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BaldJean 
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 Posted: September 19 2006 at 16:11 |
 omri wrote:
Rafaela,
You, together with baldjean and threefates are the only females I know of in this forum. I do'nt realy understand why men are more into prog than women but it's a fact. My wife loves late PF (from Atom heart mother to The wall) and are fine with some Genesys and KC (mostly the soft parts though). Yet, she hates high female voices such as Kate Bush, Tori Amos and even Annie Hasslem. Who can realy understand a woman !!!!!!!!! |
you forgot BaldFriede, my wife 
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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Man Overboard
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 16:10 |
I'd say my girlfriend qualifies as a girl  She's got a male's body, but she goes by Amy, and is pretty much a girl, every way but physically... it's a strange situation, but I'm compassionate to it 
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I|I|I|I|I
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 16:05 |
Man Overboard wrote:
My girlfriend's really into The Flower Kings, probably because of me
...then again, my girlfriend's actually a guy |
You know, I think the criteria is "women" who listen to prog... we've already established that men are the dominant demographic 
And you know, sometimes I think my girlfriend's a guy at heart too...
she plays too many videogames and listens to "guy" music... eh, it just
makes her more lovable in my book.
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Go and listen to my music.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31725
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I|I|I|I|I
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 16:02 |
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Um... my girlfriend listens to some proggy kinda stuff -
Fairport Convention (it's under prog-related)
Tool (which is actually her favorite band, heh)
Explosions in the Sky (post-rock)
and she also listens to some very good music otherwise, such as Hendrix or Zeppelin which can be considered borderline prog.
As to why... um... I don't know? She knows next to nothing about music,
so it can't be due to some kind of musical intellect. So I don't know.
Maybe she's just a natural at telling what music is the most
intelligent.
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Go and listen to my music.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31725
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WickerRocker
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 15:39 |
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In my location if a woman listens to rock music, she listens to punk or modern rock. But some women listen to prog(and they probably do not know that it is prog) but they are a misserably low percent.
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'You can`t kill, what`s stronger than death': Zakk Wylde
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omri
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Joined: April 21 2005
Location: Israel
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 15:37 |
Rafaela,
You, together with baldjean and threefates are the only females I know of in this forum. I do'nt realy understand why men are more into prog than women but it's a fact. My wife loves late PF (from Atom heart mother to The wall) and are fine with some Genesys and KC (mostly the soft parts though). Yet, she hates high female voices such as Kate Bush, Tori Amos and even Annie Hasslem. Who can realy understand a woman !!!!!!!!!
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omri
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Melomaniac
Prog Reviewer
Joined: May 07 2006
Location: Canada
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 15:30 |
My girl loves Rush, Gentle Giant, Porcupine Tree, Saga, Opeth, Arena, Threshold and a few others...
But she HATES Dream Theater! 
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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NecroManiac
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Joined: November 29 2005
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 15:27 |
^ 
I've found that girls usualy like trip hop, which is often very experimental.
Once you go from there, prog should be a logical folow up.
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What's yer faovrite album? =^_^=
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ResidentAlien
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Joined: January 17 2006
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 15:26 |
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I met this girl the summer before last who was as big a prog-head as me. She was utter perfection, and at the time, sadly not single.
Unfortunately I fell out of touch with her recently... hopefully she'll get online again soon so I can get her new number from her.
But yeah, it baffles me too. A lot of the ladies I know are into the arts, but even so most of them don't like prog.
Call me picky, but I'm looking for a chick who can dig on Pink Floyd, VDGG, Frank Zappa, Mike Patton, etc as much as myself.
