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Larkstongue41 
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 Posted: September 19 2017 at 16:41 |
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Anglagard's Hybris. I thought it would become one of my favourite albums ever based on the way it is described but I can't get into it no matter how hard I try. That part around 1:10 into the first song makes me want to stab my ears. Fortunately the rest of the album is not that bad.
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"Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar."
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ProfPanglos
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Posted: September 19 2017 at 16:19 |
No shame for me in music appreciation (or lack of appreciation).
The stuff I like is varied and select, from ABBA to MAGMA.
I don't tend to "love" or "hate" bands/musicians. Even my favorites have flaws and duds. I think Jethro Tull is one of the greatest progressive rock bands in the history of rock music - but only if I listen to their 1970-1977 releases. If I listen to Tull's/Anderson's 1980-2017 music, they [by and large] suck ass.
I think Tangerine Dream's output from 1970-1987 is downright brilliant and adventurous. After '87... they are [by and large] stale and boring.
But it's all perfectly subjective. People can try to convince me all day long about how great Dream Theater is, I still just can't get on-board. I can (and will) continue to try and bring my wife around to appreciating Vangelis, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Mystic Mamba
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Posted: September 19 2017 at 14:59 |
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Misplaced Childhood by Marillion. I don't "hate" it, I've just never understood why it's such a popular album. Sure, there are parts to it that I do enjoy, but it's far from being the best Marillion album, in my opinion.
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Rednight
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 09:16 |
 Argo2112 wrote:
AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:
I'm probably not as big a fan of Tales from Toopographic Oceans as I should be. I like some of it a lot but there are parts that I feel just drag on a bit. I definitely see where RW was coming from in his criticism of it. The Remembering in particular just feels like a chore to get through. I like most of the rest though(even the ancient). |
Yea, I feel the same way about Topographic Oceans & I'm a big Yes fan. It has moments but overall I don't really enjoy it that much.
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Here, here! The thing befuddled us all when it came out, and that remains to this day. Inspired only in places.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Argo2112
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Posted: August 17 2017 at 07:56 |
AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:
I'm probably not as big a fan of Tales from Toopographic Oceans as I should be. I like some of it a lot but there are parts that I feel just drag on a bit. I definitely see where RW was coming from in his criticism of it. The Remembering in particular just feels like a chore to get through. I like most of the rest though(even the ancient). |
Yea, I feel the same way about Topographic Oceans & I'm a big Yes fan. It has moments but overall I don't really enjoy it that much.
Edited by Argo2112 - August 17 2017 at 08:01
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Mormegil
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Posted: August 17 2017 at 04:33 |
mathman0806 wrote:
I have nothing to be ashamed about (when it comes to prog). |
This . . .
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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geekfreak
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Posted: August 17 2017 at 00:31 |
the question is  its isn't making ????? so its NONE
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Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."
Music Is Live
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.
Keep Calm And Listen To The Music…
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: August 16 2017 at 21:41 |
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I'm probably not as big a fan of Tales from Toopographic Oceans as I should be. I like some of it a lot but there are parts that I feel just drag on a bit. I definitely see where RW was coming from in his criticism of it. The Remembering in particular just feels like a chore to get through. I like most of the rest though(even the ancient).
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Luqueasaur
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Posted: August 16 2017 at 20:39 |
The albums that I DON'T LIKE but should... Crime of the Century and Magma's debut. Particularly Magma. I feel worthless when I listen to Magma and think "so what?"...
Albums that I wished I could like more would be Pawn Hearts, ItCotCK and Relayer. The two first are good, but that's it; the third is just meh...diocre to me.
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Rednight
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Posted: August 16 2017 at 17:29 |
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2112, Side One, as it appears to have quite the following among P.A.-ers. It always came off as simply a finger exercise for Lifeson replete with some dull transitions here and there. Overshadowed fiercely by subsequent albums.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Salmonyappi
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Posted: August 16 2017 at 14:50 |
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I'm a bit stunned by the many times Pink Floyd is mentioned in prog-reviews, and as if this is a good thing!
Of course there are always songs or even albums that are enjoyable but in the whole I'm not a Pink Floyd fan.
