Why listen to mediocre prog if you not a collector

I would rate very few albums as fives, so I would not have many albums to listen to if I only listened to "masterpieces". But even so an album can be very enjoyable even if it is a three. There are some three star albums that I absolutely love despite their flaws, so I don't know why I would not listen to them.

Tapfret wrote: Every album is a masterpiece if you know how to listen to it correctly.

Ah, but you see, the correct way of listening to Love Beach is not to listen to it at all, so Tapfret is right. 

Edited by HarbouringTheSoul - November 18 2012 at 08:47

gr8dane wrote: Just because an album isn't a masterpiece album, doesn't mean it can't have a masterpiece song or 2 on it. I'd hate to miss out on those.

Lol. That's why I bought the Genesis albums Invisible touch, Genesis 1983, ABACAB and We can't dance . Some amazing tracks on those albums, but some very bad ones too

Slartibartfast wrote: I can only think of two reasons - you have too much money or you have too much spare time...

being a person who could never not lend an ear to whatever Genesis put out I could not resist. I'm not a completionist. I strangely know when to back off. I timed QUEENSRŸCHE perfectly. Stopped buying their albums after PROMISE LAND. I was so right to do so.

Finnforest wrote: Some of those less acclaimed, below-the-radar albums can be quite rewarding.  Also because an album that may not appeal initially may eventually connect with you.  Personally I like to get away from big albums everyone raves about and occasionally listen to an album I know is an under-performer, perhaps one by a hobbyist musician in his basement or whatever.  It's a different experience, and not a bad one just because the album has 2 and 3 star ratings.

Exactly, thats what I did 40yrs ago.
There is a modern myth that prog. was hugely popular in the 70s, it wasn,t, Floyd being the only exception.
Back then, the more demanding the music , the less comercially sucessful it was, so nothing has changed.
In the early 70s, I had to agree to buy every Centle Giant album, in advance, as my local record shop would not take the chance of stocking them, because "they did'nt sell).
"Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read".... Frank Zappa.



Edited by Aquiring the Taste - November 22 2012 at 02:11

I don't listen to modern prog

Argonaught wrote: dr prog wrote: I don't listen to modern prog In your opinion, when does the classic "prog" end? Where is the cutoff line?

Edited by dr prog - November 22 2012 at 05:29

Tapfret wrote: Every album is a masterpiece if you know how to listen to it correctly.

I don't quite agree with this, but I do think that there's a lot more good music than bad music in the world, and our main problem is not that we don't have good music, but that people don't listen to it properly.

Finnforest wrote: Some of those less acclaimed, below-the-radar albums can be quite rewarding.  Also because an album that may not appeal initially may eventually connect with you.  Personally I like to get away from big albums everyone raves about and occasionally listen to an album I know is an under-performer, perhaps one by a hobbyist musician in his basement or whatever.  It's a different experience, and not a bad one just because the album has 2 and 3 star ratings.

That is absolutely true. For instance, I love PYRAMAZE's music and all their albums are rated around 3 stars each on PA. I think it just comes down taste and opinion. Your right about what you said though. Certain songs are so good on an overall mediocre album. To good to pass up.