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    Posted: April 04 2016 at 19:12
The title says it all...what bands are you really into that would send your prog friends into fits of convulsion LOL

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Dead Kennedy's (the Jello Biafra lineup)
AC/DC (the Bon Scott lineup)
Christian Death (the Rozz Williams lineup - though dark 80's goth can be pretty proggy)
The Pretenders
The Minutemen
Grateful Dead (psych/proggy to me but it seems most PA'ers hate them)

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The Flight of the Conchords (the 3rd most popular 2 man novelty act in New Zealand Wink)
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Half of what I listen to makes run of the mill progheads spin! LOL

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. Thumbs Up
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^ & ^^ pfft! you overestimate the listening habits of your fellow Prog fans. 

Buck's Fizz
Sarah Brightman


...and I've seen Bon Scott's AC/DC, Christian Death and The Pretenders live
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Instantly coming to mind:

The Go-Go's
The B-52's
The Cardigans
Prince


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Kajagoogoo
Sade
Haircut One Hundred
Dave Stewart / Barbara Gaskin
Some of Wakeman's 80's albums
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Saturday Night Fever's soundtrack
Wipeout video game soundtrack (good trance music)
Turrican 1 & 2 video game soundtrack (Chris Huelsbeck rules!)
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Originally posted by LearsFool LearsFool wrote:

Half of what I listen to makes run of the mill progheads spin! 


This. Specifically all the electronic, R&B, pop and hip-hop I listen to.
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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 "
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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.
 
 
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Originally posted by emigre80 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 Wink

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 Confused 

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^Even for proggers, opera can be quite an acquired taste... At least I have never really got into it.

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Points: 2223 		Direct Link To This Post 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.
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Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother 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.
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I enjoy the Go-Go's. I saw them as the support act for the Police back in the early 1980s.
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Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, 80's Genesis and....Under Wraps!
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric 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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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:



Pet Shop Boys ruled in the 80s. As did Japan, Tears for Fears, OMD and The Human League.
 
OMG, The Human League. Right up there with the Thompson Twins as bands I would pay good money to never hear again.
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Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

I enjoy the Go-Go's. I saw them as the support act for the Police back in the early 1980s.

I can't abide the Police. I saw them as the support act for Albertos Y Lost Trios Paranoias back in the late 1970s.
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John Denver and Carly Simon. Both utterly brilliant.
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Points: 65938 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 05 2016 at 16:01
I'm pretty sure that with everything that I post in the What Are You Listening To Now Thread, nothing that I love would shock my prog friends.
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