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Posted: June 11 2013 at 13:13

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i don't like Meat Loaf nor am I a fan of Iron Maidon

Well meatloaf is understandable. Lol

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Posted: June 11 2013 at 13:15

Dean wrote:

Practically anything from JR/F - certainly Miles Davis, Brand X, Weather Report and Santana.

Anything with even the remotest hint of a country vibe, banjo, steel guitar or nasal twang singing, which includes a fair chunk of anything Americana, incuding all those American Psyche bands from the 60s such as Jefferson Airplane and New Riders Of The Purple Sage.

And Bob Dylan - I can't bear to listen to him.

Other than that, I'm pretty easy going & catholic in my tastes.

Omg Bob Dylan! Can't stand him either. Wow. His sound i fear could give me brain cancer

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Posted: June 11 2013 at 13:18

Finnforest wrote:

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Can't stand Radiohead.

Ahhh yes, I'm with you there.

Me too. Talk about a wrist slasher. :(

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Posted: June 11 2013 at 13:30

'T wouldst appear that prog doth not be thy name after all.

What?

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Posted: June 11 2013 at 14:24

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Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

truedefiance wrote:

Am I the only one who can't stand YES?
Probably.
*sigh*

I like Yes

Jon Anderson's voice and lyrics make me sick.

That sounds like a bit of a drawback as far as liking Yes goes. Unless you just listen to Drama or Fly From Here.

I will rephrase Vibrationbaby

John Anderson's vocals make me sick so I just listen to the instruments and ignore him completely. Simple.

Iván

PS: I love Meatloaf and Steinman's music.

Dylan voice is just a joke

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Posted: June 11 2013 at 15:29

I really don't like prog that much at all anymore. I was constantly searching for new prog. bands to check out when I was in high school, found this website and looked through most of the bands in the archives. I really liked the avant-garde and krautrock back then. Mathrock didn't exist as a sub genre yet but bands like chevel de frise, hella, don cab, yowie, ruins (any other tatsuya project), and magma really impressed me.

Then I got into high school and went to a arts conservatory for jazz. Grew to love Paker, Tatum, Monk, Taylor, Dolphy, Sun Ra, etc. etc. and pretty much stopped listening to most prog. Can and Neu! to this day hold a very special place in my heart, and are bands I try to emulate in certain ways. Simplicity is a beautiful thing. I feel that Neu! is making a comeback in today's new music scene. Bands like Gary War, John Maus, The Holydrug Couple, Belong (Common Era), Broadcast, Human Teenager, Food Pyramid all explore Neu!-esque soundscapes. Neu! can be felt through 80's cold wave, 90's shoegaze, and into today--the motorik beat is everywhere.

I like most types of music prog included, I respect it for what it did/tried to do but I can't honestly get excited about much prog anymore like I used to. This site is still an awesome resource that I peruse every now and again.

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Posted: June 11 2013 at 17:49

Dean wrote:

'T wouldst appear that prog doth not be thy name after all.

Its hard to love it all and give it one of these

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Posted: June 11 2013 at 20:28

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I don't know that prog fans generally like Opeth since the growls turn off a lot of people. But they are in the top 100 of PA so they do have a huge fanbase and I dislike their work for reasons other than the growls.

Interesting. Why do you dislike their work then?

I HATE growls. It isn't musical.

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Posted: July 25 2013 at 13:59

Neo prog and bands like the Flower Kings just not have impressed me yet. Maybe I just need to keep on listening to these bands more. Can you guys suggest any songs and bands that will change my mind.

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Posted: July 25 2013 at 14:07

CPicard wrote:

I don't really like the Beatles.
I enjoy some songs ("Penny Lane", "Strawberry Fields Forever" or "I Am The Walrus"), but I've never enjoyed their albums.

Yeah, their early years are atrocious.

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Posted: July 25 2013 at 14:10

Can't handle growls in music unless it's done sparingly to impart a specific emotion when a track really demands it. A frontman like Fish in his Marillion era could impart extreme anger and a whole range of emotions in his voice without resorting to sounding like a lion with a porcupine stuck in its throat. I can handle the most extreme metal but when the vocals start with that demonic sound that could come out of my Rottweilers nightmares I kind of turn it off in a hurry.

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Posted: July 25 2013 at 18:28

kingcrimsonfan wrote:

Neo prog and bands like the Flower Kings just not have impressed me yet. Maybe I just need to keep on listening to these bands more. Can you guys suggest any songs and bands that will change my mind.

not relevant to the thread, but I'd like to help. :)

Ok. Regarding Neo Prog. I can give the Genre's very best of new and old. I'll give you 5 albums to start, so you are not too overloaded. :)

Galahad--Empires Never Last
Comedy Of Errors--Disobey
IQ--Ever
Arena---Pride
T--Psychoanorexia

I think these albums can help you get excited and fall in love or at least respect what the Neo prog genre has to offer. Enjoy. :)

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Posted: July 28 2013 at 08:03

truedefiance wrote:

Am I the only one who can't stand YES? Probably.*sigh*

Not a big fan of Yes. Sometimes they're okay. It's not complete disdain but I lean more in your direction. I feel in a similar fashion toward Van der Graaf Generator. I can't stand Gentle Giant beyond about 30 seconds. I can't stand Hawkwind, although I like the Elric books. I'm a linguist and I still can't get into Magma. I can't stand Opeth. Dream Theater bores the he'll out of me. What have I forgotten?

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Posted: July 28 2013 at 11:51

I don't particularly like Genesis. I can from time to time, but they would be my least favorite of the 70's Big 6 prog bands.

Same with the Doors. Some of their stuff I do like, but some of it I just have to skip.

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Posted: July 28 2013 at 11:57

VdGG is a hard fit for me, don't really know why, it just fails to move me. I do have respect though.

Dream Theater! I just don't get it.......though I haven't really tried either .sorry !

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Posted: July 28 2013 at 17:02

I don't do ELP or GENTILE GIANT. Sound doesn't work for me.
Ah well. Can't love or like them all.

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Posted: July 28 2013 at 17:22

geneyesontle wrote:

irrelevant wrote:

Interesting. Why do you dislike their work then?

I HATE growls. It isn't musical.

That makes no sense.

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Posted: July 28 2013 at 17:45

I feel I should like Magma but I don't.

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Posted: July 28 2013 at 19:32

Marillion

Steven Wilson

Porcupine Tree

Spock's Beard

Mars Volta

Discipline

Tool

Big Big Train

Flower Kings

All prog metal.

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Posted: July 28 2013 at 20:57

I could never get into Gabriel-era Genesis, King Crimson, or Yes.

And it's funny while my tastes tend to run toward the Canterbury scene and jazz fusion, I'm not into Hatfield and the North or National Health

Edited by floydist - July 28 2013 at 20:59