What makes people find Prog boring?

emigre80 wrote: Polymorphia wrote: Pastmaster wrote: emigre80 wrote: Polymorphia wrote: Pastmaster wrote: [QUOTE=TheRollingOrange][QUOTE=Gerinski]Most women like it long, except when it comes to songs  can we please kill the myth that women doesn't like prog? prog is for everyone. Agreed, agreed, agreed. Why is it quoting me when I didn't say that?  And why am I in that quote pyramid?   Can people stop asking me difficult questions when I am at work?

Here's one: what makes people find hydraulic earth drills boring?

What makes people find Prog boring?

I would like to add a cast iron reason....

Wading through a (thus far) 28 page discourse about why people find Prog boring..............

zravkapt wrote: lazland wrote: What makes people find Prog boring? I would like to add a cast iron reason.... Wading through a (thus far) 28 page discourse about why people find Prog boring.............. ....in a thread started in 2009!

This. One thousand times this.

The Sleepwalker wrote: The thing that annoys me is that people who don't like prog, say it's because prog is boring. Even prog that had mainstream succes is said to be boring, for example Pink Floyd. I can't understand why people say prog is boring, as I find acts as VDGG, Genesis and Porcupine Tree anything from boring. I can understand people calling music boring when the music is quiet and soft... but lots of pop and R 'n B also is very soft, and that is not said to be boring.  This can't be a matter of tastes. I am, for example, not a fan of rap, but for disliking it I don't find it boring. Same thing with other styles of modern music, like modern pop and dance. That music does not entertain me, but I don't think it's boring at all. My question here is: what makes people find progressive music a boring form of music?

Probably has more to do with the year they were born.  Youth are interested in fitting in and being popular and easily influenced.  Good for you that you don't follow the sheepish herd mentality of your peers.

There are so many reasons why progressive rock has lost it's popular fan base.  I am sure there are endless threads about it here.  But generally speaking, computers have made it too easy to make complicated sounding music with little talent, so it doesn't impress most in a real way. 

With some of the bands you mentioned, they didn't use computers.  I refuse to listen to music made on computers.  That's how I deal with it.

My opinion on this matter is that is it all about ATTENTION SPAN!!

Prog is more for music listeners that have patience and have a keen ear for detail. Music for us proggers is not just to sound great of course, but to challenge us....make us think not only to what is being played/heard at the time but the lyrics as well add an incredible immersion. You do not find this in some flavor of the week pop track or a lot of today's commercial music.
I find that a lot of people I know in my life don't really like to listen to music that makes them think. Getting someone to listen to a 10min track is like pulling teeth.

I am just glad I am who I am. ;)

Discoverd what I've discovered. People who don't like prog it's simply their loss.
Can't do anything to help them.

progbethyname wrote: Discoverd what I've discovered. People who don't like prog it's simply their loss. Can't do anything to help them.

Well, what may sound like bubblegum to you may sound magical or personal etc to somebody else.  I know people who feel overwhelmed by Let it Go.   So there you are.

moshkito wrote: I actually would not mind a few responses, but they were all in jest and silly ... and that kinda shows that in the end, we're not intelligent enough to even discuss the merits of the left bollock of Genghis Khan!

Edited by The Dark Elf - March 21 2015 at 10:01

It's a bit like asking why a person doesn't like the taste of shrimp or prime rib...TASTE. That may sound condescending but I mean everyone has their own tastes and we can't all be expected to like everything. There's a ton of music on the radio that would classify as "boring" (I only listen to radio when my morning alarm goes off and never else except for CBC Radio 1 in the car occasionally) but I could ague that some of it is still 'good'. It's just that I can't stand to hear it over and over.

As an example, the first time I heard "Shake it off" by Taylor Swift I thought it was a catchy, well produced tune. I had no idea at the time who it was as I was totally unaware of who she was or anything she had done. But after a week of waking up to the same song in that 20 minute wake up spot I had no desire to ever hear it again. The same can be said for many of the other "Hits" that have aired in the last year or so.

Who knows, maybe I don't understand Pop any more than they understand Prog!

JD wrote: It's a bit like asking why a person doesn't like the taste of shrimp or prime rib...TASTE. That may sound condescending but I mean everyone has their own tastes and we can't all be expected to like everything. There's a ton of music on the radio that would classify as "boring" (I only listen to radio when my morning alarm goes off and never else except for CBC Radio 1 in the car occasionally) but I could ague that some of it is still 'good'. It's just that I can't stand to hear it over and over. As an example, the first time I heard "Shake it off" by Taylor Swift I thought it was a catchy, well produced tune. I had no idea at the time who it was as I was totally unaware of who she was or anything she had done. But after a week of waking up to the same song in that 20 minute wake up spot I had no desire to ever hear it again. The same can be said for many of the other "Hits" that have aired in the last year or so. Who knows, maybe I don't understand Pop any more than they understand Prog!