You like, I dislike
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Topic: You like, I dislike
Posted By: The_Jester
Subject: You like, I dislike
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 10:18
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There's many things I dislike that people seem to enjoy on this forum. I make this thread so you can do like me and tell us about your own vision of certain albums and to try to convince me some things are good by posting great songs. Here I go: I dislike the album Tarkus by ELP (except the bits in the song Tarkus where Greg Lake sings) I really dislike Dream Theater I dislike Spock's Beard Transatlantic too Even the Flower Kings I dislike the album Wish You Were Here I don't like Magma I dislike Opeth I dislike Marillion I dislike Phideaux and many more wich I can't think of right now.
------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
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Posted By: Junges
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 10:27
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The Beatles Genesis ------------- 
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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 10:58
| horseradish sauce, sports debate shows, most new superhero movies |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 11:01
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As far as what people on this forum like - I dislike Radiohead, I also dislike The Smashing Pumpkins, and Dave Mathews Band. That's pretty much it. Everything else I can find something to like. Hate is a strong word, do you really HATE a band or artist? What did they ever do to you? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 11:11
Anything Steven Wilon does. ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 11:36
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Neo-Prog. Every band that I have heard except Children of Eden under that genre has not interested me enough. Also, I can't seem to get into The Flower Kings as much as everyone gets into them. I LOVE Opeth, but I can find reasons that people would dislike them so I understand what the OP is saying. EXCEPT, I find it very hard to find anything to dislike about Magma. :)
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 11:42
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Wouldn't say hate, but definitely not for me: Dead Can('t) Dance.
Listened to a couple of their albums, not what I expected at all. Australian prog folk - I was expecting something with didgeridoos, you know, something Australian. What did I get? A lot of boring chanting  -------------  
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Posted By: ajaxxx
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 11:50
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DON'T YOU THINL HATE IS A LITTLE TO STRONG?I CAN SEE DISLIKE BUT TO I JUST CAN'T BUY INTO THAT. ------------- jack |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 11:51
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The_Jester wrote:Posted By: ajaxxx
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 11:53
YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR AL THE BANDS I DISLIKE OR SO CALLED BANDS!!!------------- jack |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 11:57
You should probably turn off your caps lock. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:00
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I hate hate threads. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:00
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Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:02
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I don't like to hate, it's disturbing... And for all the things i don't like, i don't have the time to talk about it. But just to the play the game, here's some albums i don't like that many do : Pink Floyd (The Wall, except a couple of songs) The latest Dream Theater Magma Some King Crimson songs from their best classic period Most of the Camel's songs Miles Davis |
Posted By: ProgSeeker
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:07
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Hate is probably too strong a word, as I can acknowledge the talent... but these come to mind: Magma The Tangent The Flower Kings Hawkwind Frank Zappa |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:24
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Most bands in any of the metal categories ultimately bore me. It is exciting for one song, then it all starts to sound the same. This includes older classic bands as well as newer ones, notably Porcupine Tree, Opeth, and Metallica.
The album We're Only in it for the Money is mostly random noise and has no artistic value. The same goes for Trout Mask Replica.
Kobaian simply sounds like a mix between German and French, no big deal. And what is the point of singing in a language nobody else knows?
Radiohead is dull and Sigur Ros is coma inducing.
Tool does what they do very well but they only do three or four things, so after three or four songs they repeat themselves. They also repeat themselves in all of their songs. This all ends up with a lot of repetetion.
I wish Dream Theater would stop showing off and just play some songs. Ones that don't sound like Metallica. Their lyrics are sophmoric.
Zappa wallowed in way too much juvenalia.
Blackmore's Night is for tween girls, not the demographic I belong to.
Steve Morse has been playing the same guitar solo for 25 years. Granted, it is a good one, but still.
Anybody can listen to what they want for whatever reasons they want. That is not anybody else's decision. These are just some of my negative views.
