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Points: 7024 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2013 at 11:13
Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

I think their are certain progressive sounds that do take some tolerance or getting used to, to fully appreciate what you are hearing.

My number 1 vote goes to Zheul Prog. MAGMA is a band that takes some getting used to.

Another. Post Rock/new math.....I think a band like ULVER would not be very accessible sounding for most.

Some Pyche/electronic Prog like Ozric Tentacles would really be way per the heads for a lot of people.

Also, Tech Extream. You basically have to be a person with a serious edge to appreciate and find this style of music accessible for you. I for one love it. I've even fallen asleep listening to some Meshuggha. Lol

But, to be clear on the true sense of the word 'accessible' I think at least 80% of Prog rock genres are not accessible or radio friendly in any way.....that's the beauty of Prog for me ! :)   

I agree with you on all these except the Ozrics. Magma are so pretentious; inventing their own language is the ultimate in being utterly ridiculous for me and their music is awful, though I concede that they are excellent musicians.

I also find The Mars Volta impossible to access.
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Points: 4574 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2013 at 11:09
Zheul, Post Rock/new Math, RIO and Gentle Giant(lol) are the hardest for me to get into. I also can't get into Krautrock at all.
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Points: 7885 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2013 at 10:55
I think their are certain progressive sounds that do take some tolerance or getting used to, to fully appreciate what you are hearing.

My number 1 vote goes to Zheul Prog. MAGMA is a band that takes some getting used to.

Another. Post Rock/new math.....I think a band like ULVER would not be very accessible sounding for most.

Some Pyche/electronic Prog like Ozric Tentacles would really be way per the heads for a lot of people.

Also, Tech Extream. You basically have to be a person with a serious edge to appreciate and find this style of music accessible for you. I for one love it. I've even fallen asleep listening to some Meshuggha. Lol

But, to be clear on the true sense of the word 'accessible' I think at least 80% of Prog rock genres are not accessible or radio friendly in any way.....that's the beauty of Prog for me ! :)   
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Points: 1584 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2013 at 10:31
Originally posted by schizoidman schizoidman wrote:

What Prog do you find the hardest, or, impossible to like?

Neo-prog without a doubt
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Points: 460 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2013 at 10:31
Originally posted by irrelevant irrelevant wrote:

The sort of cheesy prog that can occasionally sound like Christian rock. 
 
If you mean groups like Kansas than I totally agree. Ever since I first heard them I thought they were a poor man's version of Yes. And, God help me for saying this on PA, but I feel the same way about Rush. Could never appreciate their musical substance, or, in my ears case, lack of it.
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Points: 13382 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2013 at 10:17
The sort of cheesy prog that can occasionally sound like Christian rock. 
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What Prog do you find the hardest, or, impossible to like?
 
I enjoy subtlety, unusual time signatures, some complexity and strong melodies. So.....I really have no ears at all for Progessive Metal, Industrial and the like. Bombast doesn't appeal to me at all. Growling vocals tend to make me laugh or cringe, depending on what mood I'm in at the time.
 
Also, can't appreciate certain elements of the unstructured/all improvised/free jazz prog scene. Now, Coltrane's "My Favorite Things" album is, to my ears, inspired work. The Dave Holland Quintet's "Extended Play: Live at Birdland" isn't; just noise and chaos.
 
Bands I enjoy the most are Weather Report, Yes, Genesis, Big Big Train, early to mid period Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, certain Art Zoyd tracks, certain Sieges Even tracks,  the double live Bill Bruford's Earthworks album "Footloose and Fancy Free",  certain Birds and Buildings tracks, iamthe morning, Mahavishnu Orchestra, King Crimson, Neal Morse's "?", Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Philp Glass' "Low Symphony", David Bowie, Portugal. The Man, Pure Reason Revolution, Tull, Sia, Steely Dan, Super Furry Animals, TV on the Radio, Underworld and The XX.
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