What have you discovered through your love of prog

To the OP, I think you disingenuous but heartfelt. I don't really give a f*ck who you f*ck or want to f*ck but kudos to you that you're comfortable with disclosing your sexual orientation to complete strangers on a musical appreciation forum. It stands to reason that there are attractive males in Rock, Reggae, Jazz , Flamenco, Blues, Metal, Pop, Klezmer et al and you state your physical attraction to Peter Gabriel was not countenanced by the music so why do you feel compelled to conflate your avowed bisexuality with a love of Prog? Word to the wise. The prevalent orthodoxy that Prog = intelligent listener can be debunked by a random glance at the reviews and posts on PA. Just for the record, I'm openly straight, physically wretched and older than most trees.


Edited by ExittheLemming - August 29 2021 at 08:06

A Bard wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: I discovered just how bad the mindless pap played on the radio today is compared to REAL music... i.e. Progressive Rock! I mean, after a day hard work, I would see why people would turn their brains off and listen to mindless garbage. It must requires some effort to listen to some prog rock albums, what comes to mind is Gentle Giant and 80s era King Crimson. I don't think the average person want to give that effort challenge their tastes. I didn't like Discipline for while, but after listening it to a-lot, its one of my favorite album.

moshkito wrote: Hi, Without trying to be a terrible turnip ... that there is nothing in it that was not there before, except loudness. The talent and ability for a lot of music has been around for thousands of years, and us thinking that one particular snot is different than all the rest ... is just tea time talk about the pink flamingos!

Yes but that's not what the question is about, and it's still possible to answer it without being "a terrible turnip":) - whatever that means. King Crimson, VdGG, The Residents, Schostacovich, Schubert, Magma, Miles Davis, Mal Waldron, Fairuz or just about any artist I've obsessed over have led me onto new, previously unknown paths. Most people didn't have parents with a gazillion classical albums and all that, so we'd had to find out about everything pretty much from scratch. I don't know why the fact that "talent and ability for a lot of music has been around for thousands of years" is a relevant reply at all. Do you think you're the only one who's aware of that? Why do you take for granted that everyone but yourself is a stupid ignorant?

SteveG wrote: In the late 60s I discovered psychedelic rock. And prog was a natural progression (no pun intended) from there.

Progishness wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: A Bard wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: I discovered just how bad the mindless pap played on the radio today is compared to REAL music... i.e. Progressive Rock! I mean, after a day hard work, I would see why people would turn their brains off and listen to mindless garbage. It must requires some effort to listen to some prog rock albums, what comes to mind is Gentle Giant and 80s era King Crimson. I don't think the average person want to give that effort challenge their tastes. I didn't like Discipline for while, but after listening it to a-lot, its one of my favorite album. Actually, I think I'd rather listen to mindless pap than Gentle Giant and 80's era King Crimson, but each to their own.  I've never been able to get into Gentle Giant either, nor Gong, or Van Der Graaf Generator, or Magma for that matter, which probably means I'm not a 'proper prog fan'.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - August 29 2021 at 13:08

A Bard wrote: Wrong link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qMsr7jjQF0&t=1361s

Prog has shown me that what I personally value, enjoy, and appreciate about the construction of music = most people literally couldn't care less about if they tried, lol.

I discovered that I was a fraud and had very little in terms of real musical talent. Thanks, Prog.

Endless discovery...

Oh damn, I thought you said "porg!"