------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:25
| I don't like H Marillion and I don't like the rank and file of female fronted symph metal. Actually, nothing specifically against ffr, I don't really like later Therion who are also somewhat in that style. I think I like most of the other bands that are popular on this website to some extent at least. |
Posted By: ajaxxx
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:25
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WHY DOES IT BUG YOU? ------------- jack |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:37
Opeth is dull :D
I love hate threads! Gives more reasons to be an a****le! I don't HATE any bands... I guess. I dislike quite a few: Transatlantic Flower Kings Spock's Beard Neal Morse Camel Cold War Kids Wolfmother Deep Purple Black Sabbath So many more but whatevs. I spread enough hate. <3 ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:40
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I don't hate, but, people here seem to love 1.- Jon Anderson's voice (Like an ice pick in my eardrums) 2.- The most complex and cacophonous King Crimson releases 3.- Gentle Giant (Complexity for the sake of complexity) 4.- Dream Theater (If only all the musicians left DT and joined other Prog bands or played a song once in a while) 5.- VDGG (Don't understand most of their stuff) 6.- Opeth (If only Akkerfeld sung and not made those annoying sounds) 7.- The Decemberists (Well, don't dislike, simply don't care) 8.- The Mars Volta (Noise IMHO) 9.- Camel (Except Moonmadness)..Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 10.- Going for the one.(cheesy) I don't like them. But no hate in my soul. Iván
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Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:52
I don't think I've ever seen a post full of so much fail. -------------  |
Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:54
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:58
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Spock's Beard, Genesis, Flower Kings, Transatlantic, Neal Morse, neo-prog in general, Berkeley Fusion everything Ivan likes |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:03
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Free your mind
 You hate it, because you dont understand it, or just cant relate to it, not because there is something wrong with it.
So either just avoid it, instead of focusing on it, or work with it, if you want to understand it.
------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:04
 ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:04
Could you give me an example? ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:08
What's the problem, Can't I dislike that growls? Iván -------------
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:09
I thought he was talking about Akerfeldt's guitar tone  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: geogkrt
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:10
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer (well I do like a couple of their songs, but Brain Salad Surgery is absolutely detestable) Kansas Opeth |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:11
Yes, please. Every time you mention "Berkely Fusion", I get kind of confused. I foresee Dave Weckl Band, Tribal Tech, and Chick Corea Elektric Band getting mentioned. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:18
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It is true I don't really hate an artist or music. It ain't possible as long as they do something really bad to me so hate is not the right word to use or maybe a stylistic exaggeration. I rather dislike some bands's music ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:19
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I hate hate threads. Quite why anyone would "hate" a musical act is utterly beyond me. I have far more serious things to expend my emotions on.. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: dtguitarfan
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:19
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I hate Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. For pretty much the rest of the things listed in this thread, I'm gonna say: y'all are missing out. But that's ok - my kids miss out on good food all the time, and I just say "all the more for me!"
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:19
Now, then, that's better. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:24
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I don't think I don't understand their music, it's fondly musical taste. Some may like Justin Bieber and his music is easy to understand but I don't like it because I find it quite boring. It's the same thing with prog bands. Also, I always give these bands many chances when I really want to. Just like Van Der Graaf Generator, I wasn't liking the band very much but when I finally listened to Pawn Hearts it was a real revelation and now I like this band. ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:24
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:51
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Love hate threads! I consider Scenes From A Memory, and Images And Words masterpieces, but i totally dislike Dream Theater!  No really, i can't stand their cheesy sound, and when Labrie starts to sing i really want to strangle him. |
Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:53
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------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:54
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Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 13:55
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I don't like them because, to me, many of their songs just sound like 4 guys doing solos and a guy singing on top of that. ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 14:01
 Yeah.. The James Labrie starts to sing i wanna kill my self...thread |
Posted By: Master of Time
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 16:29
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I wouldn't say I completely hate them but I almost hate Pink Floyd and Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson. Pink Floyd is extremely boring and every project Wilson is involved in puts me to sleep. I kind of have grown to dislike Rush, they're hit or miss for me. I also dislike basically anything prog metal (but not heavy prog), Krautrock, Psychedelic/Space rock, or prog electronic, and I haven't been able to get into any RIO/Avant prog except for John Zorn, but I'm open to it. Neo-Prog I mostly dislike but I enjoy Marillion, Magenta, and some Pallus. I feel like I'm the only one who likes James LaBrie's voice, it reminds me of Steve Perry's, but I mostly dislike Dream Theater.
