[atlantaprog] Re: Give Me That Old Time Prog Rock

I'm not meaning to denigrate these releases by saying that they'll be remembered only by fans and collectors. That is NOT a bad thing! But the masterpieces of 70s prog - Close to the Edge, Brain Salad Surgery, In the Court of the Crimson King, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, etc. - will remain part of the pop music landscape from now on - not just the prog landscape. that's the point I was trying to make.

On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:40 PM, Jeff Blanks wrote:

Remembered only by fans and collectors. 

Well, that's good enough, isn't it?

What I meant was "acknowledged classics of the genre", just like any other genre. I'm sure there are acknowledged ska and bluegrass classics that not many people know about, but will be remembered by fans of those genres for decades; on the other hand, there are million-selling albums that aren't even in print a decade after their release. And the albums in the first group will keep selling, while the ones in the second group won't. You take it where you can find it; I mean, right now I'd be very happy to be enjoying echolyn's or the Flower Kings' level of success, especially if I knew my listeners put a really high value on my music. It's a matter of depth rather than breadth.



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