Same for Rush. I'm a big progfan but I do not have one album of Rush......
Ashamed? Not really, but a blush on the cheeks to all the fans of the mentioned bands.......
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Progosopher
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Posted: August 16 2017 at 14:15 |
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I don't do shame for my listening, nor should anybody no matter who says what you should be enjoying. That goes for Prog snobs, AOR producers, music critics, etc. If you don't like what you have been hearing, find something else. Even if you like what you are hearing, never stop exploring - there is just too much good stuff out there. And you don't have to like everything that comes your way.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Argo2112
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Posted: August 15 2017 at 14:26 |
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I guess Court of the Crimson King. I Love 21 century Schizoid Man but a lot of the rest of the album feels like it drags out for me. May be I need to be in the right frame of mind when I listen to it again.
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Lewian
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Posted: August 15 2017 at 09:39 |
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I'm in the same boat as almost everyone when it comes to not being ashamed.
That aside, there's a couple of things of which I believe that I could somehow still much better figure out how good they are than I've managed to up to now. Pretty much the whole Henry Cow catalogue falls into that category.
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JD
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Posted: August 14 2017 at 23:47 |
YESESIS wrote:
Well definitely on here it would be anything by Van der Graaf Generator. Still trying though. |
This for sure, I try and try but it just doesn't gel for me. But to be honest, I'm not really ashamed of not liking any music or any art at all. It's all just so...subjective...as all art should be, and maybe Aphrodite's Child, even though I really like Vangelis.
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zwordser
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Posted: August 14 2017 at 17:43 |
Dellinger wrote:
There are many of the much beloved albums that just don't do it for me, though I would never consider myself ashamed about not liking them. I just don't. However, not exactly ashamed, but "Tales from Topographic Oceans" sounds like an album that really is something else. More than just a rock album, something really special. Yet, I just can't get myself to love it. I do love Revealing Science of God, but the rest is just a bit too much for me. If I do put the album and listen to the whole of it I do enjoy it and all, but I wouldn't say I love it, even when I think it's really a special piece of art. |
Ditto. Except "Ritual" is the track I like the most. While Relayer has grown on me in leaps and bounds to become what I consider Yes's best, just haven't been able to get into the Tales much.
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: August 14 2017 at 16:54 |
The Son of Gorp wrote:
Can't say I'm ashamed for not liking certain things, but it's not very fun to just put "None." either 
Larks' Tongue In Aspic has never resonated with me. Maybe someday.
Anything by Gentle Giant. Just... not enjoyable.
H to He, Who Am The Only One is a notable dud as well. |
Used to be GG and VDGG but now I LOVE all Shulman brothers & Co. albums. I now LOVE H to He, Who Am The Only One but have never been able to get into any of the other VDGG or Hammill "masterpieces."
Larks' Tongue was the first album that came to mind when I read the OP. I just don't hear or feel the "genius" here...
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micky
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Posted: August 13 2017 at 16:09 |
Einwahn wrote:
Close to the Edge
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hah... another mother's basement type I see...
no... there is a reason Yes is what it is.. and that album is what it is. So no.. no progger card for you.
Look on the bright side... you join the cool crowd. Proggers are whimps and pussies who dig absolute sh*t like VDGG ... just because it is sh*t...
the cool crowd like good music..no matter what is called... prog or not... and isn't afraid to say that some prog is pure sh*t. So get back to CttE and when it finally hits you.. come find me for the Cool Crowd card. Then I'll put you onto some Willie Nelson....
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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YESESIS
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Posted: August 13 2017 at 16:04 |
Einwahn wrote:
Close to the EdgeSelling England by the Pound The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Am I really a prog fan? |
I'm sure you are. And I believe that you would come to love all three of those albums if you just give them another chance and listen all the way through(certainly Close to the Edge). The other two may be a bit of an acquired taste, although The Lamb shouldn't take much acquiring. Do what you want and I'm not trying to judge at all(we all like different things), just I honestly believe that anyone who gives Close to the Edge an honest chance will come to love it.
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Einwahn
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Posted: August 13 2017 at 07:17 |
Close to the Edge Selling England by the Pound The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Am I really a prog fan?
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