pop v. prog
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Topic: pop v. prog
Posted By: ken4musiq
Subject: pop v. prog
Date Posted: February 17 2006 at 14:12
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In a recent courtroom battle involvng members of the musical elite, it was decided that progressive rock and pop should no longer be considered music. The judge, the honorable Seymour B. Keanney, layed down his ruling in a landmark decision based on the fact that too many people listen to pop for it to be considered music and not enough people listen to prog for it to be considered music. Critics of this decision argued that this is just a "don't ask, don't tell" solution to a problem that has extremely important cultural ramifications. But proponents of the decision were relieved stating that this puts to rest any argument that we actually ever gave a damn.
Seattle Sun Times February, 17, 2006 |
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Posted By: Winter Wine
Date Posted: February 17 2006 at 14:18
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Ok man, What the hell! ------------- My computer's broke |
Posted By: Lord Qwerty
Date Posted: February 17 2006 at 15:54
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Uhm... WHAT?!
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Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: February 17 2006 at 16:00
 
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Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: February 17 2006 at 16:12
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? ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: February 17 2006 at 16:14
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...have you been taking your pills lately? ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Space Dimentia
Date Posted: February 17 2006 at 16:23
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So the guys has basically dismissed every single band, singer and genre in one big swoop?! Im a little lost WHAT A TWAT! ------------- Prog is music for the mind Hear your Orphaned child! Check out my bands myspace site: www.myspace.com/equinox17 |
Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: February 19 2006 at 04:58
Too much, oviously!! ------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
el böthy wrote:Posted By: Rockin' Chair
Date Posted: February 19 2006 at 05:12
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In the early 70 progressive was often called "pop music". ------------- 
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Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: February 19 2006 at 08:08
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Prog rock has been elevated from just mere music to more of an art form of music. Right? ------------- http://www.soundclick.com/rosescar/ - My music! "THE AUDIENCE WERE generally drugged. (In Holland, always)." - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 19 2006 at 08:24
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my brain hurts
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Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: February 19 2006 at 08:24
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If it' aint official, IDC.
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 20 2006 at 10:20
I have heard of stupid rulings like this coming from America before and not just in music, I think one state declared that Pi should be exactly 3, wonder how they tought that in school .------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: February 20 2006 at 10:39
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So what is the name of this music that has just the right amount of people listening to it to be called music? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10"> 
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: February 20 2006 at 10:49
Whatever helps you sleep at night mate.  -------------  
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Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: February 20 2006 at 11:29
| I'd like to know what the case was all about...er hang on on second thoughts I'd rather not I've got better things to do!! Though I would like to know who the "musical elite" were considered to be....???! |
Posted By: Frasse
Date Posted: February 20 2006 at 12:09
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How can anybody decide if something is music depending on how many who listens to it? If the people working at factories is a right amount of people. Do the noise they have to "listen" to everyday count as music? Did I fully understand the article? |
Posted By: liquidtheater
Date Posted: February 20 2006 at 12:17
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?what ------------- Dream Sequencer System Offline |
Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: February 20 2006 at 12:32
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what the devil is going on?
------------- OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project) nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas) |
Posted By: Laurent
Date Posted: February 20 2006 at 16:15
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It's gotta be a joke.
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 20 2006 at 16:21
pop all the way 
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Posted By: Zweck
Date Posted: February 20 2006 at 16:35
| The other day, I was wandering through a freemason lodge, and pissed in the face of those who looked a bit dumb, just to realize that they were all a gang of idiots, meandering on about sh*t they had absolutely no knowledge of(Among other things how to sew suits, which fabrics were best, which direction the stitches should have, when and by whom the best suits were made, and so on), yet they used prefessional jargon, and seemed to think of themselves as "teh sh*t", yet as the squirts of love hit them, they all thought it was the tender kisses of rain. . |
Posted By: Diarrhea
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 01:17
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As the cliche goes.....Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder ------------- The World is a Big Ball!!! |
Posted By: D.Noisserger
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 01:41
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Ehm.... do you have any proof about this? An newspaper articles, or somethings who should justify this... euhm.... how to name it? This ridiculous decision ?
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