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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
All that **** going on isn't intesting, its movement for the sake of function, its robotic, it moves in directions because it should, because thats how the music goes. Theres no art to it. Prog music mostly walks or dirves, and when it drives it stays the speed limit, changing lanes only when signaling and always with a seat belt on.
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You obviously don't know the slighest f*cking thing about prog.
Aside from having stolen that comment from pretentious Pitchfork reviews 101, everything you just said is about as well informed as Michael Savages opinions on foreign affairs... I'll gladly disect your words as they are simply begging for criticism.
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its movement for the sake of function
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You don't even know what music is do you? It
is movement for the sake of function. Its organized sound that is composed in 3 ways (Melody, Harmony and Rhythm), there is absolutely nothing else music
needs to be, and if you think there is you're a fool. Thinking that music needs "feeling, passion, emotion" and a whole bunch of other completely subjective, immeasurable bullsh*t is just a poor way of justifying your ignorance.
I take it that what you mean by this is that if a band actually knows how to read sheet music, and they play what they read, it's robotic... Not all music has to be f*cking careless half written, half performed punk rock anthems with badly out of tuned guitars, some music is just programed, like classical and electronica, but prog of course puts a lot of emphasis on improvisation, so once again you don't even have the slightest idea what you are talking about.
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it moves in directions because it should, because thats how the music goes.
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So if music functions like music, it sucks?
There is art in everything, just because you don't like it dosen't mean it isn't art, I think Jackson Pollock is the worst painter of all time, but I can't deny the fact that he is an artist, so don't tell me George Seurat wasn't an artist just because he had the audacity to actually apply technical know-how and discipline to his work.
Clearly we have very different preferences in art... You prefer music that suggests modernism and absract expressionism (which I dispise, but wont deny as an art form) where no discipline and just a vague understanding of the painting process is required while I prefer music that suggests impressionism and post-impressionism where at least some discipline and craftsmanship is key... The main difference here is I only talk about my preference and bands I think are either good or bad regardless of their genre, because I don't think a genre determines weither a band will be good or not. You talk about a whole bunch of unnecessary restrictions and what music
should and
shouldn't be... But in reality there is nothing that music needs other than the 3 things that make the basis for all music theory, which is Melody, Harmony and Rhythm.
Its really funny, you're giving out all these made up rules that need to be followed in order to make "good" music, but at the same time praise forms of music like punk for not following the rules... Pretty hypocritical if you ask me.
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Prog music mostly walks or dirves, and when it drives it stays the speed limit, changing lanes only when signaling and always with a seat belt on.
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Horrible analogy... You're implying that we should all disobey traffic laws. What are you, an anarchist?