u/slicehyperfunk

I'm sick of losing Pro Shopper through no fault of my own just because the store is out of something.

I've always felt that progressive rock musicians were some of the most obsessively curious artists in modern music.

Not just obsessed with music itself, but with everything around it: history, mythology, literature, philosophy, science, nature, human behavior, and the entire human experience.

There was something almost Renaissance-like about the way many of them approached art. They seemed like poets, scholars, naturalists, and historians who somehow ended up with electric guitars, synthesizers, and drum kits.

And honestly, sometimes their obsession bordered on the unreasonable. The amount of time and energy they were willing to spend developing a single idea almost feels irrational. Spending weeks or months refining a transition, building a concept, studying a subject, creating an atmosphere that many listeners might not even notice.

But that's exactly what makes it fascinating.

They weren't just trying to write complex songs. They were trying to understand things. They wanted to explore war, humanity, spirituality, nature, dreams, technology, and existence itself through music.

A lot of those records feel less like albums and more like the work of people completely consumed by curiosity. Almost like they couldn't stop learning, creating, and connecting ideas.

Maybe that's the most unique thing about classic prog: the music doesn't only sound ambitious. It sounds like it was made by people who were genuinely amazed by the world.