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This thread is mislabled; it should just be "Your unpopular prog preferences", lol.

Pestilence "Spheres" is one of my favorite tech prog albums, and almost nobody on here, let alone in general, gives a sh*t about that one! I've been obsessed since like 2007 lol.

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Originally posted by Cinema Cinema wrote:

While I'm not personally embarrassed by what follows, many others think I should be:

1. Tormato is one of my favorite Yes albums. (I respect that. The Big Generator is one of my favorites)
2. I've never understood Rush or warmed up to their music. ( I did not warm up till a decade ago) 
3. I've never listened to a Zappa album, but for some reason I'm sure I wouldn't like his music.
4. I love everything Steven Wilson releases, including 'The Future Bites.'  ( We were in tandem till Future Bites fork in the road)  
5. I'm a huge 10CC fan. 
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Are you kidding LOL....!! I got interested in Porg via my love of Funk/R&B (still love it!). Instrumentals and long songs is what got me looking into porg. Earth, Wind & Fire always had instrumentals on their albums, and the use of the Kalimba was innovative to me. Parliament and Funkadelic had long songs....hello Maggot Brain!!

I love Parliament so much! Tear the Roof Off the Sucker, Flash Light, Mothership Connection, Chocolate City, P-Funk Wants to Get Funked Up, Up for the Down Stroke, One Nation Under a Groove. The synths, the bass, so great! Those 70s albums were so forward looking and so far ahead of their time, people couldn't wrap their heads around them until well into hip-hop and sampling in the 90s/00s.

I read an interview with George Clinton in which he talked about how much he was influenced by Pink Floyd. Parliament is quite sci-fi/Afrofuturist, imagining black people in space and a black president in the White House (see Chocolate City). What seemed science fiction in the 70s was a reality just a few decades later; so cool.


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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Yes...not actually 'embarrassed' about any prog secrets, but I don't understand all the love for Mike Oldfield....I think his albums are boring, often sound like elevator music, and not very entertaining. Stern Smile


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Originally posted by Cinema Cinema wrote:

While I'm not personally embarrassed by what follows, many others think I should be:

1. Tormato is one of my favorite Yes albums.


same here
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I wasn't expecting a bit of a backlash against Rush although there have always been the 'naysayers' . Even back in the seventies when they were becoming massively popular, they still were never quite heavy enough for some heavy rock fans while not being complex enough for the prog fraternity. I think that still stands true. It does feel as if they created a religion more than a brand of music and you are either in or out. (Count me in!)

I think they did create a religion, but I also think they created their own brand of music and that is why the masses can't agree (and not that I care they do) on what genre bucket to put them in.

I have been on the Rush train since 1976-77 and I have a one-way ticket, never de-boarding.
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Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

 Here is another one for me. Not really embarrassing for me but I'm sure it will make some folks here cringe.
 I didn't start getting big in to prog until the early 80's so some of the first prog stuff I was listening to
was Asia & 80's Yes/Genesis. This is what I had access to at the time.  The first Asia album actually got me to explore 70's Yes & ELP more and later King Crimson.

Are you kidding LOL....!! I got interested in Porg via my love of Funk/R&B (still love it!). Instrumentals and long songs is what got me looking into porg. Earth, Wind & Fire always had instrumentals on their albums, and the use of the Kalimba was innovative to me. Parliament and Funkadelic had long songs....hello Maggot Brain!!

My love of Rush began on its own via starting to listen to hard rock and of course everything else followed, this was in the early to mid 70's.
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 Here is another one for me. Not really embarrassing for me but I'm sure it will make some folks here cringe.
 I didn't start getting big in to prog until the early 80's so some of the first prog stuff I was listening to
was Asia & 80's Yes/Genesis. This is what I had access to at the time.  The first Asia album actually got me to explore 70's Yes & ELP more and later King Crimson.


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Everyone pretending they never feel embarrassed about liking certain songs or artists. I don't buy it for a second, liars. LOL

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I wasn't expecting a bit of a backlash against Rush although there have always been the 'naysayers' . Even back in the seventies when they were becoming massively popular, they still were never quite heavy enough for some heavy rock fans while not being complex enough for the prog fraternity. I think that still stands true. It does feel as if they created a religion more than a brand of music and you are either in or out. (Count me in!)
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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

I'm really flabbergasted seeing how so many people here actually regard it as an embarrasment not to like certain bands or albums. As if there were some kind of authority who defines a "prog canon" (well maybe there is, but I really hope not).

I don’t understand embarrassing secrets or guilty pleasures as concepts at all, when it comes to music. Why should anyone else’s opinion matter when it comes to what music I enjoy? Oh yeah, it doesn’t! I like what I like and don’t keep any of it a secret. I’ll never feel guilty for liking something.

(I can think of only one thing that might make someone feel guilty about music, and that is if they enjoyed music by some of the hate-filled racist rants of the neo-nazi metal bands. But chances are, the only people who listen to that music are not the type to feel guilty about doing so.)
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I'm really flabbergasted seeing how so many people here actually regard it as an embarrasment not to like certain bands or albums. As if there were some kind of authority who defines a "prog canon" (well maybe there is, but I really hope not).

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1. Tormato is one of my favorite Yes albums. Not my favorite, but OK.
2. I've never understood Rush or warmed up to their music. Same here, with some exceptions.
3. I've never listened to a Zappa album, but for some reason I'm sure I wouldn't like his music. You should at least try.
4. I love everything Steven Wilson releases, including 'The Future Bites.' Every album is at least OK, but some are GREAT.
5. I'm a huge 10CC fan. Don't know... Embarrassed
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While I'm not personally embarrassed by what follows, many others think I should be:

1. Tormato is one of my favorite Yes albums.
2. I've never understood Rush or warmed up to their music.
3. I've never listened to a Zappa album, but for some reason I'm sure I wouldn't like his music.
4. I love everything Steven Wilson releases, including 'The Future Bites.'
5. I'm a huge 10CC fan. 
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

It's a prog folk thing. You wouldn't understand.

Prog folk...? I thought Tull was prog folk. 
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Starjet Starjet wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

The word embarassment acquires a whole new meaning in this thread...
Maybe the OP should have chosen a different word than "embarrassing". Maybe "untypicallyprog" would be more appropriate.
This is a light hearted thread, so no need for such technically correct BS.
It was a pretty light-hearted post...
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

It's a prog folk thing. You wouldn't understand.

Prog folk...? I thought Tull was prog folk. 
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Yes...not actually 'embarrassed' about any prog secrets, but I don't understand all the love for Mike Oldfield....I think his albums are boring, often sound like elevator music, and not very entertaining. Stern Smile
Which "albums" are you referring to? There are so many! He's a very prolific musician. And as you may know, he's working pretty much alone, so I find his work impressive. But, I don't like all of his albums equally. When I look at my ratings for studio albums, I've got: 
- 9 albums with 2 stars
- 11 albums with 3 stars
- 5 albums with 4 stars
- 2 albums with 5 stars

... and I'm considering myself a big fan of him! Smile


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It's a prog folk thing. You wouldn't understand.
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