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Marcelo 
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 Posted: April 29 2004 at 13:58 |
 ivan_2068 wrote:
Marcelo wrote:
| I used to listen to Joan Manuel Serrat (from Spain) and Silvio Rodriguez (from Cuba) |
I see no problem with Silvio Rodriguez, even though I don't like to mix politics and music as he does, always found his music incredible. On the other hand I don't like Serrat's music but I believe he has a great voice.
Iván
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Yes, Silvio's music is incredibly, and I loved his lyrics in my student times... Curiously, in a well-known web, where you can buy prog music sorted by country (Syn-Pphonic. 8m), behind the Cuban flag you can find Silvio Rodriguez categorized like a prog music 
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: May 21 2004 at 21:31 |
HI, CÉSAR INCA.
My most notable guilty pleasure was and still is... The Spice Girls. Honest!! Maybe it's a libido thing, or something like it, but I fconsider their second CD 'Spice World' as the best pop record since the beginning of the 90s.
(I'm sorry). Regards.
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Peter
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Posted: May 21 2004 at 23:19 |
 ^ Ha! Cesar wins, hands down!
 I like the blonde and buxom "Baby" Spice myself, Cesar...
especially when she's not singing! 
 Yes, it must be your Latin libido.... We all have our weaknesses, friend. There are some here who consider ABBA to have been quintessential proto-proggers, or some such.... "Can you feel the drugs, Fernado?" "Like a pooper scooper, coming up behind you...." "Diarrhea, there it goes again, drip drip, oozing from my backdoor...." Ha! 
My particular weakness is being too forgiving of grown men who are Spice Girls fans!
 Are there any closet Bay City Rollers or Menudo fans out there? Fess up -- it'll do you good! 
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: May 21 2004 at 23:39 |
HI, THIS IS CÉSAR INCA, AGAIN.
I've got my prog guilty pleasures, as well. For example, UK's 'Nothing to Lose' - nice violin solo... but those choruses (verey ABBA-esque, indeed) and over-choruses in the fade-out... yet I can't get them out of my head. Which reminds me of another prog guilty pleasure, ELO's 'Rock'n' Roll is King' (again, a nice violin solo, again, pity too short).
Other remarkable guilty pleasures of mine:
ASIA: 'Go' (Astra)
MARILLION: 'No One Can' (Holidays in Eden) (Rothery and Mosley dislike it, as a matter of fact)
MARILLION: 'These Chains' (Radiation)
YES. 'Rhythm of Love' (Big Generator)
KING CRIMSON: 'Heartbeat' (Beat)
GENESIS: 'That's All' (Genesis)
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Peter
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Posted: May 22 2004 at 00:56 |
Cesar Inca wrote:
HI, THIS IS CÉ“AR INCA, AGAIN.
Other remarkable guilty pleasures of mine:
YES. 'Rhythm of Love' (Big Generator)
KING CRIMSON: 'Heartbeat' (Beat)
GENESIS: 'That's All' (Genesis) |
I'm with you on those, C.I!
Many will crap all over Big Generator here, but "The Rhythm of Love" really rocks (doesn't it? -- turn it UP!), and "Holy Lamb" is lovely!
I also thing that "Beat" is often under-rated here: "Neal and Jack and Me," "Neurotica," etc-- a FINE album! 
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: May 22 2004 at 03:20 |
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I have two ABBA albums in my collection.
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: May 22 2004 at 09:26 |
HI, CÉSAR INCA AGAIN...
Another prog guilty pleasure of mine: IQ's 'Promises' (from their first menel-era album Nomzamo). It's mostly a somewhat ellaboarte disco-tune: the ting I can't resist is the heavy metal like guitar solo at the end... ¿heavy metal meets disco? Even the rhythm section creates a rockier cadence, leaving out the light-hearted disco tempo that the yhad been laying during the first 4 minutes. I can't believe that a non-pop act ca nactually do great pop!!!
Regards.
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Certif1ed
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Posted: May 22 2004 at 09:49 |
Cesar Inca wrote:
HI, CÉSAR INCA.
My most notable guilty pleasure was and still is... The Spice Girls. Honest!! Maybe it's a libido thing, or something like it, but I fconsider their second CD 'Spice World' as the best pop record since the beginning of the 90s.
(I'm sorry). Regards.
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You just reminded me...
I went to see the Spice Girls at Wembley Stadium on their farewell tour...
Went into work the next day wearing the T-Shirt under my suit (with no shirt!) in a kind of Don Johnson style.
Mind you, I was FORCED to go by my girlfriend of the time - she pleaded and begged me to go with her, her mother and her sister....
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Joren
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Posted: May 22 2004 at 13:43 |
I think danbo beats us all.... Karaoke is the most AWFUL thing ever invented! I even think going to a Spice Girls show is 'better' than doing KARAOKE! I once, accidentally, was in a KARAOKE show (I had to play in the same pub with my band, before the karaoke). It was absolutely horrificastendingly. I got so agressive I almost smashed my saxophone... 
ok, danbo, no hard feelings    I guess I'm just allergic
My guilty pleasures are not very nice either: before I started listening to prog, I was a serious metalhead. I've got CD's from all of the WRONG bands (Manowar, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Running Wild, but not many. I even have two albums by Limp Bizkit.... never play them ). The band that made me love music... my first real LOVE was AC/DC (and then came Iron Maiden, Metallica, Motorhead, Judas Priest). Of course I don't listen to them very often, but I still enjoy Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy ...(UFO?)
