Harvesting Silliness
– Geoffrey O’Brien, in his always-a-pleasure-to-sample “Top Forty” chapter in Sonata for Jukebox, unveils prog’s secret history in certain forms of early rock silliness? Continue reading Harvesting Silliness
Category: Prog Rock
Silly Wars Cool Down
…it may well be true that Sgt. Pepper is more bound to a moment than in a lot of the Beatles’ earlier music. The postadolescent philosophizing and premusicianly jamming of some of this music sounds silly now. But if the energy of early rock and roll is bound up in the realization of personal autonomy, this music is about beginning to discover that autonomy carries … Continue reading Silly Wars Cool Down
Prog Wars Heat Up
Not one, not two, but three prog-lovin’ critics lace into Rob Sheffield’s New York Times review of Yes is the Answer (And Other Prog Rock Tales), a new critical anthology about prog rock edited by Marc Weingarten and Tyson Cornell. Check out Phil Freeman in Running the Voodoo Down, Rick Koster in The Day, and Glenn Kenny in Some Came Running. I actually agree with … Continue reading Prog Wars Heat Up
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