Prog Pride @40

1976-77 was the end of prog and the beginning of punk, but we didn't see it that way at the time. The philosophical positions of all music of that era are probably more aligned than we think or at the least, orthogonal or symmetrical, not diametrical. It was less intergenerational then, and now more so because of remix, as genres are all available for mashups, and mashups of the mashups, now with AI.

Prog included "music" per se (inspired by the musical elements of blues and jazz) while punk left most of it out by railing against the "pretentious" conceits of the art form, like jazzy changes and long solos and made three chords a kind of dogma. Historically they exist in the same room, but Sex Pistols fans who preferred the Barrett-era Floyd, dissed the Gilmour-era, at least publicly. Those same fans, almost in their 60s, might be privately playing it all the time, along with jazz tunes, as well as disco and its many descendants--that were ironically the target for proggers when they blew up their records with glee in 1979 at the Disco Demolition. All this you can get away with under headphones with impunity.

If the song you were playing displayed on your forehead, people would carefully curate their playlists, then go into private mode and play "I Feel Love", which undoubtedly was in the Demolition, yet has been since immortalized. I'd be fine with "I Feel Love" on my forehead. Which titles would you be proud to wear?