Has prog made you a well rounded person?

Peter wrote: Musically, perhaps... Otherwise, it is education and loving, parenting, travelling, reading, etc (in brief, living a full life, and having a personality that is open to new experiences and outlooks) that have made me a more well-rounded person.  As the saying goes, "You can't put a wise head on young shoulders." (Wisdom is not the same as intelligence.)

Such wisdom from our Canadian sage! . I could not put it better myself. I also add that I have noticed that I am less tolerant now of other music genres that contribute to mainstream music. I will listen to them but I find them less attention-gathering than prog rock music, or classical and jazz.  

Musically, perhaps...

Otherwise, it is education and loving, parenting, travelling, reading, etc (in brief, living a full life, and having a personality that is open to new experiences and outlooks) that have made me a more well-rounded person. 

As the saying goes, "You can't put a wise head on young shoulders."

(Wisdom is not the same as intelligence.)

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Syzygy wrote: siX munfs ago I cudnt SPEL prog fan. Now I are one!

Jejeje, you is one!

Not really.  The only thing liking prog has done to me is transfer my addiction from video games to music.

Seems to me everyone would be better off listening to all music, not just prog to become well rounded. Maybe everyone would learn about astonomy, history, philosophy, etc. even without prog? 

I know myself, I became aware of social issues because of other forms of music, namely rock, folk and punk. I don't want to mention names but some on this forum might become well rounded if they took a music appreciation course, opened their minds and listen to other forms of music. 

Prog is great music but it has its limitations.

siX munfs ago I cudnt SPEL prog fan.

Now I are one!

 

Yes, prog has indeed improved my life. Prog saved me from the mean streets of LA. It taught me important values, like melody and taste. It gave me back life. Through progressive rock, I was reborn. Before I discovered prog, I was a slob. Afterwards, I wore the best suits and women found me much more attractive. Prog saved my sex life. If you and your lover are having bad episode, just put on Yes's Tales from Topographic Oceans and watch her eyes light up as the groove take over her body. Let Jon Anderson do your crooning for you.  I am also financially more secure. I don't buy groceries unless I know that Robert Fripp has opened his mouth and let forth his etenal wisdom that week. If he hasn't, then I have no reason to sustain my life force. I feel sad for those unfortunate masses who have never visited the Court of the Crimson King. What kind of age is this when there are poor starving Ethiopian children out there who have been DENIED having their souls purged of sin by the scourging sound of Geddy Lee's almost siren like voice? I hope to one day perform missionary work in those wrethed cultural wastelands. until then, I will sit here and feel the power of Tarkus flow through my body every morning. Prog bess you, everyone of you!

acheron wrote: i'm getting really sick of these elitist posts about prog. music listeners are people who listen to progressive music generaly smarter than those who don't? should people who don't listen to progressive music be forced into concentration camps so that they can work for us prog. fans and play a role in society? should people who listen to progressive music be entitled to tax breaks that non-progressive fans can't recieve? enough with these meaningless 'prog music makes us better than the rest of the world' posts

Uhh... no need to get all worked up. Nobody was promoting your allegations of "Non-Prog Concentration Camps" and, "I'm smarter than everyone else because I listen to prog".

YES definitely! Because of prog I know what Silmarillion was, Lord of The Rings etc ....

Cheers,

Gatot

To an extent. I was reading classics and interested in philosophy and all that before getting into prog, in fact it was those interestes that got me into it to begin with, in a way.
But yeh I think prog has helped to 'round me out' slightly. For one I can now say I listen to intelligent music ;)