25 bands I like. Choose a least/less liked by you

A few bands here are not my thing, but I don't want to point them out, why would it matter? 

Grumpyprogfan wrote: Cristi wrote: A few bands here are not my thing, but I don't want to point them out, why would it matter?  Maybe I do not understand the purpose of this poll.  Agree. What are you going to do with this information and why does it matter?

I'm not planning on profiting from this info, at least not financially. I never made a dime from this site. It goes into my mind palace, and I use it for discussion and trying to connect and get to know people better. I don't profit from "What is your favourite?" topics either.

I might turn that back on you to ask why does it matter to you that I tell you why I think it matters? And I would appreciate a response to get to know your thinking behind the question better. No pressure, of course.

From a nihilist perspective, of which I sometimes have leaned towards, it doesn't matter at all, nothing really matters. Considering that everything will come to an end, when assuming it does, it all can seem and be totally futile. Everything being pointless. The exercise should or need not matter to you. If It mattered enough to me to ask in someones topic, then I would sooner phrase it as "Why is this inquiry of interest to you?" But I would not do so without trying to play along first, but I like to be sport unless it comes into conflict with other concerns, responsibilities, ethical considerations.

It's rather sad and makes me feel hollow and it does all feel pointless in a way because I have been trying to express why I'm interested in having conversations about what we like and don't like, the confluences, divergences, connections and disconnections of our tastes since I started posting here. I like polls to be interactive. I don't care about the poll results, I care about reading the posts, I care about people's thoughts, I care about conversations. I care about reading and sharing details. It can be entertaining, it can be enlightening, it can make me feel closer to individuals, and it can be creative in a way when interacting and it gets me to revisit and think about music I care about.

That said, much as I want to get to know how and what others think when it comes to a great many things, part of posting here is trying to understand myself better.

I think that one can have positive and affable conversations about what we like, don't like, and like less, and I enjoy exploring such things with individuals.

What often has mattered to me is trying to come up with approaches to poll inquiries and ideas for topics that are different from the norm. It's something of a creative exercise even if the results are mediocre (hey, I'm constrained by my less than stellar brain).

One might ask, why does it matter when it comes to a poll which asks, "Which is your favourite?" I was hoping to have some friendly and informative back and forth discussion with people about what they least connect with from the list. And maybe, just maybe, which is a reason why I hoped for specifics on what people know from the acts, we might find something that might appeal to them.

I like threads and polls that feel like a group effort commonly. And threads are only as good as the sum total of the parts (i.e. the posts).

If we don't find anything to be appreciated from the lists, that's okay too, but I like topics that help me feel like I'm getting to know people better and it can help me to build empathy. And I know that I like to evaluate and re-evaluate music, and hope that I can find something that appeals even in bands that I don't generally like. Progressive music listeners often try to keep an open-ear and an open-mind.

By the way, why I am at PA generally boils down to my teen years. My group of friends and I would share music with each other, experience it and talk about it.. My rose-tinted memory of those times is magical. While I have wanted to recapture that spirit of discovery and discussion at PA, and I have with many people here, with some, especially of the more cynical variety, there will always be too much of a disconnect for us to fall into that kind of warm and encouraging, sympathetic and encouraging being a key word for what matters to me, circle.

If I could find try-to-be positive open-minded warm and tolerant people with various similar music interests locally, I would love to meet. Well, I say that, but, while you would not know if you met me, I have bad social anxiety and a part of me dislikes being in the company of others (I can only take being around people in doses as it exhausts this introvert). That said, despite being introverted and non-sociable, I still care about trying to connect with people from an emotional and musical angle, and I find such inquiries have helped with bonding with some even if those perceptions of bonding are ultimately very superficial and just perceptions. Others just seems to have a very different approach and mindset to mine and I think I will never really find a sense of synchronicity with and we will always have to question the intent of each other instead of accepting and enjoying the ride, so to speak.

As for what I'm going to do with this information, store it in my mind. What do people commonly do with the information from polls and discussions? If you think there is some nefarious ulterior motive, you got me all wrong. No one should feel like they have to participate in such polls, and I do think that if one does not appreciate such things or want to play along, it's usually best just to ignore them and leave them to those who do. That said, maybe you were really interested to understand my motivation (it matters to you to ask). It's lot of effort to explain and it might not make sense to another. Vive la difference, I guess, to each his or own interests and sense of what matters to them.

Part of the perhaps sad or lame enjoyment for me is coming up with list, and trying to think through an idea and present it in the opening post (a minor intellectual exercise). I hope my ideas are out of the box, different from the norm often. To me that is a creative exercise. but the real joy comes with my interactions with people who also seem to appreciate the exercise. That is gratifying to me. I hope some enjoy this, and if just one person enjoyed the exercise (other than me), and maybe had some pleasant conversation, I'm at least happy with those results.

