Impressions

I am a member of several forums for various different fields of interest.

Too many times, the forums are taken over by strong personalities, who do not know the difference between holding a strong opinion, and being self opinionated.

Happily, this forum appears to be the exception which proves the rule (if that's not a contradiction in terms). Most of the contributors to this site seem to be intelligent people, open to new ideas, opinions etc, and all seem to have that most essential of qualities in reasoned and intelligent debate, a sense of humour.

The moderators of the site are even handed, and obviously know their subject matter, the reviewers (whilst I may not always agree with individual reviews) are articulate, and again, know their prog rock.

In the time this forum has been going, I have learned much about several bands I previously knew only by name, and would like to think have shared information with other members, expanding their prog knowledge.

All in all, I think Max & the gang should be proud of their achievement with this site - long may it continue and expand.

Thankfully, this forum is humorous and not overly interested in the technical aspects of musicianship. At other forums, things get bogged down when arguments occur. We here share a bit of wit, but don't take offense at criticism. Cheers to Max and crew........  

I have already sung the praises of this forum. I really like this one and the members are knowledgible (unlike me, just check that spelling) and helpful.

I hope it continues in this way as i also have been on forums where you have those strong personalities that don't believe in debate...Because they are always right, and everyone else is wrong.

The only thing I am struggleing with is that i am relatively new to the prog genre so my knowledge is limited. I would like to get to know about lots of prog bands but especially British ones, as I would like to see some of these bands in concert and I doubt whether many of the American bands will make the trip across the pond to England.

This forum is by far the best forum that I have ever been a member of. The laid-back atmosphere of the forum makes it a pleasure to visit. Alot of thought and effort has gone into the reviews on the site  and they have helped me to discover new bands and increased my Prog knowledge.

I hope the forum will continue to grow without losing its laid back atmosphere.

Congratulations Max and crew, you've succeeded  where many have failed.

I think this forum is becoming too overated. Juuuuuuuust kidding. I like it for the reviews. I like to hear what other people think of this kind of music. The only other person I know who is into this stuff lives in Hungary! I know my dogs like it but they are not capable of speech so my prog rock discussions with them are rather one-sided. I'm working on the kid who lives next door but he favours stuff in the Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry vein.

dude wrote: perhaps he is thinking of forming his own band and calling it " The Ministry for nine inch Tools"....................sorry about the joke

Ha! good one as usual, Dewd!

Many modern band names (Barenaked Ladies, Finger 11, Swollen Members, Nine Inch Tools, etc.) leave little or nothing to the imagination!

But in the 70s, bands really knew how to not be too "up front" about their sick obsessions or predelictions.

Consider, for example, Three Dog Night.

Now what, exactly, would that  be?

Yowwwwl!

 (Stop reading now, Tauhd and little Joren.)

"Dirty deeds, done with sheep.... electric fences! High voltage!"

And is anyone else familiar with Guadalcanal Diary's immortal sensitive love ballad, "Cattle Prod?" 

"There's a certain kind of lovin' that my wife don't know -- rump so tender it just falls off the bone.... Got a cattle prod!"

One for the download list -- pure prog majesty! 

(Whoops! My conduct is slipping -- again!)

Edited by Peter Rideout

dude wrote: we have a band here in Australia called the "Chocolate Starfish" its a slang term for....................well it rhymes with "glass"

Thanks for that.

Remind me not to ask for any of those on my sundae if I'm ever ordering dessert in your quaint, sun-blasted little upside down continent! (Incontinent?)

Peter Rideout wrote: [Consider, for example, Three Dog Night. Now what, exactly, would that  be? Yowwwwl!

Peter, Peter, Peter.

A Canadian personage who thinks a "Three Dog Night" has a *AHEM* CARNAL connotation, yet refers to himself as PETER

What DO you do with those Cuban cigars????? 

Edited by Stormcrow

cool!! we broke his brain....actually no, i had nothing to do with it...lets ALL blame PETER!!! NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY MAN

Edited by dude

Maybe not a ban, but certainly a damned good flogging - it's what we did to his type in my day!! Filthy Pervert! You disgust me, Rideout, you hear me?

And you're no better, so called Dude, and Stormcrow - my God! you've corrupted a poor innocent like Joren, and jest about it!! - What kind of men are you for God's sake?? My slavering indignation knows no bounds - I pray for your filthy, heinous, slime covered souls that even Satan himself would reject for being "a bit on the dodgy side" - Heaven will not have you, Hell will not have you, tht just leaves..........

WALES!!

Just remember, you tainted ones, as far as I'm concerned (and I'm sure this goes for all my English compadres on this forum) no-one can call himself a man unless he can take a hot muffin between the buttocks without blubbing - did us no harm at Eton, what, what!!

Hah!!