No one likes prog!

A not-so-easy listening music that pushes boundaries is never liked me the
majority, unless your Pink Floyd.

The Ryan wrote: People are desensitized to the stupidity of programs such as MTV, their friends, and radio. At least in America this is the way it is and has been for a few decades, there's no real structure to the music industry, everybody popular is a one hit wonder. Every kid has a new favorite band every two weeks, and that is a sad story. When I'm in the car with a friend, he or she will consistently spend 1 minute, maybe 2, on a song then move on to another station/song. Usually songs are three minutes, or 3:30, people aren't even finishing listening their music!!! It's almost like the teenagers of today are subconsciously not enjoying what they are listening to, yet cannot realize this fact. Almost everyone I know does this, unless they listen to classic rock... or some form of Alice in chains/Soundgarden/Tool/etc because virtually all other music today is simply dull and far too monotonous. What I don't understand is why people cannot figure out that with a little bit of patience (even if they will never like prog), there's a world of quality music out there waiting for them and always has been for the past 90 years plus. It's almost a matter of trying to be "not cool" at this point in some strange way, but not exactly. People who can't TRY Prog make me sick, people who don't like prog for good reason I understand.

EXACTLY! You must TRY prog before you totally dismiss it!

Its called musical w**kery, people want their little 2 minute musical "wank" and be off and done with it.
 
They turned music into background "sound", it's purely cosmetic - like paint on the wall. No one actually sits down alone and listens patiently to an album anymore. God forbid no. This is what amazes me... the current trend seems to be that peoples lives are too "comlicated these days" to even bother with music, art, etc.  What is any more complex about our lives then people's lives 50,100,500 years ago? Surely we have to take care of family and work and pay the bills, but its always been that way. Does our "modern " society disallow such things? Last time I checked we all sit around the tv for weeks on end, but never do we have time for a single album. (i havn't seen a single frame of tv in months) We are brainwashed to think we are "always on the go", we can't be bothered with the NOW, its always about the later. Our "sophisticated" gadget cellphone/ipod/pda worlds don't allow for such petty nonsense like music. It is only about the gadget... how small your ipod is ,or how many songs you could squeeze in a matchbox sized box. It is all BS to me. I find no fulfillment in any of it.

I'll continue to enjoy my music and if a person is interested, i'll try and help, other than that I don't bother much "converting" people.








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Modern music=entertainment
Prog music=REAL TRUE ART!!!

Are there any friends of you who are keen on Salvador Dali or Dostoevsky?
Almost the same situation with me - but I can go here
BTW,in USA you can at least make a good prog record(maybe,just for your friends or web-sites like this one...but YOU DO!!!).While in Ukraine it is VERY DIFFICULT!!!
Just compare the amount of USA prog groups and ukrainian...or russian prog groups here

FragileDT wrote: A not-so-easy listening music that pushes boundaries is never liked me the majority, unless your Pink Floyd.

But the true symphonic prog bands (which Floyd arguably aren't) never really were mainstream (well except some non prog stuff by prog bands like newer Genesis or Lucky Man by ELP). I'm too young to know what was on the radio in the 70s, but now on classic rock radio I hear Pink Floyd, Rush, etc. all the time, while never hearing any Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson, not to mention Gentle Giant or Camel or something. Although even the Rush stuff is not their most progressive stuff, its usually Limelight, Working Man, Tom Sawyer, or something (all great songs, but not the most prog)

For prog metal, I hear of lots of metal fans who like Nightwish or Tool or something, even Dream Theater seems to have decent mainstream appeal, but Fates Warning is one band that comes to mind that like no one I know has heard of.

Although unlike the guy who wrote this post, my Dad is a big prog fan (Genesis was his favourite), and I got him listening to Dream Theater   Most of my friends like prog metal and even a lot of older prog. Even my Mom apparently liked Wishbone Ash.


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Lucky for me I was the part of generation who listen to prog.

In a highschool everybody was listening to Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd

Few were listening to bit harder bands like: VDGG, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Zappa

Everybody liked: Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin , Jethro tull.

Who was once listening to prog in youth keeps hooked for life.

I feel sorry for today's generation (my two sons included), because the music industry produces more and more of brainless music, to make more money, because every generation has to have their own idols.

 

Pafnutij wrote: Fusioned wrote:   But as I sit here listening to Yes - Close to the Edge I think to myself....how can someone hate this song? Music will never get any better than this. Ever.  I don't like CttE

Yes (pun not intended), you don't like the song, but you don't HATE it do
you?

It's one of the big tragedies our age! The fact is, not all people are music lovers, most appreciate music only as entertainment and not as a form of art. The thing is evn worse with classical music, people say they like it (it's bad to say otherwise) but then, how many people actually buy a classical music album, except from the occasional gift or some Beethoven?

 

Prog-jester wrote: Modern music=entertainment Prog music=REAL TRUE ART!!!

Nope, not really. Nearly all prog is simply quality entertainment as opposed to the 'break a beer bottle on your head' - variety entertainment provided by 99% of the stuff on commercial radio stations.

Fusioned: with so many different bands considered prog, there's got to be someone in your immediate vicinity who likes at least some prog. If you're looking for someone who likes '70s prog, or, more specifically, RIO, or Canterbury etc. well, you might be out of luck. But hey, keep trying, you never know.  

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chopper wrote: Personally I wouldn't worry about it, it's their loss not yours. If people prefer listen to CDs by X Factor contestants () rather than Yes, then that's up to them.

For now. You wait 'til the prog revolotution comes. They'll be first against the Wall...and I do mean The Wall!