Society of the Progressive Era The Birth of Rock Progressive was not a casual nor isolated, but the consistent product of a musical and social developments, of the late 60's, which allowed for the first time this kind of artistic expression in popular music. In fact, the Progressive Rock era coincides with the death of innocence and the summer of love. The system used two weapons against the hippy generation and dangerous summer of love, first sold drugs as a counter-cultural to destroy the movement from within, on the other the publicity given to the case of Charles Manson, murderer related the Rock (as seen in the chapter in March Manson) guilty of the brutal murder of actress Sharon Tate, to discredit and attack from outside. Then the media related to the Manson family to the dangerous amorality of California rockers young and his "rebel music." It was the end of the hippy innocence. Black legend that accompanied the Rock in the 70 and 80 (still reminiscent of the case observed in the Reagan-era restrictions), overshadowing their achievements but also helping to mature music. Most formal difference of 70 Rock is the diversification of styles. Gender became almost a banner for public and artists, and so were born the Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Southern Rock, Progressive Rock, the AOR (Adult Oriented Rock), the Punk ... And no gender of 70 represents more clearly the continuation of the musicians of the 60 as Progressive Rock. They were a group of musicians who refused to surrender to the new pressures have arisen in the twilight of summer of love.
Progressive Rock's history is closely related to the art school and the first communes, cultural hotbeds where many of these talents emerge. In some ways the concept of Progressive Rock is one of the most revolutionary who dared to face in popular music history. It was an attempt to level musically obsolete from its base classes firmer culture. No surprisingly, from its origins claim to be progressive rock music made with the brain and the brain, an intellectual music (as opposed to blues that refers directly to another organ ... prosaic) arising from academic to social reality meet a new music, rock'n'roll, or better yet, the young rockers to assault the art academies. Unlike psychedelia, prog is not directly related to drug use. For the first time the imagination and wanting to look further into the Rock did not look conditioned hallucinogenic substances ... which was a triumph for human freedom and creativity. The new style meant an assault on what was considered commercial at the time, the artists thought first for a short period of artistic creation to the economic, challenged with its long duration to radio stations and its themes, complex and convoluted , raised the listener with the difficult task of thinking beyond what is established. Progressive rock was not only a revolution as a concept or formal variations offered against the traditional view of popular music, often also introduced social criticism. The musical results were varied but all shared a style of composition that allowed this music sounds mutate into highly different. And in the way of his experimental rock would progress. In addition, the music itself and the society would be transformed by a prodigious musical kaleidoscope that would never be repeated. From this point of view is more progressive rock style that it is a revolutionary era of musicians that changed society.
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