What I like is better than what you like
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Topic: What I like is better than what you like
Posted By: Empathy
Subject: What I like is better than what you like
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 16:33
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NAAAAH-NAAAAH-NAH-NAAAAH-NAAAAH OK, sorry, I just had to vent. The rising snobbery levels here are getting really old for me. |
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 16:44
No, you're quite right: What I like is better than what you like.  Seriously, I agree, I fail to see any merit in such threads. |
Empathy wrote:Posted By: lunaticviolist
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 16:45
------------- My recent purchases: 
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Posted By: horza
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 16:45
Wise words indeed  ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 16:48
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alot of people are so far up there arse ... death to snobbs!  ------------- 
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 16:51
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No it's not, what I like is better. Times 1,000,000. With big brass knobs on. So there! Ner ner ne-ner ner!
------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 16:52
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Who knew there were so many trolls living under their virtual bridges with their heads shoved up their rears? OK, I suppose I did know that. However, the benefits of this site and forum still outweigh the trolls, for me. For now... ------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 19:47
| they probably wear belts with their names tooled on so when they get their head out they will know who they are. |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 20:13
Hear, hear ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Damen
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 20:15
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No. ------------- "It's amazing that we've been able to put up with each other for 35 years. Most marriages don't last that long these days." -Chris Squire |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 09:58
I don't think you actually read this thread. I was being "ironical". ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Heptade
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 10:14
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This is the best thread I've read in a long time. ------------- The world keeps spinning, people keep sinning And all the rest is just bullsh*t -Steve Kilbey |
Posted By: darren
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 10:19
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Not only is what I like better than what you like, what
you like SUCKS and it isn't even prog... in fact it's not even music, you should be ashamed of even possessing a song from them. I'm with you, Empathy. This kind of crap is getting old. ------------- "they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world. the fools they locked up the wrong man." - Leonard Cohen |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 10:19
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Very true. It can get frustrating at times. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 10:29
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What you like is better than what I like ... but I still like it all the same. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10"> 
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Posted By: rockandrail
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 11:03
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And er...! None are prog by the way! (...and don't repeat it but...the worst of all is what they like) ------------- Pierre R, the man who lost his signature |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 11:10
You mean: Nerd nerd ne-nerd nerd!
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 11:13
Au contraire! Based on this, I like at least 70% of what you like! Of course you should be ashamed for liking that other 30%. ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 11:13
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Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 11:19
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Which 3 don't you like? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10">
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 11:37
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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.
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Posted By: darren
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 23:10
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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. ------------- "they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world. the fools they locked up the wrong man." - Leonard Cohen |
Posted By: Witchwoodhermit
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 00:06
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"I'll judge you all and make damn sure that no-one judges me" ------------- Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan ringed by ants and musing over man. |
Posted By: soundsweird
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 02:04
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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...
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Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 05:18
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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. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10">
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 09:46
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. ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 09:48
Yes, music is a very personal experience, agreed. You could have just posted that yin/yang, and I would have gotten your point. ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 09:49
Glad you enjoyed our group therapy session. ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 10:02
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Now that's interesting. So you don't rate Jordan Ruddess as the best? I've never heard any Kevin Moore solo albums but maybe I should check them out. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10">
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 10:34
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. ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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