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kole 
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 02:31 |
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So, here's the deal. I like neither Yes nor Genesis. Tried many times to get into them, but... it simply wasn't it. There are exceptions, of course, but no more than a few songs. I am quite a prog listener, but Yes and Genesis... don't know. Maybe I am starting from the wrong point (as in album), or something. Or I am just not into symphonic prog... but I really do want to like them. So, what's wrong with me?
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 02:34 |
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Besides the obvious personality flaws that follow from liking prog, you mean?
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 02:34 |
My suspicion is that you simply don't like them. Not everything is for everybody. However, give us the albums that you have heard and then we'll work from there. After all, if you've listened to Big Generator and Abacab...well I can hardly blame you 
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 02:37 |
You need therapy. The more expensive, the better. 
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 02:40 |
 kole wrote:
So, here's the deal. I like neither Yes nor Genesis. Tried many times to get into them, but... it simply wasn't it. There are exceptions, of course, but no more than a few songs. I am quite a prog listener, but Yes and Genesis... don't know. Maybe I am starting from the wrong point (as in album), or something. Or I am just not into symphonic prog... but I really do want to like them. So, what's wrong with me? |
A good question is ''which prog bands do you actually like the most?''...If the answer is MAGMA,DUN,WEATHER REPORT,ISIS,PELICAN,THE MARS VOLTA etc.,then yes,it seems symphonic prog isn't your thing.
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kole
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 02:50 |
stonebeard wrote:
Besides the obvious personality flaws that follow from liking prog, you mean?
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Obviously =).
Tarquin Underspoon wrote:
My suspicion is that you simply don't like
them. Not everything is for everybody. However, give us the albums that
you have heard and then we'll work from there. After all, if you've
listened to Big Generator and Abacab...well I can hardly blame you  |
I liked Genesis' Selling England by the Pound but I only thought of it only as... cool. Nothing more. Then tried Foxtrot and Nursery Cryme a few times. From Yes, Close to the Edge, obviously. But once again, it was only, well, cool. Continued with Fragile and Going for the One. Once again, nothing.
psarros wrote:
A good question is ''which prog bands do you actually like
the most?''...If the answer is MAGMA,DUN,WEATHER REPORT,ISIS,PELICAN,THE
MARS VOLTA etc.,then yes,it seems symphonic prog isn't your
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Weather Report yes, others, no. I am really into Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Marillion, Beardfish, Jethro Tull (gonna see them on 1. 7., hell yeah!), and the whole Canterbury scene. Oh, and one of my top 3 genres is jazz fusion (or rock, if you prefer that expression).
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Tarquin Underspoon
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 02:53 |
Allright. For Yes, try Relayer. It's their jazz fusion album.
For Genesis, I would personally suggest And Then There Were Three or The Lamb...just my personal favorites, you may not enjoy them as much. Still worth a go
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 02:55 |
^ I would suggest anything but And Then There Were Three. 
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Tarquin Underspoon
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 02:57 |
Vompatti wrote:
^ I would suggest anything but And Then There Were Three. |
Right, listen to this man and try their self-titled....or maybe Calling All Stations
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 03:01 |
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You don't have to like Symphonic! It's ok! I don't really either!
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 03:05 |
Tarquin Underspoon wrote:
Vompatti wrote:
^ I would suggest anything but And Then There Were Three. |
Right, listen to this man and try their self-titled....or maybe Calling All Stations |
The self-titled is no worse than ATTWT. Calling All Stations is extremely dull, but at least it's not painfully annoying.
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kole
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 04:45 |
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Well, I actually like quite a few bands, listed as symphonic prog. Spock's Beard is great, then Anglagard, Camel (one of my favourite bands), ELP (also one of my favourites), Focus (do I dare say it again?), Transatlantic... so I guess the problem doesn't lie in symph prog.
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 04:49 |
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I have never understood why people want to like bands they don't like.
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 04:53 |
kole wrote:
Well, I actually like quite a few bands, listed as symphonic prog. Spock's Beard is great, then Anglagard, Camel (one of my favourite bands), ELP (also one of my favourites), Focus (do I dare say it again?), Transatlantic... so I guess the problem doesn't lie in symph prog.
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It sounds like your tastes are quite similar to mine; I don't dislike Yes and Genesis, I just don't find them as... stimulating... as Änglagård, King Crimson, Marillion... etc. Or Magma (#1 favourite band at the moment), for that matter  =F=
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kole
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 04:55 |
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I have never understood why people want to like bands they don't like.
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You know how it is with prog music. It takes time for one to get into it. Especially "harder" stuff... That's what I meant by saying that I tried to like them.
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 05:05 |
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I have never liked Genesis much, and I enjoy Yes but they are far from one of my favorite bands. Just because they are two of the most loved bands on this site, doesn't mean you have to agree. Be an individual!
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 05:37 |
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I like Yes, but I've never really got into Genesis. I don't dislike them, but so far I merely think 'they're OK'. I only have Selling England By The Pound by them. Maybe I need to go listen to it at full blast again...
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 05:43 |
Nothing wrong with you that some expensive psychotherapy can't make worse. 
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 05:45 |
kole wrote:
Dalezilla wrote:
I have never understood why people want to like bands they don't like.
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You know how it is with prog music. It takes time for one to get into it. Especially "harder" stuff... That's what I meant by saying that I tried to like them.
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For me, it's more difficult to like Zappa, Crimson then Genesis and Yes. I don't think it's harder to like these two bands then all your favorites you have listed. It's not a shame not liking Yes and Genesis, Beardfish can be difficult to appreciate from the first listening, but for me it's rare that i don't like a cd from the first listening. I like it or not. So, there's no clear answer to your question, because it's more difficult to know why we love something and not something else, then simply enoying something...
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Posted: May 28 2010 at 06:03 |
| You know how it is with prog music. It takes time for one to get into it. Especially "harder" stuff... That's what I meant by saying that I tried to like them. |
Really? 
The cure is trying not to care about disliking yes or genesis.
Edited by Paravion - May 28 2010 at 06:06
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