We’re going down a slippery slope...

Here's a couple more from two great prog bands;

"Don't misunderstand me, it's not always easy to say
The words in your head and your heart that you just can't explain".

(Lady Fantasy - Camel, in case you needed telling!)

"Understanding still not anything different:
Find another to lean on, start again for I should have long
gone, on reflection now it's just an experience.
Soon the pain will have ended, together never intended, as I
come and go I'll try to remember you".

(You can subtitle this "The other end of Romance", but it's another side of the same coin; Gentle Giant's "On Reflection").

...any excuse to post great lyrics

Welcome to the forum!

I think that romance has always had a place in prog, and that the focus was shifting more towards it around the late 1970s - 1980s. It's not necessarily a "pop" thing, IMO.

2 extremes of prog romanticism;

"Call her moonchild
Dancing in the shallows of a river
Lonely moonchild
Dreaming in the shadow
of the willow."

"On the rebound, fumbling all the lines
The light at the end of the bottle - alcoholic alphabet
Through the looking glass the proof in my own reflection
Five senses down and reeling on the Cinderella search
On the rebound, fumbling all the lines
Decay on the vertical hold with a horizontal aim
Conversation needs translation
Three dimensions down dissolving on the Cinderella search"

Velvetclown wrote: I find people like for instance Threefates very amusing, cos she is fun and not at all straight-laced.

Yep, my laces are definitely bent, curved, twisted... you name it...

Thanks for the feedback everyone.  Sounds like we're all on pretty much the same page! Max, manni and the admin group seem to have a good handle on these issues...I trust their judgement fully, and will always support the majority.

Thanks again to all those behind the scenes who help make this site happen.

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Certif1ed Wrote:  "Erm, let's not get carried away! No-one on earth has an 8-octave range..."   

Sorry. I've edited my initial post to read 'many octaves', not 'eight octaves'. Someone once told me the word gullable wasn't in the dictionary....

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threefates wrote: "So this doesn't mean we have to stop the sexual innuendos does it??"

No way! The day that stops we might as well pack it in.

All:

First, kudos to Arbiter for expressing so much so well.

For those who have visited the "language" thread in "Suggestions," you will know that I vigorously argued against deleting all non-english reviews- and, for the moment, Max has "put on hold" his plans to do so.

I did suggest that there be a limit to the number of languages - i.e., to those most frequently spoken, written and read: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, perhaps one or two others.  Certainly it makes no sense to permit reviews in Serbo-Croatian, since only another Serbo-Croat could read it (yes, I know that Serbia and Croatia are no longer "together"...).  Hopefully, when the guidelines are updated, my suggestion will be included.

As for the "prog police," you will also remember that I argued against this notion in the civility thread, preferring as few guidelines as possible, but insisting that those few guidelines be followed.  Thus far (whether as a result of the civility thread or not), I have only had to delete one thread due to its inflammatory nature (and that one was created by a newbie who likely did not read the civility thread).  Again, whether or not a result of the civility thread, virtually all discussion and debate has remained civil - and sometimes (say it isn't so!) deferential!  And where I find (or am told about) potentially "dangerous" threads, I monitor them and, if need be, provide a post seeking to bring the discussion back to a dull roar (or even outright civility...).  And in all cases, people have been responsive and helpful in assisting me in this regard.

Finally, as for reviews (since that's what this thread is actually about), I believe that reviews should, if possible, give clear, informed reasons for how one rates an album, and why.  And for the most part, they do.  If a few non-informative reviews slip through, there is not much that can be done: we need to just read them and let them go.  (As an aside, bad grammar can be the result of a lack of solid English.  However, in some cases, the problem is in fact a bad translation program.  Let's keep this in mind when reading seemingly bizarre reviews.)

Thanks to all of you for your clear heads, reasoned comments, and positive approaches.  You do great credit to Progarchives - not to mention yourselves.

Peace.

IMO no review should be deleted because the writter has an unpopular or even wrong opinion, that's freedom of speach.

But any offensive, racist, insulting  or even agressive review must be deleted for the health of the page.

If a review says for example: "Foxtrot is crap", well it's wrong (because I know it's a masterpiece ) but it's ok because it's an honest opinion.

If the same review says "Foxtrot is crap and anyone who likes that album is an idiot" (I saw similar phrases in some reviews), that review is offensive and must be deleted.

That's my opinion about the issue.

Iván