i have a doubt

i think radiohead are a brilliant group, i like most britpop bands.  i like many styles of music, even k t tunstall!!  prog lovers are supposed to be open minded thinkers, not snobs!

Prog is superior for us, POP is superior for POP fans, Jazz is superior for Jazz fans, etc.

There's a novel by Ciro Alegroia (Peruvian) Called "El Mundo es Ancho y Ajeno" (The World is Wide and doesn't Belong to Us) [There's no English word for Ajeno, but the idea is that we are not owbners from the world as individuals]

I would use the same idea for the music, the taste is wide and belongs tp everybody.

We are right, POP fans are right, Jazz fans are right, but at the same toime we're all wrong.

No musical gere is superuior per se.

Iván

el böthy wrote: Hey, I love prog and Radiohead kicks serious butts!!!...

YA RADIOHEAD KICK MY ASS BADLY,

 I HATE RADIOHEAD,

 PESSIMISTIC b*****dS,  ...

I LISTENED TO IT LOT BUT I WAS RUINIG MYSELF, MY FRIEND HELPED ME OUT, HE GAVE ME SOLID 'RUSH' DOSE

NOW I'M OKAY

Anything goes -as long as it is good.  (Thus, Radiohead is definitely worth a go!) 

In other words, it depends on the artists and bands, rather than on the genre of music itself, whether I will give it a try... I should think the majority of us here thinks in a similar vein.

Even the more pop side of music can contain amazing musical structures, despite the songs being shorter and the playing 'sparser' when compared to out and out progressive rock. "Lucky" on OK Computer is a fine example of that. Not to mention a huge handful of Beatles songs...! And what about many of those classic Abba songs?   

Heh, as I said, anything goes... 

Vi0LaToR wrote: ok...(sorry for my english).. another try why is prog better than other music? why a lot of progfans despise bands like radiohead(radiohead make good music)?

It's not. Don't get me wrong - I'm a huge prog fan.

There are members here that are fans of a variety of musical genres (classical and jazz seem to have many fans on this site, which makes sense to me as this web site defines prog loosely as: largely a European movement, and drew most of its influences from classical music and jazz fusion, in contrast to American rock, which was influenced by rhythm & blues and country).

If I'm 'listening' to music I tend to like more cerebrial music. Generally I listen to:

When doing housework - rock 'n roll

When dancing - pop, rock 'n roll, rhythm & blues, swing

When dining - jazz, lounge

When playing the harmonica - blues

Driving (I drive alot) - prog

In the morning - classical

By myself - prog

When with friends - depends on their listening preferences

When with the wife - depends what we're doing

I don't listen to all types of music, not a big country fan (although I like bluegrass), not into opera (love classical though), don't like rap or techno (way to repetitive - and annoying), reggae (occasionally), etc.

I would never 'dis' someone's musical tastes unless they are forcing it on me (can you say cars booming out too much bass?), life is too short.