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Silverbeard McStarr View Drop Down

Forum Senior Member

Joined: October 05 2009
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 167

Posted: April 27 2010 at 02:24

Favourite three bands: Pink Floyd, Genesis, Van Der Graaf Generator

Favourite three prog sub-genres: King Crimson, folk prog, avant-prog

Favourite three non-prog genres: experimental, folk, jazz

Favourite three decades in music: 70's, 60's, 90's

Edited by Silverbeard McStarr - April 27 2010 at 02:26

progkidjoel View Drop Down

Prog Reviewer

Joined: March 02 2009
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 19643

Posted: April 27 2010 at 01:11

Favourite 3 bands: Yes, Porcupine Tree, Kayo Dot
Favorite Prog Sub-Genres or Types: Post-metal, crossover, symphonic
Favorite Non-Prog Genres: Alternative rock, punk, classic rock
Favorite Decades in Music: 70's, 00's, 90's

ShW1

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Joined: September 10 2005
Location: Sambation
Status: Offline
Points: 284

Posted: April 27 2010 at 01:02

OK lets try:

Bands/artists: Genesis, Gentle Giant, Thinking Plague

I'm adding non-prog bands/artist: Chick Corea, Kaveret (Israeli poprock band from the 70's), Beatles

Prog Sub-geners: old symphonic, eclectic, RIO

Non prog geners: Contemporary classical music, 90-s electronics, some Israelis acts (not exactly sub genere but nontheless)

(unless you call it 'art rock Israeli movement' which contain Gronich, Caspi, Shem-tov Levi etc etc)

Dacades: 70's, 00's, 90's

another term to say that: every dacade as long it's not the 80's

Proletariat View Drop Down

Forum Senior Member

Joined: March 30 2007
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 1882

Posted: April 26 2010 at 23:15

moshkito wrote:

Hi,

Some people just never quit, or even read anything on this board. How sad. Treating all this like top ten! Exactly what the music that we love is not at all, and doesn't want to be!

With that said:

No favorite bands since all the music is good, and I love music, not prog!

No Prog Sub-Genres or Types since these are not even close to what most artists are about, and tends to limit what any artist is capable of doing. So Vincent Price is only a horror actor and an idiot as a serious actor, just because that's all you can accept? How would you feel if you were him? Or Christopher Lee?

No Favorite Non-Prog Genres since music is music, and saying that eastern music is worse than rock'n'roll or Eric Clapton is so ethnocentric that you would get a failing grade in school.

No Favorite Decades in Music since there has always been music in the history of mankind. But I am not sure that you can appreciate a lot of it.

I'm of the opinion that those kinds of questions are not serious enough for you to discuss "music"! That simple! But if you want to write a book on the socio-economic bs of these for your dissertation go ahead. Hint .. you might only be able to do this in Berkeley! Because too much of the stuff that you wish to honor is not even considered, and I'm not sure that you have any idea as to why that is so!

while i admire your high minded idealism i must beg the question: how much baroque, romanticist, swahili, mongolian, hindu, rockabilly, blugrass, shoegaze, polka, and serialism music are you actually aquainted with? and how can you claim to enjoy all music?

this site is dedicated to one genre of music so discuss that genre, and allow yourself and others to have favorites, just know that this is human tendancy to do so and says nothing as to what is good or bad or better... just favorite

I think this idea is interesting, for me

Pink Floyd, GY!BE, Decemberists

Math/Post, Avant, Kraut

Folk, Jazz, Indie

90s, 60s, 70s

who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob

BaldJean

Prog Reviewer

Joined: May 28 2005
Location: Germany
Status: Offline
Points: 10377

Posted: April 26 2010 at 22:53

it would be hard for me to name 3 favorite bands; there are so many I like. I will pick 3 for now, but it is totally possible, nay almost sure,I will pick 3 others tomorrow: Hawkwind, Gong, Magma. or shall I pick Embryo, Can and VdGG? and what about King Crimson, Amon Düül 2 and the Residents? nay, impossible task.
favorite musical decade? absolutely unanswerable, unless it means favorite decade of prog; then I'll go with 70s, 60s, 00s.
favorite three sub-genres: Krautrock, space-rock, the third is a battle between RIO, jazz-rock, Zeuhl and the in my opinion either misnamed or misused category folk prog (I'd be more happy with "ethnic prog" as sub category).
as to favorite non-prog genres: jazz, classical music (another misnomer; there are so many different styles which are sub-summarized under this category; baroque music has nothing at all to do with music of the impressionists, for example), Indian music

