201 things you learnt from Prog
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Topic: 201 things you learnt from Prog
Posted By: mrcozdude
Subject: 201 things you learnt from Prog
Date Posted: June 25 2008 at 22:33
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Lets try and make a list of the 1. The mention of Phil Collins makes guys think your gay but women gain more respect for you. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: June 25 2008 at 23:13
| 2. Fishes can't fly and neither can I |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 25 2008 at 23:22
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3. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. ------------- 
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: June 25 2008 at 23:24
Why didn't I think of that one!? 
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: June 25 2008 at 23:25
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4. there is in fact more earth than sea ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: June 25 2008 at 23:28
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5. DA ZEUHL WORTZ MEKANIK
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 25 2008 at 23:29
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6. An owner of a lonely heart is much better then the owner of a broken heart, but either way neither has a place in prog. -------------
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: June 25 2008 at 23:29
Owned. ------------- |
rileydog22 wrote:Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 25 2008 at 23:31
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7. The spirit carries on
------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: June 25 2008 at 23:36
| 8. Don't surround yourself with yourself. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: June 25 2008 at 23:43
| 9. We had white horses, and ladies by the score. |
Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: June 25 2008 at 23:54
| 10. That there are indeed invisible radio gnomes |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 01:17
| 11. It doesn't pay to be too nice. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 03:09
| 12. A dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun. |
Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 03:17
| 13. A keyboard solo solves all. |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 06:14
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14. How to measure a planet! ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 06:36
| 15. Dreams are always ending far too soon. |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 08:11
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16. Your sperm's in the gutter, and your love's in the sink ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 08:20
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17. That it's so erotic when your makeup runs.
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 12:24
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18. Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
-------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: progaeopteryx
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 19:34
| 19. If you call me Cavanaugh, I'd be the one with the caveman jaw. |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 19:37
20. Memorizing lyrics is easier than it sounds.
(Killer, Freewill, I've Seen All Good People, Lucky Man, Winter Wine, Thick As A Brick and Blackest Eyes.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 19:47
| 21. Don't kill the whale -- dig it, dig it. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 19:58
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22. All in all it was all just the bricks in the wall ------------- What? |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 20:01
23. Not everyone loves Dream Theater  ------------- 
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: June 26 2008 at 20:09
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24. Six minutes is not long for a song, but some people still think so |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 00:44
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25. The lunatic is on the grass. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 00:50
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26. Not only is the lunatic on the grass but Peter Gabriel is just a lawn mower and you can tell him by the way he walks. -------------
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 01:33
Does Peter run over the lunatic? |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 01:44
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27. DT is sew rite.
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 03:00
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28. Jethro Tull is not a solo artist.
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Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 10:58
yeah lol that really annoys me. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 11:12
| 29. Religion is something invented by man to explain what he doesn't understand |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 18:43
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30 .punk didnt kill prog ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: Prof.
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 20:58
| 31. Flute makes everything better. |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 21:30
 Oh wait, wasn't there a band....
32. The mellotron can fix troubled marriages ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 21:30
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33. The mellotron can break marriages
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/LinusW88" rel="nofollow - Blargh |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 21:32
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34. The mellotron can break, frequently. ------------- What? |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 21:35
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35. ...but whatever happens, the mellotron is still loved.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/LinusW88" rel="nofollow - Blargh |
Posted By: keith_emerson
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 21:46
| 36. Take away the threat of death and all you're left with is a round of make-believe |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 21:49
| 37. The Hammond B3 and or C3 is essential for good music. |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: June 27 2008 at 22:06
 you said it brotha. I can't believe we made it into the 30s before any mention of the tron!
38. In 1973, there were more good albums than days of the year ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: progaeopteryx
Date Posted: June 30 2008 at 19:04
| 39. Cardboard people stand in a field made of grass. |
Posted By: krimson62
Date Posted: July 02 2008 at 09:57
| 40. Je regardais son haut-parleur ,il est tellement gros, tellement plus gros, que son coeur!(i was watching his speaker, it was large, way larger than his heart!) HARMONIUM |
Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: July 05 2008 at 14:48
| 41. You can't fail if you're armed with a chocolate surprise. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: July 05 2008 at 17:26
| 42. Keith Emerson is actually shorter in real life than he is on stage. |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 00:17
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43. To evacuate planet earth before it is recycled ------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: MadcapLaughs84
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 01:33
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44. That Italians Really do It Better ------------- 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 02:04
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45. Volvo is not the only excellent Swedish product
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 03:58
46. The Eggs/Balls of Satan contains no eggs. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 08:33
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47. There is no Dark Side of the Moon, as a matter of fact it is all dark ------------- What? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 08:33
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48. Bedside manners are extra ------------- What? |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 09:36
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49. The frog was a prince, the prince was a brick, the brick was an egg, the egg was a bird.
