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Points: 22774 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 18 2012 at 22:52
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Every girl I've ever met has hated the sound of bass, be it funk or sub-bass dance music stuff.


You mean dance music, like Abba, or music that people dace to, regardless of genre?

Like, electronic dance music with emphasis on the bass. I've actually never listened to ABBA.
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Originally posted by Textbook Textbook wrote:

People are talking about how sexuality doesn't matter in music but you may not be aware of the musical genre that is about being gay, Queercore. Obviously its status as a musical "genre" is debatable as this is based around lyrical content rather than anything musical but most hardcore punk fans recognise it as a genre/movement. Its most significant act was the all lesbian band Team Dresch, though the legacy lives on with more recent bands like Gay For Johnny Depp*.
 
*Best band name ever incidentally.


Pointless label, just like "Christian music."

There is nothing inherent in music that makes it religious, and there is nothing inherent in music that makes it homosexual.
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The remarkable Sara Lee, with Robert Fripp and the League of Gentlemen!!  I was VERY into the punk scene of Chicago during this era, and there were some rather amazing experiments, fusing jazz/rock with raw punk rhythms!    

When I auditioned to play bass with The Marquis', the first bass line I threw at guitarist Todd was Wetton's line from "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part 2"!    I was offered the bassists slot but opted to stay in graduate school (*sob!!*)  ...the path not taken!  But hey, who's ever heard of The Marquis'?

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Originally posted by colorofmoney91 colorofmoney91 wrote:

Originally posted by CCVP CCVP wrote:

Originally posted by colorofmoney91 colorofmoney91 wrote:

Every girl I've ever met has hated the sound of bass, be it funk or sub-bass dance music stuff.


You mean dance music, like Abba, or music that people dace to, regardless of genre?

Like, electronic dance music with emphasis on the bass. I've actually never listened to ABBA.

Not even accidentally? LOL
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Just a thought, does an individual's sexual orientation have any impact on their opinions and perceptions outside the realm of erm...'affairs of the heart' or 'gender politics' e.g. are gay people predisposed to supporting certain political ideologies?
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Just a thought, does an individual's sexual orientation have any impact on their opinions and perceptions outside the realm of erm...'affairs of the heart' or 'gender politics' e.g. are gay people predisposed to supporting certain political ideologies?

In the US we have a group called Log Cabin Republicans, who are gay conservatives.


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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by colorofmoney91 colorofmoney91 wrote:

Originally posted by CCVP CCVP wrote:

Originally posted by colorofmoney91 colorofmoney91 wrote:

Every girl I've ever met has hated the sound of bass, be it funk or sub-bass dance music stuff.


You mean dance music, like Abba, or music that people dace to, regardless of genre?

Like, electronic dance music with emphasis on the bass. I've actually never listened to ABBA.

Not even accidentally? LOL

Probably in an elevator at the mall or something Confused
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Let's see if we can jog your memory, dancing queen...Tongue
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Just a thought, does an individual's sexual orientation have any impact on their opinions and perceptions outside the realm of erm...'affairs of the heart' or 'gender politics' e.g. are gay people predisposed to supporting certain political ideologies?


For years, in France, it was thought that homosexual people would vote for the French Socialist Party since it was the president François Mitterand which fully legalized homosexuality in 1981.
But, as many surveys tend to show it, gay people seem to tend to vote for the UMP, the French conservative movement.

In fact, we can suppose that the sexual orientation is just ONE factor in the choice of political affiliation.

Or musical tastes, because this is what we're supposed to discuss in this thread.
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There is a group called GOP Pride or something similar and in 2011 America had its first gay man run for president, Fred Karger, a republican. He was completely ignored by the Republican press machine. (He was also unqualified imo- a witty, interesting guy though.)
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Karger made the news today though, because he finished ahead of Ron Paul in the Puerto Rico primary yesterday.
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I remember back last year I wanted to do an LGBT pride version of my radio show to commemorate gay marriage passing in new york and being at a total loss, playing a sigur ros song and being like well that's all I've got. It seemed strange to me the lack of presence of the LGBT community in the prog world.
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Throbbing Gristle.
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

The remarkable Sara Lee, with Robert Fripp and the League of Gentlemen!!  I was VERY into the punk scene of Chicago during this era, and there were some rather amazing experiments, fusing jazz/rock with raw punk rhythms!    

When I auditioned to play bass with The Marquis', the first bass line I threw at guitarist Todd was Wetton's line from "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part 2"!    I was offered the bassists slot but opted to stay in graduate school (*sob!!*)  ...the path not taken!  But hey, who's ever heard of The Marquis'?

Enjoy!


