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debrewguy 
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 3596 |
 Posted: December 20 2008 at 12:28 |
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I have now abandoned the Neo(lithic) phase of my music appreciation. I am now moved on to more mature music Neo-nderthal. These musicians stood for something. Like standing on two legs.
That and they were Europeen, and we all know that some of the good prog music eventually came from there. My currrent research is whether there was a coming together of this genre with the Sapien-Symphonic movement where a bunch of guys would howl & grunt together for long time periods, thereby being the first un-recorded occasion of Avant-Garde music, and a precursor to the Symphonic prog we all know and admit is passe today. |
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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J-Man
Prog Reviewer 
Joined: August 07 2008 Location: Philadelphia,PA Status: Offline Points: 7826 |
Posted: December 20 2008 at 12:43 |
For like a year once I basically stopped listening to prog and listened to 60's and 70's hard rock and 80's and 90's heavy metal. While I still love Zeppelin, Metallica, and Iron Maiden, prog found me again. You can't escape from prog (coming from experience). |
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JLocke
Prog Reviewer
Joined: November 18 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4900 |
Posted: December 21 2008 at 01:50 |
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Prog is like the fine cuisines that we sometimes only delve into and experience for stints at a time. Everything else is like the poor-man's fine dining such as Mc Donald's and Wendy's.
Sure it's great to eat the junk food sometimes because it;s a quick fix, you don'ty have to wait for it, and it;s cheap so the conveniance is the main appeal. But after awhile of eating Pizza Hut for the upteenth time, you're gonna start craving the truly good meals again. That's when you go back into it and wondery why you could have ever left . . . until the next time, of course.
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Vibrationbaby
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Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 6898 |
Posted: December 21 2008 at 03:57 |
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I have abuddy with me who thinks I can't listen to Celine Dion for 24 hours cranked on the headphones ( with bathroom breaks). $100 bet. It's going to be a tough run. We start tomorrow evening. It's going to be filmed.
This is an edit. as I said we will film this. It will be like an angler fighting with a prize Marlin. One hour into the fight. 3 hours into the fight sort of thing. I've shook hands on this one but I'm not sure whether I'm up to the test. This will be a test of endurance. It is going to be pure living hell. Like an SAS candidate doing the fan dance on the Brecon Beacons. I am honestly NOT looking forward to this. One of the dumbest bets I've ever made. I'll be allowed to drink when this is all going on but not that it will help me through the horror. The lousy $100 will be donated to the Canadian SPCA to help get rid of the puppy mills that we have a problem with here in Quebec. A publicity stunt of sorts. It'll be on youtube. My buddies are allowed to taunt me and say thigs like, " had enough? ". I have to go into seclusion to prepare as Erik goes to HMV to get the discs when it opens this morning. Edited by Vibrationbaby - December 21 2008 at 04:34 |
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Avantgardehead
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Joined: December 29 2006 Location: Dublin, OH, USA Status: Offline Points: 1170 |
Posted: December 21 2008 at 05:17 |
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Nothing that's supposedly "prog" that isn't late-60's or early-to-mid-70's ever satisfied me. Retro used to clog-up my music library, but no longer!
I'm still on the look-out for things from those eras that I haven't heard yet, but I'll stick with my Genesis for now.  |
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http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian
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Vibrationbaby
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Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 6898 |
Posted: December 21 2008 at 06:36 |
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Well I've completed my dry run and nothing is going in my favour. This pretty much sums up how I feel right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlkzrmQdUkI
He's getting Celine Christmas music too. I didn't think of that. Gotta take the dogs for their morning run then get some sleep.
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Lost Follower
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Joined: December 12 2008 Location: Londres Status: Offline Points: 130 |
Posted: December 21 2008 at 07:42 |
Look, if it's good enough in the Queen Vic so it's good enough for here! |
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~Jump you f**ker jump~
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debrewguy
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 3596 |
Posted: December 21 2008 at 18:03 |
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I'm trying silence for a while, so I can make more profound comparisons later on ...
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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Fragile
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Joined: June 27 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 1125 |
Posted: December 21 2008 at 18:52 |
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Three Fates how the hell are you? Not on here much these days but when I see your name it brings back memories of three years ago when we posted frequently.Hope you are ok and still listening to great music,remember Anderson is King and not Greg. |
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The Quiet One
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 16 2008 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 15745 |
Posted: December 21 2008 at 19:23 |
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^wow dude! You're from 2004!!!! That's shocking and incredible, and you were lucky to get a album name which wasn't used, yet.
