I have a question

Seeing all the threads today I have to reiterate my point. If you don't like the progarchives selection, instead of making all these stupid polls and petitions, just go have a cry about it.

Sorry, I'm in a horrible mood tonight.

Although the reason why I say that I probably listen to more non-prog than a lot of you is because I'm just as interested in indie rock and metal (as well as other styles, but those two in particular) as I am in prog.  I'm not really a 100% proghead.  If you want to kick me off the site now, then by all means go ahed

ivan_2068 wrote: Not you Peter (in those cases ) neither I in my Meat Loaf or Jackson Browne collection, but there are people that consider Radiohead and ELO Prog', so there are cases and cases. Iván

I don't consider Radiohead prog just because I like them.  I like more non-prog than a good portion of you guys (or so I'd like to think), but I'm not vouching for Nick Drake or Wire to get listed on here.  Could it just be that maybe your theory is flawed?

ivan_2068 wrote: Why are so many of you guys obsessed with which bands are and aren't on this site? I think I said it before, even if we don't accept it,  Progressive Rock fans are pretentious in different levels, we use to see other genres as second class music, if somebody asks us about a band we say it's prog' or it's not prog'  before saying if it's good or bad. So if we like the music of a band, it has to be progressive, prog' related or at least have some prog' influence; otherwise we don't have a valid reason to like it. I believe it's a psychological problem with progheads. Iván

Bit of a broad assumption there, Ivy.

I can't find any prog in my Lucinda Williams, Neil Young or pure Celtic albums.

Now don't go tellin' me that "Cortez the Killer" is prog, either!

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Why are so many of you guys obsessed with which bands are and aren't on this site?

I think I said it before, even if we don't accept it,  Progressive Rock fans are pretentious in different levels, we use to see other genres as second class music, if somebody asks us about a band we say it's prog' or it's not prog'  before saying if it's good or bad.

So if we like the music of a band, it has to be progressive, prog' related or at least have some prog' influence; otherwise we don't have a valid reason to like it.

I believe it's a psychological problem with progheads.

Iván

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As I said, everyone must throw large, pointed objects in my direction...

Beyonce has done some great prog tracks, lets get her on here! What do you think Vibe?

(had to edit the post, I though beyonce was a group!)

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Here we go again round and round the roseberry bush the old what is / isn't prog argument. I think that with over 1,400 bands represented on the site and the opportunity to bring up any topic you like via the forums whether or not it is related to prog or even music is good enough for me and my dogs, cat and the squuriels who live in my back yard.

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There is a thread in http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=754&am p;am p;am p;am p;am p;PN=1 about which bands could be added. It was started by MAX. There is also in Progarchives a form http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_PRO GARCHIVES.asp to be filled by the readers about suggestions for bands/artists to be included in this website. I think that the Administrators Group have open minds to opinions. If not, they simply didn`t start this thread in the Forums and they could simply delete that form in Progarchives. They also could not put attention in the Polls done by Forum Readers about which bands could be included. The Poll about Traffic, for example, worked very well, because Traffic was added when the majority of the people that answered to that Poll considered that Traffic should be included. It is good to make Polls, even if the opinion of the majority of the readers is against other opinions (for example, the Poll about E.L.O. started by me; I consider E.L.O. as Progressive, but  if the majority of the readers don`t think so, E.L.O. is not included in this website , and I`m not angry about it ).

I recognize the very good job done in this website by the Administrators Group.

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DallasBryan wrote: point taken sigod and I am dropping it!!! I just felt that there is a ownership issue and it leaves us going over the same old period and new bands trying to duplicate the same old period and not taking in the growth after the first 8 years. I consider progressive rock as mostly a dead entity and its elements showing up on occasions in many styles of music. I think the crown should be passed to the germans and then maybe we could revive progressive music with a blend of new age, progressive metal and AOR. --------- he stumbles back to his corner a beaten champ

You are a good man Dallas