Emotions with Prog and... Women!

I am a girl (or rather woman), and I have no problem with my girl (or rather wife). She likes prog too, and we have a huge collection.

Ahh, keep your head up! There may not be many of us out there, but girls do like prog..

As for the entire "picking friends and potential girlfriends from their tastes in music", that's something I sometimes engage in (meeting people at gigs, esp. local ones where I can count on them being regulars) but just as often not care much about. In the latter case, however, I find that people I get well along with often listen to some of the same music as I do even though it should perhaps be mentioned here that since I begun in college last autumn I've become a much more extroverted person and begun listening to more different genres of music. I'm certain that there is some kind of correlation. People's personalities usually influence their taste in music, not the other way around... but sometimes it's a bit unclear really.

EDIT: By the way, I didn't know Bald Friede was a woman. Guess you learn something every day.


Edited by Toaster Mantis - March 29 2009 at 14:14

That's funny, while the borderline-metal of the John Wetton era is very "masculine" music I don't think the more symphonic/psychedelic stuff King Crimson played early on wouldn't (stereotypicaly) appeal to women.

Mandrakeroot wrote: The fact is more strange if I consider that my list of girlfriends love (or please) Prog Metal!

Lucky b*****d!

micky wrote: progkidjoel wrote: Mandrakeroot wrote: The fact is more strange if I consider that my list of girlfriends love (or please) Prog Metal! Lucky b*****d! Mandi is the site's resident stud.... didn't he have a mother and a daughter at the same time... hell... I think both were pregnant as well

I don't even know what to say, or how to feel about that!!!!

I think that it´s really important that your partner has in some way the same taste of music as you.

lately wich means the last 2 years i was into a girl. we had a very unique relationship but in the end she decided herself in favor of her boyfriend. now there is the problem: i tend to cennect girls with music in my emotions... we got a special album together wich is as beautiful as she is and she really did enjoy this music as well.. hm now i can´t listen to it without getting extremely sad

when i think back to the time with her the thing i regret the most is that i never showed her all of the music i love.. although she is listening to reggae/ska etc and not prog.. i know that she was the person to understand this music, perhaps the only girl (except for my sister) i know by now. shes very musical and we could have jammed together or whatever. now she will probably never get to know this genre well..

in this situations much music can be applied to my feelings and songtexts get a new meaning for me. for example the best of times by dream theater (although its referring to portnoys father): "thank you for the inspiration, thank you for the smiles, all the unconditional love..." i had to think of her at once when i heared this song the first time. in my entire life there was no person wich has changed me and given me so much like she did.. well i don´t know whether anyone is interested in this^^ but i felt good in writing down this sh*t, so..

greetz

I've tried dating men that had no taste in music, I even went to a Nickelback show!

ExittheLemming wrote: Can't say common ground in musical taste has ever been a big issue for me re female humanoids (or shared political and spiritual values for that matter) perhaps the one thing that I do feel is a prerequisite for compatibility is humour, the latter serves to cut through whatever differences you may have in many other areas) - (Sigh) No it doesn't you furball impersonating a mammal ! - Erm...I rest my case hun

Again I find myself devoid of things to say after ExittheLemming put in a post.
Humour indeed. Don't take your differences too seriously, don't take opinions too seriously, don't take prog too seriously,
only take your girl seriously!

Hmm, can 'take' possibly be misinterpreted here?


Edited by Bonnek - December 23 2009 at 10:36

Somewhere in this thread it was said that women probably wouldn't like Crimson with Wetton...