Too much Prog
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Topic: Too much Prog
Posted By: progistoomainstream
Subject: Too much Prog
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 13:45
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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). ------------- 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 13:49
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 13:50
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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. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 13:55
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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. ------------- “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 |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 13:55
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I always listen to a variety of music without thinking about the genre too much ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 13:58
I love The Smiths - everything they made from their self-titled debut up to Strangeways is just wonderful  ------------- “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 |
lazland wrote:Posted By: progistoomainstream
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 13:58
I will attempt to after my porg fast is complete. -------------
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 13:59
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:05
 ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:08
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I just don't understand the love for The Smiths. I will never like them. I like Suede tho.... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Popovych
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:08
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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) This allows me to clear my prog mind on several occasions
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:09
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:14
Well whadya know? I'm quotable! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:20
I think you either loved or hated The Smiths, with not much in between. What I do hate is that God-Awful cover that's been released to tie in with a Christmas advertising campaign. Ouch  ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:21
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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 can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:22
a good resource for metal recommendations is the forum at metalmusicarchives.com and for hip-hop the obvious answer is dälek http://www.myspace.com/dalek" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:24
| I like other genres like jazz and trance/electronica. But prog reigns as the best genre. For me there's never too much prog |
Posted By: CloseToTheMoon
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:36
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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. It allows me to cover a lot of ground in music, movies, comic books. But something like genre books (fantasy, sci-fi, classic literature, biography), if I take too long a break from reading, I loose interest. There's too many things in this world. ------------- It's funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen. |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:40
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:48
You're still quotable Snowy!
(I love the Smiths though and don't understand Suede)
In addition, even if you only listened to stuff of this site there is a HUGE variety. Lots of metal stuff that I don't touch. A lot of the Krautrock touches on Pop. Many of the older bands (Genesis Yes Supertramp) are often pop. And the Canterbury scene goes from one extreme to the other.
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:51
------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:52
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I never spend a single day listening to only one kind of music. And yes, there is a lot of good music outside prog (I like the following genres : synth-pop, punk, hardcore, ska, reggae, traditional metal, extreme metal, early hip hop, folk, blues (all eras), jazz (all eras), country (all eras), bluegrass, tango, fado, chaabi, flamenco, ambient, electronic, chanson française, AOR, gothic rock, post-punk, afrobeat, mbalax, fulani, qawali, heavenly, shoegaze, juju music, funk, soul, industrial, doo-wop, trip hop, psychedelic rock, rock'n'roll/rockabilly, sunshine pop, sefardic songs, classical music (all eras from early to contemporary), traditional music of central Europe countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania), traditional music of mapuche ethnical group, some electronica and many more I can't think of right now).
When you love so many musical genres, you never get bored of music... ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 14:56
------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 15:11
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 15:13
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I do take a break from prog. I always like listening to good pop like XTC, Crowded House, Split Enz, the Beatles, Travis or Keane. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 15:34
Ditto x4 I listen to all sorts of different music pretty much every day, I never really feel the need to lock into a genre or a band unless I prepping for a concert or festival. My tastes within prog are broad enough that I could happily stay within prog and still be plenty varied enough if I ever felt the need. It's more mood driven than anything else. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 15:35
QF[QF[QF[QF[T]]]] ------------- What? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 15:36
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I don't focus too much on what category what I listen to may or may not belong in. I don't suddenly stop listening to a body of things that might or might not be considered to belong or not belong any particular genre. I consider XTC to crossover prog BTW. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: fuyuakiworld
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 15:46
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I have an exstremely wide range of musical tastes, so prog is not the only stuff i listen to. |
Posted By: progistoomainstream
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 15:52
Good thing to know I am not the only one. -------------
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 15:57
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. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 16:47
| When i want a change from prog, i listen to classical music (symphonies, opera, piano, violin) or hard rock and heavy metal |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 16:48
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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!
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date 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! ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date 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.
