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I was just watching the Whistle Test live version of Forgotten Sons yesterday, absolutely fantastic. Script is also very emotive but not emo by any stretch.
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Feckin magazines.... *grumble grumble*
Fuckin' love Spinal Tap.
this is normally the last song in our live set [the DC Band].. I love playing this one.. it's utterly beautiful...
I don't think prog needs to have special rules [time sigs, performance, song length etc]. in fact, I think that prog has no rules at all, or rather, avoids ignores rules, conventions and what is fashionable.
rather than a specific 'sound' or 'style' I personally think of prog as being a compositional approach..
essentially, just do what you think is right without consideration for what is accepted as "normal"
so go where the music takes you, from the minimalist, the weird, fragile and wonderful, to the angsty, the massive, the insane and the pompous symphonic
prog = just go for it and do not give a sht what people think
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
I agree... it's totally possible for bands that are not really prog in general to create a piece that has something proggy going on..
or even for a song that's mostly conventional to have a proggy moment within it
Don't Fear the Reaper is a great example..
the really odd thing is that I couldn't describe what to listen out for that makes something proggy or not.. but when I hear it I know..
maybe it's that 'out there' vibe.. like it sits outside of conventional forms...
so maybe prog is the catch all term for music that don't fit neatly anywhere else..
so it's a big bucket that catches the odd bands out
First off Prog was physically impossible until 1910 - that's a scientific fact.
Secondly the closest relative to Prog, melodically and harmonically is the double bass solo.
Thirdly the question "is it prog" is rarely answered directly, Zen/prog masters prefer to answer the question with another question...
"is it prog?"
"have you looked at your watch yet?"
"yes"
"then it is prog"