Are proghead nerds?

Anyone that starts a sentence ''dude'' is probably a nerd.

I kinda consider myself a nerd. I'm single and intend on remaining that way. I don't like socialising. I enjoyed being a chess player as I didn't have to speak to people and I like prog because it's something I can obsess over endlessly. I wear my prog nerd badge with total pride although I think I'm a lightweight as I'm too lazy to check out everything and tend to stick what I think is 'prog' (Yes being the centre of that universe).

Saperlipopette! wrote: I've met plenty of genuine Progheads of the ELP/Yes/Gabriel-era Genesis-worshipping ilk. Some of them only like the first King Crimson album (but not Moonchild), are mostly indiffernt to Jazz Rock Fusion, RIO etc (they might do an exception for the worst Return to Forever album, Romantic Warrior) and want to talk about time signatures, often do a lot of air drumming, are into sci-fi etc... And their idea of an interesting topic seem to be: but is Rush/Pink Floyd/Canterbury Scene etc... really Prog? Many of them are unable to snap out of it, and talk about other stuff. I got nothing agianst the prog nerd-type. I still like him (sorry, it's a him ca. 95% of the time), but we don't seem to share much common ground. It's usually easier for me to have a conversation with someone who's not into prog at all.

Man, they really get on my nerves. These guys act like they own progressive rock just because some albums have a fantasy vibe—when in reality, it's often rooted in British history and philosophy. In my opinion, prog bands are much more significant for their music than for any so-called "lore." Honestly, the themes could be about anything—it doesn’t matter to me. Area tackled the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Pink Floyd addressed left-wing politics. Caravan sang about quirky, whimsical worlds—not far off from gnomes in the forest. Who cares? Do you have to be a gnome fan to appreciate Caravan lol.

Not mentionning some borderline prog bands are very popular such as Queen, Radiohead or The Beatles. So "normies" too can be into prog. Anybody. Nobody owns prog.

Edited by Gnik Nosmirc - 2 hours 3 minutes ago at 11:59