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Rob The Plant 
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 Topic: Keep The Kids off Crap this Christmas
Posted: December 19 2004 at 23:00 |
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Christmas is coming and many of us are looking for presants to give
their little cousin's, or brothers etc. I encourage you all to buy them
good music. They will probably ask for pop crap music, but don't give
in. Do them a favour and keep them away from the terrible music they're
being fed on the radio, and TV.
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Bryan
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Posted: December 19 2004 at 23:03 |
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Yes, let's all be musical facists and not let anyone listen to anything that isn't prog!
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Rob The Plant
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Posted: December 19 2004 at 23:05 |
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Hey man, I'm just saying good music, it doesn't have to be prog.
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BebieM
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Posted: December 19 2004 at 23:11 |
You're totally right, I'm trying to feed my little brother with prog music, and it kindof works  at least he likes Yes and the early King Crimson, and some Pink Floyd. I'm sure he'll become a prog-fan later 
But I won't give him a present this year, because I don't see him, haha (im on exchange, far away from home).
I have to buy my hostmother a robbie williams - cd though, shame on me.  But it's probably too late to give her the right musical education anyways 
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Rob The Plant
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Posted: December 19 2004 at 23:15 |
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Oh well, some you win, and some you lose.
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BebieM
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Posted: December 19 2004 at 23:20 |
 Rob The Plant wrote:
Oh well, some you win, and some you lose. |
Yeah, but it's not 50%-50%
at least 90% won't change
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aqualung28
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Posted: December 19 2004 at 23:22 |
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I've been trying to get my brother hooked on Rush. I think it is a perfect intro into prog rock for him because he likes hard rock. He doesn't really give anything a chance unless they sound like Ted Nugent, AC/DC, or Kiss. (None of which I particularly enjoy) Music is an important part of my life so getting people into great music brings me great joy, but he won't give it a chance.
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"O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love
'n you should have us all
O' you should have us fall"
"Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart
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penguindf12
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Posted: December 19 2004 at 23:29 |
I've hooked my friend with Ayreon's "Human Equation," but I don't think he'll be a major convert. He's not a prog type, and he always says he hates it because I listen to it so much and I bash his Rammstein music all the time. Recently I said that Rammstein isn't that bad, it's good but not what I really like to listen to, and I think there's a connection: right afterwards he commented on how good "Human Equation" sounded.
But anyway, my cousin and I are both into prog, as is my uncle. I'm asking for some stuff from them to burn, and they're asking for me to burn some stuff for them.
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BebieM
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Posted: December 19 2004 at 23:31 |
aqualung28 wrote:
Music is an important part of my life so getting people into great music brings me great joy, but he won't give it a chance. |
I know!!!! I feel exactly the same, but it's so hard to get them into prog, for 70% it's even hopeless. The only exception is Pink Floyd, everybody likes them
If they knew what they're missing ..... 
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Rob The Plant
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Posted: December 19 2004 at 23:57 |
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Pink Floyd is probably the best band to start with.
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maani
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Posted: December 20 2004 at 00:00 |
I say buy them two albums: In the Court of the Crimson King and The Carpenter's Greatest Hits, and let them make up their own minds...
Peace.
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threefates
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Posted: December 20 2004 at 00:08 |
Why do I feel like I've gone back to high school in this thread??? 
Yeh, you think Pink Floyd is the band to start with till you give them Meddle or Atom Heart Mother... then they'll think you're suicidal or something...
I'm with Maani - ITCOTCK... is the best present!
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THIS IS ELP 
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BebieM
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Posted: December 20 2004 at 00:16 |
threefates wrote:
Why do I feel like I've gone back to high school in this thread???
Yeh, you think Pink Floyd is the band to start with till you give them Meddle or Atom Heart Mother... then they'll think you're suicidal or something...
I'm with Maani - ITCOTCK... is the best present!
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yeah, im in highschool, haha 
what about introducing them to prog with Godspeed you! Black Emperor? or Can? hahahaha, i can imagine their reaction
You're right, ITCOTCK does work, i gave it to a girl that likes punk bands like greenday, simple plan ..... and she loves it!  but then i expected her to love camel-stuff, but she didn't =(
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aqualung28
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Posted: December 20 2004 at 01:00 |
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Yeah, I'm in high school also. Everybody there seems to be into mainly one of three things, rap,really annoying metal(i.e. Slipknot) and sh*tty punk/emo/hardcore. Everybody listens to it cuz they think its cool but it doesn't have any redeeming qualities so there is no point to it. It sickens me.
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"O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love
'n you should have us all
O' you should have us fall"
"Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart
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BebieM
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Posted: December 20 2004 at 01:21 |
I couldn't agree more, at least 95% of students like at least one of those three categories. The rest mostly likes really good music (classic rock, jazz), but nobody really shares my opinion about prog ... Some like a few bands and songs, but nobody's really interested in getting more into it
I also think that music plays a different role for them, it's either used for dancing (what is okey of course, u obviously can't dance to prog music, so u need other stuff) or to show that you belong to a certain group (or because you think the artist's cute, haha). I can hardly imagine that they really sit down and start listening to their music (and concentrating on it) when they're alone.
Well, they just don't know real music, poor them!
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asuma
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Posted: December 20 2004 at 01:27 |
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i don't think a music can't have any redeeming
qualities because you don't like it. there is obviously
something about it that people like, otherwise it
wouldn't be popular. it's like slipknot .
person: "grrr, i'm angry *turns on tv* wow! this band
sounds terrible and is angry. i'm gonna buy there
stuff cause they have a sound that i bet isn't popular"
repeat until it becomes popular. it happens when
counter-culturs become pop-cultur, and they loose
every that was counter-cultur abour them. so my
point is...uhm...yup. and most people will tend to like
some of the same bands you do if you just talk to
them.
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Posted: December 20 2004 at 01:36 |
maani wrote:
I say buy them two albums: In the Court of the Crimson King and The Carpenter's Greatest Hits, and let them make up their own minds...
Peace.
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You can't expose a child to King Crimson, that's cruelty, there should be a law against that.
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BebieM
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Posted: December 20 2004 at 01:38 |
hahhaha, why is that cruelty? my father did, and i'm very thankful for that!
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tuxon
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Posted: December 20 2004 at 01:43 |
And look what happened.
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asuma
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Posted: December 20 2004 at 01:47 |
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by god...IT'S A MONSTER!!!!
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*Remember all advice given by Asuma is for entertainment purposes only. Asuma is not a licensed medical doctor, psychologist, or counselor and he does not play one on TV.*
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