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King Manuel 
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 Posted: December 07 2016 at 04:48 |
I could name a lot of Bands that I donīt get or like (e.g. Steven Wilson, King Crimson, Soft Machine, etc.), but lets rather mention albums I don't like which are considered masterpieces by bands I generally am found of. Yes - Relayer Spockīs Beard - Snow Jethro Tull- Aqualung Genesis - The lamb lies down Dream Theater - The Astonishing (well some call it a masterpiece other call it a total failure) Seven Steps to the green door - Fetish Rush 2112 (it donīt dislike it totally, but there are at least 10 Rush albums I like much more)
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Jeffro
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Posted: December 07 2016 at 05:02 |
 King Manuel wrote:
Spockīs Beard - Snow Rush 2112 (it donīt dislike it totally, but there are at least 10 Rush albums I like much more) |
Never cared for Snow either. it's a got a couple good songs but overall a huge disappointment after V, which is amazing.
2112 never clicked much with me either. I rarely listen to it anymore. That's sacrilege to most Rush fans.  |
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King Manuel
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Posted: December 07 2016 at 05:07 |
^I know, and I am a big Rush Fan ... 
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Jeffro
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Posted: December 07 2016 at 05:40 |
Yeah. Me too but I'd rather listen to Caress than 2112 
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thepurplepiper
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Posted: December 07 2016 at 15:52 |
Manuel wrote:
Most of IQ's stuff. I don't know why, but I could never get into their music. |
I've had exactly the same experience with IQ to tell you the truth. Occasionally they do something I find interesting or exciting, but it mostly just washes over me. Much prefer Arena and Marillion for my neo-prog fix.
Also, forgot to add that the supposed prog classic that I didn't vibe with would be Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues. I adore the hit Nights in White Satin, I think that's an amazingly emotive and powerful song, but the rest of the album bored me half to sleep. Oh well.
Edited by thepurplepiper - December 07 2016 at 15:54
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Dellinger
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Posted: December 07 2016 at 21:01 |
King Manuel wrote:
I could name a lot of Bands that I donīt get or like (e.g. Steven Wilson, King Crimson, Soft Machine, etc.), but lets rather mention albums I don't like which are considered masterpieces by bands I generally am found of. Yes - Relayer Spockīs Beard - Snow Jethro Tull- Aqualung Genesis - The lamb lies down Dream Theater - The Astonishing (well some call it a masterpiece other call it a total failure) Seven Steps to the green door - Fetish Rush 2112 (it donīt dislike it totally, but there are at least 10 Rush albums I like much more) |
At first listens I thought I found some interesting elements on The Astonishing that would make me like some songs... but now that I have heard it more times, I'm thinking I won't really find something to really like. I do believe this album should have been released as a Petrucci solo album with a bunch of guest vocalists... or as a complete opposite, I believe if Portnoy had been involved he might have helped to make it a much greater album.
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miamiscot
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Posted: February 09 2017 at 11:43 |
prog4evr wrote:
Came into Yes a bit late (1974 - with the 'Relayer' album). Then, I started the backwards catch-up: Time and a Word; The Yes Album; Fragile; Close to the Edge. All of these, IMHO, were, and still are, great. Then, I got Tales of Topographic Oceans and, I thought - well, that will take several times to finally get into. Here I am 42 years later, and I still cannot get into ToTO. The last great Yes album for me was Going for the One because Tormato was, and still is, abysmal...
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It took me from 1974 (when I bought it) until about 1978 to fully appreciate what YES was doing on Tales. I probably listened to it every single day for almost five years to "get it" and when I (finally!) did it was like a lightning bolt hit my heart. I still carve out 80 minutes a month for it. And the Steven Wilson remix is outstanding.
I still don't understand death growl Opeth. The last three records are great but I don't care for the Cookie Monster vocals. At all. (See Crimson's Edge Of Sanity.) Great music, horrible "singing."
Marillion's Brave is another one I don't really love. But I adore Marbles. Go figure.
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floyd4
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Posted: February 09 2017 at 13:26 |
jethro tull And Rush. God, Rush. They have completely ridiculous stories for concept albums and their totoxipsuedo-intellectual Ayn Rand worshipping makes them a can't listen.
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Dopeydoc
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Jethro Tull (and folk prog)
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Cambus741
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Posted: February 09 2017 at 15:48 |
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The lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Operation Mindcrime
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infocat
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Posted: February 09 2017 at 21:06 |
miamiscot wrote:
Marillion's Brave is another one I don't really love. But I adore Marbles. Go figure. |
I love Brave. I don't "get" Marbles.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: February 10 2017 at 01:39 |
70's APP TFTO BSS Leftoverture ============ post-70's Misplaced Childhood Moving Pictures Discipline (and the other two)
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: February 10 2017 at 01:52 |
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Meddle and ATM. Just can't.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: February 10 2017 at 03:37 |
infocat wrote:
miamiscot wrote:
Marillion's Brave is another one I don't really love. But I adore Marbles. Go figure. |
I love Brave. I don't "get" Marbles.
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Oddly Brave is the only Marillion album that ever stuck for me 
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: February 10 2017 at 03:37 |
Cambus741 wrote:
The lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Operation Mindcrime
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Agreed!
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: February 10 2017 at 03:40 |
doompaul wrote:
Pink Floyd after Meddle. |
100% for me, I can't stand anything except for Animals.
But ironically I love Roger's Pros and Cons and especially Amused to Death
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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Foxtrot
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prog4evr
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Posted: February 12 2017 at 04:03 |
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Every song on King Crimson, ITCOTCK, is wonderful to me - except: "Moonchild: The Illusion." The first part, "Moonchild: The Dream," is a marvelous Greg Lake ballad; the second Illusion part, however, is Fripp paying homage to John Cage (or something like that) - very difficult for me to ever get into. Other than that, the album is a stellar prog masterpiece...
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BaldFriede
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Posted: February 12 2017 at 06:54 |
prog4evr wrote:
Every song on King Crimson, ITCOTCK, is wonderful to me - except: "Moonchild: The Illusion." The first part, "Moonchild: The Dream," is a marvelous Greg Lake ballad; the second Illusion part, however, is Fripp paying homage to John Cage (or something like that) - very difficult for me to ever get into. Other than that, the album is a stellar prog masterpiece...
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Ah, the unloved "Moonchild"! I love the instrumental part of it. Each line of the lyrics is reflected in this part.
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Argo2112
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Posted: July 07 2017 at 12:35 |
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Relayer & Topographic Oceans. I like Ritual but that album as a whole didn't really work for me.
Same with Relayer, it has moments put overall not my favorite.
( & love Yes , go figure)
Edited by Argo2112 - July 07 2017 at 12:36
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