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Posted By: Junges
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 17:19
Why? It is interesting to see people disliking those loved albums by loved bands. If you hate such threads, why don't you stay out? -------------
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Posted By: ajaxxx
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 17:57
Now would't be a real drag if we all liked the same music ,it would be a very limited selection .the cat that doesn't dig zappa listen to his zoot allures lp......cheers brother and sisters ------------- jack |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 18:22
Its a short editorial on the prevailing negativity of the forum. Deal with it. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 18:48
Not so fast....Justin Bieber is destined to be the next vocalist of Yes when Jon Davison flips 'em off for good! He's short, Canadian, has a warbly tenor, and twirls around onstage, just like his countryman Benoit David! A match made in heaven! Rumor is Lady Gaga is gearing up to do a Las Vegas show based upon "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway." One band I tend to dislike is Rush. I saw them live, just as their second LP was being released. Geddy Lee's voice is like fingernails on slate, Alex Lifeson can't hold a candle to prog guitarists like Patrucci, but at least Neil Pert can bang the cans with gusto!
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Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 19:43
That would be sacrilege! That would deserve a hate-thread all of its own...
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 19:48
------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 20:08
I never really got Camel's Mirage. Such a dull sounding album in my opinion and the vocals sort of put me off to sleep.  Lady Fantasy isn't even my favourite either; I'd put Nimrodel and Earthrise over it any day. I love all the rest of Camel's material though, especially Moonmadness, Snow Goose and Rain Dances.  ------------- 
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 20:27
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 20:30
i can agree with this -------------
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 20:33
Older girls go for this too.. If u wanna get laid, a couple discs by this group should be on ur nightstand. -------------
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 20:34
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Van Der Graff Generator and Gentle Giant come to mind for this topic. -------------
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 21:55
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 27 2012 at 22:48
------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 00:31
+1. Also: ... The Rolling Stones (in general) Bob Dylan AC/DC (in general) Jimi Hendrix Edge of Sanity (here you are asking a guy who thinks that The Bee Gees had done a freaking awesome job on "Cucumber Castle".) To annoy you one more time, I don't hate those. I just dislike them. As for the actual hatred, I'll keep it quiet.
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Posted By: King Manuel
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 06:21
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Well, I don´t hate the following artist, but they don´t partcilarly appeal to me: King Crimson, Porcupine Tree and all other Steve Wilson Stuff, The Mars Volta, Magma, .... and I don´t really like bands who sing in French. I don´t have anything against french speaking people, please don´t get me wrong on that , I know quite a number of them, all lovely people, but somehow the sound of the french language does not appeal to me, I must add that I do not speak or understand it, but it is more the sound that somehow does not appeal to me. I love Italien vocals, although I also don´t understand and speak that language, ... ------------- Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 13:26
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There are no prog artists i hate, just dislike the music of. I hate The Clash, Bruce Springsteen, and David Bowie, but they are not prog a couple of prog albums that get a lot of love that i dislike are King Crimson's Red, and Gentle Giant's Three Friends, i like those bands in general, but god those albums are boring! |
Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 13:26
Of course you can dislike them. But by characterizing them "annoying sounds", it sounds like you're trying to de-legitimize that vocal style. It's something I see a lot, and it drives me insane. ------------- |
Posted By: areazione
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 15:44
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Neo-prog in all of its variants. From Marillion to Transatlantic (which I consider as such), with anything in between.
Apart from Dark Matter by IQ. Not sure why yet. Just pop music with odd times but without Michael Jackson dancing. Beatles and the hippie ongoing wave of late symphonic prog coming from that style. Pretending to smoke pot while playing doesn't make you look either smarter or cooler. DT lovers and detractors alike. For gods sake, they're just musicians not white-robbed tax-free priests to kneel down to or to burn at stake as medieval spanish inquisitors. Growling singers: not that I hate them, I just don't understand what they're vomiting off their mouth. I'm an old-school man. I prefer understanding rather than accepting passively. Just provide subtitles for the audience. That would be appreciated by many. Endless songs or suite which could be easily condensed in a much shorter version. What's the point in annoying listeners for 30 minutes long if you can do it in less than 30 seconds? Counter-example: light of day, day of darkness by Green Carnation is 1 hour long. I need more, at least 2 hours of that. No breaks in between. Geddy Lee's voice. Chris Squire's bass sound. James LaBrie's wrong notes. Genesis without Peter Gabriel. Neil Peart's hats. Why is Krautrock usually as joyful and pleasent as a bbq in a desecrated cemetery eating rotten meat baking at midday's summer sun? Why are Sigur Ros more famous than either Magellan and Explorers Club? I need one single reason, no more. I'm done. Thanks for the attention.
