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Topic: Mainstream Prog Rock Dead?

I grew up with Yes & Kansas & in the 70s etc. Commercialized progressive rock that purists would not even call prog rock, I know, but these guys had some really talented players behind the slick face. They weren't afraid to crank away on an instrumental stretch between the hooks. They may have their money on the top 40, but you could tell they knew their stuff. Seems like popular stuff today (some of which I do enjoy, TBH) is backed up by studio musicians who are competent but not particularly innovative. Is that day gone...or am I just old?

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Re: Mainstream Prog Rock Dead?

axis wrote:

I grew up with Yes & Kansas & in the 70s etc. Commercialized progressive rock that purists would not even call prog rock, I know, but these guys had some really talented players behind the slick face. They weren't afraid to crank away on an instrumental stretch between the hooks. They may have their money on the top 40, but you could tell they knew their stuff. Seems like popular stuff today (some of which I do enjoy, TBH) is backed up by studio musicians who are competent but not particularly innovative. Is that day gone...or am I just old?



I might be a bit older than you, but "Yes" was a great band, saw them live in Miami in the early 70's

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Re: Mainstream Prog Rock Dead?

I totally see where you're coming from Axis but I feel the same about the glam rock of the late 80s and early 90s - I have to wonder if it isn't more of a generational thing. By that I mean, does every generation think that real music, ie the music of their youth, is gone forever?

I remember being in a rock club a few years ago and I commented to a friend about how kids today don't appreciate music; the stuff in the charts and even in the rock clubs is just meaningless noise. His response was quick and to the point - "what do you think people said about our music when we were kids?"

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Re: Mainstream Prog Rock Dead?

I know there's a generational thing. But I'm trying to see beyond that, if imperfectly.

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