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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2012 at 21:21
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Originally posted by Wanorak Wanorak wrote:

Try Hogarth era Marillion; some more personal and emotional lyrics.


he said prog
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Points: 5210 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2012 at 21:16
If you have a girlfriend, you have to turn in your prog card anyway.

Consider it revoked son?

Or drop her and come over here and listen to some Univers Zero.
You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Originally posted by paganinio paganinio wrote:

Porcupine Tree's "Even Less" impressed a girl that I was with earlier.

Yeah, you need modern good-looking prog with slick production. Usually work with girls. Wink

And who, male or female, can resist the great How to Measure a Planet?
And their later trip-hop influenced works such as Souvenirs (not much prog in there but a nice way to get people started), work with a lot of girls.

He did say her girl liked jazz and classical, not sure how much she would be into the slick production thingy...
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Points: 2504 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2012 at 21:03
Soft Machine.  For now, it's pretty much the only jazzy prog I listen to.  I guess The Tangent have some of those qualities at times, so I guess you could try them.


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Porcupine Tree's "Even Less" impressed a girl that I was with earlier.

Yeah, you need modern good-looking prog with slick production. Usually work with girls. Wink

And who, male or female, can resist the great How to Measure a Planet?
And their later trip-hop influenced works such as Souvenirs (not much prog in there but a nice way to get people started), work with a lot of girls.
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Points: 15745 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2012 at 21:03
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Jazz and classical are better than prog, just forget about it

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I'd say play some "Close to the Edge" by Yes.  I know some people who don't like a lot of progressive rock really enjoy that album.  Some "Larks Tongues in Aspic" is great too if she's into very melodic music.

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If she likes jazz she may be able to appreciate some prog---eventually--but I wouldn't keep my hopes up as I just think guys are more wired to like the stuff---even my sister likes some of it (years of brainwashing from her big brother) but the music is still not a passion for her.
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Originally posted by arhar arhar wrote:

Apologies if this was asked a million times already..



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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:


Originally posted by Wanorak Wanorak wrote:

Try Hogarth era Marillion; some more personal and emotional lyrics.
he said prog
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Originally posted by Wanorak Wanorak wrote:

Try Hogarth era Marillion; some more personal and emotional lyrics.


he said prog
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What Jazz/Rock fusion you would introduce her to depends on what she likes about Jazz.  Pat Metheny might be your best starting place because he has a place in straight Jazz.  Question and Answer and Trio 99 are very straight-forward, as is 1978's Pat Metheny Group.  Jean-Luc Ponty's Storytelling is also much more straight-forward than his other material. You mention Weather Report.  Good idea.  Try Return to Forever or some of  Al Di Meola's solo work.  What about Miles Davis or Herbie Hancock?  PFM may also work well.  If she likes Pink Floyd, move on to some more Psychadelic/Space rock such as Jade Warrior (who always get one of my highest recommendations) - just be aware they have been very diverse over the years.  Above all, let mer make her own choices and do not try to force her to like anything no matter how important it is to you.  This will backfire and turn her into a hater.  Let her lead the exploration and allow yourself to open to new artists as well.  Make it fun and not a task.
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Try Hogarth era Marillion; some more personal and emotional lyrics.
A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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If she likes jazz, classical and opera, then maybe try starting her with the prog stuff closest to those - Banco comes to mind, and the big one is fusion. Keep throwing on Miles albums (chicks dig Miles) until you get up to In A Silent Way or even Bitches Brew. See if you can use those as a springboard (hey, if you like this, I have another band that's kind of similar)
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Points: 1301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2012 at 19:57
my wife suggests Seen All Good People.  this coming from a woman who thought prog was music from the city Prague.
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Originally posted by TODDLER TODDLER wrote:

I knew a girl years ago who listened to King Crimson's Lizard in her car almost everyday. She designed a pair of fangs at the dentist office which was her work place. She would wear the fangs (which were well hidden), drive around listening to prog in the evenings. As she carried on a conversation with you the fangs were hidden. After hours of prog cruise control and Univers Zero she would turn and look at you showing her fangs. It was a bit shocking because it was easy to forget she had them.
 
A girl I knew who practiced Keith Emerson on the piano all day was a devoted prog fan. My first wife who joined a religious cult listened to Gong and studied the Gong mythology. They all seemed very extreme and the majority of girls I met in my lifetime had no interest in prog at all. I wonder if my point makes any sense to you? If the majority of women are creeped out by U Totem then what does that have to say for the minority of women who do like it ?

oh, wow

where can I read about the Gong mythology?
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Points: 1243 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2012 at 19:19
I'do go with some Cantebury Scene Prog (not the extremely weird stuff...at first...), maybe some Hatfield and the North.
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Points: 3126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2012 at 19:13
I knew a girl years ago who listened to King Crimson's Lizard in her car almost everyday. She designed a pair of fangs at the dentist office which was her work place. She would wear the fangs (which were well hidden), drive around listening to prog in the evenings. As she carried on a conversation with you the fangs were hidden. After hours of prog cruise control and Univers Zero she would turn and look at you showing her fangs. It was a bit shocking because it was easy to forget she had them.
 
A girl I knew who practiced Keith Emerson on the piano all day was a devoted prog fan. My first wife who joined a religious cult listened to Gong and studied the Gong mythology. They all seemed very extreme and the majority of girls I met in my lifetime had no interest in prog at all. I wonder if my point makes any sense to you? If the majority of women are creeped out by U Totem then what does that have to say for the minority of women who do like it ?
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