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Posted by MattVagrant on May-23-2003 16:43:

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Originally posted by abercrombieboy
and elmo, shame on you for comparing classical music to prog

I think prog is ok, but nothing deep or complicated, unless you are an idiot, well then things would be complicated a lot of the time.

Here.

Posted by DigiNut on May-23-2003 22:05:

Just a quick addition here...

Progressive is like classical and it isn't like classical. Musically, it's nothing at all like classical music - if you're bored and want to read about some 17th century harmony and counterpoint, you'll see that - and age issues are fairly coincidental. So in that respect, partyprincess is right.

IMO, the similarities lie in the fact that classical music was a response to the formulaic baroque and opened up a broader range of musical variety. "Progressive" is wide open as well, compared to its predecessors - although part of the reason is because progressive is really talking about 3 or 4 different genres - but still, prog house is freer than classic house, prog breaks freer than electro, etc.

Unfortunately, a lot of artists have turned the progressive genres into something equally formulaic... just as many composers did in the classical age. Ah well, all the better reason not to have this genre loyalty, just listen to whateva floats ya boat.

Now let's end this geeky discussion... music is music, all that really matters is whether your ears like it or not!

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