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Jake Kobrin
Prog Reviewer
Joined: September 20 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1303 |
Posted: December 21 2008 at 22:58 |
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Who cares? It's stupid to only listen to a genre because you have some image or something to keep up. I've been listening to all different stuff as of late. A lot of it is prog and a lot of it isn't. Honestly, I don't care.
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Avantgardehead
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Joined: December 29 2006 Location: Dublin, OH, USA Status: Offline Points: 1170 |
Posted: December 21 2008 at 23:10 |
Same here, I listen to what I like be it prog, indie, post-rock, psychedelic pop, new age, shoegaze, post-metal, or jazz. |
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http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian
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el dingo
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Joined: October 08 2008 Location: Norwich UK Status: Offline Points: 7053 |
Posted: December 22 2008 at 03:18 |
Yeah, good idea.
I'm currently into the neo-Neanderthal band Cro & the Magnons. I heard they had a real revolutionary effect on what had constituted the scene before; apparently they literally blew the Neanderthal bands away - over a period of many years, of course. History has it there were no collaborations between the movements at all.
My favourite Magnon stuff includes Fire, Flintaxe Revolution and Spear that Mammoth Baby, Woah Yeah.
As the Neanderthals originated in prehistoric Germany (the Canterbury of its day), might I suggest that ALL PROG must surely stem from Krautrock?
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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debrewguy
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 3596 |
Posted: December 22 2008 at 10:58 |
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I found it strange that they hadn't sued the Cro-Mags for copyright on the name.
As for the germans, I do believe that at the time, they were Goths. SO krautrock is an offshoot of Goth music ? |
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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Proggg
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Joined: July 19 2008 Status: Offline Points: 40 |
Posted: December 22 2008 at 13:07 |
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recently I haven't been listening to too much prog either... I love it but haven't really touched it. I do listen to a lot of prog metal but not the classical prog. That will change when I finally buy a Genesis album!!!
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A windstorm dropped a bird from the sky
It fell to the ground and it's wings broke and died But when the time got by, back to sky it flied cause the wings healed in time and the bird was I-Wintersun |
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DamoXt7942
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Joined: October 15 2008 Location: Okayama, Japan Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: December 22 2008 at 13:59 |
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Honestly I couldn't anticipate my current favorite prog genres (non-British Euro, especially Italian prog) when I've begun listening to British prog.
Our life style or hobby, interest are always changing but I consider recurrence of those should come some time.
Possibly we can sometimes understand the good point of our previous favs by meeting lots of genres and sounds.
Hmm...anyway, I want to listen to The Beatles and The Beach Boys.
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J-Man
Prog Reviewer
Joined: August 07 2008 Location: Philadelphia,PA Status: Offline Points: 7826 |
Posted: December 22 2008 at 18:28 |
Holy crap!!! Does that mean you don't own any Genesis??? Shame on you....  |
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debrewguy
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 3596 |
Posted: December 22 2008 at 21:45 |
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Having listened to Silence's 53 minute opus - . I can say that they are hard to compare to anyone as there is no instumentation, singing, percussion, nor even sound manipulation. Especially with 73 bit re-mastered CD that I have, you cannot hear even the slightest hiss.
At the moment, due to its' relaxed nature , I think it might be suitable for the canterbury team. On the other hand, the very concept and the mastery with which it is pulled off makes me wonder if it might be more sensible to ask whether the ZART team is interested in giving a listen to it. |
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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el dingo
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Joined: October 08 2008 Location: Norwich UK Status: Offline Points: 7053 |
Posted: December 23 2008 at 01:45 |
I hope we're talking Ostrogoths and Visigoths here, and not strange black-clad beings with Frankenstein boots and Cure albums tucked under their arms...
Off to play some Pendragon; guess they were inspired by Uther, Arthur, Lancelot and their mates.
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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J-Man
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Joined: August 07 2008 Location: Philadelphia,PA Status: Offline Points: 7826 |
Posted: December 23 2008 at 21:10 |
Exactly. It doesn't depend on what genre, just what amount of quality is put into the music. |
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