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Progressive Rock Reconsidered

Progressive Rock Reconsidered

Edited ByKevin Holm-Hudson
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2001
eBook Published 18 October 2013
Pub. location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781315054230
Pages 304 pages
eBook ISBN 9781135710224
SubjectsArts
KeywordsProgressive Rock, Emerson Lake, Math Rock, King Crimson, Velvet Underground
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Holm-Hudson, K. (Ed.). (2002). Progressive Rock Reconsidered. New York: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315054230
ABOUT THIS BOOK

In this book, the glory days of progressive rock are relived in a series of insightful essays about the key bands, songwriters and songs that made prog-rock such an innovative style.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
Introduction
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 1: History and Context
chapter 1|22 pages
Progressive Rock and the Inversion of Musical Values
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
The "American Metaphysical Circus" of Joseph Byrd's United States of America
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 2: Analytical Perspectives
chapter 3|26 pages
Pink Floyd's "Careful with That Axe, Eugene": Toward a Theory of Textural Rhythm in Early Progressive Rock
View abstract
chapter 4|20 pages
Progressive Rock As Text: The Lyrics of Roger Waters
View abstract
chapter 5|10 pages
A Promise Deferred: Multiply Directed Time and Thematic Transformation in Emerson Lake and Palmer's "Trilogy"
View abstract
chapter 6|22 pages
King Crimson's Larks' Tongues in Aspic: A Case of Convergent Evolution
View abstract
chapter 7|24 pages
Tales of Change Within the Sound: Form, Lyrics, and Philosophy in the Music of Yes
View abstract
chapter 8|16 pages
Precarious Pleasures: Situating "Close to the Edge" in Conflicting Male Desires
View abstract
chapter 9|36 pages
"Let Them all Make Their Own Music": Individualism, Rush, and the Progressive / Hard Rock Alloy, 1976–77
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 3: "Don't Dane Call Us 'Progressive'": "Post-Prog" and Other Legacies
chapter 10|22 pages
Somebody is Digging My Bones: King Crimson's "Dinosaur" as (Post)Progressive Historiography
View abstract
chapter 11|18 pages
How Alternative Turned Progressive: The Strange Case of Math Rock
View abstract

In this book, the glory days of progressive rock are relived in a series of insightful essays about the key bands, songwriters and songs that made prog-rock such an innovative style.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
Introduction
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 1: History and Context
chapter 1|22 pages
Progressive Rock and the Inversion of Musical Values
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
The "American Metaphysical Circus" of Joseph Byrd's United States of America
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 2: Analytical Perspectives
chapter 3|26 pages
Pink Floyd's "Careful with That Axe, Eugene": Toward a Theory of Textural Rhythm in Early Progressive Rock
View abstract
chapter 4|20 pages
Progressive Rock As Text: The Lyrics of Roger Waters
View abstract
chapter 5|10 pages
A Promise Deferred: Multiply Directed Time and Thematic Transformation in Emerson Lake and Palmer's "Trilogy"
View abstract
chapter 6|22 pages
King Crimson's Larks' Tongues in Aspic: A Case of Convergent Evolution
View abstract
chapter 7|24 pages
Tales of Change Within the Sound: Form, Lyrics, and Philosophy in the Music of Yes
View abstract
chapter 8|16 pages
Precarious Pleasures: Situating "Close to the Edge" in Conflicting Male Desires
View abstract
chapter 9|36 pages
"Let Them all Make Their Own Music": Individualism, Rush, and the Progressive / Hard Rock Alloy, 1976–77
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 3: "Don't Dane Call Us 'Progressive'": "Post-Prog" and Other Legacies
chapter 10|22 pages
Somebody is Digging My Bones: King Crimson's "Dinosaur" as (Post)Progressive Historiography
View abstract
chapter 11|18 pages
How Alternative Turned Progressive: The Strange Case of Math Rock
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

In this book, the glory days of progressive rock are relived in a series of insightful essays about the key bands, songwriters and songs that made prog-rock such an innovative style.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
Introduction
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 1: History and Context
chapter 1|22 pages
Progressive Rock and the Inversion of Musical Values
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
The "American Metaphysical Circus" of Joseph Byrd's United States of America
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 2: Analytical Perspectives
chapter 3|26 pages
Pink Floyd's "Careful with That Axe, Eugene": Toward a Theory of Textural Rhythm in Early Progressive Rock
View abstract
chapter 4|20 pages
Progressive Rock As Text: The Lyrics of Roger Waters
View abstract
chapter 5|10 pages
A Promise Deferred: Multiply Directed Time and Thematic Transformation in Emerson Lake and Palmer's "Trilogy"
View abstract
chapter 6|22 pages
King Crimson's Larks' Tongues in Aspic: A Case of Convergent Evolution
View abstract
chapter 7|24 pages
Tales of Change Within the Sound: Form, Lyrics, and Philosophy in the Music of Yes
View abstract
chapter 8|16 pages
Precarious Pleasures: Situating "Close to the Edge" in Conflicting Male Desires
View abstract
chapter 9|36 pages
"Let Them all Make Their Own Music": Individualism, Rush, and the Progressive / Hard Rock Alloy, 1976–77
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 3: "Don't Dane Call Us 'Progressive'": "Post-Prog" and Other Legacies
chapter 10|22 pages
Somebody is Digging My Bones: King Crimson's "Dinosaur" as (Post)Progressive Historiography
View abstract
chapter 11|18 pages
How Alternative Turned Progressive: The Strange Case of Math Rock
View abstract

