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Poll Question: is the average prog fan pompous in their views about music ?
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Pompous.........moi?
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a big yes for micky.... along with overblown, pretentious, and countless other adjectives I'm sure 
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What the...?!

From all the reviews and discussions you find on this site, I get the impression prog fans are NO MORE POMPOUS than admirers of any other genre.

It's been a huge relief to me that 99% of the contributors to this site have turned out to be absolutely normal (and even endearing) human beings.

Just because we're attracted to music that's more ambitious than the average two-chord pop song it doesn't mean we're pompous!

Besides, MOST PROG MUSIC ISN'T POMPOUS AT ALL. I guess the main problem lies with 'symphonic prog' (which I love, by the way). But I do not see what's pompous about Gong, Hatfield and the North, Robert Wyatt, post-1980 King Crimson, Tangerine Dream, Can or Brand X, to name just a few.
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You say pompous as if it's a bad thing...

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Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

Didn't Pink Floyd play Live and Pompous?
 
Yes they were. Playing in Pompeii in front of empty audience, but full of pompous ghoast.
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Prog fans generally confine their pretentions to music - unlike fans of another four letter musical genre that begins with P who thought their music could change the world.

Proud to be a pompous, pretentious, ego-inflated dinosaur.
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^Well said Sir, well said. =)

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I'll go with "half the time". I definitely love Prog, but sometimes I just want to rock out to some AC/DC or Van Halen, or groove out to some Prince.

I basically appeciate anything that's well made. If that makes me pompous, so be it!
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Points: 20218 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2007 at 09:42
Yesprogs fans are pompous ?!?!ConfusedOuch
 
is this necessary to start a war with Yesfans?Shocked
 
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Edited by Sean Trane - February 23 2007 at 09:43
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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I guess my reply would be that a fellow who has to declare that he is no fool usually has his suspicions Wink


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I think we are pompous, at least in my case, but not everytime of course

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I do my best to be pompous at all times other than when I am not being pompous which I find to be a splendidly self-important attitude to pomposity , on the whole .
Pompous, moi?.... You work it out.
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Don't know, perhaps I was in the past but come on there hasn't been much decent music around for over a decade, except for a few exceptions, but I like some pop, some blues I'm more into everything except punk rock and anything uninspired, although I like bands with elements of punk eg the Police.
To be honest I think people can be pompous with any sort of music, just about every teenager thinks they listen to the greatist band in the the world, its more of a personality thing.



  
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I'm only pompous when I'm on non-prog forums. Other than that, I'm pretty understanding Big%20smile but I'm banned from the ultimate-guitar.com forums for that reason LOL


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No more so than the artists...heh, heh...
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If you mean it like "Am I better than any non-prog fan," then yes. Thumbs%20Up
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  1. Prog is generally a pompous genre.
  2. Prog sub-genres have some very pompous names
    • Symphonic
    • Rock in Oposition
    • Avant Garde
    • Neo Progressive
    • French Theatric Symphonic (Wow, not only Symphonic but also theatric)
  3. Prog artist are usually pompous and at least slightly egomaniac.
    • Rick Wakeman
    • Keith Emerson
    • Roger Waters
    • Keith Emerson
    • Fish
  4. Prog albums have in many cases pompous art covers.
  5. Prog bands have in many cases pompous names
    • Genesis: The creation and the first plus most spectacular book of the Bible
    • Triumvirat: Reminds of the Roman Empire
    • Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Sounds like a pompous law firm
    • Symphony X: A bit overblown
    • Pendragon: The first legendary English dinasty.
  6. Not to talk about the album names:
    • Tales from Topographic Oceans
    • The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
    • Spartacus
    • Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
    • Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Why in hell shouldn't we be pompous in our musical taste?
 
And in first place....WHAT'S WRONG WITH POMPOUS MUSIC????
 
POMPOUS IS GOOD!!!!!!!
 
Iván


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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

And in first place....WHAT'S WRONG WITH POMPOUS MUSIC????

 

POMPOUS IS GOOD!!!!!!!

 

Iván


Ivan, you are the Gordon Gekko of prog.

(If you don't get the reference, see the movie "Wall Street.")


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Originally posted by bhikkhu bhikkhu wrote:

Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

And in first place....WHAT'S WRONG WITH POMPOUS MUSIC????

 

POMPOUS IS GOOD!!!!!!!

 

Iván


Ivan, you are the Gordon Gekko of prog.

(If you don't get the reference, see the movie "Wall Street.")


 
Gordon Gekko is one of my favorite anti-heroes
 
I'm a fan LOL,. hey but I'm not a voillain, just an apprentice
 
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