Ever feel sorry for those who don't "get" prog?

No, for they don't have to deal with the strange and peculiar hole that funnels money straight out of their wallets that we do.

It`s lonely at the top.

I don't feel any pity for them at all, but I feel pity in a different way.

I love many different things, prog rock being among them. But I also love reading (especially historical fiction), taking awesome bike rides, road trips, cooking (Depends on the day), programming video games, etc...and I can get as much joy from most of these hobbies as I can from prog if I am in the mood for them.

There are too many things in life to experience, and there's no way each person can experience each. Each time I go for a bike ride, and experience that thrill, I am denying myself all the other things on that list. And while I have found ways to listen to more prog while I do most of these other things (so that I can enjoy both at once - I will ignore the studies that speak about how multitasking makes both tasks less effective when it's leisure related), sometimes you just want to concentrate on one thing.

So people who don't love prog? They probably have some other activity or hobby in their life that makes them feel just as happy, gives them just as much meaning and excites them just as much. And it may even be cheaper and easier. Just because an experience requires more work doesn't mean that it's a better experience (as much as we love to believe that anything worth having is worth working for).

The only pity I feel is for people who haven't found some hobby that brings them joy. I don't see why prog is any better than any other hobby.

I do!! yes I do

Edited by darksideof - November 12 2009 at 11:44

I feel sorry for those who feel sorry about people "not getting prog"..

Negoba wrote: No, for they don't have to deal with the strange and peculiar hole that funnels money straight out of their wallets that we do.

Of course this phenomenon happens to other music fanatics as well.
I must admit I am a bit jealous of those who have decided to stick to '70's prog.  It's a closed circuit and the worst you are looking at are remasters.


Edited by Slartibartfast - November 12 2009 at 13:12

Stand up and fight, for you know we are right
We must strike at the lies
That have spread like disease through our minds.
...
Some of you are going to die -
Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide.

People who don't get prog have plagued our fragile earth for many years.

Petrovsk Mizinski wrote: These kind of topics are really making me hate this site. You know who I feel sorry for? People who are pretentious f**king c**ts that think they are above anyone else because they've "heard prog" and others haven't.

OK then....

I went to do a bit of work at York Uni this week and was listening to Genesis's The Cinema Show over the internet in my room. A youngish (c35) lecturer came in and said "that music really is s**t, Tony".

I resisted my first inclination to throttle him and tried to explain why I liked it, but failed. 10 minutes later I went into HIS room and he was playing.............Take That.

I guess we just have to accept that people have different tastes and ours is no better than anyone else's - just different. As long as you enjoy prog, don't worry what others think.