Prog/girlfriends

Well, perhaps I'm not really a 'girl' anymore (have a look at my profile if you want to know... ), but I've been into prog and rock in general for as long as I can remember, while hating all kinds of mushy, slushy, sentimental music. I'm aware I am an exception, but I'm also sure there are other women around who are into 'good' music.

As to the bands you mentioned in your post, I like some of them, particularly Anekdoten, PT, Riverside and Mastodon. However, I'm not much into DT... I do love classic heavy metal too, like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Metallica.

my girlfriend doesn't listen to prog either but she likes jazz/fusion cause her father used to listen to it a lot at home and she likes some Anathema material.. but, generally, she finds it pretentious...

P.S. Ghost Rider i hope you didn't headbang at concerts.. girls headbanging is the worst think i've ever seen...

Time Signature wrote: toolis wrote: P.S. Ghost Rider i hope you didn't headbang at concerts.. girls headbanging is the worst think i've ever seen...   I don't know... Arch Enemy's vocalist looks pretty cool when headbanging (what's her name.... Angela Gossow or something)   Gender and musical preferences is an interesting topic. I don't think it has as much to do with the sexes (the biological aspect of male and female) as with the genders (the cultural aspect). I think it's culture as much as anything else. I don't think there's anything biological inside women saying "You must love sentimental music... You must love brainless pop music... You must love music which actually covertly helps to maintain the traditional oppressive gender roles in which women are required to be less intelligent than men and serve to be objects of male sexuality..." It's cultural, I think, and all it takes is to break away from the cultural patterns (which of course is easier said than done).

Don't worry, guys, I've never headbanged.. I am quite keen on keeping my neck intact, and the thing has never really had any interest for me!

As to what Time Signature said, I do agree wholeheartedly. I think most differences between men and women are culturally induced rather than biological. However, being as they are the product of centuries of conditioning, they are very hard to remove. Personally, I believe that tastes in music, art, literature and such depend very much on  individuals and their overall personality. People who have strong personalities and don't really care for following trends like sheep are more likely to have 'unorthodox' tastes, as it is my case and that of those other women who are into prog.

BTW; if you fancy doing some research, last spring I started a thread in the Prog Lounge about women and prog. It reached at least 5 pages, and was quite successful.


Edited by Ghost Rider - September 30 2007 at 07:53

I will marry the first women i meet who likes prog lol But they dont and if they do they seem to pretend to cuz of their boyfriend

Claire likes prog.

I believe she got the high score for most replies in a newbie thread, probably because the word "girl" was in the topic title.

I also know 2 other girls who like prog, and my mom enjoys lots of Genesis and Rush instrumentals. And my sister likes Zed Leppelin and Tethro Jull.


Edited by Shakespeare - September 30 2007 at 09:20

My ex girlfriend was a Rush fan, and liked some other prog, although her tastes generally were much more heavy than mine.

The only other women I know who liked prog was a musician and appreciated all types of music. She could spot a good musician, although she did think that prog lyrics were often laughable.

No other women I've ever met even knows what prog is.

"Hi!. Do you have time for:

dream theater
symphony x
tool
mastodon
riverside
porcupine tree
oceansize
anekdoten
pain of salvation
etc etc?" = NOT A VERY GOOD STRATEGY. SPECIALLY FOR THE ETC ETC PART.

Anyway, with the possible exception of Anekdoten and Porcupine Tree, your list isn't worth not having the company of a lady.   

holy sh*t


you like prog


AND


you've had girlfriends!?!?

girlfriendS?!?!

The words "prog" and "girlfriends" are antonyms for me unfortunately . No luck yet. Maybe it's the way it should be

I'm probably a very lucky person, because my girlfriend likes pretty much every band I make her listen to. She didn't knew what was prog when I met her, but, because she has an open mind and a good musical appreciation, she liked Genesis and Porcupine Tree right away ! She even digs the weirder stuff like Can and Comus :) Sometimes, we put Supper's Ready in the car and we sing it all, she knows the song by heart !