Too much Prog

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?

No is the simple (and simplistic) answer to your question, although I do try my best to continue listening to my favourite acts outside of prog, such as Smiths, Gene, Fleetwood Mac, Tansads amongst others. that way I stay fresh.

I always listen to a variety of music without thinking about the  genre too much

Guldbamsen wrote: No such thing as too much prog for me personally. I have so much variety, so I´ll just change the pace - go heavy, electronic, psychedelic, avant, classical or funny.  The thing is that you´ve got to spread out, instead of listening to the same sort of music all the time. That´s how I feel at least.

Guldbamsen wrote: lazland wrote: No is the simple (and simplistic) answer to your question, although I do try my best to continue listening to my favourite acts outside of prog, such as Smiths, Gene, Fleetwood Mac, Tansads amongst others. that way I stay fresh. I love The Smiths - everything they made from their self-titled debut up to Strangeways is just wonderful

Yes. Sometimes I change prog by other music styles. AOR (Boston, Toto, Alan Parsons, Mike&Mechanics) or Synth Pop (New Order, Duran Duran, A-Ha, Talk Talk, Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark)

Edited by Popovych - December 11 2011 at 14:09

Well whadya know? I'm quotable!

I often throw in non-prog into my listening mix.  80's synth pop/new wave (The Cars, Police, The Fixx, Duran Duran, Talking Heads, etc.), classic rock (David Bowie, Queen, Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, Blue Oyster Cult, The Grateful Dead, The Beatles), and some straight up metal (Black Sabbath, Rainbow, AC/DC, Judas Priest, etc.).

I know some of these are classified as Related on this site, and I don't dispute that but since they're not full-on prog, I included them as non-prog.

I like other genres like jazz and trance/electronica. But prog reigns as the best genre. For me there's never too much prog

Triceratopsoil wrote: Snow Dog wrote: I always listen to a variety of music without thinking about the  genre too much