most unwanted popgroups/artists on PA

fandango wrote: ^^quite right...I think it's about time this thread was locked, before some smart-arse decides that Pink Floyd or Genesis shoudn't be here....

retracted my comment after thinking about it ...  dont read this its pointless and a waste of your time 


Edited by Yorkie X - August 11 2008 at 11:48

It's quite depressing to see how many votes this poll is getting.

King Crimson

^ Exactly Winterlight. If you don't like a group, don't read about them, that's what I say. No vote on this poll from me.

Roj M30 wrote: ^ Exactly Winterlight. If you don't like a group, don't read about them, that's what I say. No vote on this poll from me.

We're all different.  Even if I don't like a group I may still want to read about it as I'm interested in things outside of my tastes, and one may like a group that one still doesn't think appropriate to its category, or even to PA.

I'm quite inclusive -- provided I think a band/ artist has been categorised reasonably well, and have hoped to see progressive archives progress into more progressive music (even if not really Prog) -- of course this may require new "progreessive" categories for reasonable placement.

There are some bands/ artists whose category I would change (and some I'd move to prog-related if it were up to me), but I wouldn't want to remove bands from the archives --a lot of work and preparation has gone into the additions (from evaluation, discussing and even debating the merits/ category, to preparing the addition).  It would be unfair on the people who went to all that work to just remove an addition.  Each proper addition, ones that follow the guidelines, involves considerable work.

Logan wrote: Roj M30 wrote: ^ Exactly Winterlight. If you don't like a group, don't read about them, that's what I say. No vote on this poll from me. We're all different.  Even if I don't like a group I may still want to read about it as I'm interested in things outside of my tastes, and one may like a group that one still doesn't think appropriate to its category, or even to PA. I'm quite inclusive -- provided I think a band/ artist has been categorised reasonably well, and have hoped to see progressive archives progress into more progressive music (even if not really Prog) -- of course this may require new "progreessive" categories for reasonable placement. There are some bands/ artists whose category I would change (and some I'd move to prog-related if it were up to me), but I wouldn't want to remove bands from the archives --a lot of work and preparation has gone into the additions (from evaluation, discussing and even debating the merits/ category, to preparing the addition).  It would be unfair on the people who went to all that work to just remove an addition.  Each proper addition, ones that follow the guidelines, involves considerable work.

dzx wrote: Logan wrote: Roj M30 wrote: ^ Exactly Winterlight. If you don't like a group, don't read about them, that's what I say. No vote on this poll from me. We're all different.  Even if I don't like a group I may still want to read about it as I'm interested in things outside of my tastes, and one may like a group that one still doesn't think appropriate to its category, or even to PA. I'm quite inclusive -- provided I think a band/ artist has been categorised reasonably well, and have hoped to see progressive archives progress into more progressive music (even if not really Prog) -- of course this may require new "progreessive" categories for reasonable placement. There are some bands/ artists whose category I would change (and some I'd move to prog-related if it were up to me), but I wouldn't want to remove bands from the archives --a lot of work and preparation has gone into the additions (from evaluation, discussing and even debating the merits/ category, to preparing the addition).  It would be unfair on the people who went to all that work to just remove an addition.  Each proper addition, ones that follow the guidelines, involves considerable work.   At the risk of being pertinent I really think Tori Amos should be included as shes a lot more prog than a lot of artists here and for me is a real omission

I think I lent support to Tori Amos before when she was suggested for inclusion -- hmm, I seem to remember that it was suggested that she, along with female artists such as Bjork, Laurie Anderson and Kate Bush, be included in a new category -- Chick Prog. Not PC I know -- don't shoot the messenger.

Roj M30 wrote: ^ Personally, I DO read about other bands, whether I like them or not. What I am saying is that if a band is not considered prog by a section of our posters this does not merit a band's exclusion. If you feel that strongly, just leave it alone, don't bother reading. This is an amazing website and gives me an immense amount of enjoyment, exchanging news and views with likeminded proggies. I've learnt so much from this site, and I don't know how I managed without it. You won't find any negativity from me, sorry if my last post came across differently

I wanted to go on a tangent since I've seen it said by a number of people that if you don't like a band, ignore it (which wouldn't work for me, because I want to gain more general knowledge -- though this is just a hobby for me and isn't like, say when I was in film studies which required me to watch and learn about films that I didn't inherently enjoy).  For passionate music lovers, and people who are passionate about this site's direction, as well people who just like to debate merits as well as those who actually evaluate music for the site, it's not surprising that some wish to read and post their opinions about merits.  Again, we're all different. I find such discussion stimulating.  Controversy is stimulating.  My opinions are expressed in my post before, but I respect that others feel and wish to express themselves differently.  I feel strongly, and get worked up, about wars, yet I still follow it.  I would rather people discuss such issues in a less passionate and more rational way, but, hey that's me.  Anyway, this topic also relates to the site's direction, how inclusive should PA be?  Ultimately that's up to the owners, but those who care about the site will have an opinion.

And I generally find exchanges between not so like-minded proggies more interesting (must admit that I prefer getting involved in polite discussion than heated debate as I'm pretty casual in life).  Conflict is at the root of drama, and drama can be very entertaining.

leave 'em all in here, I would say, as the acts I know (like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Kate Bush, the Beatles etc.)all did at the very least have some progressive tendencies at some point, with the Beatles being among those showing the way to go.