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Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 15:53
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Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 16:30
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It's sad to say but probably the look.   But seriously it's probably because Sigur Ros is more comercial. ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 16:32
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And i don't understand the success of Led Zeppelin. I don't completely dislike their music but it's really badly produced and performed. ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 17:16
I think a big appeal of Led Zeppelin is the general sloppiness. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Master of Time
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 17:18
I agree with most everything you said here except I don't really know anything about Zappa, I like some occasional Sigur Ros, I love Kobaian, and the only person I know that listens to Blackmore's Night is 53, and a man.
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Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 17:42
I would take this kind of sloppiness everyday! |
Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 17:45
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I don't like Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, and I find that Gentle Giant's albums after "In a Glass House" are really lame.
There, I said it. ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 17:52
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Having thought about it, I don't like how overrated Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson in general are. I like The PT albums I have, but I don't think they're the greatest band to grace our ears in the last 20 years (or since the 70s). Having said that, I don't understand the hype surrounding Grace For Drowning, as I find the album to be too depressing, PT's recent albums are much better (and the early albums even more).
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Posted By: dtguitarfan
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 17:54
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I dislike when people take a genre of music (or artist) and say "it all sounds the same." I mean it's one thing if you can back it up with real facts (all the songs by this artist start in the same key, or similar chord progressions, etc.) but usually it's just an excuse for them to slam on something they don't like and say their own favorites are superior. And it's lame. ------------- http://tinyurl.com/cy43zzh" rel="nofollow - My 2012 List
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Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 18:29
Goes to show you how different two people who love similiar music can be. I don't like most PT ("Fear of a Blank Planet" is my favorite, though), but I like GfD a lot. ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 19:33
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I particularly dislike Peter Gabriel's singing.
There, just the favourite singer from this forum, and one among my very least favourites in prog. |
Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 19:37
That's interesting but why don't you like his voice? And who's your favorite singer? ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 21:11
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There's not too many works I really dislike, but when I do, oh boy. I'm really not to fond of Lumpy Gravy or Filmore East, June '71, both by Frank Zappa and both of which were flat out boring. The ideas in the former were done much better with We're Only In It For The Money and Uncle Meat and the latter with Overnite Sensation, Sheik Yerbouti and Joe's Garage. Mirror Man by Captain Beefheart. Really don't see why Lester Bangs thought this was much better than the live disc of Cream's Wheels Of Fire; at one point, Bangs said that the Magic Band's jamming was better and more varied than Cream's. I don't hear it. "Tarotplane" and "Mirror Man" drag just as much as the Fire versions of "Spoonful" and "Toad" and have just as little variation. I will admit that "Kandy Korn" is funny and "25th Century Quaker" is a decent foreshadowing of Can's minimalistic styled work, but the other two tracks I can do without, other than to show why Beefheart's songs weren't meant to pass the 10-mintue mark. More by Pink Floyd. Half the album is brillaint ("Main Theme", "Cirrus Minor", "NIle Song", "Ibiza Bar", "Green Is The Color", "Cymbaline"), while the other half is either inconsequential or, in the case of "Quicksilver", a total waste of time. Valleys Of Neptune by Jimi Hendrix. A subpar compilation of outtakes, especially when compared to First Rays Of The New Rising Sun and South Saturn Delta; in fact, the title track of Neptune could have just been put into one of the other two works. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 23:05
Thanks for the good laugh!!
 I disagree with some of what you said (I've always like Squire's bass sound, as a fellow plectrum-using, Rotosound-strumming Rick player) , but your comments on Kraut Rock are as true as mustard on bratwurst! |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 28 2012 at 23:42
 Just some quick views on my part, not always thought through or deeply. I deeply respect Zappa and like a lot of his music, there are just some aspects of it I don't care for. Rather than just spew out a few names, I thought I would provide some more color to my thoughts.------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: areazione
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 08:55
Cheers. I'm in deep love and left myself in astonishing awe when I hear Carl Thompson and Zon's sound, as far as bass is concerned. I can't stand Rickenbacker's, as you may imagine by now. I then believe my dislike towards Squire is related somehow to its bass, rather his technique. To be honest though all bassists that I love do not use pick at all. By the way, mustard reminds me of another group that I do not appreciate too much: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Matter_Custard" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Matter_Custard ------------- Umbra profunda sumus, ne nos vexetis, inepti; non vos, sed doctos tam grave quaerit opus |
Posted By: coolerking
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 09:17
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I like Greenslade. I very much dislike Pentateuch of the Cosmogeny, which sounds like the incidental music from a children's drama series about silvery kids from outer space who come to Earth to set up a cosmic disco.
