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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Not me. I like some old school rap though but not so much the newer stuff. I do like "newer" kinds of music though such as indie and some pop stuff. I also like alternative but that's hardly new anymore.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Not sure where people get these ideas from. Women want a guy who's not a wuss and not afraid to talk to them. They don't care what kind of music you listen to.
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micky
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older??? hmmm wonder if I am that... while I'm borderline old.... I once had one HELL of a weekend (think Angel Heart kind of sh*t man.. wow) with a Voodoo priestess while living down New Orleans way and was told I was a very old soul soon to finaly leave the earth... and while i often feel 80.. however I do have the mentality of a 14 year old so .. yeah man.. it balances out so i guess I am oldish
Like most anyone I tend to listen to what I like but have worked for many years usually with kids half my age.. usually supervising them at work and once they found out I was really into music they'd turn me on to stuff they liked.. and I'd do the same with stuff I liked. A nice give and take.. they rather liked my open-mindedness. My tastes obviously are much more inclined to modern progressive rock.. ie.. not modern prog rock.. but have never equated my tastes to being statements on quality. I've enjoyed much of what I have heard outside of modern progressive music. I'd never sit at home and listen to things like Hip Hop.. but it was fun to occasionally listen to at work with coworkers
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dougmcauliffe
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Here's a question, Are any of you older folks fans of newer genres of music, particularly Hip Hop (even if it isn't really new). I'm curious if anyone here listens to Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West or Childish Gambino etc.
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micky
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sounds like a support group thread here doesn't it... too scared to look at the pages of this.. easy answer and good advice from Dr. Big MIck..
ditch the prog.. and the women will come. Prog is for old farts who are already married for years and years and ain't getting any anymore
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Prog-jester
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Early 2000s though were not the best time to be a teenage prog fan - it was more common to be one back in the 70s or even 80s, and it's understandable now, with /mu/-culture and prog memes on Instagram. Back then though, especially in that industrial part of Ukraine...yeah, I still don't understand how that happened |
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Well, there certainly seems to be more prog fans in their 20's than in their 30's or 40's. I just turned 50 and not many people my age are into prog because they weren't exposed to it growing up (they are mostly into metal and rap).
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dougmcauliffe
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Almost there, 19
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softandwet
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I'm freshly 18 yo and discovered prog 2 years ago when I was 16. Needless to say that it became my favorite genre of all time. I started basically with ITCOTCK but soon got into more not so well-known styles such as RPI.
My love for prog was sealed when I heard SEBTP and CTTE for the first time (CCTE took me like 4 listens to get into but SEBTP was a one shot) and I continued with early Genesis, all the King Crimson discography, ELP etc, until I found VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR which was an absolute love at the first sight . I don't own any spotify account, I download mp3 or flac and I collect vinyls. On vinyl, I have bands such as : ELP, GENESIS, YES, KING CRIMSON, MIKE OLDFIELD, OSANNA, VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, WOBBLER, JETHRO TULL, MAGMA, PETER HAMMILL, ANGE and CAMEL. On mp3 I've downloaded : ELP, GENESIS, YES, KING CRIMSON, MIKE OLDFIELD, OSANNA, VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, WOBBLER, JETHRO TULL, MAGMA, PETER HAMMILL, Ange, CAMEL, PHIDEAUX, RUSH, JORDSJO, IL ROVESCIO DELLA MEDAGLIA, PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI, BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO, AREA, GENTLE GIANT, HARMONIUM, MUSEO ROSENBACH, LOCANDA DELLE FATE, PLAT DU JOUR, RENAISSANCE, RIVK WAKEMAN, STEVE HACKETT and ANGLAGARD. |
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Awesoreno
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I'm 22. My half birthday was two days ago. That is all.
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Sacro_Porgo
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I'm a prog fan in my 20s! Although that may be the first time I've ever acknowledged that being 21 constitutes being in my 20s, lol.
Rush and early Queen were my gateway drugs into becoming a serious prog fan (not that early Queen and Rush aren't prog, just that they're shared by the umbrella of classic rock which is what got me into music). From there it was Yes, Floyd, and Dream Theater, and later on Genesis, King Crimson, PFM, Jethro Tull, ELP and on and on. Anyway, hi! :)
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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glaswegians
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I'm in my 20s too! Obsessed with Camel's early streak of albums. Great tension, release, and ear for melody all around.
I 'discovered' Rush through Guitar Hero and grew to like them from that. But I also went through a phase in my teens where I was obsessed with Deep Purple - Machine Head. Not sure if it counts as prog, but the loads of ideas packed into each song and the great musicianship pulled me in Edited by glaswegians - June 27 2020 at 23:18 |
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Richey Edwards
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I am 29 and have liked Prog since I was about 15.
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BunBun
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Lol I see a pattern where I keep responding to your posts. Anyways, I am happy to say that I am into most of those groups. I'm a huge fan of Eloy, Triumvirat, Ange, PFM (my 3rd fav. group), Banco(own 8 of their best on vinyl including their newest release), Nektar. Just started listening to Greenslade about 2 weeks ago and now I'll need to hunt down their first LP. Happy the Man might be my fav. American prog group based on their first 2 LPs alone. Haven't heard of Grobschnitt and Earth and Fire, so now I'll need to listen to those at a certain point. Anyways, I didn't start out with any of those bands as I'm sure most didn't but thanks to this site I have gladly gotten into them.
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BunBun
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Mostly through streaming whether it's spotify or youtube. I mostly buy my music on vinyl though, and sometimes the occasional CD. I do like boxset CDs like the Flower Kings Kingdom of Coulours or Blue Effects complete collection. It's a nice space saver on the shelf lol.
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BunBun
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Yea, if a person is a prog fan then they tend to be up on not only the classics but also some of the newer groups despite their age. Also, it most definitely is their loss if they think these groups are just like other classic rock groups. I know some people hate using the term prog rock or progressive rock, but I think it is good because then it can help people discover more music in the vein of yes and genesis or whatever because I wouldn't know even an eighth of the groups I now know if it wasn't for this site.
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BunBun
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I know what you mean, I now listen to a good balance of new bands and music along with classics but it takes years to just get through some of the big classic bands but oh well, it's nice to know that there will always be new music to discover.
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Eria Tarka
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In my 20s, I like prog
Liked it when I was 15 too
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hugo1995
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You're right that most modern bands aren't as good as the classics (that's my opinion, it's probably a bit of rose tinted lenses though). This is my favorite album of all time and it came out in 2008, Swedish band making Symphonic Prog pretty much like Yes, but with Beach Boys styled 5 layer vocals. This album is considered the best album of the decade (2010s). It came out in 2018 and it is an excellent homage to classical 70s prog. |
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interests: Moon Safari, Gilgamesh, Egg, ELP, Soft Machine, Gong, Opeth (Everything pre watershed), Brighteye Brison, The Flower Kings
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Mirakaze
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Very often when progressive rock is mentioned on the internet or TV one will hear how the 1970s were the golden age and no new artists of note cropped up afterwards, so if anything it makes more sense to me that people who are new to the genre and want to explore its lesser known exponents would first gravitate towards bands from that era rather than bands who are currently active. Personally, I love Triumvirat, PFM and Happy The Man; I think Curved Air and Banco are okay; I don't really care about BJH, Eloy or Grobschnitt; I know of Strawbs, Nektar, Greenslade and Earth & Fire but haven't heard anything by them.
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