What I like is better than what you like

Forgot to mention in my earlier post that because I like what I like, it makes me much smarter, more rounded and much more sophisticated than those who don't like prog. People who like punk, pop or mere rock and roll are too dim witted to know what good music is. I'm going to listen to many more hours of prog with headphones, in my room by myself and talk about how brilliant I am and ponder why I don't have a girlfriend.

 

I think I got this out of my system now. Thanks again for starting this thread.

 

       I've come to the conclusion that there is no good or bad music.   However poorly written, performed, or recorded, there's somebody out there who's going to take a shine to it, perhaps because it's so mediocre.  Likewise, no matter how well written, performed, or recorded, there's somebody out there who will hate it.  Who's to say they're wrong?

       For me, there are only two kinds of music in the world:  the stuff I like and the stuff I don't like (if I have no feeling one way or another, it counts as a "don't like").  And I feel that it should be the same for every other person who cares at all about music (I've met some people who don't care one way or another about music, strange as that may seem.  When they're in their cars, they listen to talk radio or nothing at all).

       If somebody hates my "favorite group" or "favorite album", even if it's a close friend, I feel no need to argue.  I can always find some music that we both like, and besides, I do most of my listening alone late at night...

 

 

                                                                          

Bob Greece wrote: Empathy wrote: I haven't heard enough Hawkwind to form an opinion yet, same with Killing Joke. What I've heard of Marillion thus far hasn't done much for me, to be honest.  I think you'll like Hawkwind if you like Ozric Tentacles, particularly some of their later material. I recommend Yule Ritual. I would be surprised if you liked Killing Joke. It's described as post punk, I would call it psychedelic metal and it's certainly not prog. Killing Joke is very hit and miss. Some of it is intense and some is just plain boring. I thought that Derek Sherinian would be one of the 3 that you wouldn't like. He's not really very popular but I think his music is great.

I'm sure I'll find something about Hawkwind I relate to and enjoy.

 I have heard some Killing Joke, and I was moderately intrigued - there's a handful of punk or punk-related bands that I actually found were doing something vaguely interesting with the genre (short of the obvious suspects like the Ramones, Sex Pistols, etc).

Derek Sherinian is my second favorite Dream Theater keyboardist (Kevin Moore being my favorite). He's a very accomplished and skilled musician. I own Inertia, and I like it a little more every time I hear it. I also dig Sherinian's work with Planet X.

darren wrote: Forgot to mention in my earlier post that because I like what I like, it makes me much smarter, more rounded and much more sophisticated than those who don't like prog. People who like punk, pop or mere rock and roll are too dim witted to know what good music is. I'm going to listen to many more hours of prog with headphones, in my room by myself and talk about how brilliant I am and ponder why I don't have a girlfriend.   I think I got this out of my system now. Thanks again for starting this thread.

Glad you enjoyed our group therapy session.

Bob Greece wrote: Now that's interesting. So you don't rate Jordan Ruddess as the best?

Hell no. He's incredibly skilled, I can't deny it, but IMO he's got diarrhea of the fingers (5,377 notes when 3 will suffice), and for some reason refuses to use more than one lead patch on his keyboard. He needs some serious sound design help. IMO, he was headed in the right direction on Train of Thought (one of the few things I like about that album), but it doesn't seem to have stuck.


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