I actually still enjoy some hard ROCK 'n' ROLL!
I saw Danko Jones live, he RAWKS!!!!!! And the dutch Peter Pan Speedrock!!!
And I just discovered Electric Eel Shock (on a festival)... it's GREAT funny Japanese rock 'n' roll!
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bityear
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Posted: May 22 2004 at 14:02 |
I quite enjoy Placebo (which I've almost gotten beaten for ) and Aerosmith (despite their power ballads...)
Those aren't genuinely bad artists, though, but I've got to admit that I also enjoy last year's Eurovision winner (forgot the name), it's a cool track, though mainly because of the cool bassline! 
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Certif1ed
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Posted: May 22 2004 at 15:14 |
Joren wrote:
I think danbo beats us all.... Karaoke is the most AWFUL thing ever invented! I even think going to a Spice Girls show is 'better' than doing KARAOKE! I once, accidentally, was in a KARAOKE show (I had to play in the same pub with my band, before the karaoke). It was absolutely horrificastendingly. I got so agressive I almost smashed my saxophone...
ok, danbo, no hard feelings I guess I'm just allergic
My guilty pleasures are not very nice either: before I started listening to prog, I was a serious metalhead. I've got CD's from all of the WRONG bands (Manowar, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Running Wild, but not many. I even have two albums by Limp Bizkit.... never play them ). The band that made me love music... my first real LOVE was AC/DC (and then came Iron Maiden, Metallica, Motorhead, Judas Priest). Of course I don't listen to them very often, but I still enjoy Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy ...(UFO?)
I actually still enjoy some hard ROCK 'n' ROLL!
I saw Danko Jones live, he RAWKS!!!!!! And the dutch Peter Pan Speedrock!!!
And I just discovered Electric Eel Shock (on a festival)... it's GREAT funny Japanese rock 'n' roll!
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I like Karaoke... if I'M doing it!!!
MY first music love was AC/DC - great band! Motorhead? Superb!! Give yourself a treat and listen to "On Parole", and remind yourself that Motorhead could have been even more awesome had it not been for record companies being so scared they wouldn't release it until Punk had established itself...
Metallica were another great band, until they lost direction after the Black album.
I saw all those bands umpteen times each at least...
and I don't feel guilty!
However, Manowar???? Twisted Sister???
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Peter
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Posted: May 22 2004 at 15:22 |
Two decidedly non-prog bands that many may be surprised to hear I enjoy are: (David Lee Roth era) Van Halen (Have you seen Junior's grades?) -- love the guitar -- and Reel Big Fish.
I think that the latter are really fun! 
Any other RBF fans out there in prog land?
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Peter
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Posted: May 22 2004 at 19:21 |
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Oh yeah, and I like Weezer a lot too -- do they qualify as a "guilty pleasure, I wonder?
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Foxy
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Posted: May 22 2004 at 19:35 |
Guilty pleasures? Well, I'd call it diversity
I love Donna Summer. Especially her Bad Girls, Wanderer, She Works Hard for the Money and I'm Rainbow albums. Awesome voice.
Diana Krall. All records except poppish The Look of Love.
Elton John. However he had a quite progish Madman Across the Water.
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Peter
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Posted: May 22 2004 at 20:19 |
 Hey, Foxy, EJ's "Funeral for a Friend" is a very proggish, excellent track.
I really like MATW's "Levon" and "Tiny Dancer," too, though I'm not a huge EJ fan....
Welcome to the Forums, by the way!
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Glass-Prison
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Posted: May 22 2004 at 22:21 |
I find myself liking Crime of the Century, an often scorned album. Should I see a psychiatrist?
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: May 23 2004 at 09:30 |
HI, THIS IS CÉSAR INCA.
I have a very good opinion of 'Crime of the Century', both in prog terms and as a rock album per se. The beauty of the compositions, the exquisite string arrangemntes, Helliwell's superb sax/clarinet playing, that special somber ambience that flows around the listener's heart throughout the album (with 'Dreamer' being an oasis of good humour)... in my opinion, a classic of '74 prog.
Regards.
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Posted: May 23 2004 at 11:09 |
I agree - "Crime of the Century" is a great proggy album - classic
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: May 24 2004 at 11:07 |
Certif1ed wrote:
I like Karaoke... if I'M doing it!!!
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Exactly.... Some people should be taken out and beat about the head and shoulders for their vocal flagellations. Meagor!!!!
Oh yeah, Joren..... I'll take the mic over the Spice Girls.... everytime!!!!
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Jim Garten
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Posted: May 24 2004 at 11:19 |
Certif1ed wrote:
Joren wrote:
I've got CD's from all of the WRONG bands (Manowar) |
However, Manowar???? Twisted Sister??? |
Errrrr, ahem....
I went to see Manowar once,
voluntarily,
and I enjoyed it.......
sorry
*hangs head in utter shame*
I was only 19........
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