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Blackbeard 
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 Posted: November 27 2010 at 09:23 |
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I am from the sixties. After starting with the radio hits from Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, i touched Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull. Afterwards i continued with Genesis, ELP and at least Gentle Giant. All this happens in the seventies. After a long pause, i nearly have forgotten all my musical startup, my musical exploration restarted round about 2000, mainly invoked by internet. First rebuying the classics like Yes or van der Graff Generator, later i bought/buy very different stuff of different times, ProgMetal, RIO, Canterbury and others, hoping to be on a never ending road :-) :-)
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Gerinski
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 10:20 |
 DomValela wrote:
Hi! I'm 16,and having read some of this thread I find it to be really quite interesting. (I realize that this thread is typically not for my generation to be posting in,but I thought you might like to get a younger person's perspective.) I've been listening to Prog music religiously for somewhere between three and five years now, and I primarily listen to all the 70's usual suspects (Genesis, Yes, Floyd, Magma, GG, KC, ELP, PFM etc). (I know, I know..."I'm just starting off.")
Perhaps I'm more closed-minded than the majority of people posting here, but I've found that the late 60's to early 70's prog is generally much more interesting, intellectual and overall...better than the new stuff! The only newer band I've really gotten into seriously is Marillion, and I'm something of a Dream Theater fan. Porcupine Tree and Tool have failed to grow on me. (I still want to explore Pallas, IQ, etc...the rest of the Marillion-ish stuff, apparently.) I know that I'm not just a purist and hate "all that new stuff," because despite all my listening and re-listening, some classic bands like VdGG and Mahavishnu Orchestra are just not clicking.
I wonder what it is that makes all of you like the newer stuff ,and what makes me not like it! My first guess is that it's the metal leanings of the majority of the new prog that I'm not liking, and I prefer the (I guess) "softer"classic prog...but that can't be it because I'm absolutely hypnotized by the droning, pounding music of Magma! My friends do tell me that I'm old fashioned for my habits of not having an Ipod and regularly buying albums....it beats me! |
Great to hear that from a 16 year old!
As already said by others, I guess for some of us old farts after having listened to the 70's classics for hundreds if not thousands of times we are now interested to listen to new stuff, although personally I can not say that I got bored of the classics, I still enjoy them a lot it's simply that I listen to them less frequently.
But when Foxtrot and A Farewell To Kings are as new to you as Tardigrade and Black Clouds And Silver Linings, no wonder you like the oldies better!
Don't want to restart the same old discussion again but to me the 70's stuff was indeed better...
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mark4art
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 10:20 |
Finnforest wrote:
Well I'm gonna burst this bubble right now. I'm mid 40s and I'm much MORE musically adventurous than I ever was in my younger days, and as adventurous as many current young people I know.
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I am definitely with you here. Whilst I think I could be accused of listening to a lot of new music which does seem to be built on the 70's style I am now listening to a much diverse range of prog. Probably 75% of my listening is new music of the past 10 years.
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thehallway
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 11:43 |
Is the average age here really 56?
I was expecting something like 30, given that for every 50-year old there seems to be a complimentary teenager!
Who is the oldest? Moshkito seems to be immortal......
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TODDLER
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 08:15 |
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I've had too much to drink tonight. It's a birthday party for my wife. I wish I could physically meet these older proggers who are posting on this thread, sit in a room with them and listen to their personal stories regarding concerts, collections, rare releases, artists they have met, on and on....that would be more entertaining to me than a prog show.
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GaryB
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 09:24 |
TODDLER...I know many musicians and music fans that are in their thirties and they have been very receptive to stories about the "good old days" of music (1965 - 75, give or take). They like hearing about concerts and they seem to especially like hearing about going down to the local record store and picking up the new Hendrix or Doors or Cream LP the day it was released. Once they find out that you are reasonably knowledgeable about that period they start asking questions.
I enjoy these conversations because it is passing on musical information to a generation that was not there to see and hear it themselves.
thehallway...I turned 61 last month and may be the oldest one here.
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ergaster
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 10:39 |
TODDLER wrote:
I've had too much to drink tonight. It's a birthday party for my wife. I wish I could physically meet these older proggers who are posting on this thread, sit in a room with them and listen to their personal stories regarding concerts, collections, rare releases, artists they have met, on and on....that would be more entertaining to me than a prog show. |
I've hung on to a lot of my ticket stubs from the 70s and 80s. Sometimes I haul them out, look at them, and think "holy sh*t did I really see all these guys??" I actually can't believe I still have those things.
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Dean
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 10:46 |
ergaster wrote:
TODDLER wrote:
I've had too much to drink tonight. It's a birthday party for my wife. I wish I could physically meet these older proggers who are posting on this thread, sit in a room with them and listen to their personal stories regarding concerts, collections, rare releases, artists they have met, on and on....that would be more entertaining to me than a prog show. |
I've hung on to a lot of my ticket stubs from the 70s and 80s. Sometimes I haul them out, look at them, and think "holy sh*t did I really see all these guys??"
I actually can't believe I still have those things.
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I can't believe I paid £1.50 (~$2) to see Floyd @ Wembley in 1972
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What?
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lazland
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 11:33 |
Ah, but Dean. You forgot to add that was when £1.50 was worth £1.50! Them were the days 
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Tychovski
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 13:00 |
The older I get, the more varied the music I listen to becomes. I'm far more adventurous now than I was when I was in my teens, because I have the musical knowledge in place to be able to move forwards (and to the sides!) 
Edited by Tychovski - November 28 2010 at 13:01
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Everyone knows rock attained perfection in 1974, it's a scientific fact.
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TODDLER
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 15:07 |
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Great stories already! thanks for relating them.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 16:34 |
Dean wrote:
I can't believe I paid £1.50 (~$2) to see Floyd @ Wembley in 1972
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Way  . Here's the stub from my first concert: 
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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ergaster
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 18:35 |
Here's my first year of concerts.... 
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JayDee
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Posted: November 28 2010 at 18:53 |
I find "old" people who listen to Opeth cool.  Anyway, I'm nowhere near my 40s but I guess I'll still listen to new stuff that will be coming out by that time.
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Green Shield Stamp
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 15:19 |
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I'm 46 and am constantly seeking out new music. In Prog, my current faves are The Pineapple Thief, The Decemberists, Gazpacho and North Atlantic Oscillation. Of course I still listen a lot to the classic Prog of the 70s and this year have developed a bit of an obsession with Frank Zappa ( I have bought 25 of his CDs in the last 10 months). I also have a strong appetite for jazz (bebop onwards) and classical music (latest listening project was Wagner's Ring Cycle). I first got into music when I was 15 (1979) and my interest has never waned since.
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Haiku
Writing a poem
With seventeen syllables
Is very diffic....
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Bogusman
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 16:35 |
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Anyone under, say 45, you don't have a clue about real prog, because you were not there to experience it. So shut up.
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valravennz
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 16:38 |
^ A bit harsh or are you a troll!!!??? 
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 16:45 |
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KABSA
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 16:54 |
its just an interesting journey with age and aquisition , you amass what you consider fine or better and with up to date releases you compare with before and sometimes fall out with your earlier likes to but its great to be into something `now` that grabs you and if your taste is wide ., there is so much new `old` stuff to have a listen to bloody endless really
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someone_else
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 16:58 |
Bogusman wrote:
Anyone under, say 45, you don't have a clue about real prog, because you were not there to experience it. So shut up. |
Then I wonder how it is possible that I have read some reviews from younger reviewers, sometimes even teenage laddies, that show both a well-founded view on prog and good writing style. Am I dreaming or is this site infiltrated by bogusmen  ?
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