Man or Woman?

Hibou wrote: Female progheads AND metal heads? Hmm, you’re pushing it a little, FloydWright. Metal is raw-hormones stuff. I suppose given the right mood, I don’t mind a little shot of adrenaline from Opeth, Ayreon or Devin Townsend (who just about blew me away when I first heard him). Even then, I can only take so much of it at a time, although I can understand the attraction when you’re 18 and in a kick-a$$ kind of mood.</SPAN>

I hope you're being sarcastic with the "hormones" thing.

Oh, and I'm older than 18...heck, when I was 18, I wouldn't have had an open enough mind to listen to any metal (even though I would've liked some more intense music even then).

It's always amused me how people assume all metal is angry and intended to get one into a mood to go around breaking stuff or something...well, I personally think Pink Floyd (Roger Waters) has written stuff far angrier than a lot of metal I listen to. Yeah, it's at a slower tempo, but boy, talk about nasty, pissy stuff.

SOME metal is angry...but some of it is what I'd describe as a more "triumphal", epic sort. Bands like Symphony X and Ayreon and Blind Guardian tend more towards this stuff. You'll get flashes of aggression, but they don't dwell on it...they know how to do the full range of moods.

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Easy Livin wrote: Very limited choice in this poll.

I´d like to try a shemale.....like Reed 

Actually when I was younger.. I was probably both...

But in the last few years, I've strayed away from metal... and now find it a bit irritating.  Maybe I'm tired of being angry!!

Great thread.  I started the thing and I'm glad I did!  I'm always interested in the people behind the act and the women commenting here are wonderful.  What I want to add at this point is I'm male, I can't stand Hammill's voice (visions of a frog with its foot caught under a rock come to mind), and (threefates) 'Shrinking Violet' is my favorite song from Mostly Autumn.  So whatever the skew in the prog rock/gender thing is it seems once we're here there is little that seperates us!

Blessings to all!!! 


PS:  My wife could never stand Yes or much of anything else I listen to (except for Division Bell - she thinks DG's voice, lyrics, and the overall sound are sensuous).  A few years ago she went with me to see Yes live (she loves me ) and she loved it!!  She completely 'got it' while watching them do their thing.  And she hasn't listened to them since.  But for that wonderful moment being there was priceless.


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I guess men and women are attracted to prog for more or less the same reasons. Why it attracts a majority of males, though, remains a mystery. I would be tempted to say that women are generally more people oriented whereas guys are more willing to sit alone at a computer and shut the world away to enjoy their music.

 

It must all be in the genes. That’s why we have chic flicks and d..ck flics, why traditional female professions include teaching, nursing and customer service whereas guys are so much more adept with computers and machinery (I mean, how often do you see a female, hands behind her back, stand and stare at a construction site  lol!).

 

Prog seems to be first and foremost a music lover’s music, the prerequisite for liking it having more to do with musical sensibility than gender. In fact, I’m convinced that if all of us were to have our musical abilities tested, we’d all score higher than average (alongwith jazz and classical buffs, of course).

 

Nice to meet you too, Valravennz  !

 

And James, your wife’s comments about Hammill sure made gave me a chuckle ! I suppose we, women, insist on a minimum of aesthetics... Too bad, because Hammill is an extremely talented lyricist.

 

Luv,

 

Boo

Jim : you´re living in the pasta.

And Reed woke up, when will this ever end ???????? 

Thanks Velvet, I needed that

True Tux