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Joined: November 09 2014
Location: New York
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Posted: April 04 2016 at 19:23
Half of what I listen to makes run of the mill progheads spin!
Slam dancing hardcore punks... serial killer channeling rivetheads and their noisescapes of desolation... twee bedsit indie kids... and, most of all, a whole lot of rappers.
Cause prog is ultimately just the cereal that the commercials remind you is part of this balanced breakfast.
Joined: September 03 2005
Location: Olympus Mons
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Points: 15916
Posted: April 05 2016 at 03:59
Recently I have been chatting with a long-time customer who shops at my work. One time, he mentioned Singring And The Glass Guitar (a wonderful epic by Todd Rundgren and Utopia) - anyway, he was mentioning Deep Purple, Genesis, Tull, ELP, Heep, Jefferson Airplane etc. Then he mentioned his favourite 80's band - PET SHOP BOYS !! I just replied " I dig Kajagoogoo ". His response " We all have our guilty pleasures "
Joined: January 25 2015
Location: kentucky
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Posted: April 05 2016 at 07:37
I wouldn't say "really into" but I have various pop bands' greatest hits on my iPod. Abba, Bee Gees, Duran Duran, Neil Diamond, the Monkees, Paul Young, Fleetwood Mac, Pet Shop Boys, etc.
What can I say - I like pop music, as long as it's well made.
I also listen to many classic musicals (West Side Story, South Pacific, Camelot, Carousel) and Gilbert and Sullivan.
I don't consider any of these shocking but they embarrass the hell out of my husband.
Joined: March 29 2013
Location: WA
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Posted: April 05 2016 at 10:08
emigre80 wrote:
I also listen to many classic musicals (West Side Story, South Pacific, Camelot, Carousel) and Gilbert and Sullivan.
When I was a little kid the soundtrack to West Side Story was on the turntable regularly. Of course hearing Keith and the Nice cover America was mind blowing since I knew the original so well
I'd also add a couple opera's to my list - the only 2 I own. Not a huge opera fan but back in the 80's/90's SF had a fantastic classical radio station that featured a "Saturday night at the opera" show and play a different opera in it's entirety - no commercial breaks - every Saturday night so I got to hear a lot of different ones. Though classical music is certainly within any respectable symph prog maniac's wheelhouse, opera seems to be not as well regarded? Could be wrong, but I don't recall ever seeing opera mentioned on PA
Joined: January 25 2015
Location: kentucky
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Posted: April 05 2016 at 11:33
I don't care for opera but my mother was really into musicals so that is what I grew up with. Also Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darrin, and others of that ilk, so I like those as well.
Joined: August 17 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: April 05 2016 at 11:38
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
The Go-Go's
You may already know this, there are several big Go-Go's fans on PA, including me. I have everything they ever released including the solo stuff.
We've done this topic before and I don't think most proggers will be shocked by the guilty pleasures of other members, unless maybe there's a Yanni fan lurking around.
Personally I still listen to old Dixie Chicks, Maria McKee, Cowboy Junkies and Mazzy Star records quite a bit and love them.
Joined: December 30 2006
Location: United Kingdom
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Points: 5111
Posted: April 05 2016 at 13:35
Tom Ozric wrote:
Recently I have been chatting with a long-time customer who shops at my work. One time, he mentioned Singring And The Glass Guitar (a wonderful epic by Todd Rundgren and Utopia) - anyway, he was mentioning Deep Purple, Genesis, Tull, ELP, Heep, Jefferson Airplane etc. Then he mentioned his favourite 80's band - PET SHOP BOYS !! I just replied " I dig Kajagoogoo ". His response " We all have our guilty pleasures "
Pet Shop Boys ruled in the 80s. As did Japan, Tears for Fears, OMD and The Human League.
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