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    Posted: August 04 2009 at 17:14
I am a guy who dislikes the adjective "progger".

If it's an adjective...

Anyways, I find myself generally interested in music that seems to fall under that label though and I figured tonight to search google for forums where I could find people with like minded musical tastes.
And here I am. Smile

I like a very wide variety of music. It's easier to list what I don't like. Those would be rap, hip-hop, techno, trance, disco, excessive metal and much of pop music.
The latter I don't exactly disdain (Other than principally) but rather I'm simply bored of it.

I am usually fixed on certain artists - albums  - even songs though. I listen to them A Lot, once I've gotten into them. So, right now, I can quite surely state that my favorite bands are all prog bands. Genesis, Camel, Gentle Giant (most strongly GG at the moment) and recently started getting into Dream Theater, though I dislike the heavier bits. And of course... Henry Cow. Henry Cow.
I did a search here and I didn't find them. Could that be possible?
Then I shall have to do 10 threads on them myself. LOL

Anyways, I hope for some interesting exchanges in this forum. Wink


Edited by Hyardacil - August 04 2009 at 17:16
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Points: 16111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2009 at 19:26
Oh lord, freaking Henry Cow is one of the most discussed things on this board, just look for Movingpictures07, you guys can talk for hours.


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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2009 at 19:34
Another bovine devotee....most welcome!
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Weird, I was listening to Henry Cow today, as well as Etron Fou Leloublan. If you are already into RIO there isn't much to suggest that you listen to, except, ........maybe......... krautrock?

Anyways, welcome. I fixated on GG for too long and have been giving them a well deserved brake, although I might give In a Glass House a listen soon.
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Points: 35804 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2009 at 23:42
Yes, plenty of Cow fetishists here; including myself.  Welcome!

Here's are a  couple of Cow related compilation albums you might enjoy:


4.38 | 3 ratings
Sirens & Silences/Work Resumed on the Towers/Letters Home



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Learn to Talk/Country of the Blinds


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Edited by Logan - August 04 2009 at 23:44
Duos for fave acts
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And now for a shorter hello: Hi!

But seriously, welcome to PA, always fun to get more members who enjoy the odder side of prog.  Now we just need to know if you enjoy Zeuhl Big smile
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Hope you'll like Dream Theater...Welcome to PA!!!Smile
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Points: 3144 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2009 at 04:15
Originally posted by Hyardacil Hyardacil wrote:

I am a guy who dislikes the adjective "progger".

If it's an adjective...

Anyways, I find myself generally interested in music that seems to fall under that label though and I figured tonight to search google for forums where I could find people with like minded musical tastes.
And here I am. Smile

I like a very wide variety of music. It's easier to list what I don't like. Those would be rap, hip-hop, techno, trance, disco, excessive metal and much of pop music.
The latter I don't exactly disdain (Other than principally) but rather I'm simply bored of it.

I am usually fixed on certain artists - albums  - even songs though. I listen to them A Lot, once I've gotten into them. So, right now, I can quite surely state that my favorite bands are all prog bands. Genesis, Camel, Gentle Giant (most strongly GG at the moment) and recently started getting into Dream Theater, though I dislike the heavier bits. And of course... Henry Cow. Henry Cow.
I did a search here and I didn't find them. Could that be possible?
Then I shall have to do 10 threads on them myself. LOL

Anyways, I hope for some interesting exchanges in this forum. Wink
You're like... me. I hate rap, hip-hop, techo and all that dance sh*t, pop bores me most of the times, you have the same list I have (in the full list we may have some bands that I or you don't listen to), and I also like Dream Theater, but not the heavier bits like Erotomania! Best friend! lol.
 
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Welcome to PA - Hope you have some fun [Y]

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Progger would be a noun.  Geek
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Points: 70 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2009 at 10:42
A Person - "Weird, I was listening to Henry Cow today, as well as Etron Fou Leloublan. If you are already into RIO there isn't much to suggest that you listen to, except, ........maybe......... krautrock?"

No, actually there is a LOT of what you could suggest for me to listen. I am not as knowledgeable as the fact that I like Henry Cow would state. I'm very familiar with only a few abnds. I do not know Etron Fou Leloublan for example.

SaltyJon - I don't know Zeuh.

Glad to hear we share tastes Blowin Free.

And thanks for all the kind welcomes.
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Points: 28772 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 06 2009 at 00:05
Zeuhl is another genre which most listeners seem to find hard to get into.  The PA genre page gives much better info than I can, plus song samples, so I'd recommend checking it out.  The bands I'd say are most representative of the genre are Magma, as they're the indisputable creators and masterminds of the genre, then for the Japanese Zeuhl scene, Ruins and Koenjihyakkei are the two I'm most familiar with. 

As far as Person's krautrock recommendation, I'll have to second it as well.  Bands like Can and Amon Duul II are some of my favorites.
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