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    Posted: September 19 2006 at 14:09
if there's one prog band women love, it's Phish. There used to be just as many women and there were men at Phish concerts when they were still around.
 
i also noticed a lot fo girls like Pink Floyd, but i honestly feel it's for different reasons then men. first off, i highly doubt they're familiar with anything earlier than Meddle (or even DSOTM) and probably only like the big 4 (excluding Animals sometimes) and their singles from those albums. 2nd, there is a kind of trend to like Pink Floyd again, with DSOTM shirts everywhere and emo kids sportin them once in a while.
 
Japanese women LOOOVE Dream Theater though..
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Originally posted by darkshade

 
i also noticed a lot fo girls like Pink Floyd, but i honestly feel it's for different reasons then men.



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One of my best friends digs TMV and Pink Floyd. She's a female.


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well, I grew up with prog (and with classical music, by the way); my parents both were (and in case of my mother still are; my father sadly died of a heart attack last year) big proggers. but then they were both hippies at the time I was born (I was an accident, more or less), so it isn't that big a surprise. and it was no wonder they were hippies; living in SF in 1968 and being 18 at that time it would have been more a surprise if they had not been hippies


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I am lucky that my wife likes many of the more popular Prog Bands like Rush,PT,Genesis and Pink Floyd etc.
She has accompanied me to see Rush and Porcupine Tree recently.
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Originally posted by BaldJean


well, I grew up with prog (and with classical music, by the way); my parents both were (and in case of my mother still are; my father sadly died of a heart attack last year) big proggers. but then they were both hippies at the time I was born (I was an accident, more or less), so it isn't that big a surprise. and it was no wonder they were hippies; living in SF in 1968 and being 18 at that time it would have been more a surprise if they had not been hippies

Like I mentioned in an earlier post, it's often the childhood influences which dictate our adult tastes. When I was a young boy, my father used to tell me stories about the times he'd lived being a bouncer in jazz clubs in Montreal in the 50's. He was a fan of the Nat Cole Trio and to this day I still immensely enjoy the music my father listened to ...
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My girlfriend's really into The Flower Kings, probably because of me Embarrassed

 
...then again, my girlfriend's actually a guy Tongue
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I met this girl the summer before last who was as big a prog-head as me.  She was utter perfection, and at the time, sadly not single.

Unfortunately I fell out of touch with her recently... hopefully she'll get online again soon so I can get her new number from her.

But yeah, it baffles me too.  A lot of the ladies I know are into the arts, but even so most of them don't like prog.

Call me picky, but I'm looking for a chick who can dig on Pink Floyd, VDGG, Frank Zappa, Mike Patton, etc as much as myself.
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^ LOL
I've found that girls usualy like trip hop, which is often very experimental.
Once you go from there, prog should be a logical folow up.

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My girl loves Rush, Gentle Giant, Porcupine Tree, Saga, Opeth, Arena, Threshold and a few others...

But she HATES Dream Theater!  Evil Smile
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Rafaela,
 
You, together with baldjean and threefates are the only females I know of in this forum. I do'nt realy understand why men are more into prog than women but it's a fact. My wife loves late PF (from Atom heart mother to The wall) and are fine with some Genesys and KC (mostly the soft parts though). Yet, she hates high female voices such as Kate Bush, Tori Amos and even Annie Hasslem. Who can realy understand a woman !!!!!!!!!
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    In my location if a woman listens to rock music, she listens to punk or modern rock. But some women listen to prog(and they probably do not know that it is prog) but they are a misserably low percent.
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Um... my girlfriend listens to some proggy kinda stuff -

Fairport Convention (it's under prog-related)
Tool (which is actually her favorite band, heh)
Explosions in the Sky (post-rock)

and she also listens to some very good music otherwise, such as Hendrix or Zeppelin which can be considered borderline prog.

