bands you don't like but know you should

Atavachron wrote: micky wrote: Hell... you were a bit of a rocker in your day brother hahhaha oh I was a friggin headbanger for days.. the Bay Area metal scene was kickin back then

that it was...

Genesis (older of course)

That's about it.

It does have a gallop, but it's amiable and flooded with mellotron that it rushes by, and I giggle through it all. Hogweed has rock moments, too, but they're just so... so... upper-class that I don't mind them.

Gentle Giant are exactly the same way. I can giggle through the bluesy-rocksy section of Peel the Paint because of what it's surrounded by - sheer exuberant nonsentricity. =)

There are 3 very popular bands that I can´t get into

Though I am aware that personal taste can't really be explained, I think it would be interesting to know why we can't get into the bands or artists we have mentioned so far - especially if they are in some way close to what we usually dig. This, if I have understood correctly, was the actual point of Laplace's thread...

Personally, I found the results of the Ultimate Prog Tournament quite interesting in this respect, particularly as regards the ELP vs Camel poll. With ELP being one of the founding bands of the whole prog scene of the early Seventies, it is amazing (to say the least) that there are so many prog fans who dislike them to the point of preferring a pleasant yet ultimately uninfluential band like Camel. While, to my way of thinking, it is perfectly understandable for a fan of Camel or Caravan not to 'get' Opeth or Mastodon, it is much less so for a Yes fan not to get ELP.

I realise explaining our tastes is far from easy, mainly because they have a definitely irrational component - however, it would make for a much more interesting discussion, don't you think so?

It's one of those "if you like X and Y you should like Z" scenarios for me. I love Gong, Hawkwind and Steve Hillage but Ozric Tentacles leave me cold. When I saw them at the Reading Festival in 1993 (?) I fell asleep.

indeed Raff , very interesting points, the subtle but vast differences in tastes are a mystery..I know I liked Yes and Tull many years before ELP or Genesis, which makes little sense, though maybe Yes and Tull provided a rock n roll doorway into prog that I could relate (namely an emphasis on                                     guitar)                                                                                                                                                                               !  ________________________________________________________________________________!

I have a few bands like this, for one of two reasons:

1) THey aren't my style.

rudderhead wrote: indeed Raff , very interesting points, the subtle but vast differences in tastes are a mystery..I know I liked Yes and Tull many years before ELP or Genesis, which makes little sense, though maybe Yes and Tull provided a rock n roll doorway into prog that I could relate (namely an emphasis on                                     guitar)                                                                                                                                                                               !  ________________________________________________________________________________! NONSENSE I think ELP sound much more rock n roll than jethro or yes.  They sound much more aggressive and boisterous despite being keyboard based.  I think ELP are one of the most creative, adventurous and exciting progbands there is. Lot of fun too. Not as boring as King Crimson with Robert Fripp's never-ending noodling. What a snooze-fest. Keith, Greg and Carl are the proggods

What about Emerson's never-ending noodling?

Genesis.
 I love Yes and ELP especially along with early KC and really felt like i was missing something everybody else was hearing so i bought Foxtrot and Nursery Cryme but to no avail. Its not bad, its just uninspiring and . . . flat sounding. im trying though.