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TODDLER 
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 Posted: March 17 2015 at 08:01 |
 Terakonin wrote:
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I remmember that at the time when I was a kid in middle 70s that people who didn't like to listen prog rock that they were about it as "it's a sad music" or "too psycho", rather than "boring". I think the reason is that back then all young people were listening to some rock music; if not prog, it was Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Southern Rock... and all of that was more of less a good stuff although not prog as the most artistic rock genre ever.Today, the music is ghettoised so much that all the kinds of music are more and more "boring" just if it fall outside of our own personal taste and (or) our circle of friends.
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I agree. Screw finding other prog fans, I can't find other rock fans. |
Rock is dead
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TODDLER
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 08:04 |
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Most women like it long, except when it comes to songs  |
I'm going to take exception to that remark on the grounds that it perpetuates the "women don't like prog" stereotype. Because they do. |
But really? How do you find a female companion that likes Prog? Walk into the woods and call for her?
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 08:06 |
TODDLER wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
Gerinski wrote:
Most women like it long, except when it comes to songs |
I'm going to take exception to that remark on the grounds that it perpetuates the "women don't like prog" stereotype. Because they do. |
But really? How do you find a female companion that likes Prog? |
I got lucky. In more ways than one. 
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emigre80
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 08:29 |
TODDLER wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
Gerinski wrote:
Most women like it long, except when it comes to songs |
I'm going to take exception to that remark on the grounds that it perpetuates the "women don't like prog" stereotype. Because they do. |
But really? How do you find a female companion that likes Prog? Walk into the woods and call for her? |
You'd have to ask my husband - I am not sure what he was looking for but he got the prog part right.
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dr wu23
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 10:35 |
Is boring the right word.....or is it that they just don't 'get it' ? I've tried to get my son in law into some classic prog and his complaint is that the songs are too long...sounds more like attention span issues because he says that the players are good and he likes most of the melodies. The people in my family who have listened to the prog I played for them think it's too 'weird' ...whatever they mean by that. And I was playing accessible stuff.
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Polymorphia
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 11:38 |
Terakonin wrote:
Svetonio wrote:
I remmember that at the time when I was a kid in middle 70s that people who didn't like to listen prog rock that they were about it as "it's a sad music" or "too psycho", rather than "boring". I think the reason is that back then all young people were listening to some rock music; if not prog, it was Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Southern Rock... and all of that was more of less a good stuff although not prog as the most artistic rock genre ever.Today, the music is ghettoised so much that all the kinds of music are more and more "boring" just if it fall outside of our own personal taste and (or) our circle of friends.
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I agree. Screw finding other prog fans, I can't find other rock fans. |
 Seriously? Almost everybody I know listens to rock in some form or another.
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TheRollingOrange
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 11:39 |
Gerinski wrote:
Most women like it long, except when it comes to songs |
can we please kill the myth that women doesn't like prog? prog is for everyone.
Edited by TheRollingOrange - March 17 2015 at 11:39
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Pastmaster
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 11:47 |
Yes please 
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Polymorphia
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 11:54 |
Pastmaster wrote:
Yes please |
And no ELP
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Pastmaster
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 12:42 |
Polymorphia wrote:
Pastmaster wrote:
Yes please |
And no ELP
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Yes, ELP is only for people who can stand having a synth burn through their ears. In other words, not for me. 
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Imperial Zeppelin
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 12:43 |
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Because every prog rock song is 20 minutes of technical w**kery and pretentious lyrics.
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cstack3
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 12:51 |
Imperial Zeppelin wrote:
Because every prog rock song is 20 minutes of technical w**kery and pretentious lyrics. |
....which is precisely why we like it!
My friends and I took our wives to see Canada's The Musical Box perform "The Lamb" a few years ago, and the wives hated it. They seemed to think they were going to see Phil Collins era Genesis or something.
I don't think they were impressed by the Moog Taurus pedals.
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Dean
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 13:28 |
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TODDLER
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 13:36 |
emigre80 wrote:
TODDLER wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
Gerinski wrote:
Most women like it long, except when it comes to songs |
I'm going to take exception to that remark on the grounds that it perpetuates the "women don't like prog" stereotype. Because they do. |
But really? How do you find a female companion that likes Prog? Walk into the woods and call for her? |
You'd have to ask my husband - I am not sure what he was looking for but he got the prog part right. |
That's a good one
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TODDLER
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 13:39 |
The Dark Elf wrote:
TODDLER wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
Gerinski wrote:
Most women like it long, except when it comes to songs |
I'm going to take exception to that remark on the grounds that it perpetuates the "women don't like prog" stereotype. Because they do. |
But really? How do you find a female companion that likes Prog? |
I got lucky. In more ways than one. |
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emigre80
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 13:42 |
Agreed, agreed, agreed. 
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Pastmaster
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 14:07 |
emigre80 wrote:
Agreed, agreed, agreed. |
Why is it quoting me when I didn't say that?
Edited by Pastmaster - March 17 2015 at 14:08
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Raff
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 14:09 |
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While it's true that most prog fans tend to be male, it is not as if all men like prog. Although prog may have been popular (even in a commercial sense) in its heyday, it has always been a niche genre, and its appeal will never be broad. Personally, I don't care if other people find prog (or other music I like) boring, as long as I have a handful of friends/acquaintances who share my tastes.
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richardh
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 14:51 |
Pastmaster wrote:
Polymorphia wrote:
Pastmaster wrote:
Yes please |
And no ELP
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Yes, ELP is only for people who can stand having a synth burn through their ears. In other words, not for me. |
They have 'had' their fair share of female fans over the years . I suspect there was a little more to them than just synths
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Polymorphia
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Posted: March 17 2015 at 15:07 |
Pastmaster wrote:
emigre80 wrote:
Agreed, agreed, agreed. |
Why is it quoting me when I didn't say that? |
And why am I in that quote pyramid?
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