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greenback

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Topic: prog albums for women
Posted: December 24 2004 at 14:04

according to me:

iq-seventh house

iq-nomzamo

iq-are you sitting comfortably

collage-moonshine

anthony phillips-wise after the event

rush-power windows

tangerine dream-le parc

tangerine dream-underwater sunlight

vangelis-1492

vangelis-direct

egdon heath-killing silence

camel-stationary traveller

camel-the snow goose

genesis-duke

mike oldfield-earth moving

david sylvian-secret of the beehive

jane siberry-the walking

kate bush-lionheart

kate bush-kick inside

pink floyd-the wall

marillion-misplaced childhood

marillion-holidays in eden

NO gentle giant

NO VDDG

NO KC

No Peter Hammill

...

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Posted: December 24 2004 at 14:11

No Hammill

no KC yer absurd woman!

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richardh

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Posted: December 24 2004 at 14:23

I must have had a sex change without knowing it as I like most of those albums!

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Posted: December 24 2004 at 14:28

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Posted: December 24 2004 at 14:45

richardh wrote:

I must have had a sex change without knowing it as I like most of those albums!

maybe it is because we are just metrosexuals who learned to live with our emotions!

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Posted: December 24 2004 at 15:04

I think Shrinkingviolet and Threefates are living proof that girls can appreciate the whole spectrum of prog just as much as guys can (I'm sure there are other female regulars I'm forgetting, but I just woke up, leave me alone...)

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Posted: December 24 2004 at 15:09

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, well I love VDGG and I loved King Crimson till they turned weird; I enjoy Gentle Giant and PH... what does gender have to do with music in any case

Eddy

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Posted: December 24 2004 at 16:34

it doesnt.

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Posted: December 24 2004 at 16:48

Yeh, from this prog female.. you're definitely all wrong...

I hate IQ... first and foremost...

Next - I'm not overly fond of Camel, Duke.. and The Wall is not my favorite Floyd (other than Comfortably Numb and Young Lust) but I do like Jane Siberry and David Sylvan when he does Thalheim....

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Posted: December 24 2004 at 20:08

Most of the girls I dated liked Rick Wakeman, Peter Gabriel (Solo) some liked Yes, Genesis and ELP but all hated KC, VDGG and Rush.

Melodramatica, Shrinking Violet and especially Threefates are not a classic example, because they are progheads and know as least as us about good music, but mosts of the women I know, haven't heard about Progressive Rock, so they may accept some symphonic or softer stuff like Peter Gabriel, but King Crimson is surely out of their league.

Iván

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BebieM

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Posted: December 25 2004 at 06:18

I'm always trying to get girls into prog too, and i succeeded the most when i played ITCOTCK for them. They particularly love the song "epitaph" (so do i, btw, haha)

They really really hate Porcupine Tree (so do i again .... hmm, that makes me think )

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Posted: December 25 2004 at 11:33

What do you think would be a good album to get to try and get my girlfriend into prog? Generally, she likes crap rock, but there's some okay stuff she listens to as well... her favorite groups include red hot chili peppers, barenaked ladies, REM, Maroon 5, Dashboard Confessional

, Jack Johnson (I like this guy's stuff

), etc etc... she tends to lean towards folkier stuff, as her mom is a real big hippie-folk fan. My gf grew up listening to Joan Baez and similar artists.

Of what I've had her listen to, and I've had her listen to most of my collection, her favorites are pre-CTTE Yes (she really likes the Yes album), Kansas, which she actually introduced me to, gabriel-era genesis, and odd as this may be, she likes rush's permanent waves... why this is, i can't explain. She loves the one tune on it, different strings, the most. Generally though she can't stand rush.

So, given what I've told you, do you have any other suggestions to get her into prog? Something I could buy and copy for her?

Thanks in advance!

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Posted: December 25 2004 at 13:32

BebieM wrote:

I'm always trying to get girls into prog too, and i succeeded the most when i played ITCOTCK for them. They particularly love the song "epitaph" (so do i, btw, haha)

Well when its Greg's voice you're listening to, what girl in her right mind wouldn't be quivering just from the sound of his voice... Hey thats where it started for me...

And Sweetnighter.. if you really want to know what album to start a girlfriend off on.... I would think ITCOTKC would be a good one. Got some very folky moments...

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Posted: December 25 2004 at 17:23

I played a friend who hates contemporary music 'Starless' from KC's 'Red' and she said that she'd been wrong, cos clearly this was a beautiful song.

I'd say 'I talk to the wind', 'Epitaph' and 'Starless' tend to be most well received in my experience

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Posted: December 25 2004 at 18:42

I like what the guys like, I think... Red, Trespass, Animals, The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other, Trilogy, BSS, Nursery Cryme and such...

Gender doesn't have much to do with it, but it does help if the bands in question have at least one Righteous Hottie to aid the band's aesthetic appeal - as all of the above do.

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Posted: December 25 2004 at 19:17

Well atleast two of those groups mentioned had hotties.. One of the groups was even lucky enough to have all members as actual hotties!!!

Then that other band had .....him....

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happythe

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Posted: December 26 2004 at 15:42

I'm counting Peter Gabriel (and the rest of Genesis), Steve Howe (and the rest of Yes), Rick Wright, David Gimour, (Syd Barrett), Keith (plus L and P), Pete Hamill, Guy Evans and Crimson's flautist.

ps. I love your signature picture!!

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Posted: December 26 2004 at 16:11

I'd say Peter Gabriel's Shaking the Tree.

(I love all of those bands btw, I must have no penis)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY

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Posted: December 27 2004 at 05:38

ShrinkingViolet wrote:

No Hammill

no KC yer absurd woman!

And it seems like no Pink Floyd, Hawkwind and Frank Zappa for our dear Ladies...

To my opinion such albums like Supertramp's 75-79 ones, Kate Bush 78-82, Genesis 75-78, Camel 75-81 and 96 are very good for male prog-beginners...

I Prophesy Disaster...

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Posted: December 27 2004 at 08:39

Wow and not including the all time female favorites RENAISSANCE. Maybe its the heavy duty drinking over Christmas, but still unforgivable. RENAISSANCE was the main gate for ladies to enter the fantastic world of prog. I still agree with THE WALL, Some Yes tunes - WONDEROUS STORIES, OWNER OF A LONELY HEART () and more digestable tunes from CAMEL, MIKE OLDFIELD (TUBULAR BELLS III, EARTH MOVING and MILLENIUM BELL), VANGELIS; VOICES and DIRECT. ELP's pop tunes; LUCKY MAN, C'EST LA VIE,... But forgetting RENAISSANCE and ANNIE HASLAM is a crime ! ! !

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