PC: Progressive rock remains popular longer?

I don't know much about the who's who of prog rock(honestly, if asked, I would probably give freakin' Kansas as my at-hand example of the genre), but I will say that, as someone who was a child in the 1970s, the typical image of a prog-rock musician or band in that era was sort of my idea of what all rock stars were like.
 
I don't know much about the who's who of prog rock(honestly, if asked, I would probably give freakin' Kansas as my at-hand example of the genre), but I will say that, as someone who was a child in the 1970s, the typical image of a prog-rock musician or band in that era was sort of my idea of what all rock stars were like.
_Spinal Tap_ is best enjoyed when you had lived thru the excesses of ELP and thier shows and tour documentaries.
 
Smoking weed, doing drugs, partying, drinking, and being open sexually doesn’t always make you fully progressive or political in anyway. Most of the time that means you just like to party hard. Ted Nugent did all that and he hard right wing. Self described “Progressive” rock people aren’t directly political often time or even liberal. Willie Nelson is a good example of this. Most of these people are often just people who don’t like social conservatism. Economically they can vary greatly on views. Political and social views can be moderate to liberal.

I feel like by this definition of “progressive” we could consider kid rock “progressive rock”. Country music had a similar trend called renegade country or rock-country music. It wasn’t progressive it was honest. Just like how rap is honest, gritty, and blunt. Rap isn’t progressive. It’s depiction of a reality or emotions. It isn’t always a direct statement especially of the political type especially in American music. It is venting and impulsive not always thought out but in an art form. Listen to old Reba songs she talks about getting whored out to a rich man by her own mom for a chance at a better life or Hank Williams JR singing about getting drunk, stoned, and in fights. Rock often seems more whiny and snobby because the people venting and singing in it are usually people from more well off backgrounds. Compare most rocker backgrounds to some rappers and even older country singers. Some of the longest and deepest rock songs usually mix in some country elements especially in the 70s and early 80s.
 
As the tin says. Prog as a sub-genre saw its heyday in the early to mid 1970s, arising from a melding of psychedelic sensibilities with classical music stylings and the DIY, self-written nature of rock music. While some argue that punk rock helped to knock progressive rock off of its pedestal later in the decade, it can also be partly argued that its tendency towards long-form songs didn't help (you can't really put 10+ minute epics on 45s, after all).
It's technology and timing. By the mid-eighties, music was recorded digitally. Material recorded since the mid sixties, in state-of-the-art studios, is updated to modern digital status, with a better S/N ratio than the original vinyl disks; that is, if it is popular enough for the effort. The fact is, the progressive rock of the seventies is all still there. Nothing goes away. Go back to the seventies, and there was no 40 or 50 year-old material to play. Another issue is that through the eighties, the concept of a single Top 40 or Hot 100 would fade as each genre would create a niche market.
 
^^ I'd never thought that the "progressive" in "progressive rock" meant politically progressive; I thought it meant the genre was going forward from its simple roots, by incorporating aspects from other parts of musical culture, eg. the aformentioned strings, more poetic lyrics, etc.
 
^^ I'd never thought that the "progressive" in "progressive rock" meant politically progressive; I thought it meant the genre was going forward from its simple roots, by incorporating aspects from other parts of musical culture, eg. the aformentioned strings, more poetic lyrics, etc.
Isn’t that just art and inspirations? I usually tie the word progressive to politics not music. Wouldn’t this just be alternative rock not “progressive” rock?
 
^^ I'd never thought that the "progressive" in "progressive rock" meant politically progressive; I thought it meant the genre was going forward from its simple roots, by incorporating aspects from other parts of musical culture, eg. the aformentioned strings, more poetic lyrics, etc.

ObWI: Yes's Union album is a concept album about organized labor, and sparks a massive resurgence in union membership.
 
Well, Rush, who are considered prog rock(at least by wikipedia's taxonomy), did the song Trees, which is about unions, though some interpret it as anti-union.
Anti-Union, as at the end, the Oaks were all taken care of by Hatchet, Axe and Saw.
That Song came out while the Band was at their most Objectivist, between _2112_ and _Moving Pictures_
 
Well recently some bands like King Crimson and Yes have been getting more popular due to a certain show
I saw King Crimson a bit ago and I saw a guy with a Jojo shirt so maybe there's something to that.
ObWI: Yes's Union album is a concept album about organized labor, and sparks a massive resurgence in union membership.
Is that from the TL where it's actually a good album and not a colossal waste of talent?
 
Anti-Union, as at the end, the Oaks were all taken care of by Hatchet, Axe and Saw.
That Song came out while the Band was at their most Objectivist, between _2112_ and _Moving Pictures_

Yeah, I knew the song is generally interpreted as anti-union, in keeping with Rush's Randian orientation. But I hedged my bets, because I was always a little unclear about what the hatchets and axes were supposed to symbolize, and how they came into play as a result of the shorter trees unionizing.
 
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