As to why... um... I don't know? She knows next to nothing about music, so it can't be due to some kind of musical intellect. So I don't know. Maybe she's just a natural at telling what music is the most intelligent.
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Originally posted by Man Overboard

My girlfriend's really into The Flower Kings, probably because of me Embarrassed

 
...then again, my girlfriend's actually a guy Tongue


You know, I think the criteria is "women" who listen to prog... we've already established that men are the dominant demographic Tongue


And you know, sometimes I think my girlfriend's a guy at heart too... she plays too many videogames and listens to "guy" music... eh, it just makes her more lovable in my book.
Go and listen to my music.

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Originally posted by Man Overboard

My girlfriend's really into The Flower Kings, probably because of me Embarrassed

 
...then again, my girlfriend's actually a guy Tongue


You know, I think the criteria is "women" who listen to prog... we've already established that men are the dominant demographic Tongue


And you know, sometimes I think my girlfriend's a guy at heart too... she plays too many videogames and listens to "guy" music... eh, it just makes her more lovable in my book.
 
I'd say my girlfriend qualifies as a girl Tongue  She's got a male's body, but she goes by Amy, and is pretty much a girl, every way but physically...  it's a strange situation, but I'm compassionate to it Embarrassed
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Originally posted by omri

Rafaela,
 
You, together with baldjean and threefates are the only females I know of in this forum. I do'nt realy understand why men are more into prog than women but it's a fact. My wife loves late PF (from Atom heart mother to The wall) and are fine with some Genesys and KC (mostly the soft parts though). Yet, she hates high female voices such as Kate Bush, Tori Amos and even Annie Hasslem. Who can realy understand a woman !!!!!!!!!

you forgot BaldFriede, my wife Wink

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Heh, my girlfriend is quite a woman in her appearance and quite a male in every other way (except sexual preference)

many people would say I'm lucky, and maybe I am... but I'd say anyone's lucky if they have a good relationship (as you seem to do with Amy)
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Wink  Maybe your girlfriend is a gay man in a woman's body...  what's that make you?
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My girlfriend loves Pink Floyd, from Piper to The Wall, as well as Yes and Queen. She is one of the biggest Floyd fans I know.
My mother introduced me to both Genesis and Yes. Her sister is probably the biggest Yes fan I know. Her other sister is a Dead Head, but also found time to see Zappa on numerous occasions.
Honestly, I think that while prog may have a larger male fanbase, women can appreciate prog music just as much as men.
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Ah, Ghost Rider, you’re fast becoming my new prog hero Hug! And with a thread like this, you’d think all female proggers would finally be coming out of the woodwork. But alas... So here I go.

 

First, let me say that I’m a 56-year old female (don’t ever say you’re too old for prog!). The way I see it is women’s brains are different from men’s, with possible repercussions on (among other things) our respective music appreciation. For the same reason you won’t find many females standing with their hands crossed behind their backs, staring at a construction site (althrough there are some), you don’t find too many females who enjoy highly technical music (again, there are some but they are a minority) - and prog provides plenty of this.

 

I, myself, don’t easily make concessions when it comes to melody contents: a piece can feature odd-time signatures and take many crazy twists & turns, but some harmony must come of it all to satisfy my female brain (that’s why I like mostly symphonic and neo prog). When music steers too far away from melody, I feel like I’m trying to connect with someone lacking basic human emotions. This doesn’t mean I like syrupy ballads, far from it: hip-hop, new age music and crooners absolutely bore me to death.

 

I’d say if you’re female, not only must you have an ear for music, but you must make music a priority in your life if you want to enjoy prog : turn the phone off the hook, don’t answer the door, “don’t talk to me for the next four hours while I strap my headphones on” sort of thing. Very few women are encouraged to endulge in such a “selfish” pastime, what with our family lives, raising the kids and all.

 

One day, surely, someone will find a satisfying explanation for this female lack of interest in prog. But something tells me it has to do with (1) the way our respective brains process musical information and (2) the socialogical context that discourages women from indulging in a hobby you mostly emjoy alone.

 

Sorry for raveling on so. I don’t write often but I just couldn’t let that wonderful thread pass without putting my two cents in. Keep on progging, ladies, and don’t ever let that proggy flame die inside Smile.

 
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