Wonderfull album,
An early 80's masterpiece in my collection, cant help wonder why this album is so unknown and have got those low ratings. Very experimental, raw and funny at the same time.  
Anyway thank for the nice clip - a pleasure.
Crazy man, crazy, post punk new wave avantgarde ding dong and........
Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Originally posted by Textbook Textbook wrote:

Throbbing Gristle.


Oh, yeah, there was Peter Christopherson. So, we could also mention Coil, even if they're not in the PA database.
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Points: 785 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2012 at 19:43
Originally posted by colorofmoney91 colorofmoney91 wrote:


I'm a supporter of the LGBT community and I like to honor their spokespeople such as Harvey Milk, Neil Patrick Harris, Elton John, and Ellen DeGeneres.


As a gay man I thank you for your support. My first post on this website asked about gays in progressive rock, but from your OP I see this question was asked before my time here.

My impression that Prog Rock fans would be more open-minded than their "non-Prog-Rock" counterparts. I think this is proving true.


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Originally posted by catfood03 catfood03 wrote:

Originally posted by colorofmoney91 colorofmoney91 wrote:


I'm a supporter of the LGBT community and I like to honor their spokespeople such as Harvey Milk, Neil Patrick Harris, Elton John, and Ellen DeGeneres.


As a gay man I thank you for your support. My first post on this website asked about gays in progressive rock, but from your OP I see this question was asked before my time here.

My impression that Prog Rock fans would be more open-minded than their "non-Prog-Rock" counterparts. I think this is proving true.

I've had that assumption too, considering that progressive rock kind of encourages intelligence to some degree, and I believe intelligence encourages equality. I could be wrong, but that's how I see it personally.
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Points: 7272 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2012 at 20:16
Originally posted by catfood03 catfood03 wrote:

Originally posted by colorofmoney91 colorofmoney91 wrote:


I'm a supporter of the LGBT community and I like to honor their spokespeople such as Harvey Milk, Neil Patrick Harris, Elton John, and Ellen DeGeneres.


As a gay man I thank you for your support. My first post on this website asked about gays in progressive rock, but from your OP I see this question was asked before my time here.

My impression that Prog Rock fans would be more open-minded than their "non-Prog-Rock" counterparts. I think this is proving true.

You are very welcome here!  This is a wide-open forum, no holds barred from what I can tell.   We are nice people!   If you know of other gay prog/rock artists, please share!  There is still much stigma in the rock industry I think.  

I'm familiar with the Indigo Girls (Sara Lee has played with them), the amazing Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü and Sugar, and maybe a few others in rock & country, but not many in prog.  Cheers, Chuck
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Originally posted by catfood03 catfood03 wrote:

Originally posted by colorofmoney91 colorofmoney91 wrote:


I'm a supporter of the LGBT community and I like to honor their spokespeople such as Harvey Milk, Neil Patrick Harris, Elton John, and Ellen DeGeneres.


As a gay man I thank you for your support. My first post on this website asked about gays in progressive rock, but from your OP I see this question was asked before my time here.

My impression that Prog Rock fans would be more open-minded than their "non-Prog-Rock" counterparts. I think this is proving true.

You are very welcome here!  This is a wide-open forum, no holds barred from what I can tell.   We are nice people!   If you know of other gay prog/rock artists, please share!  There is still much stigma in the rock industry I think.  

I'm familiar with the Indigo Girls (Sara Lee has played with them), the amazing Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü and Sugar, and maybe a few others in rock & country, but not many in prog.  Cheers, Chuck




If we are going to go within and outside the parameters of Progressive Rock for openly gay artists then we'd have quite a seemingly endless list. Smile
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Originally posted by colorofmoney91 colorofmoney91 wrote:

Originally posted by catfood03 catfood03 wrote:

Originally posted by colorofmoney91 colorofmoney91 wrote:


I'm a supporter of the LGBT community and I like to honor their spokespeople such as Harvey Milk, Neil Patrick Harris, Elton John, and Ellen DeGeneres.


As a gay man I thank you for your support. My first post on this website asked about gays in progressive rock, but from your OP I see this question was asked before my time here.

My impression that Prog Rock fans would be more open-minded than their "non-Prog-Rock" counterparts. I think this is proving true.

I've had that assumption too, considering that progressive rock kind of encourages intelligence to some degree, and I believe intelligence encourages equality. I could be wrong, but that's how I see it personally.


My assumption was based on what I perceived as "feminine" qualities of Prog Rock, like extended flute-solos or the overly theatrical clothing and staging of some of the concert performances. I think I remember Tony Banks referring to Wind and Wuthering as a "feminine" album.

Even Yes named one of their albums "Drama"!  HellllOOOooo! Wink
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