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Transona 
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 Posted: February 24 2006 at 13:53 |
My parent's on any long instrumental:
"Why is there no singing? Why is it just 'music'?"
My dad on Pain Of Salvation's Be Live:
"These guys sure do have long hair..."
Next one is from my 7 year old cousin on Opeth's Leper Affinity though so it's excusable  :
"Why are they singing 'I am a baby' for?" 
From a friend on Dream Theater's Instrumedley:
"It just sounds like a mish mash of noise"
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bctruce
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 12:25 |
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My ex's reaction to Devin Townsend's "Infinity" was to put her hands over her ears and yell "this isn't even music".
Another quote, when listening to KC's "Red"... "This is horrible. The worst thing I've ever heard".
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Manunkind
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 12:20 |
I have a suggestion - sell your friends/parents/relatives etc. into slavery and use the money to get yourselves some prog CDs .
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"In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun
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tanis573
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 12:15 |
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"IQ is bunch of untalented musicians."
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Karn Evil 9
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 12:09 |
One thing that annoys me to no end is when Im listening to instrumental music (Liquid Tension Experiment, Camel the Snow Goose, early rick wakeman, or any Guitar virtuoso's of today) and people ask me "When does he start singing? It isnt a song if theres no singing." Almost everyone asks me that when the hear it. That annoys the hell aout of me for some reason.
And even though its not prog, one time i was picking up a friend to go to a party, and I didnt think of his taste in music when I loaded a cd into the car stereo. I was listening to Beethoven's 5th Symphony and really getting into it as I usualy do when I listen to any of Ludwig's work. When he got in the car and I started it again, he said "Eww man what the hell is that crap? Lets get on some Blink 182." I told him to find a differant ride or put up with it.
Another time I was listening to ELP in the car and this girl who was with me on a date said "Can we put on some Fall Out Boy? I dont like this old crap." I didn't call her for a second date.
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Watch out where the huskies go,dont you eat that yellow snow
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tortellino
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 11:47 |
Usually, when I am driving the car and I'm with some friend, it's "Hey, WE KNOW that you're not normal, but we like you anyway!", towards any kind of music I get to listen (prog, folk, Grateful Dead, Dylan)...
Some friends seems to enjoy the riff-filled songs by Dream Theater, like "The Mirror" "The Glass Prison" or the whole "ToT" CD, apparently because they can nod their heads, if not exactly dance, to those songs.
One of the latest comments on my music was about Opeth "Ghost Reveries": "Ha ha, seems that this guy's getting sick on himself...! "
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tengo 'na minchia tanta
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 10:32 |
I cant wait to get donald Fagans new cd(Morph the cat 3/14/06) my wife hates steely dan & DF 2 solo cds
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 10:19 |
  My wife acually left the house to see her sister when I played a IQcd.""dark matter. (now i know how to get ride of my wife for a few hours.)... maybe shes not visiting her sister 
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Publius
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 10:14 |
I'm so lucky...I get away with playing Yes, Genesis, Floyd, etc in the car with my mum. I once managed the first 3 tracks from ITCOTCK without any remarks. Luckily the only things she hates are Gentle Giant and 72-74 KC. But generally I'm fairly polite and listen to 'halfway' stuff like 10cc and Steely Dan when in the car.
Her and my sister always sing along to The Musical Box too 
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I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8
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GPFR
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 09:56 |
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My freind an me were at my house after school, just hanging out. He listens to rap. I sit down and I get on the computer, and like normal, my ITunes opens. My freind and me are new freinds at the time "So what music do you like?" He says. Without having a good way to explain it, I just say it's "Old Music."
Oh, thats cool, play some of it. So I proceed to put on Comfortably Numb. "WTF is this?" Moments pause "They were high, are you a druggie?"
Me: No.
Freind: ... I thought you said you liked old rock, not hippie music!
Me: This is old rock.
Freind: I thought you meant like...
Me: (after a couple of seconds) Like who?
Freind: ... Linkin Park
Me: Dude, Linkin Park isn't new.
