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SolariS 
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 Posted: December 01 2005 at 20:53 |
a few years ago i when i started listening to prog, one of my friends said jokingly,
"ohh so you listen to music about slaying dragons and castles."
i think it's a pretty common stereotype that prog is epic. maybe in some cases
it's true. the epic vocals/lyrics are pretty lame though.
it's also a common stereotype that prog is music that is only written to appeal to
the intellectual capacities. again, in some cases it's true, but i think that the superior
prog bands can combine emotionalism with superb musicianship.
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 21:11 |
Actually, Im sure the stereotypes are different in every region, I mean... a lot of you seem to think proggers are nerds who can't get laid and bla bla bla... But I live in Quebec, and ... proggers are... respected and cool people. we're always partying or getting high in a friend's lounge where we're like 4-6 people sitting on couches while listening to Genesis, Soft Machine, Pink Floyd, and some prog.
Obviously too... the proggers I know are really into philosophy, SMART BUT SUPER SMART PEOPLE... we're all in the "smart class"... we have long hair, we're kind of hippyish here and we like to think, we love good music.. to play good music and etc.
Anyways, that's how it is in Quebec, prog is damn well respected here.
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 21:17 |
 stebo32 wrote:
Actually, Im sure the stereotypes are different in every region, I mean... a lot of you seem to think proggers are nerds who can't get laid and bla bla bla... But I live in Quebec, and ... proggers are... respected and cool people. we're always partying or getting high in a friend's lounge where we're like 4-6 people sitting on couches while listening to Genesis, Soft Machine, Pink Floyd, and some prog.
Obviously too... the proggers I know are really into philosophy, SMART BUT SUPER SMART PEOPLE... we're all in the "smart class"... we have long hair, we're kind of hippyish here and we like to think, we love good music.. to play good music and etc.
Anyways, that's how it is in Quebec, prog is damn well respected here.
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Je viens du Québec aussi  .
All of you prog lovers should come here if you have any problems with stereotypes. I am certainly not ashamed to wear my Yes and Genesis T-Shirts. Prog is cool here in Quebec! 
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 21:21 |
Bern wrote:
stebo32 wrote:
Actually, Im sure the stereotypes are different in every region, I mean... a lot of you seem to think proggers are nerds who can't get laid and bla bla bla... But I live in Quebec, and ... proggers are... respected and cool people. we're always partying or getting high in a friend's lounge where we're like 4-6 people sitting on couches while listening to Genesis, Soft Machine, Pink Floyd, and some prog.
Obviously too... the proggers I know are really into philosophy, SMART BUT SUPER SMART PEOPLE... we're all in the "smart class"... we have long hair, we're kind of hippyish here and we like to think, we love good music.. to play good music and etc.
Anyways, that's how it is in Quebec, prog is damn well respected here.
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Je viens du Québec aussi .
All of you prog lovers should come here if you have any problems with stereotypes. I am certainly not ashamed to wear my Yes and Genesis T-Shirts. Prog is cool here in Quebec!
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OUAIIS! je marche dans la rue avec des chandails de pink floyd (leurs chandails psychedelique, pas dark side of the moon pi tout) pi ya des vieux barbus partout ki vont commencer a mparler lol... and proggers are everywhere... I mean, I have a really nice group of friends, who are all into prog, and we have a life, we dont hack computers and stuff lol! actually were not too keen on technologies. we still have Discmans unlike everyone with their Ipods, and stuff
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Bern
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 21:29 |
Vive le Québec!!
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 21:30 |
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Hemispheres
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 22:07 |
Radioactive Toy wrote:
You've got several stereotypes.. in metal for example, the necrowizards and the slipknotfans...
Proggers?
- Dream theater fans; sex starved teenagers
- Dedicated musicians who just miss the spot, try to play something but should stick with listening to it
- Ze elitists, they wear scarfs during the summer and pay too much money for 1 vinyl record. With that, snobby about everything.
- the tony R types, rough jackets and bad jokes.
- the computer hackers. Knows stuff about PHP and other abbreviations (used google to find that word LOL) yeah like that. Neo, porcupine tree and stuff...
- The golden oldies.. The hippie back then, the beloved dad now (an good pubspoiler as an addition to that mostly..)
Could go on forever
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please go on what am i my fav prog bands are King Crimson,Zappa,Can,Captain Beefheart,Van Der Graff Generator and Genesis
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 22:11 |
Hemispheres wrote:
Radioactive Toy wrote:
You've got several stereotypes.. in metal for example, the necrowizards and the slipknotfans...
Proggers?
- Dream theater fans; sex starved teenagers
- Dedicated musicians who just miss the spot, try to play something but should stick with listening to it
- Ze elitists, they wear scarfs during the summer and pay too much money for 1 vinyl record. With that, snobby about everything.
