[atlantaprog] Re: "Dad Rock"

The irony is that "Indie/Hipsters", with their backwards hair, PBR t-shirts, 
cds of Death Cab for Cutie and The Shins, Elvis Costello glasses, and renovated 
lofts, are far more pretentious and predictable than the prog they sneer at.   
I see these fools all over my neighborhood; the EARL, in particular, is like 
flypaper to them... and so is Creative Loafing.

BK

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/1400032016/ref=cm_cr_dp_2_1/002-5071308-4887244?%5Fencoding=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=283155



Allen Welty-Green <agmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: So that's what the kids are 
calling prog these days -

 From deCONform magazine, a hipster indy/publication:

http://deconformmagazine.org/deconformv3l2.php?show=15

Dad Rock Pick of the Issue: Jethro Tull

Todd Woodlan

In the annals of rock and roll history, Jethro Tull reached its 
greatest notoriety for stealing the innagural award for �Best Hard 
Rock/Heavy Metal Performance� at the 1989 Grammy Awards, successfully 
pissing off legions of semi-literate Metallica fans and becoming the 
fodder for the biting quips of B-list comedians on countless VH1 
formula shows. Such a designation is completely unfair for Ian Anderson 
and the rest of his rockin� Rennaisance Fair cast-offs. No single band 
has equalled the Tull�s importance within the artistically fertile 
genre of �Dad Rock,� and Thick as a Brick stands as the counter-culture 
soundtrack of so many male mid-life crisises.

  �Dad Rock,� though somewhat self-explanitory, has deeper meaning 
beyond the title itself. Overtaken by his kids� angsty teenage 
bitching, the societal norms of masculinity and the wife�s facistic 
�Michael Bolton� death grip on the home stereo system, WASP-y fathers 
across the United States need to find release. Outside of 
Neo-Conservatism and born-again Christianity, nothing provides sweet 
salvation like driving around the neighborhood with the windows of the 
Buick Century down while ingesting the sweet aural nectar of �Dad 
Rock.�

  While other artists within the genre, like Chicago (the early stuff), 
Kansas, Eric Clapton (the solo stuff), and Steppenwolf (if feeling 
extra-saucy), are more popular, Thick as a Brick is the ulitmate �Dad 
Rock� album. Its (somewhat) driving beats convey the middle finger dad 
wants to give to Mom for making him pull the weeds while she plays 
mah-jong with her annoying friends and discusses with all of those cows 
about her husband�s erectile problems. The flutes and prog-rock 
pretentiousness reflects the father�s repressed artsy-side, which is 
only revealed through sightseeing trips at museums during unbearable 
family trips to Europe or the Baroque art prints in the master 
bathroom.

  Although the numbers may lie, this album resides in every WASP-y dad�s 
album collection for a reason. Go ahead, check your dad�s record 
collection! I bet it�s there, and for good reason. Yeah, the album 
sucks, but you were a sucky kid.

                
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