Edited by Logan - May 29 2024 at 11:35

^Didn't mean to destroy your day, Greg.

If I'm honest, your polls are kind of similar, with feedback from the usual folks. So we know their tastes by now. But, I couldn't do better so carry on.

I don't think you should leave, I found this topic entertaining enough. Aren't many places to talk about artists like in your lists. 

^ Okay then, I probably should have spent more time writing a more descriptive original post to clarify my intent and expectations. I know no one is saying I have to do that, but I think I need to do other creative things. I used to like to write fiction, maybe I could try that again. Or maybe I could work more and not just count myself lucky that my engineer wife has a good six figure income, and a good figure to boot. I've been way luckier and well taken care of than I deserve.

TheGazzardian wrote: I don't think you should leave, I found this topic entertaining enough. Aren't many places to talk about artists like in your lists.

I appreciate it. And I guess that is out of the ordinary enough that it led to some questioning of intent (I mention because Will mentioned the same old aspect). I do wish I could be more "understood" when it comes to intent often. I could be more articulate, but often it does not occur to me that I would need to be.

There should be room for lots of variety and approaches here and I really would like to see more people coming up with names that has not been covered much before and with new approaches to making polls and topics. I do think some who have taken issue with my topics might be be fine with the 1000th "Yes vs. Genesis, which do you prefer?" kind of poll. Sometimes I make topics because there is a such a lull in the forum when it comes to new topics and I hope to help liven the place up a bit. Even with those who don't appreciate my topics, question them or stay away from them, I hope I sometimes post something in others topics that is appreciated.

Edited by Logan - May 29 2024 at 14:30

Grumpyprogfan wrote: ^Your posts are always appreciated, except when you called "Romantic Warrior" d*gsh*t.

Well, I was just upset because I had just stepped in it. Was not the first time I had to clean the Romantic Warrior from the soles of my shoes.

I don't recall being that harsh. It does ring a bell, a bell that sounds like a reverberating DUNG!!! (What's brown and sounds like a bell? DUNGGGG!!!) I have mentioned not liking that album -- not that I have listened to it for many years. I much preferred Hymn to the Seventh Galaxy. Now that is a darned fine album.

Edited by Logan - May 29 2024 at 15:17

octopus-4 wrote: Hrychu wrote: I'd be easier to choose which ones I do like! So, I've decided to put the 👍 emoji next to the bands I like and the 🤮 emoji next to the ones I can't stand. There we go. Amon Düül II Area 🤮 Art Zoyd Black Country, New Road black midi 👍 Can 🤮 Cardiacs Comus Current 93 Dead Can Dance Faust 🤮 Godspeed You! Black Emperor 👍 Henry Cow Kayo Dot King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Magma 🤮 Mr. Bungle Radiohead 👍 The Residents Soft Machine 👍 Squid 👍 Swans Tangerine Dream 🤮 Univers Zero 🤮 Van der Graaf Generator 👍 Nice: you are vomiting over the bands that I like the most , in particular Area, TD and Magma

Yeah. To be fair, my taste in prog music isn't like your typical run-off-the-mill prog fan. The Flower Kings is my #1 favorite prog band of all time. That alone tells a lot about how unpopular my taste is. :P

Logan wrote:  If I could find try-to-be positive open-minded warm and tolerant people with various similar music interests locally, I would love to meet. Well, I say that, but, while you would not know if you met me, I have bad social anxiety and a part of me dislikes being in the company of others (I can only take being around people in doses as it exhausts this introvert). That said, despite being introverted and non-sociable, I still care about trying to connect with people from an emotional and musical angle, and I find such inquiries have helped with bonding with some even if those perceptions of bonding are ultimately very superficial and just perceptions. Others just seems to have a very different approach and mindset to mine and I think I will never really find a sense of synchronicity with and we will always have to question the intent of each other instead of accepting and enjoying the ride, so to speak.

Current 93 is the least known by me. I can at least "hear" a track by the all the other artists in my head. I am really not familiar enough with the Residents to consider them. A couple I haven't listened to in a quite while. I will follow up later. I need to think about it.

Squid is the only band from the list I've never heard music from (I think). I appreciate a good deal from the others and there is quite a bunch of bands on this list that I like quite a lot. But other than their first two albums, Tangerine Dream generally bore the hell out of me, so they get my vote (and yes, I listened to most of their 70s and 80s works, but I'm not even trying anymore...).