OFF: What is progressive ?

[Troy Harris]

On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Paul G Ward wrote:

> On  6 Feb 97 at 23:02, William Duffy wrote:
>
> > Here in West Australia, what used to be regarded as progressive rock is now lumped into
> > the New Age CD racks. Not only that, I am sure the people running the store have never
> > heard them. They just look at the covers, and then decide by what it looks like. i.e.
> > Robert Fripp's "Exposure" is in among all the relaxation CD's. One shop even had The
> > Pogues under Heavy Metal.
>
> Eastern Oz is just as bad ..... why does everyone put Marillion in
> the Heavy Metal section for chrissake?!!

 Probably because it would not be good to have a "f***ed-up almost
hippies" section in your record store.  :)

  Troy