What is prog?

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    >>I need your help on something. I am trying to organize my CD collection
    >>(only about 250 strong right now...) by style, and I don't know what exactly
    >>to classify as Prog (my largest style, by the way, with about 60).
    >
    >I'd say this: Unless you say to yourself "I'm in the mood to listen to
    >some prog right now" then don't really bother organizing by genre. If you
    >do get in the mood for prog, then build the section as the mood strikes
    >you. Since it's your CD collection, your opinion on what is prog should
    >count. If you don't hear a band as prog, then putting them in prog isn't
    >going to help you find the music you want to listen to any easier.
    >
    >Unless, of course, the object is to open a record store or impress visitors
    >as to how much prog you have in your collection... Then you might have to
    >take other opinions into account.
    >

            I agree. Similar to the old science fiction definition: You
    know somethings Prog when you hear it and think "that's Prog". :-)

                                    Steve



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