Iván -------------
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 14:09
| 50. That there behind the glass lies a real blade of grass. |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: July 07 2008 at 01:39
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51. To fly by night ------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: July 07 2008 at 18:55
| 52. Wynona's beaver just might be a porcupine. |
Posted By: progaeopteryx
Date Posted: July 07 2008 at 21:53
| 53. On Wednesdays, it's suppository time. |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 20:27
54. Dancing is not the only thing Genesis couldn't do when Hackett left  -------------
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 21:11
OUCH! That's going to leave a mark. |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: July 11 2008 at 04:17
------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 12 2008 at 22:48
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55. That everything comes to those who wait.. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: July 13 2008 at 18:36
And to think this is what I thought happened on Wednesdays...
On Wednesday he goes shopping
And has buttered scones for tea.  ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: July 13 2008 at 19:48
| 56. That guys who made "Video Killed A Radio Star" were capable of doing some Drama for Yes |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: August 05 2008 at 18:11
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57. Even in prog, four chords can make a million. -------------
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 06 2008 at 18:25
| 58. The language that the lyrics are sung in doesn't matter if it good prog. |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: August 06 2008 at 18:36
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59. Our individual understandings of what is is classified as prog is many and varied.
------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: August 06 2008 at 18:40
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60. Even if there's no fruit, even if there's no flower, even if there's no leaf and even if there's no small tree... we still must applaud the intention of the seed. ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: August 06 2008 at 18:57
| 61. Germans are better at music than Brits. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 07 2008 at 01:25
| 62. You won't find any prog band t-shirts sold at Hot Topic. |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: August 08 2008 at 03:27
 ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 08 2008 at 03:51
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63. Prog fans like kitties. |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: August 08 2008 at 04:02
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64.prog fans are close to the edge
------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: August 08 2008 at 04:05
65. Prog fans like vinyls  ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 09 2008 at 00:54
Don't buy into it. They're just trying to drag you in so that you'll buy some Emo shirts. |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: August 12 2008 at 03:54
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66. Old Charlie stole the handle. 67. The train won't slow down. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 11:02
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68. That singing in a completely made up language makes you a god.
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 11:08
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69. That the step from synth-sequencing to plastic new-age is a bizzare yet global, commercial yet fittest-for-survival form of transcendence.
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 11:10
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Oh and : 70. That you've got to be happy with what you have to be happy with -------------
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 11:30
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71. Ian Anderson saw some grass growing through the pavement.
------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 11:59
| 72. You can get your band name from a character in a Charles Dickens novel. |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 12:29
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73. ...or an obscure name for the Devil.
------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 13:31
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74. It's only knock and know all, but I like it ------------- What? |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 18:10
Is my previous signature to my current one. -------------   
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 18:12
75. That Patrick has to open new CDs in the car, so the wife thinks they're old CDs he's had for ages. 
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Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 18:28
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76. Post count and dating experience have a negative correlation.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 18:32
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77. that $2 Krautrock albums bought on eBay, before shipping, aren't as good as obscure RIO albums that cost $22. Therefore, there's no correlation between high album quality and cheapness. -------------
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: August 16 2008 at 02:32
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78. Mountains come out of the sky in and around the lake.
------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 16 2008 at 11:29
| 79. The sands of time were eroded by the river of constant change. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 17 2008 at 12:00
| 80. That today is only yesterdays tomorrow |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 17 2008 at 12:02
81. That 5/4, 7/8, 9/8, 11/8 and 13/8 can SWING! 
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: August 17 2008 at 12:27
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82. That instruments > vocals
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 17 2008 at 13:05
| 83. That Violins & Flute isn't limited to Classical music |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: August 17 2008 at 15:36
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84. God is not the type of person you have to wind up on Sundays.
------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 17 2008 at 17:17
| 85. That it's smart to go back to your family, where no-one can ring you at all |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: August 18 2008 at 17:17
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86. The goofier the cover art, the better the album.
------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 18 2008 at 19:08
| 87. The lamb lies down on Broadway. |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: August 19 2008 at 02:59
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88. We don't need no education.
------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 19 2008 at 04:00
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89. That rare album that's been out of print since the Carter Administration you just ordered for $42.50 you'll see two days later for 12 bucks. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 20 2008 at 14:03
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90. That giant flying purple wolfhounds does exist (That there's only 9 things left to list after this post) |
Posted By: missiongonewrong
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 15:46
| 91. Never fly into a blackhole |