[atlantaprog] Re: prog

UncleEggsy wrote:

Rock bands that are actually
"progressive" in the orginal spirit in which prog rock was "progressive" aren't
typically part of the "prog scene" as we know it today.

Like whom? (I think I know who you might mention, but hang on.)

I think part of the problem is that once a new material element comes along, people feel obliged to think of it after a few years as "yesterday's new thing", and thereby no longer good for anything (or else a mark of conservatism). But that doesn't mean we should stop using it, especially when older elements, considered more basic, remain. (Notice, to pull out the obvious example, how Genesis doesn't play in odd meters any more. Why? It's supposedly a "cliche" by now. But that doesn't stop them from playing in good ol' 4/4 all the time. Why is 7/8 "retro" and 4/4 not?)

Newer bands employ some new elements, but they throw out the older new elements (!), possibly in the interest of aesthetics. That's OK, but avoiding elements simply because they've been used before is a non-starter when you think about it. I mean, where does that stop?

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