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Points: 32553 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2009 at 18:37
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

It shows as a great big red-cross "no leach" image, not the Mew image.
 
When your kids grow and get into things like Pokemon, or whatever craze will be around then, you'll know loads of things you never knew now, and never thought you'd ever know, or ever wanted to know. Wink


The image shows up fine on my computer.  Confused  Oh well.

Anyway, my job actually requires me to know things like Pokemon.  LOL
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2009 at 18:34
It shows as a great big red-cross "no leach" image, not the Mew image.
 
When your kids grow and get into things like Pokemon, or whatever craze will be around then, you'll know loads of things you never knew now, and never thought you'd ever know, or ever wanted to know. Wink


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Points: 32553 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2009 at 18:11
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:



HAI I MUST BE ON PORG ARKIVES
Try this one Rob Wink


What's wrong with mine?  Confused

(Forgive me if I don't know Pokemon as well as you, Dean Wink)
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2009 at 16:59
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:



HAI I MUST BE ON PORG ARKIVES
Try this one Rob Wink
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Points: 13 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2009 at 16:53
Fair comment- just a little frustrated that Mew have -after all this time not been included yet-just my ( and quite a few other people's opinions.) Thanks for guiding me towards this discussion though. - Bartje 
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HAI I MUST BE ON PORG ARKIVES
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2009 at 16:02
No, bartje, you were simply pointed out that there's already a topic suggesting Mew for inclusion. This one. 
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Points: 13 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2009 at 15:35
Cry I've just been told off for suggesting that Mew should be on this site - I think the above posts in favour of Mew are spot on! - Hope 'No more stories...' closes this debate -  great site by the way! lol Bartje
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Ok then I guess I misunderstand the term controversial in this case. I have no desire to make it even harder to get them included. Letīs just say they are a difficult borderline case which is evident when you look at the time itīs taken to evaluate them. My personal preference would be Crossover but itīs nice to hear that youīre keeping a door open for prog related.
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 30 2009 at 05:29
^ if you make it a "controversial" addition then by site rules they would need the unanimous vote of all Xover team members for inclusion and not just the majority vote. Mew are listed as "Neo/Art/Post" on Progressive Ears and "not yet classified" on ProGGnosis - given that, I'm prepared to say they would not be a controversial addition - we are just deciding whether to add them to Xover or to nominate them for Prog Related.

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Thanks Dean
 
...and I didnīt mean fight in an unpleasant way. I just meant that he would have to prepare some valid arguments because there has been some resistance against the inclusion of Mew. So I meant prepare for discussion not fight in a literal way. And I would call Mew a controversial suggestion since itīs taken somewhere between 2 or 3 years since the first suggestion and hopefully the soon to be revealed verdict. One of the very difficult borderline cases. Mew is commercial pop/ rock at itīs core but has enough sophisticated and innovative elements to be a great addition to PA IMO.
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It's not a controversial suggestion, nor is it a can of worms, and I sincerely hope that no one is prepared to fight the Crossover team on this. If on hearing the new album (like I promised) we find it not suitable for Crossover then I will personally nominate them for Prog Related.
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Talk about opening a can of worms. Itīs nice to know that others feel as I do about Mew getting included on PA though. Be prepared to fight for your opinion Ehron. This is a controversial suggestion.
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Points: 730 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 29 2009 at 16:14
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60878
 
 
YES!  please admit them already!!!!!!!

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Points: 7028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2008 at 16:02
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Like  I said their site was down. Shame about the myspace site only putting commercial music up. One wonders who their target audience is albeit quite a few visits to the website.
 
No offence taken UMUR about validity, we all have sell by dates, and my opinion clearly has expired on this oneWink
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Points: 3073 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2008 at 08:09
Hi Chris
 
Listen to the whole album from an end and youīll probably find more progressive moments than the "hit" songs on Myspace as I also advised people to do in my introduction to the thread. The problem with suggesting bands on PA is that people only listen to what the bands present on their myspace site and that tends to be the most commercial material which means that itīs the material most prog heads wouldnīt find interesting. If you truly mean to evaluate a band I think itīs required that you listen to most of their discography or at the very least to what your fellow progheads suggest you should listen to. Until you have heard the whole album Mew and the Glass Handed Kites I donīt think your opinion is very valuable or valid for that matter ( donīt take this an offence, itīs just an opinion).
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Points: 7028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2008 at 06:45
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Hi UMUR
 
As I said in my thread " From what I have heard....."
 
Their main site is down and I have only heard the four songs available off the myspace site. The beginning of Apocalypso signs proggy but goes very alternative or Indie as Avantegardhead says  afterwards as do all the other tracks. I gather they have a new album coming out but sorry from what I have heard off  myspace they do not fill the categoryUnhappy Clever POP indeed though.
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Hi Chris
 
And what exactly have you heard ? which exact songs have you heard to evaluate Mew ?
 
And to you Avantgardehead: Indie pop ???? to me indie pop is stripped down/ garage bands with a deliberate lack of commercial potential. Mew is quite the opposite. A sophisticated pop/ rock band with beautiful, elaborate and clever arrangelments. Just because they have lots of commercial potential and that they are backed by a giant record company doesnīt mean that their music donīt belong here. Indie ??? NO NO NO.
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Points: 1170 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2008 at 05:23
^ They write long songs, yes, but it's still indie pop (which I love, BTW).

ANYWAY...

Same thing kind of goes for Mew. Once again, indie pop with some good ideas and a really good approach to songwriting. But not necessarily prog, in my mind.
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Originally posted by Avantgardehead Avantgardehead wrote:

Love the band, but don't really see a place for them here. Then again, indie pop darlings The Decemberists are here...
 
I agree that Mew from what I have heard do not have a place here......Decemberists IMO a whole different ball game............Wink and deservedly are here.
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