Other than Prog....

Velvetclown wrote: I used to be a Oldfield fan ( Even saw him live once ) but when he began his Religious period, then I lost interest. ( I can´t imagine why ).

When was that? I thought he had a 'rediscovery of himself' time when he did the (overlong) Incantations.

Anyway, I have remained an Oldfield fan even when he has turned to a 'Let's make some few bucks more of Tubular Bells' period. That is, I'm lost forever in my Oldfield fandom.

As for what else I listen: I still listen to many rock/pop groups I was a fan before I discovered prog: Dire Straits/Knopfler, The Waterboys (DREADFUL last record, BTW), Battiato... I also usually listen to celtic music, but I'd rather have some celtic prog, as I easylly get tired of the most traditional groups. English folk is also usually in my menu. And even some metal, in the form of the group Rhapsody (but, on second thought, these guys are really prog, so....)

I hate fake-alternative college rock (Nickelback and that sort of crap), and hip-hop and R 'n B. (YO!)

I like METAL (doom/black/death/thrash/plain ole HEAVY metal).

I also listen to gothic, industrial, some punk, weird/exxxperimental sh*t, jazz and just old-fashioned, simple ROCK.

I find Dave Matthews Band on my CD a lot - good musicians.

Growing up it was Blue Oyster Cult all the way.

I still listen to a lot of older metal: Scorpions, UFO, Accept, Judas Priest, Van Halen, Y&T. I can't listen to new ("nu") metal.

Growing up in Buffalo, I still listen to a lot of Billy Sheehan's old band, Talas.  I must also admit I listen to another band from Buffalo, the Goo Goo Dolls. Not many bands come from Buffalo, so I try to support them.

BTW: if you ever see an old Talas CD, pick it up! Billy Sheehan is (and was) God.

Everything that is good,but almost all the bands that I like are from the 60's and 70's.So here are my favorite bands and singers:

• really old stuff like Buddy Holly,Skeeter Davis,the youngbloods,Tommy James and the shondells and a lot of others that kind
• 67 era (iron butterfly,jefferson airplane,The byrds,mamas&papas.....
• THE BEATLES
• Grand funk,the who,cream,hendrix,led zeppelin,Robin trower,free,santana,wishbone ash,neil young......
• american southern sound --allman brothers band,grateful dead,lynyrd skynyrd,electric flag,manassas...
• in bed with my girl Otis Redding,Simon&Garfunkel,Percy Sledge
• hard rockers Black Sabbath,Deep purple,Mountain,Blue Cheer...
• my generation is heavy metal generation so I listened a lot of heavy metal--I still like very much Iron Maiden,Metallica(first four albums),Celtic frost,bathory,coroner,slayer,sepultura,death,anthrax,overkil l,nuclear assault,megadeth---oh man,it was a thousand of bands this kind
• GANG GREEN--I still love them very much

What you must understand, Mr. dude, is any child given a name, such as Peter, which has serious phallic implications, causes the child to grow up being beaten, abused, debased and ridiculed. As they mature, er, actually, age would me more appropo, they develop the need to PRETEND they are superior to their peers.

Anyway, Mr. Rideout obviously struggles with a major lack of self-esteem. It is our duty, nah, our mission, to help Peter with this issue. Make him feel as though we respect him and that he has superior conversational skills and allow him to win an argument once in a while.

Above all, Mr. dude, we must not let him know what we are doing. Let the poor man's ego heal, even at our own expense. Jeez, could you image the hell he went through growing up with a name like PETER. Crikey, his parents must be brutal.

Remember, mums the word.       

Mostly I listen to the one and only

Roger Waters - Folded Flags, When The Wind Blows, In The Flesh, Amused to Death.

Hawkwind - Warriors Of  The Edge Of Time, The Black Sword, and Space Ritual, Genesis - Seconds Out , Wind and Wuthering and Foxtrot. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells III, Millenium Bell and the wonderful Songs From a Distant Earth. Manfred Mann - Live in Budapest, The Roaring Silence and Solar Fire. ELP - Tarkus and Trilogy, Focus - Live at The Rainbow, Focus III and Focus VIII and the fantastic Hamburger Concerto. Camel - A Live Record, Mirage and Moonmadness. Yes - TFTTO, Close to The Edge and Talk. Rick Wakeman - Live at The Hammersmith, The Tales from Egypt, The Return To The Centre of The Earth, Dragonmere and The Lure Of The Wild. Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture, Jewel and Fallen Angels...

Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure, Optical Race, Le Parc, Soundmill Navigator, Mars Polaris, The I-Box Set (6 cd's). Edgar Froese's Ambient Highway I , Vangelis - Antarctica, Voices, Direct and El Greco. Kitaro - Dawn Over Malasya and A Pleasant Evening.

Ozzy - Ozzmosis, No More Tears, Deep Purple - California Jamm, Uriah Heep - Live,

Tons of Chillout Some Techno - Paul van Dyk mostly, and now even some Dub Reagge  

Himikami Sensation - Ihatovo, Mahigoya and Kaze No Jomon..

Enigma - The Screen Behind The Mirror, Le Roi Est Mort... and Cross Of Changes. Era - The Mass.

Carlos Santana - Caravanserai Welcome and Oneness.

This should cover around 80% of what I listen to....LOL That is when the wife lets me have my moments with music.

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Lunar