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Is it something to do with artistic integrity? Kate was never -to my mind a self publicist or simply in it to get a hit record. So much of music today is a result of 'Music Industry' rather than music.

To my mind Prog. Rock artists have that artisitc focus which results in music which is instantly recognisable, unique and bucks the trend of the traditional 3 minute pop song either in the music or in the concept.

That's not to say that such artists don't dabble in the 'pop' genre once in a while, but even there they tend to expereiment with sound or format in a way that makes them different and therefore interesting. I'll never forget the first time I heard 'Running up that Hill' on the radio - I quite simply had never heard anything like it before even though it was in the charts at the time.

Prog. artists tend to write music which makes sense musically and does not adhere to traditional formats - hence albums which have tracks ranging from 3 minutes to 30 minutes in some cases (Mike Oldfield being a good example here). It is the music which is at the heart of their work and if people like it then great and if not ....so be it.

Thank goodness there are still plenty of musicians out there who have their integrity intact!!!