You like, I dislike

I also don't like The Yes Album quiet as much as other people in this forum seem to like. However, I love Fragile and CttE.

Another album that is generally loved (at least in metal circles) that I don't particularly like is Master of Puppets... I much prefer the predecessor... or even if it may sound like heressy, I prefer The Black Album over Master of Puppets.

i dislike most 'prog metal'... the classics are fine (queensryche, some fates warning, etc....)  but i just feel this stuff is overrated for the most part... i have my own philosophy on how 'metal' should be rated...  i had all the gorguts albums 11 years ago... i dont consider them 'prog', but whatever... the problem with 'prog metal' is that the progessive stuff isn't metal... and the metal stuff that tries to be progressive is no longer metal... oh! we play aeolian and phrygian, so damn fast...! yeah, it ain't effing progressive... there are a 2 or 3 thousand 'prog metal' albums a year it seems... very few cross over/out of typical guitar w**ker patterns/... the problem is that if i hear most of these newer albums i immediately know every riff they are playing... that's boring/predictable...

Edited by gazagod - June 04 2012 at 15:24

yes, mine was a controversial statement.. but eh, i never liked it much.. i just go by how many times i've hit 'play'... in my experience- take the album apart and just the play the tracks and it's a lot of 'hits'... i think some folks would say something similar about 'fragile'... but as 'unforgivably' un-flowing as it is-it remains my favorite Yes album... relayer being my 2nd and then tales...   a lot of it has to do with in what context ya hear the record for the first time... the yes album isnt one that i have a significant association with  .. i think it's '4stars' in the context of the super high ratings for everything on this site.. but hey, i heard most of those songs on live recordings before i heard the lp... sort of reminds me of my reception of 'a farewell to kings'... i could be wrong, though

 trollbots uber alles mang!

Edited by gazagod - June 04 2012 at 22:01

Originally posted by Alitare Almost everybody hates Moonchild. I constantly daydream about a perfect world where In the Court (sans Moonchild) and Red (sans Providence) were blended seamlessly together to create the single greatest prog album in all history. I also daydream about a perfect world where half the songs on Beatles were removed (especially that Revolution #9 nonsense). Put it on an EP if you absolutely HAVE to release it, christ!

"Providence" is very good.
"Moonchild" -- not so much.

Originally posted by SolarLuna96 Eh, probably the worst thing a person could say on this website, but King Crimson's debut. I won't say it's a bad album, but it does get quite dull for the majority of its duration, and has trouble keeping my attention. This isn't because I am hyperactive, I can listen to classical for hours. Then there's also the receptiveness of it which wouldn't be so bad if there were things worth repeating. I hardly find myself listening to it and I would probably give it two or three stars if I were to rate it.

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Edited by moshkito - June 06 2012 at 07:09

Originally posted by Snow Dog Originally posted by Alitare Almost everybody hates Moonchild. I constantly daydream about a perfect world where In the Court (sans Moonchild) and Red (sans Providence) were blended seamlessly together to create the single greatest prog album in all history. I also daydream about a perfect world where half the songs on Beatles were removed (especially that Revolution #9 nonsense). Put it on an EP if you absolutely HAVE to release it, christ! Take half the songs from The Beatles and you still have an single album rather than an EP.

Most of my favorite Radiohead songs take me to a dark place in my childhood with my father screaming at my mother and she crying in a corner. My favorite Radiohead songs sometimes take me to a planet of cold ice and abandoned machines so I may look upon them and think. They sometimes make my chest hurt with delight. Other times they make me think about my possible pasts. Kid A hits my heart numerous times. 

It has dawned on me recently that I don't like Roine Stolt. The only thing I have really loved of his was The Flower King's The Sum of No Evil. I remember trying The Flower Kings for the first time and just not getting it, and then I thought maybe it was the vocals that bugged me but even when trying Kaipa thinking maybe that would finally click there was something that just didn't connect with me. I didn't understand what it was because I loved Karmakanic's Who's the Boss in the Factory and that was quite similar to TFK. Then After trying to get into Transatlantic for the umpteenth time being a huge Neal Morse fan, along with some of the Daniel Glidenlow sung TFK songs, I realized it was the guitar playing that I just didn't enjoy. He's a great musician I'm just not a fan of his style, unfortunately, but I'm still looking for something that will get him to click for me because there's just so much material that he has been involved in that I feel like I'm missing out on.

Edited by Master of Time - June 07 2012 at 05:56