------------- “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 |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 17:22
One more never hurts! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 17:23
And another one... ------------- http://hangingsounds.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - Hanging Sounds http://www.progarchives.com/ProgRockShopping.asp" rel="nofollow - PA Index of prog music vendors |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 17:35
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... ------------- |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date 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) ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 18:10
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.   ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: ProgBob
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 18:19
Given that you went on to admit that you have heard Toto, that can't be true. ------------- Bob |
Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 19:29
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I listen to art. ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 11 2011 at 21:39
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.....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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Posted By: progistoomainstream
Date 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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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 00:47
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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. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 00:50
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. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 00:54
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. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 00:55
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. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 00:57
As far as mainstream rap goes, that's probably true. But there's an underground hip hop scene that appears to have a lot of great stuff that's worth exploring if you're interested. I know practically nothing about it so I shouldn't speculate further. But that's the impression I got from hanging out with people who are into it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Canterzeuhl
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 01:03
Agreed. I don't hear much art in Hippity-Hop, maybe the lyrics take some skill but otherwise I find it quickly tedious. Unless there's any Prog/Hip-Hop, I'd be interested to hear that.
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 01:24
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Although prog is my true musical love, I do have an unhealthy obsession with girly punk/pop bands, especially from the 60's! I've got quite a good vinyl collection of them, and tons of compilations from the 50's-60's to now. There's a number of great modern bands, such as the Gore Gore Girls, The Excessories, Sit N' Spin, The Bobbyteens, The Riff Randells, etc that provide terrific trashy pop gems!
I find after listening to prog so much, it makes you appreciate a really good pop song more when you hear it! Almost a relief! :) |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 01:38
During the last months I have quite regularly listened Kanye West (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy), I really enjoy it! He samples 21st Century Schizoid Man there, but it's not reason, the album is very good ;)
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Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 04:48
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I'm a genre hopper. I listen to whatever I'm in the mood for. ------------- http://revbookburn.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/rexcat http://www.myspace.com/prxcat Greetings! And Welcome to The Global Internet Church of Prog! Hail the Prog and Praise "Bob"! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 07:59
Same here really. Never got bored of prog, but have always listened to other genres. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: progistoomainstream
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 18:16
I can find different and unique music (compared to historical music). -------------
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 18:32
I've never considered prog to be just one type of music. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 19:49
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 20:19
Yes!  It can be a whole week of Prog, it can be a whole week of Jazz. Or it can be an eclectic day full of different stuff, one never knows.
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: December 12 2011 at 23:54
I want to be open minded, can you post an example? ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 01:26
Not being funny here but I think everyone who listens to any music at all wants to listen to what they perceive as good music. This is why we have genre distinctions (and arguments). With this identification we can develop our interest. Recently I have been enjoying some (what I consider good to great) blues, Albert King, Roy Buchanan and the Rolling Stones. Then back to Pytor 'Psycho Tchaiko' Tchaikovsky who wrote my idea of dance music! Sometimes I wonder if there is too much music per se and it gets taken for granted with it's easy access and lack of audience responsibility in acquisition. Fya, I like this lyric. "Everybodty wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die." - Albert King. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 03:18
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 03:43
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I do have times that I listen mostly to one genre or another. Sometimes I have periods that I listen to classic prog, then I re - discover British '80's neo - prog or Italian '70's RPI or I'm completely into Canterbury or I listen a lot to a band to which I didn't listen for a long time. Sometimes I listen a lot to non - prog rock bands, or soul music sometimes to classical music... I don't plan such things, it just happens. But I do have "trends", even when they are completely personally. Prog does sometimes bore me, and then I change my listening habits, but I don't stay away from prog for a long time. I listen a lot to prog: I always come back to that. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 04:18
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I guess Prog represents about say 60% of what I listen to, with remainder split between Post Punk, Jazz, european folk, classical and Pop.The problem with a site like PA is that it can engender an attitude where we pay more attention to the menu than the taste of our food. ------------- 
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Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 04:52
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Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 06:01
| Spent half my life listening to heavy rock and metal, with a bit of punk, classical and prog thrown in. Spent the second half mainly (not exclusively) listening to prog. What a site like this does is expand your palette. There isn't a prog sub-genre I don't enjoy. JR/F and extreme prog work strangely well with Kraut and RIO on album shuffle! |
Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: December 14 2011 at 06:18
Good point! ------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |
Posted By: progistoomainstream
Date Posted: January 17 2012 at 17:26
Since when does Lady Gaga have the greatest voice on earth? Which raises a side question, If you are singing through autotune, does it count as singing? And since when is Lady Gaga hip-hop??? -------------
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: January 17 2012 at 18:02
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Of course you should listen to non prog as well so you can realise how great prog is in comparison. Or to give your ears a break. I listen to Adele, Kiss, Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Gary Numan (prog related IMHO), Scorpions, Tourniquet, Petra, Soundtracks, lots more... with prog as number one choice though. ------------- 
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