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@clearthinker

It’s my privilege not to enjoy much of this which is pretentious twaddle.

By the way Dr Sardonicus is not prog rock and I do like it.

Well, that’s great, since the vast majority of prog is not pretentious, nor is it twaddle.

Spirit - Dr. Sardonicus is categorized as progressive rock, and a crossover with prog and psych, by just about every music site out there. Wikipedia only has it listed as prog. But none of their other recordings are. Something must be different about this record... Wonder what it could be?

I get it, you don’t like the limited bands you think of as prog, but since you do like Dr. Sardonicus, it just couldn't be prog. Your confirmation bias would not allow that.

Sorry that your knowledge of prog is so limited, that it only allows a very small percentage of music designated as prog through your filter. And thus, by default, anything that does not quite fit your narrow view, cannot be prog.

Well, isn’t that convenient?

Once again, there are many subgenres of prog, most of which sound nothing like Yes, Genesis, ELP, or any of he other few bands you allow by your filter..

@simonmoon 

Thanks for filling me in on what seems to be a lifetime of progrock that none of use probably would have time to listen to.

I was there at the beginning in the late 60s and so figured as I didn't like it then I wouldn't like it now.

For those of us that haven't listened to (not enough lifetime) all the music available it does seem dangerous to me to categorise it so that people who find they don't like a category are likely to eschew it.  Also provokes argument about who's in a category and who isn''t.  Like we stumble on with Dr S - 'I like this Artist Y so he can't be X category'.

What about Marc Bolan?  He moved from progrock to glamrock - goodness, he knew his marketing as well as those three chords.  He released the same song six times and topped the chart with at least 4 of them.  I certainly have to say it was one helluva riff.  I'd like to have 12 inches of those but I'm not sure they pressed any.  Hot love to all.

@simonmoon 

Don't worry about the negative nancies. I listen to the few bands you listed as recent prog and really liked All traps on Earth A drop of light. More punch than the others in a zeul sort of way. Saw Magma live in Geneva Switzerland around 1972, a concert that left the 500 people in the auditorium completely spent, literally laying flat on their seats. 

Anyhow I found a CD of ATOE on discogs and bought it. Thank you. 

Too many. Can’t decide. 

So many good ones already listed. 

I'd add  ELP Trilogy