Can prog be romantic?

RaphaelT- I think you are confusing your periods and composers. Those you mention are from the Classical Period (1750 to 1850). The Romantic period was 1850 to 1900.

edit: got the dates wrong Classical 1750 to 1820, Romantic 1820 to 1910

Edited by cobb2 - July 21 2008 at 23:42

Starette wrote: [QUOTE=SilverAnubis] [QUOTE=Starette]  Actually it's funny you say that. My last boyfriend used to say that Start of Something Beautiful reminded him of me and I referred him to the fact that it's not a particularly romantic song at all. It's a realistic song about a relationship that eventually ends. Note: that boyfriend eventually dumped me. But yes- it is beautiful.

Realistic history based in a true story, then, true romantic feeling... sad, but beautiful.

The metal prog can be romantic too, the songs of Riverside have romantic feeling, but with a breaking heart...

Edited by SilverAnubis - July 22 2008 at 07:28

RaphaelT wrote: cobb2 wrote: RaphaelT- I think you are confusing your periods and composers. Those you mention are from the Classical Period (1750 to 1850). The Romantic period was 1850 to 1900. edit: got the dates wrong Classical 1750 to 1820, Romantic 1820 to 1910   My mistake

cobb2 wrote: RaphaelT- I think you are confusing your periods and composers. Those you mention are from the Classical Period (1750 to 1850). The Romantic period was 1850 to 1900. edit: got the dates wrong Classical 1750 to 1820, Romantic 1820 to 1910

Speaking of capital-R Romanticism, if you look at it as a whole - an artistic movement that in addition to music spanned literature, the visual arts and more - and what defined all of it, you'll find common ground with lots of prog: Its confidence in its status as important life-changing art, a general taste for the fantastic, aspiring to capture abstract philosophical subject matter in something tangibly aesthetical and overall being built upon a view of art as a pathway to great universal truths.

Of course, as the more polemically minded acts like those from the Rock In Opposition scene demonstrate, prog can also have affinities with Modernism... which was, at least to begin with, a reaction against Romanticism. The entire idea of moving culture forwards and having modes of expressions evolve, is also very capital-M Modern what with Modern Art being all about moving away from classical academic aesthetics. In turn, there is also prog that either balances elements of both or doesn't think in such "-ism" boxes. It helps here to rehmember that both Romanticism and Modernism were/are rather broad movements each with a great ideological variety within itself, allowing for the border to be a little hazy at times - oddly enough. (taking a perspective to the visual arts, you have Surrealism which could be called a type of modernized Romanticism)

forever autumn - Jeff Wayne's War of the worlds!!!

Sigur Ros is beautiful - borderline romantic.
I turned it on just to show my girlfriend what they sounded like and it stayed on for a while as we had a little fun. It was kinda cool to have that going in the background. i liked it. 

YesFan72 wrote: Prog isn't really written to be romantic. There still are moments (such as in "Soon" by Yes). I find Harmonium's works to be more romantic, but that's just me, I guess.

I agree entirely with this sentiment. Progressive rock wasn't meant to be a certain mood (particularly romantic of any of them), but it is meant for intellectual and emotional analysis. When I think of "romantic", I hardly think of any sort of analysis.

 Please, take a listen to VdGG´s OUT OF MY BOOK

"Did her eyes at the turn of the century..."

Explore italian scene,it is full of romantic music.Banco for example or IL Bacio deLa Medusa.