The Prog Fan On The Other Side

People who love "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway". I swear, the more I listen to it the worse it sounds. I love Nursery Cryme, though.

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I'm having hard times to understand:

- People who don't get very bored while listeneing to Dark Side of the Moon. I don't have a single prog album that bores me more.
- People who still get satisfied with that anti-inventive new sympho or neo release that sounds just like bla bla bla.
- People that will rate any Genesis higher then way better Itialian prog album. BTW, I do think Genesis musicians weren't that good, otherwise they would have had at least ONE proper recording in the studio. Their best recording to date was on Trespass, because the drums are way more articulated.

But hey... that's says more about me then it does about others.

- People who love all those newfangled "prog" bands that don't do anything other than run thing their derivative music through a distortion box.

I have a problem with the new generation prog mentality  

mmmreesescups wrote: People who shrug off every modern prog band as rip-offs or clones.

 

The lamb lies down and Dark side of the moon dislikers.... ouch.... right in the balls for me 

people who don't like ELP

kingfriso wrote: I'm having hard times to understand: - People who don't get very bored while listeneing to Dark Side of the Moon. I don't have a single prog album that bores me more. - People who still get satisfied with that anti-inventive new sympho or neo release that sounds just like bla bla bla. - People that will rate any Genesis higher then way better Itialian prog album. BTW, I do think Genesis musicians weren't that good, otherwise they would have had at least ONE proper recording in the studio. Their best recording to date was on Trespass, because the drums are way more articulated. But hey... that's says more about me then it does about others.

wreckfan1 wrote: people who don't like ELP   people who consider muse as prog

I don't like ELP that much, but I do like some of ELP's music.

I don't consider Muse to be Prog, but am not adverse to people calling it "NuProg".

People who dismiss bands wholesale while being unfamiliar with the the great majority of their work and those who dismiss music while being unaccustomed/ unattuned to the style. 

Those who can not appreciate that people have different tastes, and just because you don't like it doesn't make it bad and just because you like something doesn't mean other people should like it.

A major peeve of mine:  When you make a poll and someone acts all indignant about you not listing their favourite band, track or album.  I commonly really dislike comments such as "Where the hell is so-and-so?", but I'm perfectly happy if people list their favourites in a polite manner without expectation, and love getting recommendations.  I might not be familiar with their choice, I might have forgotten it, or it might not be something that appeals to me.  When there are thousands of choices available, some of those expectations seem quite insane.

Those who think having a band/ artist at PA is a joke without understanding what it's there for and why.  Sometimes those people are only familiar with limited material and not what got it included in the first place, and sometimes they have a very limited understanding of the how the category operates / expectations.

Those who "expect" a band/ artist in while not understanding how the category works and get irate because others see it differently.

Those who can't accept differences of opinion, don't recognise that there are shades of grey and different valid perspectives, and those who are didactic and feel they must "win" every discussion.  Those who don't recognise the principle of charity when it comes to debate.  And those who do not give credit where credit is due.

Those who belittle others to make themselves seem bigger.

Anyone who doesn't recognise that the recognition of one's own ignorance is an important step on the road to wisdom.

Incidentally, like Harmonium (Alex), I don't consider consider myself to be a Prog fan (I'm actually not that big on Prog in a generic sense and what I tend to like is not traditional "Prog"), though I am a great appreciator of a lot of progressive music and progressive rock.

FusionKing wrote: Those who reasonlessly hate Jazz- Rock Fusion. Those who say Phil Collins' Genesis is crap (especially those who secretly like most stuff up to 'Abacab') Those who say Yes and ELP got too self indulgent with the music. Those who say prog and metal can never work together. Those who will not listen to foreign prog bands. Those who claim to 'know' that punk killed prog, even though there is neo prog in the 80's. Those who find avant garde too disturbing.

Yes, I rather think that Neo-Prog is much more to blame for killing Prog than punk.