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25. "Progressive rock has fallen out of favor with the rock intelligentsia these days..."

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 04:23 PM

Dec 2012

These days?

In the 1970s, when Malcolm McLaren got everybody who writes about music on board with his don't-trust-anyone-who-knows-more-than-two-chords thing, it began a cultural slide we have yet to recover from.

I like some of the music that resulted from the manufactured phenomenon that was the Sex Pistols; many artists took the whole DIY thing to some great places, but the Sex Pistols themselves? Yuck.

Having to deal with musicians all through the 80s-90s-00s-10s telling me that they don't read music because they don't want to hurt their creativity? Yuck.

Albums like ELP's Love Beach as a result? Yuck. Gimme Tarkus (side 1 at least) any day.

Oddly enough, the Andrew "Dice" Clay movie The Adventures of Ford Fairlane deals with the media's systematic lowering of standards better than any other mainstream film I have seen.

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YES: What sort of people like that "prog rock" band? [View all] Quantess Dec 2012 OP

RUSH is also a "prog rock" band which I know and love. Quantess Dec 2012 #1

Finding my way back home... bruschetta? Or bullshitter? Quantess Dec 2012 #2

Seriously, check out RELAYER derby378 Dec 2012 #3

As a huge Yes fan... sendero Dec 2012 #9

Saw them three times.... WCGreen Dec 2012 #13

I saw them twice.. sendero Dec 2012 #16

Yea, they sure did.... WCGreen Dec 2012 #19

Well I hate Rush Limbaugh and Fox OriginalGeek Dec 2012 #4

YES is more interesting to me now than they were in the past, for some reason. Quantess Dec 2012 #6

lol, yeah us Rush boys liked finding girls who could stand them. OriginalGeek Dec 2012 #11

That is so sweet! Quantess Dec 2012 #36

Yes is an old favorite of mine. Kali Dec 2012 #5

That's really interesting to me, and I would like to know why. Quantess Dec 2012 #7

not sure Kali Dec 2012 #8

I liked Supertramp only because it was the back ground music to my summer spent WCGreen Dec 2012 #14

Supertramp is interesting, too. Quantess Dec 2012 #31

My favorite Yes song is Starship Trooper ... dawg Dec 2012 #24

The fact that Rush's members blather on about.. sendero Dec 2012 #10

goog god that was over thirty years ago OriginalGeek Dec 2012 #12

I sometimes think the only songs people around here have heard by Rush are Anthem and The Trees Tobin S. Dec 2012 #17

I love that song too OriginalGeek Dec 2012 #27

What evidence to you have to back that up? Quantess Dec 2012 #32

I assume you are talking about .. sendero Dec 2012 #37

Anyone who loves quintessential prog rock, I guess. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #15

To me, there are at least three levels of this stuff. dawg Dec 2012 #23

I mostly agree with your divisions. I can appreciate TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #29

No... sendero Dec 2012 #38

Loudest concert Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2012 #18

My band's pretty unwavering response to "You're too loud!!" was "You're not fucking drunk enough!!" MiddleFingerMom Dec 2012 #30

I really liked their early stuff. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #20

..............sigh...... Quantess Dec 2012 #35

Saw them every time they came to Detroit bif Dec 2012 #21

When was that? Quantess Dec 2012 #39

Yes is my all-time favorite band. dawg Dec 2012 #22

"Progressive rock has fallen out of favor with the rock intelligentsia these days..." dogknob Dec 2012 #25

Some of the punk bands were great. dawg Dec 2012 #26

I love The Fall and The Clash, but the Pistols always sucked... n/t dogknob Dec 2012 #28

Hey, come on... I did not mean this to be anal-retentive rock band fight! Quantess Dec 2012 #33

Whatever. It's a Beautiful World. Quantess Dec 2012 #34

I do... in fact, MissMillie Dec 2012 #40

Going For The One Iggo Dec 2012 #41

The steel slide in that song is AMAZING MissMillie Dec 2012 #42

Sorry, I thought this was going to be a Rush thread! Bake Dec 2012 #43