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Posted By: N-sz
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 09:25
I think a good deal of bands from the same genre will sound the same at first. Like when an album grows on you, a genre can also grow on you because you start to notice the details and subtleties. When I heard Khan's "Space Shanty," I thought, "Ugh, this all sounds the same! Progressive rock is lame." Then it grew on me and I started listening to more progressive rock.
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Posted By: ColonelClaypool
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 09:46
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I haven't heard a single Power Metal band yet that I've liked, and I particularly dislike Nightwish and DragonForce.
I haven't heard a single rap/hip-hop artist yet that I've liked.
I dislike generic, washed-out modern r'n'b.
I dislike Dream Theater-style prog metal.
I dislike Gavin Harrison-era Porcupine Tree.
I like growled vocals.
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Posted By: areazione
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 10:15
I portray Power Metal guys and dolls as grown up rednecks (of any culture, race, colour, religion, height, weight, sexual inclination, doesn't matter) educated enough to play an instrument apart from door bells. Unfortunately, power metal is quite a strong wave in Finland and Germany, not particularly well renowned in the world for their, how can I put it to avoid ambiguity, sophisticated style. Try to imagine: mullet, flip flops plus white socks, low-quality shorts and undershirt German guy driving an overtuned second hand car listening to stratovarious. (no offense to Germans, I love them. I'm Italian...ok, that was a bad joke)
In my humble opinion (lie, but I try to be diplomatic as much as possible) there's one part in a billion that stands on the shoulders of giants: Arrested development. Do you know them? If not, give them a try. Profound lyrics, strong connection to their own culture, great respect for elders. Perhaps there exist many more out there. But hey, we're just human beings.
I thought it was illegal to play rnb in boreal hemisphere. I could be wrong.
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 12:37
Alex Lifeson is way better than Petrucci. And I like Petrucci. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 13:06
| Being "faster" is not always better. I agree. Alex Lifeson is more creative than petrucci. If they had sweeping contests, petrucci would take alex anyday, but I feel like that has nothing to do with being "better" |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 13:17
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This thread is hilarious. :3
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 13:41
"If the feel was good and it was a little bit out of tune, flat or sharp, it didn't matter. We'd keep it just for the feel." - Robert Plant.
Sigur Ros? Commercial? When?
Please, go ahead and expand on it.
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Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 15:26
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Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 15:33
I must say I was aware of the fact that Led Zeppelin never cared of being out of tune and everything and that the only thing that mattered for them was the groove wich they undoubtedly had.
Sigur isn't commercial but they're more commercial than Magellan for example even if I must admit I like Sigur Ros more than Magellan even if I rather like Magellan. ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 17:58
Anthony you hanging around here now,are you still in love with the gorgeous Heather? Can't agree with you on Steve though.The Tree have made some fine albums. |
Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 18:03
Your ears are in need of immediate atention. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 19:24
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I partly agree as far as his voice goes. He emotes superbly and he has a way with words, in the sense that he can sing them with peculiar inflections that are funny, but there's nothing much he can do about his voice when all is said and done. Not one of my least favourites in prog, though. That would be James LaBrie first and foremost and then Hogarth, Morse and Jon Anderson in order of least preferred. |
Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 20:38
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 20:55
But you are right I don't consider growling like an animal a legitimate singing style, just as I don't consider most Rap as legitimate music, so live with it but don't attack people for their opinions. Iván -------------
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Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 21:05
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 21:33
This! This (3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...) is the only hip-hop album I owned until I got the Death Grips one last month. Most excellent music that can be enjoyed by pretty much anyone. ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 21:53
I know how you feel. I'm currently being attacked on a youtube video for sharing similiar opinions. Aren't so called prog fans supposed to being accepting of others' points of view? ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 22:01
I'm not generally a big fan of SW's stuff, but this is a beautiful cover. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 22:11
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 22:29
| There are about 40 guitarists I like more than either Petrucci or Lifeson that I can name off the top of my head. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 29 2012 at 22:57
Some Progheads are only tolerant when you agree with them. Just in case: Growling is making a sound and I find it annoying Iván
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Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: May 30 2012 at 16:44
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I really dislike Steve Wilson myself but I aggree that this cover version of a Cardiac song is pretty good! ------------- La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle! - Napoléon Bonaparte |
Posted By: The_Jester
Date Posted: May 30 2012 at 18:50
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