013 at 18:22 |
There is so much more new prog than old, and although I prefer 70's prog, I also enjoy the thrill of the hunt for prog coming out today. When I do find something newer that I like, I'll listen to it over and over again just like I did back in the 70's when classic prog was coming out. Then I'll file it with all my other recently discovered new prog. So I spend a lot of time listening to recent stuff. Getting a strike takes a lot of work, but the reward is that you have something that is totally new and fresh to your ears. To me that will always beat going back and listening to an old classic one more time..
Newer prog can excite me as much as classic prog as you've got a few more decades worth of advancements in technology, recording techniques, hindsight etc to take advantage of. That works for me with the heavier and more psychedelic prog especially. Pink Floyd lead to Porcupine Tree which lead to Big Big Train. I love the full, rich sound of the last two bands while Pink Floyd could never really match that with technology being what it was back when they were recording.
The acheivements of the classic prog bands may never be matched, but those bands are not as godlike to me as they once were. They had flaws, every one.
Edited by aldri7 - December 03 2013 at 18:45
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guyuz
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Joined: November 28 2013
Location: Israel
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Posted: December 04 2013 at 12:09 |
I think the bands I listen to divide to about 50% for each era. Then again, I'm just beginning my prog journey.
On one hand, the classics have something to them that I just can't explain. They're just, composed different. I don't know. When I think of a Yes song verse, I can't divide it into words and riff, or something. It's all connected. In newer prog, I don't feel that.
On the other hand, newer prog is technical, and it advances with technology. And what I like the most about newer prog, is that it's made by musicians who grew up listening to the exact same prog that I like. Sometimes they're influenced by other early musicians (Say, 70s or 80s) that aren't prog, and that combination makes it special music in itself.
Basically, I don't have a sense of nostalgia towards neither classic prog nor new prog, since I was born long after classic prog, yet I was introduced to classic prog in parallel to the newer prog.
So, yeah, who cares when did it come out as long as it's good prog?
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