Freind: They haven't come out with anything new in like... two years!
Me: So there old?
Freind: Yeah I'd say two years is pretty old. WTF is this slow crap?
Me: *Sighs* Druggie music, ok? Is that what you wanna here?
Freind: This isn't music!
Me: Then what is music?
Freind: Anything you can dance too. You can't dance to this.
Me: You like linkin park? (I put on and old tape of linkin parks song "Session", which is an instrumental) You like linkin park? Can you dance to this?
Freind: (talkin about comfortably Numb) Still pretty damn slow though...
Recently I've kinda gotten him into Genesis, and he likes ABitWpt.2, and he likes the intro to CN. Still says the solo is too long and too slow though.
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bucka001
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 09:52 |
Two comments that I can see where the people were coming from (and I had to laugh).
1. Driving in a van w/some friends and "Watcher of the Skies" comes on the radio. My buddy listens with befuddlement for a while to the choppy organ and says [in an announcer-like voice], "Gretsky skates through the hole, he shoots, he SCORES!!!"
2. Listening to "Lemmings" from Pawn Hearts in the car and another friend (not exposed to prog) says, "It sounds like a twisted Mighty Mouse cartoon."
Watcher is a really good tune, and Lemmings is a truly great tune... but I can totally understand the thought processes behind these two comments!
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Tirpmo
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 09:08 |
"What is this, circus music?" - referring to an instrumental section of The Knife.
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NotAProghead
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 08:54 |
 James Lee wrote:
"That's a guy?"
My mom when she first heard Geddy and, 15 years later, my wife when she first heard Jonsi.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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InAbsentia
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 08:54 |
I'd have to say my wife's worst comment while listening to Porcupine Tree's Heartattack in a Layby .... "Why can't you put on something we all can enjoy?" followed by "God I HATE this crap..." to Yes, Awaken. Think I need a new wife
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"I don't care what you play, just make it LOUD !!!!"
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Vompatti
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 08:31 |
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Just the usual about Rush: "Is that a woman?"
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Norbert
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 08:02 |
samhob wrote:
Funny topic ;) but very sad too :P
I agree.
And this one almost everytime with friends:
"This is classical music" - VdgG and Magma's MdK
Well if not classcical, but classic! VDGG at least, I'm not familiar with Magma.
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Blacksword
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 07:55 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Friend's wife's voice calling from the kitchen, when many of us were sitting in a post-pub haze listening to "The Rotters Club":
"WHAT'S THIS SH++?" |
My ex-girlfreind one night in post pub haze, me and her brother about to have smoke and prog session..
'Are you going to drive me 'close to the edge' again, Andy? Wake me up when it's all over'
..and she even liked some prog! ....but not Yes..obviously..
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 07:47 |
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Friend's wife's voice calling from the kitchen, when many of us were sitting in a post-pub haze listening to "The Rotters Club":
"WHAT'S THIS SH++?"
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samhob
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 07:07 |
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Funny topic ;) but very sad too :P
I remember this summer, my small little American cousin who is
approximately 11 years old came at my home for 2 days, at night I have
decided to put him some Pink floyd at Pompeii so that he will get
quickly asleep , I have directly jumped to "Saucerful of secrets" he's
first reactions was:
"When will they sing?"
and then:
"That's too dumb! :(" "what a dumb music :(" and "Oh
now i understand, these guys are your friends or people from your
family right ?"
LOL I laughed a lot :)
The next day I was showing him some of my cd's ( he weren't very
interested but at least he was drawing attention at the covers), I took
out Pink Floyd's Ummagumma and then he started screaming:
"OH i know them , these are the stupid guys from yesterday night!" and
few seconds later (looking at them): "Are they gay or what ??"...
And this one almost everytime with friends:
"This is classical music" - VdgG and Magma's MdK
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Bob Greece
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Posted: February 24 2006 at 05:37 |
"What on earth are we listening to?"
"What is that terrible noise?"
"Ah, that's better. I was wondering why my head was hurting" - after turning it off.
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