Funny Ways: Your Unusual Prog Opinions

Lewa wrote: Hi. Could you perhaps recommend a clean vocals Opeth album? I didn't even know they had them and might give them another chance.

Because I never read about music, only listened to it, I always assumed the lyrics to Yes songs (not all of which were written by Anderson, btw) were perfectly comprehensible and have always treated them as such. They never sounded like gibberish to me.

andreol263 wrote: Another unsual opinion,I prefer The Division Bell than DSOM and WYWH

at least you didn't say AMLoR That would have raised a few eyebrows..

yeah but .. that ....oh... just leave it alone Micky...

micky wrote: emigre80 wrote: I really want to like Rush, and would do so if the vocals weren't so damn annoying.  I do like a few songs here and there (Limelight, for example) but it's in spite of the singing, not because of it.  I do wonder what they would sound like had they kept the band exactly as it is but added a singer who didn't make me cringe every time he/she opened his/her mouth. why dear... it wouldn't have been Rush.  Plenty of bands had chops... what set Rush apart were the grade school philosophy for dummies (and Rush fan) lyrics.. but in the end they eventually become endearing. who says Prog can not have humor.. even if not exactly what was intended to be funny... then there is Geddy's voice... I couldn't imagine Rush being Rush.. or really all that notable to be honest without the great shrieking elf himself.  Character man.. it is all about character..

And if we're being honest, most Rushies I knew made fun of Geddy's voice constantly, especially on the LPs where it's really bad like Fly by Night or 2112 .

ginodi wrote: --still think Roger Waters made Pink Floyd a great band. Hell with his tendencies.

Hear, hear.

A great album and artist, commonly, is one that strongly divides opinion. Some may feel revulsion whereas others will feel exultation. Many will be apathetic, but they don't count since they keep pretty quiet. This may lead to great one page plus battles of words in forums, can end friendships, may lead to locked threads, or may lead to the combatants leaving the site momentarily in frustration or out of bloody boredom to go get a snack and watch some sc-fi instead. They will come back, but only to post "body jello shots" and "ST:WoK" (the epic cooking with Ricardo Montalban and Steve Hillage feature) while painfully ignoring the battle that they had been so wounded by, or mildly annoyed by. Or in some causes plotting their revenge, "Khannnn".

-I greatly dislike any prog that tends to add uplifting morals to music (this seems to be more of a modern trend), it usually comes off as quite cheesy.

Atavachron wrote: micky wrote: emigre80 wrote: I really want to like Rush, and would do so if the vocals weren't so damn annoying.  I do like a few songs here and there (Limelight, for example) but it's in spite of the singing, not because of it.  I do wonder what they would sound like had they kept the band exactly as it is but added a singer who didn't make me cringe every time he/she opened his/her mouth. why dear... it wouldn't have been Rush.  Plenty of bands had chops... what set Rush apart were the grade school philosophy for dummies (and Rush fan) lyrics.. but in the end they eventually become endearing. who says Prog can not have humor.. even if not exactly what was intended to be funny... then there is Geddy's voice... I couldn't imagine Rush being Rush.. or really all that notable to be honest without the great shrieking elf himself.  Character man.. it is all about character.. And if we're being honest, most Rushies I knew made fun of Geddy's voice constantly, especially on the LPs where it's really bad like Fly by Night or 2112 .

oh for sure.. as I said.. there is humor in prog.. the best kind is the unintended kind.  Geddy's vocals ARE Rush. Without those they are 3 good instrumentalists and one piss poor lyricist...

Rush is a ...well... it is  like a perverse version of Yes. I can't listen to it without having a smile on my face.