Least Favorite "Great" Prog Band

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Only one question Xtopher:   Why did your post revceived so many replies and mines didn't?   Thanks for the English lessons, but despite your long explanations everybody here knows what you said, you can explain why you used conditional oitalics, etc; but it's clear what you tried to say:   1.- You're angry because DT got more votes in a silly poll.   2.- You called all those who woted against DT in this silly poll, cold hearted and close minded.   3.- You would rather see ELP or Kansas in this poll instead of DT because they would or could took more votes than DT.   4.- You speak in ambiguous language so it can be understood in differebnt ways and I understand it, I work using words and I'm an expert (Sorry for the lack of modesty) understanding when a phrase is used with tha purpose.   As a fact, in your last reply you say:    I did not necessarily negate the fact that they are legendary.   The key word is NECESSARILLY...this implies that it can and and can not be understood as a denial of their legendary status.....THAT'S BEING AMBIGUOUS.   I don't need to have a BA in English to understand ambiguous phrases, I work with lawyers who are experts in this issues.   Again enjoy your Thanksgiving.   Iván

Chus wrote: well.... a lawyer he is indeed.... I'm studying law but I haven't learned how to be persistent heheheh... i guess when you get into judicial practice that you are master of arguments

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Chus wrote: well.... a lawyer he is indeed.... I'm studying law but I haven't learned how to be persistent heheheh... i guess when you get into judicial practice that you are master of arguments   That's true, but believe me something, the forums survive because the debates, as  a fact the Forums were created for discussion, as long as we don't reach offences, something I always avoided to do.   Imagine a MUSICAL Forum full of data, facts and no flavour.   Iván

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: The worst thing is that the most talented of their members (John Myung) can barely be listened by human ears.

Kimoi wrote: Dream Theater by a country mile. No offence but they are just a hair-metal AOR band to me.

    

What planet do you live on?

eugene wrote:   IBut frankly, when I browse through these pages and see everybody in perfect agreement united in endless praise of great (and not so great and downright bad) bands, it seems to be kinda unnatural and pretty boring to me.

I'd say Prog Archives is one of the most civil and sensible forums for the genre and its bands. I've been on the Progressive Ears one and some posts there get slammed by some very nasty individuals who have nothing better to do. However, some posts on the Genesis forum take the biscuit for sheer closed-mindedness. Some guy said the other day that he didn't deem anyone a 'true Genesis fan unless you liked everything they ever recorded'. Similarly, today I've posted about some people insinuating you are too politically correct if you don't like 'Illegal Alien' and how you are humourless if you don't like that song. I must say, many members over there can see sense that 80s Genesis mostly, simply is rubbish and hasn't aged well (a great post said Genesis doing Illegal Alien was like Beethoven following up his 5th symphony with Agadoo! ) but some are just TOO obsessed. There's people talking about Ray Wilson era B sides and how good they are, and how you are a prog snob if you disagree that 'Invisible Touch' is a great album. (I laughed once when a guy posted how he 'didn't know anybody who didn't like Invisible Touch- I don't know anyone who does, until I went there)

At least here, when an album's rubbish, people will admit to it. But over-reactions over a poll like this are pointless. I do think DT aren't as good as the bands listed- in fairness, 'Octavarium' isn't QUITE as bad as stuff like 'Love Beach', 'Open Your Eyes' and 'Invisible Touch', but for me, DT haven't hit the heights those bands did at their peak.

why does every one only like symphonic on this website prog metal is the minority here as you can tell on this poll....

#1floydfan wrote: why does every one only like symphonic on this website prog metal is the minority here as you can tell on this poll....

1. You are new, you weren't here when Dream Theater was the latest fashion with ten or eleven threads in the main page of the Prog Lounge, we had members as my dear friebnd Peter Rideout worried because this was turning into a Prog Metal site or more precisely a DT fan club.
2. People here like a lot of sub-genres, in my case I like Prog Folk, Psyche, Space Rock and Fusion almost as much as I like Symphonic and even good Prog Metal bands like Pain of Salvation and Symphony X, what I don't like is Dream Theater.
3. Dream Theater does not represent all Prog Metal.

My new 2 cents.

^What's AOR?