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The article does try in places to show that the terminology given to this music is now largely driven by authorities, academics and hindsight. I don't think it puts across that the name "Prog" didn't appear in general print till the 1980s, when it was largely used as a shorthand or a bit of a put down. In the 1960s, when it was actually happening, I never saw or heard it called anything other than "Progressive", except the early orchestral and psychedelic bits (driven largely by Keith Emerson and the Nice, and Pink Floyd)), which for a while was called "Underground", till after a few mins it wasn't underground at all, but out there getting extremely popular. It's a mistake (or a prejudice, which is mentioned in the article) to confuse "progressive" with "classical crossover". That was only ever one thread, as various keyboard players and others emerged from formal classical training and spotted that rock'n'roll was more fun, as well as being potentially a much better living. Bands like Jethro Tull, Traffic, Family, the Incredible String Band weren't "proto-prog" - they were the real thing, and highly influential - unless you only define "prog" as long widdly keyboard or guitar solos, and that was only ever one aspect of progressive music, and everyone knew that at the time. I am talking from the UK - the USA may have a different angle, but we got a lot of US music including the entire West Coast bundle, which might perhaps be called pre-progressive if anyone insists. But that would be a way of dissecting it looking backwards. What was going on at the time was ... various people got bored with doing straight pop or blues and learned other instruments - the Stones' Brian Jones being a main suspect - and brought what they found into rock and roll. Great stuff, a great time to be alive. [[Special:Contributions/212.159.59.41|212.159.59.41]] ([[User talk:212.159.59.41|talk]]) 14:30, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
:I wasn't there in the '60s but this is exactly the kind of impression I got. --[[User:Ilovetopaint|Ilovetopaint]] ([[User talk:Ilovetopaint|talk]]) 08:42, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
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