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Man Overboard
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 15:25 |
My girlfriend's really into The Flower Kings, probably because of me
...then again, my girlfriend's actually a guy
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alias10mr
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Joined: July 25 2006
Location: Canada
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 15:11 |
BaldJean wrote:
well, I grew up with prog (and with classical music, by the way); my parents both were (and in case of my mother still are; my father sadly died of a heart attack last year) big proggers. but then they were both hippies at the time I was born (I was an accident, more or less), so it isn't that big a surprise. and it was no wonder they were hippies; living in SF in 1968 and being 18 at that time it would have been more a surprise if they had not been hippies
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Like I mentioned in an earlier post, it's often the childhood influences which dictate our adult tastes. When I was a young boy, my father used to tell me stories about the times he'd lived being a bouncer in jazz clubs in Montreal in the 50's. He was a fan of the Nat Cole Trio and to this day I still immensely enjoy the music my father listened to ...
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Tony R
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Joined: July 16 2004
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 14:40 |
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I am lucky that my wife likes many of the more popular Prog Bands like Rush,PT,Genesis and Pink Floyd etc.
She has accompanied me to see Rush and Porcupine Tree recently.
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BaldJean
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 14:36 |
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well, I grew up with prog (and with classical music, by the way); my parents both were (and in case of my mother still are; my father sadly died of a heart attack last year) big proggers. but then they were both hippies at the time I was born (I was an accident, more or less), so it isn't that big a surprise. and it was no wonder they were hippies; living in SF in 1968 and being 18 at that time it would have been more a surprise if they had not been hippies
Edited by BaldJean - September 19 2006 at 14:39
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Kleynan
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 14:30 |
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One of my best friends digs TMV and Pink Floyd. She's a female.
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You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks.
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AcostaFulano
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 14:29 |
darkshade wrote:
i also noticed a lot fo girls like Pink Floyd, but i honestly feel it's for different reasons then men. |
DAVID GILMOUR 
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darkshade
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 14:09 |
if there's one prog band women love, it's Phish. There used to be just as many women and there were men at Phish concerts when they were still around.
i also noticed a lot fo girls like Pink Floyd, but i honestly feel it's for different reasons then men. first off, i highly doubt they're familiar with anything earlier than Meddle (or even DSOTM) and probably only like the big 4 (excluding Animals sometimes) and their singles from those albums. 2nd, there is a kind of trend to like Pink Floyd again, with DSOTM shirts everywhere and emo kids sportin them once in a while.
Japanese women LOOOVE Dream Theater though..
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heyitsthatguy
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Joined: April 17 2006
Location: Washington Hgts
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 13:54 |
I don't believe that there is a single girl at my school that knows what "prog" is... 
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Zweck
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 13:46 |
sm sm wrote:
Chances are both sexism would also come equally from one's own gender, where if a man likes dance music, he would be labled emasculate by men, or if a woman likes prog, she would be labeled as butch by women
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I want what you're on.
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Harry Hood
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Joined: August 15 2005
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 13:20 |
My girlfriend and I bonded over our intrest in alternative rock. She doesn't seem ionterested in prog, however she enjoys "prog realted" artists such as Muse, The Flaming Lips, and Radiohead. Once I played King Crimson's Disicipline for her and she thought it was "cool, but weird".
I also had an ex-boyfriend who was mostly into new wave and post-punk, but he enjoyed 80's Crimson as well.
But I guess prog's gay fanbase is a topic for another day.
Edited by Harry Hood - September 19 2006 at 13:25
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Raff
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Posted: September 19 2006 at 13:06 |
Sean Trane wrote:
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Thing is that males are always coined as sexists and obsessed, but only women go to concerts of artists that they find cute (such as Bon Anchiove). And most of the males going to Anchiove concerts is to try to pick up chicks. ( maybe the rare unaccompanied women go to prog concert to pick up cute dudes and never return because there aren't any) Oh, Hugues, what about you? Aren't you cute? BTW, I never went to a prog concert to pick up anyone... As a matter of fact, I never go ANYWHERE in order to pick up anyone! That's just not my thing...
I have yet to meet a guy that went to a Britney Spears concert because he thought she was cute (and she bloody well is).
You're right... Usually men don't go to concerts to see 'cute' women, and many use much stronger words than that to define an attractive woman!
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