Popular Prog Bands that you just can't get into

progrules wrote: BaldFriede wrote: progrules wrote: BaldFriede wrote: I would agree if someone called "Pawn Hearts" a weird album, but the rest in the discography of VdGG is pretty normal, at least to my ears.   Now we're talking ! I almost started doubting myself reading all those enthusiastic comments about Pawn Hearts. At least you agree it's weird. Some even call it great music  ! On the other hand I can agree with you that other albums by VDGG are more like ... normal. Godbluff is not weird at all for instance and a pretty normal and fine album. Don't get me wrong; I would give "Pawn Hearts" five stars. I am not afraid of weirdness; on the contrary, I welcome it.   In that case a small test now: which GG stream track (on PA) do you like best ? I guess it would be Knots as I think it's the weirdest of the lot. I pick Prologue since it's the most accessible one. (Unless of course you're not into Gentle Giant at all )

I personally think that "Black Cat" or "The House, the Street, the Room" from "Acquiring the Taste" are at least as equally weird as "Knots".

Some I forgot:

I can't really get into the Moody Blues for some unknown reason. I greatly appreciate what they've done for prog and such, but I just find them... boring and outdated.

I really hate Coheed and Cambria, they're horrible, seriously...

I have to be in a certain mood to enjoy Genesis that is semi-rare, but when I'm in that mood I love them. They're just so eccentric to a point that it's difficult to listen to. I don't dislike them at all though.

I already talked about my affliction with Rush...

Ayreon is so ridiculously cheesy that it's quite hard to like, I love a few songs but most of it just bleh, and several of my favorite singers are on his albums so that's hard to say!

I already talked about my affliction with Marillion...

I find Tangerine Dream to be incredibly boring, seriously, and not even beautiful. I listen to a LOT of ambient music that I find incredibly beautiful and quite amazing but Tangerine Dream doesn't fit in that category. They are just awfully outdated.

I already talked about my affliction with Dream Theater...

I dislike most non-extreme prog metal bands with the exception of RIverside and Pain of Salvation (for the most part): Symphony X, etc.

That's all I can think of for now. I generally dislike high-pitched vocals though, excluding Sigur Ros.

BaldFriede wrote: Wintersun wrote: all these people saying they cant get into most (or all) prog metal... sounds to me like they have no idea how diverse prog metal actually is... that meaning they have done barely any research at all... what are the odds of so many different types of bands under one vague flag not appealing to someone...  This argument could easily be turned around. How about prog metal fans trying some early Krautrock for a change?

Neurotarkus wrote: I really haven't heard any prog I don't like, much less actively dislike. I'm not really picky as far as musical tastes go. However, I do hate when people criticize bands or entire genres, saying stuff like "oh, (band) sucks and so does everyone who likes them, and (leading band member) is secretly a Nazi who eats people's children". Maybe that's just because I'm a prog fan, and prog has to be one of the most hated genres, at least to those who don't have the patience for 20-minute long suites.

That is me almost exactly... I haven't come across a band yet that i genuinely don't like, and that goes for most bands outside of prog as well.  However some artists who i don't respect so i don't really bother listening to their music would be Kanye West and.... well thats all i can really think of right now

Wintersun wrote: all these people saying they cant get into most (or all) prog metal... sounds to me like they have no idea how diverse prog metal actually is... that meaning they have done barely any research at all... what are the odds of so many different types of bands under one vague flag not appealing to someone...

This argument could easily be turned around. How about prog metal fans trying some early Krautrock for a change?

Perhaps I'm going to be crucified, but I never quite got into Genesis. Well, I can see that they are a good band, with a lot of critically aclaimed albuns throughout the 70's but - and take in consideration that I have listened extensively to Foxtrot, A Trick of the Tail, Wind and Wuthering, The Lamb Lies Down and Selling England, I believe the bulk of the band's output - and found nothing of really spectacular, like when I first discovered the Floyd, ELP or Camel. Genesis have good songs - I think I like Selling England the most - but I simply can't get that sense of PROG SPECTACULARITY found in Wish You Were Here, Thick as a Brick or Close to the Edge...

But at least I can listen to Genesis. VGG for me, is atrocious, I simply can't get into the vocals and the melodies themselves don't appeal to me either. It's a shame because the prog universe is very big but it gets a bit smaller when some "planets" have to be avoided at all cost.

These are my two cents... Let the bashing begin!

The T wrote: In finally bought the latest MARS VOLTA release... Now I have all 5 of them... and of the first 4 I only like the first... I guess my case is one of sheer stupidity.. Or maybe finally I'll get into them!!

Edited by tamijo - June 25 2009 at 07:45

Dream Theatre

OmfG, 16 pages. i shan't read all this ...

I really haven't heard any prog I don't like, much less actively dislike. I'm not really picky as far as musical tastes go. However, I do hate when people criticize bands or entire genres, saying stuff like "oh, (band) sucks and so does everyone who likes them, and (leading band member) is secretly a Nazi who eats people's children". Maybe that's just because I'm a prog fan, and prog has to be one of the most hated genres, at least to those who don't have the patience for 20-minute long suites.