In this book, the glory days of progressive rock are relived in a series of insightful essays about the key bands, songwriters and songs that made prog-rock such an innovative style.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
Introduction
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 1: History and Context
chapter 1|22 pages
Progressive Rock and the Inversion of Musical Values
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
The "American Metaphysical Circus" of Joseph Byrd's United States of America
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 2: Analytical Perspectives
chapter 3|26 pages
Pink Floyd's "Careful with That Axe, Eugene": Toward a Theory of Textural Rhythm in Early Progressive Rock
View abstract
chapter 4|20 pages
Progressive Rock As Text: The Lyrics of Roger Waters
View abstract
chapter 5|10 pages
A Promise Deferred: Multiply Directed Time and Thematic Transformation in Emerson Lake and Palmer's "Trilogy"
View abstract
chapter 6|22 pages
King Crimson's Larks' Tongues in Aspic: A Case of Convergent Evolution
View abstract
chapter 7|24 pages
Tales of Change Within the Sound: Form, Lyrics, and Philosophy in the Music of Yes
View abstract
chapter 8|16 pages
Precarious Pleasures: Situating "Close to the Edge" in Conflicting Male Desires
View abstract
chapter 9|36 pages
"Let Them all Make Their Own Music": Individualism, Rush, and the Progressive / Hard Rock Alloy, 1976–77
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 3: "Don't Dane Call Us 'Progressive'": "Post-Prog" and Other Legacies
chapter 10|22 pages
Somebody is Digging My Bones: King Crimson's "Dinosaur" as (Post)Progressive Historiography
View abstract
chapter 11|18 pages
How Alternative Turned Progressive: The Strange Case of Math Rock
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

In this book, the glory days of progressive rock are relived in a series of insightful essays about the key bands, songwriters and songs that made prog-rock such an innovative style.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
Introduction
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 1: History and Context
chapter 1|22 pages
Progressive Rock and the Inversion of Musical Values
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
The "American Metaphysical Circus" of Joseph Byrd's United States of America
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 2: Analytical Perspectives
chapter 3|26 pages
Pink Floyd's "Careful with That Axe, Eugene": Toward a Theory of Textural Rhythm in Early Progressive Rock
View abstract
chapter 4|20 pages
Progressive Rock As Text: The Lyrics of Roger Waters
View abstract
chapter 5|10 pages
A Promise Deferred: Multiply Directed Time and Thematic Transformation in Emerson Lake and Palmer's "Trilogy"
View abstract
chapter 6|22 pages
King Crimson's Larks' Tongues in Aspic: A Case of Convergent Evolution
View abstract
chapter 7|24 pages
Tales of Change Within the Sound: Form, Lyrics, and Philosophy in the Music of Yes
View abstract
chapter 8|16 pages
Precarious Pleasures: Situating "Close to the Edge" in Conflicting Male Desires
View abstract
chapter 9|36 pages
"Let Them all Make Their Own Music": Individualism, Rush, and the Progressive / Hard Rock Alloy, 1976–77
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 3: "Don't Dane Call Us 'Progressive'": "Post-Prog" and Other Legacies
chapter 10|22 pages
Somebody is Digging My Bones: King Crimson's "Dinosaur" as (Post)Progressive Historiography
View abstract
chapter 11|18 pages
How Alternative Turned Progressive: The Strange Case of Math Rock
View abstract

In this book, the glory days of progressive rock are relived in a series of insightful essays about the key bands, songwriters and songs that made prog-rock such an innovative style.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
Introduction
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 1: History and Context
chapter 1|22 pages
Progressive Rock and the Inversion of Musical Values
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
The "American Metaphysical Circus" of Joseph Byrd's United States of America
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 2: Analytical Perspectives
chapter 3|26 pages
Pink Floyd's "Careful with That Axe, Eugene": Toward a Theory of Textural Rhythm in Early Progressive Rock
View abstract
chapter 4|20 pages
Progressive Rock As Text: The Lyrics of Roger Waters
View abstract
chapter 5|10 pages
A Promise Deferred: Multiply Directed Time and Thematic Transformation in Emerson Lake and Palmer's "Trilogy"
View abstract
chapter 6|22 pages
King Crimson's Larks' Tongues in Aspic: A Case of Convergent Evolution
View abstract
chapter 7|24 pages
Tales of Change Within the Sound: Form, Lyrics, and Philosophy in the Music of Yes
View abstract
chapter 8|16 pages
Precarious Pleasures: Situating "Close to the Edge" in Conflicting Male Desires
View abstract
chapter 9|36 pages
"Let Them all Make Their Own Music": Individualism, Rush, and the Progressive / Hard Rock Alloy, 1976–77
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part 3: "Don't Dane Call Us 'Progressive'": "Post-Prog" and Other Legacies
chapter 10|22 pages
Somebody is Digging My Bones: King Crimson's "Dinosaur" as (Post)Progressive Historiography
View abstract
chapter 11|18 pages
How Alternative Turned Progressive: The Strange Case of Math Rock
View abstract
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