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JJLehto 
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 Posted: January 31 2012 at 15:45 |
 Snow Dog wrote:
JJLehto wrote:
Maybe late to this party but, do we know the reasons men like prog?
Also, where are they!? Both men and women, I need more people that don't like crap music!
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Both are rare. The fairer gender more so. |
This is quite true, and sadly while guy friends are good the other gender of friend I prefer 
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 15:06 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:
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With my wife and I music listening is a private thing. She doesn't like most of my music and I can't stomach Bon Jovi |
Do you ever get the feeling that you are half way there and livin' on prayer? 
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No...but I think she is as thick as a brick. |
Does she know how it feels to be?
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 15:00 |
Slartibartfast wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
With my wife and I music listening is a private thing. She doesn't like most of my music and I can't stomach Bon Jovi |
Do you ever get the feeling that you are half way there and livin' on prayer?
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No...but I think she is as thick as a brick.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 14:58 |
Snow Dog wrote:
With my wife and I music listening is a private thing. She doesn't like most of my music and I can't stomach Bon Jovi |
Do you ever get the feeling that you are half way there and livin' on prayer?
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 14:43 |
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I'm pretty sure women just like Bon Jovi for Jon's abs anyway
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 14:39 |
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I'm just happy to be married to someone who gives me leeway to indulge in it. My current project is to get her to watch Gabriel's New Blood Orchestra DVD. If the timing is right I think she will like it somewhat.
Cool thing about my honey, she has Ummagumma in vinyl and I don't even have it on CD. 
Flip side: she hasn't listened to it in many many years.
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With my wife and I music listening is a private thing. She doesn't like most of my music and I can't stomach Bon Jovi
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 14:25 |
I'm just happy to be married to someone who gives me leeway to indulge in it. My current project is to get her to watch Gabriel's New Blood Orchestra DVD. If the timing is right I think she will like it somewhat. Cool thing about my honey, she has Ummagumma in vinyl and I don't even have it on CD. Flip side: she hasn't listened to it in many many years.
Edited by Slartibartfast - January 31 2012 at 14:30
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 14:10 |
Slartibartfast wrote:
To be honest I'm not quite sure why prog is such a guy thing but it is. Cheers to those special few women who do like it.  
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Indeed.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 14:09 |
To be honest I'm not quite sure why prog is such a guy thing but it is. Cheers to those special few women who do like it.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 13:48 |
JJLehto wrote:
Maybe late to this party but, do we know the reasons men like prog?
Also, where are they!? Both men and women, I need more people that don't like crap music!
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Both are rare. The fairer gender more so.
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JJLehto
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 13:46 |
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Maybe late to this party but, do we know the reasons men like prog?
Also, where are they!? Both men and women, I need more people that don't like crap music!
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 13:44 |
I actually don't know any women....
...who like prog. I know they exist but seem to be a rare breed.
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 13:40 |
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SongJohn, you disgrace the name of Jo(h)n. Both things Slarti said are true.
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lazland
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 13:21 |
The Hemulen wrote:
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I'll leave a few things for others to explain to you.
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It's just not worth it. This thread is a magnet for misogyny and cretinous statements and I just wish it would f**king die.
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Indeed, although Raff started it as a counter to such misogyny and cretinous statements. no wonder she doesn't visit very often these days
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The Hemulen
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 13:15 |
Slartibartfast wrote:
I'll leave a few things for others to explain to you.
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It's just not worth it. This thread is a magnet for misogyny and cretinous statements and I just wish it would f**king die.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 09:28 |
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Short answer is that there are more musically shallow women than shallow men - because believe me, I'm not much impressed by the types of music most men listen to either. Men have just as many societal duties and pressures but in slightly larger numbers seem more willing to breakaway and ditch the pressures. Like Sid Vicious said, "nobody has to do anything". How are women supposed to get that when they're constantly freaking about walking in the house with shoes on? Lol. Those two world-views are light years apart and most likely cannot be reconciled; even chemical perturbation from say a magic mushroom in most cases cannot do anything for the soft headed except reinforce the differences between "reality" and "fantasy". And again, I think most men are stupid like this too. Joni Mitchell said people "decided to become stupid in 1980". I tend to agree. In 1975 this woman made some albums that could give prog of the same year a run for it's money.
