Chicks and Prog

heyitsthatguy wrote: I don't even care about prog, I have enough trouble finding a female who likes decent music edit: finding a female who will communicate with me edit: finding a female who doesn't flee at my presence

tszirmay wrote: When I got divorced, my ex told the judge that one of my alleged crimes was that I loved "drug music" (her unique derogatory term defining prog ), His Honour asked me what were my fave bands so I answered Roxy, KC, Focus, Tull , Genesis etc..... He asked her she said Bryan Adams, disco, Rod Stewart . Turns out he was a Yes and Floyd fan. He immediatly cited her for lack of musical taste and we divorced on amicable terms., telling her :"Your husband has impeccable taste and manners, your loss"  Yeah!

we may not be many, but we are important

Harry Hood wrote: CCVP wrote: Damn, if it is not enough not having women here now we have gay man. That sure sucks! There's actually a lot of gay men in the prog commnity, including myself and Man Overboard (prog is actually what brought us together ). There's also all of the members of Arena. Mick Pointer and Clive Nolan are my OTP, and Rob Sowden is my favorite gay frontman.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

CCVP wrote: Harry Hood wrote: CCVP wrote: tszirmay wrote: I doubt he is gay (so what if he is). Well, i just don't want prog to have the same fame as power metal, widely known for being somehow gay. You guys can put the initial blame on Manowar and its homo-erotic acting / dressing / etc back in the 80's but power metal bands nowadays don't help to improve the genre's fame (except some few exceptions, like Blind Guardian) Blind Guardian? Are you kidding? they're probably the biggest closet cases in the metal scene today. They covered "Mr Sandman" by the Chordettes, and despite changing the lyrics from "he" to "she" to seem less gay, they kept the line "Lots of wavy hair like Liberace". It doesn't get much more homosexual than that. Are you sure?

Manowar were one of earlier examples of homoeroticism in metal, but they're far from the worst offenders.

At least we agree on one thing, there's no denying that metal in all it's forms is the gayest genre of rock music, but I feel that prog should definitely be ranked #2.

But unlike you, I don't consider it a bad thing at all. If you like your music completely free of homoeroticism, go listen to some modern country or Ted Nugent.


Edited by Harry Hood - May 29 2008 at 21:47

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what about glam, pop, etc? prog is far from being the second gayest rock sub genre. . . .

However, i have nothing against gay people. i was only making a joke (at least trying) . After all, Leonardo Da Vinci was gay. . . .

PS: true, there is Brokeback Mountain, hehehehehe


Edited by CCVP - May 29 2008 at 21:51

Glam, pop, and dance music, despite having a large following in the gay community, also have a massive appeal to females, which brings them down on the gayness scale.

Prog, on the other hand, is a genre with an overwhelming majority of males in it's fanbase (and a small community of older women/lesbians), flamboyant frontmen prancing around in ridiculous outifts, and a chemistry between band members that could be considered sexual on some level.

For the best example of this, just watch any Arena DVD. Watch the way John Mitchell and Ian Salmon frequently approach one another and stare into each other's eyes, and the chemistry between Mick and Clive in the interviews(they're like an old married couple). Their frontman tromps around the stage wearing a leather trenchcoat, multiple dog collars, and neon green visors, all accessories that you would find at a gay pride event, and singing about "men raped and discarded" and how his "rainbows turned to grey".

I'm not accusing any prog artists of being gay (although there are a few examples, such as Kings X's bassist/vocalist), but you simply cannot deny that it's one of the gayest genres of music today.


Edited by Harry Hood - May 29 2008 at 22:05

I don't think prog is too high on the gay scale.  If it were, my wife would be totally into it.

Over the past 23 years together my wife has endured a vast barrage of Prog, Jazz and Rock. Even this past week driving in the car she was subjected to my usual pop quiz of "what band is this"? She answered this weeks question easily, of course it was Pink Floyd. She does quite well.

Henry Plainview wrote: stonebeard wrote: heyitsthatguy wrote: I don't even care about prog, I have enough trouble finding a female who likes decent musicedit: finding a female who will communicate with meedit: finding a female who doesn't flee at my presence -snip- Uh...Did you post that in the wrong window? It doesn't make any sense. Yes, I know what it's referring to. psychyard wrote: simple i guess, Girlz are after fun these days and prog aint no fun to them!!! simply cause it goes beyond shaking things and hot guyz on stage! ITT: Misogyny? Harry Hood wrote: Glam, pop, and dance music, despite having a large following in the gay community, also have a massive appeal to females, which brings them down on the gayness scale. You make a very good point. Peter Gabriel isn't gay, but it's hard to call dressing up as a flower straight. Good thing RIO doesn't have that problem. ;-)

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