You Hate, I LOVE!

I like Asia (the group :D), and I'm pretty sure you hate them.

Back in the early 90's, when I first started delving deep into prog, almost no one I knew liked my Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson, and Gentle Giant albums.  I could only listen to them alone, in my car.  My roommates couldn't stand most of it, my friends didn't want to hear it. 

What I've realized over the years is that prog as a whole is a niche genre.  It has a lot of fans, but it has even more people who don't like it, or don't know what it is but wouldn't like it if they heard it.  We are the fringe, though I think it's easy to forget when you spend all your time talking to people who listen to (somewhat) similar music to oneself. 

So I try my best to keep an open mind.  I've pretty much stopped using words like "hate" and 'sucks" and "crap" when it comes to music, instead using "doesn't appeal to me" or "does nothing for me" (or when I REALLY don't like something I use "bores me to tears").

Because it's pretty much guaranteed that something I dislike, someone else will consider the greatest music ever created.  And vice versa.

I don't hate you.

^Dude. Genesis? I think my great grandpa like dem.

Right now I'm loving:

Edited by Alitare - May 30 2012 at 18:56

Out of my top four favorite bands/ artists, probably only one - Mike Oldfield - is well-received on this site. The others are Faust, Slapp Happy, and Deerhoof.

^ ??? You can dislike anything you want, man.

Queen's Hot Space. It's far not that awful as everyone loves to describe it. The only really weak point in this album is its production which is really poor for Queen's standards. But the songs themselves are mostly very good and interesting, and much better than stuff from their following The Works and A Kind of Magic (which, with good overall production, are very boring).

Edited by ole-the-first - May 30 2012 at 16:42

I love Hackett, Rutherford, Brand X and Phillips but I hate Genesis. Where am I wrong?

darkshade wrote: Progosopher wrote: darkshade wrote: I love these bands, so nah nah nah  They bring so much happiness to my musical world, I could care less if someone doesn't like them, or hate them; as I LOVE THEM! Frank Zappa Dream Theater Phish The Flower Kings Transatlantic Neal Morse Spock's Beard The Tangent Riverside Beardfish Agents of Mercy King Crimson Yes Genesis Camel PFM Area Miles Davis Return to Forever Pat Metheny Group Brand X John Coltrane Hiromi Victor Wooten These are all cherished bands and artists, many of their albums are some of my favorites. Music I love, too. Music I also like. Music I dislike. There is nothing here I dislike. Music I am unfamiliar with or don't know well enought to make a judgement on.   Jethro Tull Mike Oldfield Steve Hackett Vangelis Al Di Meola Jean-Luc Ponty I like the colorization.  Thanks. I also like the ones you mentioned (though never heard Vangelis), I just listed some more popular bands that some people dont like.