- the tony R types, rough jackets and bad jokes.
- the computer hackers. Knows stuff about PHP and other abbreviations (used google to find that word LOL) yeah like that. Neo, porcupine tree and stuff...
- The golden oldies.. The hippie back then, the beloved dad now (an good pubspoiler as an addition to that mostly..)
Could go on forever
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please go on what am i my fav prog bands are King Crimson,Zappa,Can,Captain Beefheart,Van Der Graff Generator and Genesis
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I'd say you must wear rough jackets with a scarf. Did I mention that you surely are starving for sex, that you can't play an instrument right and that you walk bare-footed ? 
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 22:22 |
Bern wrote:
Hemispheres wrote:
Radioactive Toy wrote:
You've got several stereotypes.. in metal for example, the necrowizards and the slipknotfans...
Proggers?
- Dream theater fans; sex starved teenagers
- Dedicated musicians who just miss the spot, try to play something but should stick with listening to it
- Ze elitists, they wear scarfs during the summer and pay too much money for 1 vinyl record. With that, snobby about everything.
- the tony R types, rough jackets and bad jokes.
- the computer hackers. Knows stuff about PHP and other abbreviations (used google to find that word LOL) yeah like that. Neo, porcupine tree and stuff...
- The golden oldies.. The hippie back then, the beloved dad now (an good pubspoiler as an addition to that mostly..)
Could go on forever
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please go on what am i my fav prog bands are King Crimson,Zappa,Can,Captain Beefheart,Van Der Graff Generator and Genesis
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I'd say you must wear rough jackets with a scarf. Did I mention that you surely are starving for sex, that you can't play an instrument right and that you walk bare-footed ?
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thats me in a nutshell baby
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Posted: December 01 2005 at 22:24 |
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The prog stereotype is "My music is better so much better than your's, I
don't care what it is, it can't compare to prog." At least that's what a lot of
people tell me. I think it might be because of my dismissal to listening to the
popular radio stations that my friends love to play.
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Soulman
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 00:43 |
Well I can't say what the prog stereotype is, or else I'd be persecuted
for saying so, but then I don't really have an opinion on this topic
anyways. So I'll say what I think proggers should be.
We should be artsy intelligent folk who are adventurous, open-minded
and hearty. I think we'd gain more respect if we were all like that. 
Yet I must say that alot of us are just normal folk that just love our
music as much the next guy (who may listen to too much indie rock and
punk). There are a couple of us who are very ethical intellects and
some of us who are elitists. Yet we're all people.
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 00:47 |
^ those are some funky saggy boobies!
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 02:34 |
we are all bright! 
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Radioactive Toy
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 03:12 |
Hemispheres wrote:
Radioactive Toy wrote:
You've got several stereotypes.. in metal for example, the necrowizards and the slipknotfans...
Proggers?
- Dream theater fans; sex starved teenagers
- Dedicated musicians who just miss the spot, try to play something but should stick with listening to it
- Ze elitists, they wear scarfs during the summer and pay too much money for 1 vinyl record. With that, snobby about everything.
- the tony R types, rough jackets and bad jokes.
- the computer hackers. Knows stuff about PHP and other abbreviations (used google to find that word LOL) yeah like that. Neo, porcupine tree and stuff...
- The golden oldies.. The hippie back then, the beloved dad now (an good pubspoiler as an addition to that mostly..)
Could go on forever
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please go on what am i my fav prog bands are King Crimson,Zappa,Can,Captain Beefheart,Van Der Graff Generator and Genesis
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Don't know how old ye are!
Something like " the return of the son of - the hippie back then, the beloved dad now "
Don't know maybe you are an " I take zappa WAY to sereous" guy and you're walking around with 2 ponytails and in a dress?
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 05:12 |
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Blacksword
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 05:13 |
Me too. I just wish I could remember where I left it!
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NutterAlert
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 05:58 |
I kind of assume most prog fans look like me...
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 06:41 |
Alpine Jones wrote:
Lets face it, pretty much every genre has a stereotype. Punks, Mods,
Metalheads etc. What are some stereotypical traits of proggers? Or are we
just a bunch of musicians and fans who keep it real and laugh at the crap
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Well in my opinion prog itself isn't so much a genre as a way of taking other genres to a higher level, hence the diversity of the music is reflected in the diversity of the fans. There is no classic prog fan like there are "classic" hip-hop fans and metalheads for example.
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 07:20 |
NutterAlert wrote:
I kind of assume most prog fans look like me...
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Yeah, that looks like me too..
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Chipiron
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 07:27 |
Someone in this forums answered once something like that:
"Well, I'll roll my 20-sided dice and tell you the answer" (not literal, but you get the idea).
I think this was the funniest and most ironic answer I've read in ages
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