My wife is one of the fortunate souls to escape idiocy. When I met her she already had Relayer in her collection, so I didn't have to teach her prog. That's why we married. I wouldn't spend my time with no woman that can't appreciate good music. Nobody's worth the time. And you know my wife got even more in harmony with me to the point where she was bringing ME new '70s music to listen to: she introduced me to Samadhi's self titled album from 1974. I don't think that ANYBODY knows this band, let alone my wife to discover the CD and send it my way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP40cCmkY9A
My wifes absolute favs are Alas, pre '75 Gong, Arachnoid, Pulsar, Eloy, Gelatine Plates, 1972-4ish ELP, Tempano etc. I'm fairly lucky as she does not listen to really much anything after 1979. It makes both of us really sick to hear anything after 1979. She's 21, I'm 25. It works. Don't settle on a non music loving woman. No such thing as the "perfect," but there's close to perfect. I've had too many stupidiotic girlfriends who would tell me to turn the prog down. That's when I had to turn the girls down. It made them cry and plead, but hey, that's their own fault for deciding on becoming brainless remnants of life afriad of anything slightly perturbing or thought-provoking. I once was playing the movie "fantastic planet" from 1973, and an old Girlfriend was crying to me to please turn it off because the music was scaring her. f**king idiot. |
There is so much wrong with this on so many levels I don't know where to start. 1. You actually can have an enduring relationship even if you don't see eye to eye musically. 2. There is plenty of good music after '79 but if that is the limitation you place on your musical interests then you don't really have to bother with spending time exploring music that came after and I can see how y'all could be perfectly happy. Ignorance can be bliss I suppose. I'll leave a few things for others to explain to you.
Edited by Slartibartfast - January 31 2012 at 09:31
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SongJohn
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 07:33 |
Short answer is that there are more musically shallow women than shallow men - because believe me, I'm not much impressed by the types of music most men listen to either. Men have just as many societal duties and pressures but in slightly larger numbers seem more willing to breakaway and ditch the pressures. Like Sid Vicious said, "nobody has to do anything". How are women supposed to get that when they're constantly freaking about walking in the house with shoes on? Lol. Those two world-views are light years apart and most likely cannot be reconciled; even chemical perturbation from say a magic mushroom in most cases cannot do anything for the soft headed except reinforce the differences between "reality" and "fantasy". And again, I think most men are stupid like this too. Joni Mitchell said people "decided to become stupid in 1980". I tend to agree. In 1975 this woman made some albums that could give prog of the same year a run for it's money.
My wife is one of the fortunate souls to escape idiocy. When I met her she already had Relayer in her collection, so I didn't have to teach her prog. That's why we married. I wouldn't spend my time with no woman that can't appreciate good music. Nobody's worth the time. And you know my wife got even more in harmony with me to the point where she was bringing ME new '70s music to listen to: she introduced me to Samadhi's self titled album from 1974. I don't think that ANYBODY knows this band, let alone my wife to discover the CD and send it my way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP40cCmkY9A
My wifes absolute favs are Alas, pre '75 Gong, Arachnoid, Pulsar, Eloy, Gelatine Plates, 1972-4ish ELP, Tempano etc. I'm fairly lucky as she does not listen to really much anything after 1979. It makes both of us really sick to hear anything after 1979. She's 21, I'm 25. It works. Don't settle on a non music loving woman. No such thing as the "perfect," but there's close to perfect. I've had too many stupidiotic girlfriends who would tell me to turn the prog down. That's when I had to turn the girls down. It made them cry and plead, but hey, that's their own fault for deciding on becoming brainless remnants of life afriad of anything slightly perturbing or thought-provoking. I once was playing the movie "fantastic planet" from 1973, and an old Girlfriend was crying to me to please turn it off because the music was scaring her. f**king idiot.
Edited by SongJohn - January 31 2012 at 07:41
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akaBona
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 02:49 |
NotAProghead wrote:
I think it's time to agree: women are like men - they love football, smoking, drinking, sex, prog, growls, odd time signatures etc. The only difference is they are more attractive.  |
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NotAProghead
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Posted: January 30 2012 at 17:32 |
I think it's time to agree: women are like men - they love football, smoking, drinking, sex, prog, growls, odd time signatures etc. The only difference is they are more attractive.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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CPicard
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Posted: January 30 2012 at 12:23 |
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The thread that refused to die...
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