Friends reaction’s to prog

Sadly i dont have any horrific/hilatious stories of prog isolation but most of my friends also have no interest in the progressive movement. Being 17 i think this is to be expected. Some of my friends are metal heads and they appreciate some of the more metal oriantated prog such as opeth (personally i am not sure wether to call them prog or not), Evergrey, dreamtheatre etc. I don't care what they think though because all us proggers know we are superior (joke, we are modest folk really)

Dont worry danbo i lke you.

Edited by will

ooh good thread. well my friend pete introduced me to prog and then we both spread the word and now lots of my friends like different prog in small doses. me and pete are the only ones who listen to it all the time (and lots of other genres too). he goes on this site occasionally but i go on here everyday cos i'm a prog manic!

some of my friends have mixed reaction. my friend newman is a strict metal fan. he only likes tool who are on here.

my friend dave loves floyd. likes yes.

my friend oli loves king crimson, pink floyd

most of them acted weiredly to yes. and some of the ummagumma era floyd. my friend oli always laughs when he hears the "aaaah" on the intro to close to the edge. we are all 16/17

My friends tell me the song never changes beat and cannot tell when it ends....that's usually because the song hasn't ended in the 20 minute drive to the bar. 

The changes of beat I do not get at all though. The reason I love prog so much is the song is constantly changing. Somehow they can see the diversity of rap but not prog

There is nothing better than pulling up to a red light next to a car load of vatos with Tarkus blasting out at max volume and watching as they look at you as though you've just landed from another planet.  

When I first started loving Dark Side, I invited my friend over to listen, and he only liked one song (Money, of course). The rest he automatically said he didn't like even though he only heard the first few notes. He gave it no space, and from then on was absolutely opposed to any prog I played (except "Lightbulb Sun" by Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater stuff).

My Dad, who indirectly introduced me to prog, probably regrets it. His musical tastes stop around Pink Floyd, Led Zepellin, and the occaisional Yes. But after that, he doesn't really like anything. He likes most of "Close to the Edge" and "Fragile," but "Relayer" doesn't get to him. Neither does any Genesis and especially Gentle Giant and Godspeed You Black Emperor are beyond his range of his tastes.

My brother is a metalhead, who takes in only the occaisional Dream Theater (he actually introduced me to them) and Porcupine Tree. He even dislikes most of the Floyd, with only "Wish You Were Here" being within his range of taste.

Some situations I've been in involve playing "music that meant something to you" in a Youth thing. We heard mostly Avril Lavigne and one Simon & Garfunkel song, and I was going to play "Supper's Ready" originally, but decided against in and used the first part of "Close to the Edge" instead. Boy, did I hear it. When the "aaaa"'s came in, one of my friends said "do you like this for the music or the lyrics?" sarcastically. I decided to stop it right before the lyrics came, red-faced and worried that they would be even less open to Anderson's semi-rapping about experiencing change. One of the guys there had actually read "Siddharta", of which the song is based, so there may be hope for them yet... (oh, I also played "Wish you were here" title song, and of course, they liked it okay)

The only person I know who listens to prog is this one girl. She listens to Yes and the Floyd and Jethro Tull, but beyond that, nothing but Incubus and alt rock. (ugh!).

Most of my friends are gay men... lets just say I only have one who is actually interested in Prog... and thats probably cause he grew up in Spain and loves King Crimson.  He did go with me to see the 21st Century Schizoid Band.. and he had a great time... but I don't think we're convincing any of the others to listen...

But I do have a lot of new friends in the last few years I have met from the GregLake.com website that I see quite often... and its been really good for me to have people around who can be obsessed with me....  And some of them are just like family now.... right, Richard, Steven....

I've recently converted my friend D'Arcy (who actually posts here as Asuma) to the ways of prog.  A bunch of my friends like Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull, I've converted a couple to King Crimson and ELP, and a couple also like Frank Zappa.  I guess I'm just lucky...

Reed Lover wrote: They all mock.Who cares? What made you think that Close To The Edge would would go down well at pre-school Pingu?

I laughed so hard when I saw that pic I spit up my drink all over my lap

damn all my friends hate the music i listen to. well not hate, but they think it sounds too "absurd" and "weird"  I try to make them listen to it so thast they get the music in there head, like you need to with prog more then other music, but they basically scream in distain and take out my yes cd and put in some death metel shishcabag stuff like superjoiunt ritual, which i dont mind either.. but stil;...

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