A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta

santiagomo87 View Drop Down

Forum Groupie

Joined: December 04 2005
Location: Mexico
Status: Offline
Points: 68

Posted: April 26 2010 at 22:50

Favorite Three Bands (Pink Floyd, Genesis, Porcupine Tree)
Favorite Prog Sub-Genres or Types (Psychedelic/Space Rock, Symphonic, Progressive metal)
Favorite Non-Prog Genres (Jazz, Indie/Alternative rock, Classical)
Favorite Decades in Music (00's,70's,90's)

I'm always changing my mind so what I wrote was an avarage of my mood swings. Sometimes I like Jazz fussion above all and hate prog metal. Also i'm really getting into american folk music a lot lately so who knows? maybe I'll be in a country music forum in a few months

Santiago

thellama73 View Drop Down

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Honorary Collaborator

Joined: May 29 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 8368

Posted: April 26 2010 at 22:05

Favourite Three Bands: Queen, Jethro Tull, Rush
Favourite Prog Sub-Genres: Eclectic Prog, RIO/Avant Prog, Progressive Electronic
Favourite Non-Prog Genres: Experimental/industrial/ambient/noise, 50's Lounge/exotica, 30's Jazz/Vocal
Favourite Decades in Music: 70's, 50's, 30's.

This was extremely tough. I love a lot of music from the 60's (Beach Boys, Zombies, Kinks) and the 80's (Oingo Boingo, B-52's) and I also love classical music, so picking three of each was a real challenge.

moshkito

Forum Senior Member

Joined: January 04 2007
Location: Grok City
Status: Offline
Points: 16363

Posted: April 26 2010 at 19:20

Hi,

Some people just never quit, or even read anything on this board. How sad. Treating all this like top ten! Exactly what the music that we love is not at all, and doesn't want to be!

With that said:

No favorite bands since all the music is good, and I love music, not prog!

No Favorite Non-Prog Genres since music is music, and saying that eastern music is worse than rock'n'roll or Eric Clapton is so ethnocentric that you would get a failing grade in school.

No Favorite Decades in Music since there has always been music in the history of mankind. But I am not sure that you can appreciate a lot of it.

Edited by moshkito - April 26 2010 at 19:20

Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Any Colour You Like View Drop Down

Prog Reviewer

Joined: May 15 2009
Status: Offline
Points: 12294

Posted: April 26 2010 at 18:31

Favourite Three Bands: Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Agalloch.
Favourite Prog Sub-Genres: Experimental/Post Metal, Psychedelic/Space Rock, Prog Metal.
Favourite Non-Prog Genres: Classic Rock, Jazz, Folk/Neofolk.
Favourite Decades in Music: 00s, 70s, 90s.

Edited by Any Colour You Like - April 26 2010 at 18:31

RoyFairbank View Drop Down

Forum Senior Member

Joined: January 07 2008
Location: Somewhere
Status: Offline
Points: 1072

Posted: April 26 2010 at 18:24

Like this:

Favorite Three Bands (1,2,3)
Favorite Prog Sub-Genres or Types (1,2,3)
Favorite Non-Prog Genres (1,2,3)
Favorite Decades in Music (1,2,3)

For example

Favorite Three Bands (Pink Floyd. The Who,Genesis)
Favorite Prog Sub-Genres or Types (Lyrics and Introverted Moods/like Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons Project, Robert Wyatt, Eloy [musically] etc , Symphonic and 80s symphonic/crossover) [notice you can improvise a lot]
Favorite Non-Prog Genres (Various Classic Rock, especially 60s, nothing from new people after 1990)
Favorite Decades in Music (70s,80s,60s)