Popular Prog Bands that you just can't get into

Magma.

MAGMA FOR ME TOO... But i know why. I don't like much Jazz and especially when it's weird like Magma!

For me IQ, Flower Kings and Porcupine Tree.

Rush. I never understood all the fuss about them. Good musicians, though not as exceptional as their fans try to make them, but the music is nothing special at all.

Edited by BaldFriede - June 12 2009 at 14:38

For me it's Magma.........but also a number of neo-prog and prog-metal bands (Pendragon, Arena, Jadis, Symphony X for a couple examples).

Strangely, I saw Magma twice at Nearfest.  The first time I appreciated their performance, but can't say I really enjoyed it much.  The second time I thought they were fantastic.  After both times I tried some of their studio and live recorded material.  Both times they didn't appeal to me.  Very strange.

I've opened myself, in the last two years, to almost every genre (except metal). I usually appreciate and dislike accordingly, without thinking too much that something I don't like is immensely praised.

I do have a grudge with ELP however, and while I like Yes' classics (minus Close To The Edge, which isn't on the podium of the galaxy, not even by a long shot), they're cold in my top preferences.

I solved my differences with Zappa it seems, as I can fully enjoy some of his best stuff, as of late.

The two bands left to be mentioned would thus be Kraftwerk (here I'm really antipathic) and Deep Purple (never clicked enough for me, especially after the early 70s).

StyLaZyn wrote: Camel, Caravan, and Gong...boring blah!

Snow Dog wrote: BaldFriede wrote: Rush. I never understood all the fuss about them. Good musicians, though not as exceptional as their fans try to make them, but the music is nothing special at all. I notice you added this as an edit. Not only is it churlish.....after all, did I or anyone criticize Magmas musicianship? Not only that, but what makes YOU...........a better judge than Rush fans?

Excuse me? I fully stated they are good musicians. I just don't buy that Neil Peart is the überdrummer who is miles ahead of any others. He is a very good drummer, but there are several other drummers who are equally good. This is what I want to put into perspective, and nothing else. Many bands have great musicians, not just Rush; that is all I wanted to state. Got it now?


Edited by BaldFriede - June 12 2009 at 14:54

I'm not a huge fan of Kraftwerk either, I started out opposed to Electronic Prog, but I have come to love TD and Schulze. I have never liked neo prog, I was thinking of giving it a try soon. I had to work at some bands before I could appreciate them, like Magma, but some clicked right away, I got into Canterbury very easily. I have Been listening to the Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy pretty exclusively for the last couple days. 

I think that the hardest part of getting into a band is that you already come with preconceptions that can limit the extent of your enjoyment. The best thing to do is to try and forget everything and try to re-experience the music as if it's the first time you have heard it without any prior knowledge. It's hard to like Magma when you think "Oh yeah, that one band that chants like a bunch of baboons on helium."

Rush
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