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The Wizard 
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 Topic: Has prog made you a well rounded person?
Posted: February 02 2006 at 21:57 |
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I just made a realization; prog has made me a more literate and well rounded person. Because of prog I have investigated books like The Soft Machine, Anthem, and War and Peace, just to name a few. Aldous Huxley is now one of my favorite writers. I now know more about astronomy because of my look into the meaning behind the song Cynus X1. I have studied philosophy to understand lyrics of certain prog bands. Prog is rock music that expands the mind In many ways.
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Tholomyes
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Posted: February 02 2006 at 22:01 |
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the quickly answer is: Yes, absolutely.
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Bj-1
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Posted: February 02 2006 at 22:10 |
 Tholomyes wrote:
the quickly answer is: Yes, absolutely. |
Same goes for me!
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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The Miracle
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Posted: February 02 2006 at 22:12 |
Bj-1 wrote:
Tholomyes wrote:
the quickly answer is: Yes, absolutely. |
Same goes for me!
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stonebeard
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Posted: February 02 2006 at 22:13 |
Overall, yes. However, I have also grown much more intolorant of most other music. Also, my social skills are a bit rusty, but that's probably due to Prog Archives, not prog in general. 
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chamberry
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Posted: February 02 2006 at 22:39 |
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you have a point there The Wizard. Prog has made me change into a better person (at least thats what i think it did).
Edited by chamberry
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ambriz
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Posted: February 02 2006 at 23:06 |
Without a doubt.
Thanks to prog I decided to write my first novel, that's how deeply it went. 
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Progressive music, a kind of life.
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Bern
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Posted: February 02 2006 at 23:07 |
Thanks to Prog, I now spend my nightime writing posts on this forum. 
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RIP in bossa nova heaven.
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JayDee
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Posted: February 02 2006 at 23:18 |
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Musically and grammatically, yes!
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Mongo
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Posted: February 03 2006 at 03:13 |
Yeah, sitting around listening to prog does make you more rounded.
Get out there and exercise!!!!
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"The options are ever fewer on the ground these days" Fish
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sleeper
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Posted: February 03 2006 at 03:28 |
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Yes, by following up the lyrical content in a number of songs and viewing some of the more interlectual disscusions on this site has certanly been enlightening. However the more prog I ind the less tolerent of mainstream music I become, not that that bothers me.
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Norbert
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Posted: February 03 2006 at 03:35 |
^^^ Same with me, I don't consider as a loss my disappearing tolerancce towards mainstream rubbish.
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Ricochet
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Posted: February 03 2006 at 03:55 |
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To some extent,yes.
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Man Erg
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Posted: February 03 2006 at 04:06 |
Absolutely; and if nobody agrees I'll punch them on the nose!
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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luc4fun
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Posted: February 03 2006 at 04:15 |
YES!
Personally I started painting some artworks (just for fun) having inspiration from some famous album covers by Roger Dean...
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pero
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Posted: February 03 2006 at 04:16 |
The Wizard wrote:
I just made a realization; prog has made me a more literate and well rounded person. Because of prog I have investigated books like The Soft Machine, Anthem, and War and Peace, just to name a few. Aldous Huxley is now one of my favorite writers. I now know more about astronomy because of my look into the meaning behind the song Cynus X1. I have studied philosophy to understand lyrics of certain prog bands. Prog is rock music that expands the mind In many ways. |
I agree with you but i rather read SF or Bukovski then Huxley.
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avestin
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Posted: February 03 2006 at 04:21 |
No. I'm as rough edged as ever...
Seriously though, it hasn't.
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RoyalJelly
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Posted: February 03 2006 at 04:57 |
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I think most prog listeners would have found other ways to round out
their character if it didn't exist, but life (at least the music listening part)
would certainly be more boring. It probably kept me composing since, not
having been raised with classical music nor studied in a conservatory, I
realized their are other possibilities for exploring complex musical ideas,
and even doing so with a sense of humour (Zappa was primarily responsible
for this insight).
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proggin' justin
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Posted: February 03 2006 at 05:22 |
I certainly owe it to prog, to a certain degree, that I've started thinking in a more nuanced and refined way. Although I think music has this great effect in general, I think it's prog that's enhanced me for the most of it.
Plus, although I love classical and jazz, I feel prog has developed me most in terms of sensitivity emotion etc. (still, a piano sonata by Ludwig van may be second to none in this respect).
Plus, it made me feel that I can speak more foreign lanuages. Delving into a prog band seems to me at least as challenging as learning a new language. For years now I've been toiling with such "languages" as Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, Rush, Yes, Jethro Tull, Genesis aso, and now I'm still "working" (labor of love) on VdGG (huge, huge band!) and Magma and Gong aso.
So my final guess is prog is great schooling for mind and soul. Immensely recommended for anyone!
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proggin' justin
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Posted: February 03 2006 at 05:23 |
great exercise for open-mindedness too
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