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    Posted: November 30 2015 at 08:31
^^ Now that you mention it, it was embarrasing when I played some songs for other friends and it had strange or dirty lyrics, but I never noticed before since I generally don't pay attention to lyrics. I don't remember which ones, so it will probably happen again someday Tongue I do recall some strange reactions to Mike Oldfield's Punkadiddle LOL
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

I'm never embarrassed by my tastes, but I do know what to put on if I want to clear my house of visitors, and it's usually some sought of prog. Gentle Giant is good for getting a laugh out of people. Zappa and Mars Volta good for getting everyone to f**k off.



I don't often play Zappa in the house when there's other people around - hearing "ram it up your poop chute" coming from the speakers can be a tad embarrassing.
VdGG is another one I don't play much as my wife normally says "what the hell is that you're playing now?" when it comes on.


Speaking of Broken Hearts are for a*******, once in math class I was about to listen to Sheik Yerbouti cause I was bored. But then a pretty and sweet girl came and sat with me, and knowing some of the songs on that album and that I knew she would ask me what I'm listening to, I turned it off just in time.
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

I'm never embarrassed by my tastes, but I do know what to put on if I want to clear my house of visitors, and it's usually some sought of prog. Gentle Giant is good for getting a laugh out of people. Zappa and Mars Volta good for getting everyone to f**k off.
I don't often play Zappa in the house when there's other people around - hearing "ram it up your poop chute" coming from the speakers can be a tad embarrassing.
VdGG is another one I don't play much as my wife normally says "what the hell is that you're playing now?" when it comes on.
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Originally posted by condor condor wrote:

...showing to your friends
 


my friends know I listen to all sorts of music, they don't care, and I have often been the person they get to listen some new music. When I have a gathering at my place, I will definitely play something that up their alley.


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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ Depends which 3 ??
I have Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's and Mystery Tour, (and Abbey Road and Hey Jude on cassette tapes) and that's more than enough, but I wouldn't be embarrassed by it. I'm embarrassed I have NEVER heard the White Album before.............


All bought by my wife....Red and Blue album also Sgt Pepper. I've never played them in full, she thought they would be worth a lot of money. LOL
I'm not embarrassed I have not heard any on purpose....I have better things to do, like watch grass grow in the desert or better yet watch my phone recharge on my desk. ClapLOL
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Well.....I usually don't play my music for anyone other than my friends who are into good music to begin with so I have never been embarrassed per se. But I did try to turn my son-in-law onto some prog bands a while back and he simply didn't get or like Jethro Tull at all which left me a little perplexed and disappointed.
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I love Roxette! (and I am not embarrassed)
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There was a period basically throughout high school when I was concerned about how cool my music was. I would have made mixed tapes that left out tracks such as More Fool Me, but being 49 y.o. now, I go pretty well unaffected by any non-Progfan opinions.
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Points: 17514 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2015 at 22:39
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ Depends which 3 ??
I have Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's and Mystery Tour, (and Abbey Road and Hey Jude on cassette tapes) and that's more than enough, but I wouldn't be embarrassed by it. I'm embarrassed I have NEVER heard the White Album before.............

All bought by my wife....Red and Blue album also Sgt Pepper. I've never played them in full, she thought they would be worth a lot of money. LOL
I'm not embarrassed I have not heard any on purpose....I have better things to do, like watch grass grow in the desert or better yet watch my phone recharge on my desk. ClapLOL


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I once tried to get an old girlfriend to listen to a PFM compilation. She was heavily into Led Zeppelin, so you can imagine there were a lot of giggles. Also, have tried to turn on a friend or two through the years to Maxophone but ultimately came away empty handed as they thought the harmonies and such were a little twee. Shucks!
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

That's great !! I'm not special at all - why would you even say that ??[/QUOTE]
 
actually, admitting you're a Kajagoogoo fan on a prog site makes you pretty damn special - and I mean that as a compliment. 
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^ Depends which 3 ??
I have Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's and Mystery Tour, (and Abbey Road and Hey Jude on cassette tapes) and that's more than enough, but I wouldn't be embarrassed by it. I'm embarrassed I have NEVER heard the White Album before.............
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I'm embarrassed when I have to explain why I have 3 Beatles albums...Dead
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Points: 15916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2015 at 19:16
Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

Could you repeat this eye to eye ? LOL
Hush hush, is all I can say..........but listen to Beggs' bass....... regardless of the hit 80's anthem of sorts, is musically ambitious and rather complicated...........you don't see many (if any) cover bands playing Too Shy.........because it's Too Hard. Period.

 
I have Too Shy on my iPod. So don't make out like you're so special.
That's great !! I'm not special at all - why would you even say that ?? I enjoy variety in my music, just most folks tend to laugh at the thought of 'Goo. They have their place in the music scene and I love what they do and how they do it.
I wish I was special, but I'm, well, quite lame actually........
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For years I have played prog loudly and proudly at our engineers office. Once I played Canto di Primavera from Banco and printed the lyrics  for everyone and everyone was singing lol
All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Points: 1774 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2015 at 15:21
I haven't felt embarrassed about showing music to friends, although I guess it helps that a lot of them share my tastes. 
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MTV back in the day ruled man..  though MTV did ruin a few bands. Most tragic was ZZ Top. That was one red hot smokin band once. The most famous being *ahem* Aerosmith. Talk about a band that needed less MTV exposure and more drugs and booze...
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

I shouldn't talk too loudly... I don't have a single Culture Club album. I use youtube to itch the Culture Club scratch.  Rare as it might be. Not out of embarrassment though. Great group for what they were. I got rid of my Culture Club albums, and many many others,  during the great beer money CD purges of the early 90's.


The only thing I remember from TCC was the Do You Want To Hurt Me MTV video... I was so disgusted (but by MTV in general) that I never paid attention to  them again . I don't even have an idea how many albums they made at all.
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I shouldn't talk too loudly... I don't have a single Culture Club album. I use youtube to itch the Culture Club scratch.  Rare as it might be. Not out of embarrassment though. Great group for what they were. I got rid of my Culture Club albums, and many many others,  during the great beer money CD purges of the early 90's.
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I also own a copy of Culture Club's greatest hits. 
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