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Путеводитель по лучшему (и немного - по худшему) прог-року от Джейсона Хеллера
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A guide to the best (and a bit of the worst) of prog rock
by Jason Heller Primer is The A.V. Club’s ongoing series of beginners’ guides to pop culture’s most notable subjects: filmmakers, music styles, literary genres, and whatever else interests us—and hopefully you. This installment: progressive rock.
Progressive Rock 101 "Roll over Beethoven,” sang Chuck Berry in 1956. His hit song of the same name called for the overthrow of classical music in favor of the rock ’n’ roll revolution Berry helped rally. It took just 15 years for rock to turn against its founders; by the early ’70s, progressive rock was in full bloom. Prog embraced many tropes of classical music—and at times even incorporated the work of Beethoven and his ilk—into its unconventional scales, tricky signatures, ornate arrangements, and nerdy subject matter. It also brought a reserved and rarified air to rock, something that had been conceived as raw, rebellious party music. Dancing to 20-minute, multi-movement epics played in 9/8 time, however, was out of the question. Prog wasn’t designed to move the body, but to relocate the brain.
