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chopper 
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 Topic: The youth of today
Posted: May 20 2006 at 07:05 |
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My wife and youngest son have just gone out, so I turned up the volume on my PC and listened to Tool's Vicarious at full volume. It sounded great for about 10 seconds, then my other son told me to turn it down as it was giving him a headache. How ironic is that?
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prog4evr
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 07:11 |
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Not ironic at all. My wife listens to her music on the main system in the living room; I listen to my prog either on my CD player or my iPod Shuffle. My oldest son likes songs I play from Porcupine Tree because it reminds him of the 'emo' music he's into, but I am beginning to wonder if they are really prog. My youngest son likes some of the tunes from Threshold, but are they really prog-metal or just some form of power-rock? Anyway, not ironic at all. I was a teenager in the early- to mid-1970s: Prog was, and continues to be, my life-blood...
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JayDee
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 07:45 |
 chopper wrote:
My wife and youngest son have just gone out, so I turned up the volume on my PC and listened to Tool's Vicarious at full volume. It sounded great for about 10 seconds, then my other son told me to turn it down as it was giving him a headache. How ironic is that? |
Maybe it was really too loud. 
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Tony Fisher
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 07:54 |
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My son plays Pantera flat out to p**s me off, I put Rush on in retaliation. We rapidly reach a truce.
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Wilcey
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 08:11 |
Our son's started playing Led Zep at about a gazillion decibels in the time honoured "P*ss off the Parents" mode.......... they stopped when they realised we were proud instead of annoyed 
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NotAProghead
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 08:14 |
Uriah Heep played in Moscow a couple of years ago. No wonder, most of the spectators were about 40 years old, but many came with their children. And these teenagers sung along with the band, they knew all songs' lyrics.
I think if you spend some time with your kids and tell them more about your favorite music, they probably won't ask you to turn it off.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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laplace
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 08:15 |
I quite like that generations later, Led Zep and Black Sabbath are still rebellion music. It could be a nice place to start to make a few comments about today's music..  
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sleeper
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 08:16 |
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My dad was the person that introduced me to prog, so he has no problem with what I listen to and vice versa.
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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The Wizard
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 08:23 |
[QUOTE=prog4evr] My oldest son likes songs I play from Porcupine Tree because it reminds him of the 'emo' music he's into, but I am beginning to wonder if they are really prog.[QUOTE]
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YYZed
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 08:29 |
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It's kind of the opposite at my house. I'm the one listening to prog, while my parents listen to stuff like Bruce Springsteen and some alternative rock. My dad used to be a prog head. I guess he's seen Pink Floyd 5 or 6 times.
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MuzikLuva
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 09:55 |
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I grew up in a very musical family. Mom was a concert pianist and
Dad had a real good voice. My mother always listened to and
appreciated the music I listened to. Dad came around years
later. Having been a teenager in the 60's, I listened to all
types of different music. I prefer symphonic and psychodelic prog
myself but appreciate and can listen to most anything that is
musical. Pure noise always bothered me and my parents.
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daz2112
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 10:10 |
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Me too Chopper,on my own & have got Tool - 10,000 Days loud!!!!!
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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 10:20 |
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I've told my father to turn the stereo down before now, but when I put something on, it's always louder than when he plays it!
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micky
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 10:27 |
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to my wifes great consternation... my children love prog... and find
Italian prog very interesting. I couldn't tell you how proud I
was the other day when my son asked me to put 'that wierd music'
(Magma) on. That's my boy... a father couldn't be prouder of his
son hahahha. Not surprised though... as a toddler he was banging
out the intro to Yours Is No Disgrace on his toy drumset. Has
grown into a Bruford fan... maybe Christian Vander is up
next hahah
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Chicapah
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 10:27 |
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Hey, just put on some Mahavishnu Orchestra and he'll be begging you to put Tool back on!
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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aapatsos
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 10:29 |
Oh, today's youth... when will they learn?
I am thinking of putting my future children to listen to Pink Floyd as long as they are born... 
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micky
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 10:34 |
aapatsos wrote:
Oh, today's youth... when will they learn?
I am thinking of putting my future children to listen to Pink Floyd as long as they are born... |
I did with Yes... my oldest was digging TFTO through headphones before
he even born hahahhah. I know I picked up my love of music
through my parents and was bound and determined to pass that love on
the my own.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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aapatsos
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 10:42 |
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glass house
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 10:43 |
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My daughter is into Linkin Park and such, but she likes Riverside. I think I will wait with GG or Genesis.
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chopper
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 10:51 |
You're probably right - I suspected as much when the desk started to rattle.
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