Do The Decemberists have people fooled?

Atavachron wrote: hmmm.. overblown, pretentious, and way too ambitious that's prog

          

~Rael~ wrote: Raff wrote: Now I understand!  You don't like them, but want to make us look like fools for liking them. This has f-all to do with them being prog or anything... It's like I started a thread about how people are idiots for thinking Dream Theater are prog, just because I don't like them. I wonder if you or any of the other naysayers in this thread have ever heard about personal taste. Dude, what the hell? What's with the sudden animosity? I put down honest opinions and thoughts in this thread. Listen, there are bands I like a lot, and at one point I started equating what I liked with being progressive. I have learned this isn't the case, I thought maybe it was happening with The Decemberists. Some people pn here like them, and as such thought they were prog. After this thread, I realize this hypothesis was not only hasty, but wrong, as I am the one being fooled, in that it is my personal tastes and limitations preventing me from hearing the progressive qualities of thier music. That will be my last defense of my opinions and thoughts concerning this thread. As for what I listen to, here is a list (containing some bands I have listened to in quite a while, and many bands I mos tlikely forgot to list.) Taken from my Facebook page, lol. Tool, Dream Theater, Kansas, Lamb of God, Mudvayne, Into Eternity, Canvas Solaris, Gordian Knot,  Porcupine Tree, Coheed and Cambria, Pain of Salvation, The Flower Kings, Dimmu Borgir, Fleet Foxes, They Might Be Giants, Ekotren, Spock's Beard, Rage Against the Machine, Between the Buried and Me, Th3ee, Happy the Man, Pantera, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Opeth, Primus, The Mars Volta, Gentle Giant, System of a Down, Planet X, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Slipknot, Killswitch Engage, Pat Methany, Zappa, Evergrey, Spiral Architect, Rush, The Beatles, Jon Lennon, Metallica, A Perfect Cricle, Matisyahu, Wilco,  Beatles, Led Zepplin, Sixteen Horsepower, Devin Townsend, Arsonists Get All The Girls, Divine Heresy, In Flames, August Burns Red.

Well, if you had paid attention to things here on the forums, you should know that I am a woman, not a 'dude'.

As to my 'animosity', perhaps you should read the title of your thread again... Personally, anything that questions my integrity (as a listener, in this case), or implies that I am easily manipulated and can't form my own opinions, gets my goat up big time. After having listened to prog for almost 40 years, I can hear very clearly that The Decemberists don't sound like Yes and Genesis - however, neither do most of the bands you listed above. And, I am sorry to say, I still don't understand the connection between people liking them and their being prog. I suppose this is a limitation of mine too.

Dude is not gender specific much of the time.

ClemofNazareth wrote: Atavachron wrote: hmmm.. overblown, pretentious, and way too ambitious that's prog

hahaha....  amen brother David..

micky wrote: sh*t....  does an old fart have to give the  kiddies frickin grammer lessons hahhaha dude - male dudette - female

angelmk wrote: i've read whole discussion and my view  is that  Hazards of love is undisputed masterpiece, one of this years best release , and surely it is Progressive , also i can say it Cranes wife is also Prog ,  other albums has some touch of prog, but what is Prog anyway ? just sound alike  70' bands ? not adding new , fresh sound .. i don't think so. Am i fooled , i don't care at all, it is very good music for me , and was the happiest fool in the world when first heard HoL

Hey man, you must be the only prog fan in Macedonia and I know that's not fun, but you sure have a great taste & opinion!

rogerthat wrote: Sorry to go off topic but what would be the best album to start with this band?

Don't be fooled! Avoid them at all costs.

russellk wrote:   That is, of course, WalterDigsTunes speak for 'If it was made after 1979 it's crap'. He wouldn't know. Just give it up, Walter. He asked a question you can't answer, as you're not a fan of the band. Rogerthat, you might try either of their two most recent albums.

russellk wrote: WalterDigsTunes wrote: rogerthat wrote: Sorry to go off topic but what would be the best album to start with this band?   Don't be fooled! Avoid them at all costs. That is, of course, WalterDigsTunes speak for 'If it was made after 1979 it's crap'. He wouldn't know. Just give it up, Walter. He asked a question you can't answer, as you're not a fan of the band.

You know, on the web people like that are often called trolls, and kicked out.... Here, we choose the 'softer' option, and cover them in ridicule. In my book, using terms like 'fooled' is highly offensive, and people who choose to use them deserve anything coming to them.

As to Rael, well.. Sorry you don't care about my 'precious' integrity. I, on the other hand, couldn't care less that you're not around often, and, seen your attitude, I would recommend you stop visiting altogether. Wise people don't want to be associated with a band of fools as we seem to be. And yes, there are reasons why I was made a SC.... One of them was that I did never, ever start a thread like this.

who is fooling who hahahh.


some more fools for you.....'best album of this ilk ...since Thick as a Brick'

pfff...  I think it is much better

http://audio.soundopinions.org/streams/2009/03/decemberistsreview.m3u