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The Miracle 
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 Posted: December 12 2011 at 00:55 |
 progistoomainstream wrote:
I completely deleted all true prog from my iTunes account (it is on a backup cd) and lent my vynil and Cds to various friends to prevent myself from falling off the wagon. ( I have no considered it an addiction) |
Well that's silly. I'd never give away my CD's to anyone. Especially since last time I lent my CD's to a friend, he forgot them in the middle of the road and had them run over by a car.
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octopus-4
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Posted: December 12 2011 at 00:54 |
The Miracle wrote:
octopus-4 wrote:
What can you find in hip-hop? |
There is a lot to be found that doesn't fall under the stereotype you described if one is willing to look with an open mind
Although I agree with Jazz and Classical being a priority. But that is my personal taste. He should explore what he feels like. |
You are right, also in saying that even hip-hop has good moments (I have one album of Outkast that's very jazzy sometimes) but the average is so poor that I give up to digging inside the genre as well as in most of the mainstream. Regardless the genre, put some "art" or "heart" in a song and I'll probably like it. With hip.hop it doesn't happen often.
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I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution
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The Miracle
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Posted: December 12 2011 at 00:50 |
octopus-4 wrote:
What can you find in hip-hop? |
There is a lot to be found that doesn't fall under the stereotype you described if one is willing to look with an open mind Although I agree with Jazz and Classical being a priority. But that is my personal taste. He should explore what he feels like.
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octopus-4
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Posted: December 12 2011 at 00:47 |
I don't listen to prog only, but it's in general what gives me more listening pleasure. Exploring other genres is a good thing, but why a so poor thing like hip-hop? I have heard horrible things coming from the radios: Comfortably Numb and Can You Understand(Renaissance) used by rappers to shutter their usual-standardized-explicit-sex-false-revolutionary-I'm-a-bad-guy-but-the-world-is-too-bad stuff. If you want to get off of prog try with Jazz or Classic, at least World and New-age. What can you find in hip-hop?
Said so, one thing doesn't exclude another and "prog" is just a label.
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I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution
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progistoomainstream
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Joined: October 07 2011
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 22:54 |
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I completely deleted all true prog from my iTunes account (it is on a backup cd) and lent my vynil and Cds to various friends to prevent myself from falling off the wagon. ( I have no considered it an addiction)
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cstack3
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 21:39 |
.....sometimes....I dress like a girl and listen to lots and lots of ABBA.
Just saying that makes me feel dirty....
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The_Jester
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 19:29 |
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I listen to art.
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La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle!
- Napoléon Bonaparte
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ProgBob
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Joined: April 02 2006
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 18:19 |
Hercules wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
I just don't understand the love for The Smiths. I will never like them. I like Suede tho.... |
I'll go further - the whole bloody "Madchester" scene with the Smiths, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Oasis and the like was the biggest crock of s**t I have ever heard. |
Given that you went on to admit that you have heard Toto, that can't be true.
BTW The Smiths had absolutely nothing to do with the 'Madchester' scene - and nor did Oasis for that matter. In fact, it is a bit bizarre to see those two bands in the same list. Geography really is the only connection. It's a bit like saying I hate all that Swedish music like Abba and The Flower Kings.
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 18:10 |
Hercules wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
I just don't understand the love for The Smiths. I will never like them. I like Suede tho.... |
I'll go further - the whole bloody "Madchester" scene with the Smiths, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Oasis and the like was the biggest crock of s**t I have ever heard.
I listen to lots of other genres (mainly folk/Celtic like Runrig, Clannad, Capercaillie and also US acts such as Springsteen, Petty, Toto, Fleetwood Mac and the like). But I always come back to prog. |
Oh for f**k sake! You think THe Smiths were part of the 'Madchester' scene? Mad for it? Get a grip man! Wrong era wrong type of music.  
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Help me I'm falling!
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zappaholic
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 18:07 |
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I mix it up too. Listening to just one type of music isn't good for you.
(today I was listening to Negura Bunget, Immortal and Killdozer)
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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jampa17
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 17:35 |
progistoomainstream wrote:
For the past few months I have been listening to nothing but progressive music. The other day i decided to listen to Boston's debut album for a cahnge. I realized how good it was and how I have been denying myself a whole world of good music for months by only listening to prog. As a ressult of this, I have decided to go off prog for a month or so in order to expose myself to other genres of music (specifically Heavy Metal and Hip-Hop). Have any of you ever felt the need to "quit" prog for a while? |
I don't think too much in the genre that I listen to... I just pick up the album I feel it's right for the current day, no matter it's soft rock, heavy metal, thrash, alternative or grunge. But, sometimes I surprise myself that I have weeks without hearing any prog at all.
And it's OK, don't make a rule, just enjoy the music as you feel well and you'll be fine.
For instance, I'm hearing Jazz right now... Imagine that... I, Jampa hearing jazz... 
But I'm enjoying it...
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Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
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avestin
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 17:23 |
SaltyJon wrote:
Dean wrote:
thehallway wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
colorofmoney91 wrote:
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
I always listen to a variety of music without thinking about the genre too much |
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QF[QF[QF[QF[T]]]] |
One more never hurts!
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And another one...
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SaltyJon
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 17:22 |
Dean wrote:
thehallway wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
colorofmoney91 wrote:
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
I always listen to a variety of music without thinking about the genre too much |
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QF[QF[QF[QF[T]]]] |
One more never hurts!
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 17:18 |
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^Haha - I feel much the same. So difficult to spot one single tree in the forest.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Progosopher
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 17:15 |
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Yes, I tire of it sometimes, which I can do for all the various genres and sub-genres I listen to. Fortunately, with a large and eclectic collection, I have no lack of listening material. The biggest challenge is often choosing something in particular!
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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akaBona
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 16:48 |
prog has always been my main source of enjoying music, but there is so much other genres can offer. so regularly I turn to fusion, blues rock, west coast, classical and folk. actually I don't care about genres, I just want to hear good music!
Edited by akaBona - December 11 2011 at 16:49
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presdoug
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 16:47 |
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When i want a change from prog, i listen to classical music (symphonies, opera, piano, violin) or hard rock and heavy metal
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Hercules
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Joined: June 14 2007
Location: Near York UK
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 15:57 |
Snow Dog wrote:
I just don't understand the love for The Smiths. I will never like them. I like Suede tho.... |
I'll go further - the whole bloody "Madchester" scene with the Smiths, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Oasis and the like was the biggest crock of s**t I have ever heard.
I listen to lots of other genres (mainly folk/Celtic like Runrig, Clannad, Capercaillie and also US acts such as Springsteen, Petty, Toto, Fleetwood Mac and the like). But I always come back to prog.
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A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
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progistoomainstream
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 15:52 |
CloseToTheMoon wrote:
I get sick of everything after a while. That's why my posts get spotty. I have a bad habit of being really into something specific for a few months at a time (or less) and then my mind is onto something else. |
Good thing to know I am not the only one.
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fuyuakiworld
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Posted: December 11 2011 at 15:46 |
I have an exstremely wide range of musical tastes, so prog is not the only stuff i listen to.
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