Is ProgArchives too progressive for its own good?

Lizzy wrote: The Sleepwalker wrote: Lizzy wrote: The Sleepwalker wrote: Lizzy wrote: The Sleepwalker wrote: I will never enjoy Stormwatch.  Omg I hate you! How can you do this to me? omg no I didn't mean to hurt you I was just teasing you a bit  I'm so sorry k  You mean it? Of course I mean it.  You know I do respect you as a person, right?  No. No, I don't.

Not untill he'll start enjoying Stormwatch. (woohoo! that's never!)

Vompatti wrote: I haven't heard Stormwatch, but I'd probably enjoy it.

You probably would because it is no less than 3.5 stars.

Gerinski wrote: I think people should refrain from reviewing and rating albums from a style / subgenre they don't like as a principle.   I am mostly a symphonic / eclectic / jazz-fusion fan and as such I feel entitled to say that a symphonic album I find bad deserves 1 or 2 stars IMHO.   However for example I purchased Maudlin of the Well's Leaving Your Body Map and Godspeed You BE's Lift Your Skinny Fists because of their high appreciation and I do not like them, sorry I'm not really into Post Rock / Post Metal / Math. But I am not going to review them and give them 1 or 2 stars, I simply refrain from reviewing or rating them, because I am aware that I do not like them not because they are bad albums but because the genre doesn't really appeal much to me. Maybe one day I will give them a few more spins and they will click, who knows.

I can to a certain extent understand the rationale here i.e. if you don't like eggs then not even a state of the art omelette is gonna convince you otherwise BUT it should be self evident from reading just a handful of reviews from any genre on PA that you learn more about the listener than what is being listened to. Some reviewers are more objective than others but no one reviewer can ever be purely objective about an aesthetic phenomena such as music. How can we call ourselves gourmets if we choose the same dish from the menu every time we visit the restaurant?

Henry Plainview wrote: altaeria wrote: When I see legendary 70s prog albums being reviewed as "totally overrated" or "full of pretentious filler" and given 1 or 2 stars-- then I'm not sure that I get the point of the site anymore.  If multiple people are completely trashing legitimate classic albums by Yes or King Crimson (for example), then why bother reading on? I can get those types of opinions from PunkArchives or GrungeArchives. I'm sorry you feel that everybody on the site has to have the same opinions.

+1

why dont you let everyone vote and rate albums as they think they should vote and rate? why do i have to like classic prog albums like you?
besides, i dont see any "legendary" album NOT sitting on the top of the lists.

If you removed the word progressive from that question and replace it with another 11 letter word starting with P then I would say absolutely.

Edited by boo boo - February 04 2011 at 00:58

altaeria wrote: Over the last couple years or so, I've found myself referring to ProgArchives less and less. As the site's library of bands becomes more and more extensive, the spectrum of reviewers seems to become much more expansive. Although that sounds like a good thing on the surface, it kinda defeats the purpose of (what once was) a generally like-minded niche community. Oh well. (sigh)

^ I'm more annoyed by list manipulation. 

SolarLuna96 wrote: ^ I'm more annoyed by list manipulation.

Seconded.

Besides, everybody knows that Dream Theter is better than any of those boring bands from the 60's. They can't even shred!


Edited by CCVP - February 04 2011 at 07:24

boo boo wrote: Dream Theater is my berzerk button.

LOL, weboo.