JW> I going to be moderator here because I'm the only one on
JW> here how know's what the hell Progressive Rock really is and what the
JW> heck it really means! Progressive Rock is not just rock its Art Rock
JW> like Early Genesis,Classical Rock Like Renaissance, Progressive Rock is
JW> just ROCK that evolved in the 70's from  simple music form valuing
JW> emotions and attitude,to an elaborate form able to incorporate involved
JW> compositional structures and sophisticated melodic,rhythmic,and harminic
JW> elements.Progressive Rock has two prerequisites:Intelligence and musical
JW> sophistication deticated by bands who still champion the old-fashioned
JW> ideals of beauty,lyricism,and grandeur in art.In the craft of
JW> Progressive Rock it does not simply mean new or different.
Exactly -- you have described the MUSIC that is Prog-Rock. It is the
MUSIC that either is or is not Prog-Rock -- not the artist who cerates
it. To assume that only a Prog-Rocker can create Prog-Rock, and that any
music recorded by someone who is not a Prog-Rocker can not be Prog-Rock
is utter foolishness. Likewise, if someone who specializes in Prog-Rock
were to explore new musical forms and create a piece of music that
didn't sound like Prog-Rock, then that work of music would not be
Prog-Rock.
One of the most entertaining works of Prog-Rock I've been listening to
lately is the song "Don't Let it Show", written by Marty Woolfson and
Alan Parsons. The version I've been listening to is the cover of the
Alan Parson's Project original that was recorded by Pat Benatar on her
debut album. The opening passage is played on a guitar instead of organ,
and Benatar had not yet abandoned her classical operatic training, so
her vocals had the tonal qualities of a coloratura.
Pat Benatar does not have a reputation as a Prog-Rocker. She's a Major
Babe, yes, but not a Prog-Rocker. Yet that cover of a Prog-Rock song
from "I, Robot" (and don't try to tell me that the Alan Parsons Project
isn't Prog-Rock) is every bit as much a hidden Prog-Rock treasure worthy
to discuss and to tell other Prog-Rock fans about as some obscure
European band who's music is only available in out-of-the-way shops in
Paris.
Actually, there was one other rendition of that song that was also
better than the original, though not as good as Benatar's cover. It was
performed live by Christine Ebersole on Saturday Night Live in 1981.
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