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Chameleon wrote: Chameleon wrote: Prog sucks.

MovingPictures07 wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: King By-Tor wrote: well, nothing wrong with that. But there's people that would have you believe that anything outside of VdGG and that style of music is simply not music that even needs to be listened to. And that's fine. I still have a plethora of Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Boston, April Wine, ect, ect, cds and lps that have nothing to do with prog and listen to them on a fairly regular basis. It's all just music, after all, no matter how many reviews and articles we write in the attempts to disect it. Although I do not only listen to prog, I personally find almost all non-prog rock to be far too boring to listen to. But that's just me. ;-) ELITIST My attitude is more elitist than that. I see ELO in your sig, you LIAR! ELO's first few albums were prog related, and I don't listen to them near as much anymore. They were one of the first entry bands into music I ever really got into, and my sig spans the last 3 years of my life. I listen to the occasional non-prog band/artist, but that's it. About 98-99% of the music I hear is strictly prog.

My elitism is different. On the one hand, I'll listen to classical (usually Russian), sophisticated pop (10cc, ELO [I prefer their pop songs to the 'proggy' ones, go figure], Simon and Garfunkel [well, they're really]), classic rock and a bit of jazz when I'm in the zone. Lately I'm considering trying to get into reggae, since I've been way too fond of the various reggae-influenced stuff I've been hearing lately On the other, stuff made in the 90s or afterwards tends to bore me (exceptions: Perdition City, Fall Of the House Of Usher, To Watch The Storms), regardless of genre.

To be fair, it's getting to the point where probably 1 of every 2 things I listen to will feature Peter Hammill , so I'm not that open-minded.

TGM: Orb wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: King By-Tor wrote: well, nothing wrong with that. But there's people that would have you believe that anything outside of VdGG and that style of music is simply not music that even needs to be listened to. And that's fine. I still have a plethora of Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Boston, April Wine, ect, ect, cds and lps that have nothing to do with prog and listen to them on a fairly regular basis. It's all just music, after all, no matter how many reviews and articles we write in the attempts to disect it. Although I do not only listen to prog, I personally find almost all non-prog rock to be far too boring to listen to. But that's just me. ;-) ELITIST My attitude is more elitist than that. I see ELO in your sig, you LIAR! ELO's first few albums were prog related, and I don't listen to them near as much anymore. They were one of the first entry bands into music I ever really got into, and my sig spans the last 3 years of my life. I listen to the occasional non-prog band/artist, but that's it. About 98-99% of the music I hear is strictly prog. My elitism is different. On the one hand, I'll listen to classical (usually Russian), sophisticated pop (10cc, ELO [I prefer their pop songs to the 'proggy' ones, go figure], Simon and Garfunkel [well, they're really]), classic rock and a bit of jazz when I'm in the zone. Lately I'm considering trying to get into reggae, since I've been way too fond of the various reggae-influenced stuff I've been hearing lately On the other, stuff made in the 90s or afterwards tends to bore me (exceptions: Perdition City, Fall Of the House Of Usher, To Watch The Storms), regardless of genre. To be fair, it's getting to the point where probably 1 of every 2 things I listen to will feature Peter Hammill , so I'm not that open-minded.

We'll know the apocalypse is coming when Rob stops listening to music with Hammill in it.

Henry Plainview wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: King By-Tor wrote: well, nothing wrong with that. But there's people that would have you believe that anything outside of VdGG and that style of music is simply not music that even needs to be listened to. And that's fine. I still have a plethora of Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Helloween, Gamma Ray, Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Boston, April Wine, ect, ect, cds and lps that have nothing to do with prog and listen to them on a fairly regular basis. It's all just music, after all, no matter how many reviews and articles we write in the attempts to disect it. Although I do not only listen to prog, I personally find almost all non-prog rock to be far too boring to listen to. But that's just me. ;-) ELITIST My attitude is more elitist than that. I see ELO in your sig, you LIAR! ELO's first few albums were prog related, and I don't listen to them near as much anymore. They were one of the first entry bands into music I ever really got into, and my sig spans the last 3 years of my life. I listen to the occasional non-prog band/artist, but that's it. About 98-99% of the music I hear is strictly prog. True elitists have no time for prog-related.   That is true of me for rock, but I also listen to quite a bit of jazz and classical music as well, and I'm starting pick up some world music. Fusion and avant-garde have been almost all of my purchasees lately. Does that make me more or less elitist? I think more. It's not a competition of elitism; I just listen to what I think is aesthetically and intellectually satisfying and I don't care if anyone else likes it or not. I prefer jazz to classical, generally. Though I'm not entirely sure there. I'd rather just listen to prog. I generally prefer jazz to classical as well, as I am much bigger on rhythm than I used to be, and jazz is more suited to combining rhythm with beauty. But 20th century classical and some of the classic greats blow my mind.   You'll grow out of only listening to prog eventually. ;-)

I'm a rhythm freak, so that's understandable for me as well. And it's also the reason that Meshuggah is my favorite metal band.

That, or my CD player's broken.

Jazz eh?
Stan Getz muthafunkers.

Bebop is godddamn crazyyyy.

Bebop is golden.
I'm even considering eventually learning how to play in that style on guitar in the next few years.

Henry Plainview wrote: TGM: Orb wrote: My elitism is different. On the one hand, I'll listen to classical (usually Russian), sophisticated pop (10cc, ELO [I prefer their pop songs to the 'proggy' ones, go figure], Simon and Garfunkel [well, they're really]), classic rock and a bit of jazz when I'm in the zone. Lately I'm considering trying to get into reggae, since I've been way too fond of the various reggae-influenced stuff I've been hearing lately On the other, stuff made in the 90s or afterwards tends to bore me (exceptions: Perdition City, Fall Of the House Of Usher, To Watch The Storms), regardless of genre. To be fair, it's getting to the point where probably 1 of every 2 things I listen to will feature Peter Hammill , so I'm not that open-minded. But Blood Inside is amazing. :(   I declare that you listen to music that is too popular to be truly elitist. I am kicking you out of the club! Even though you like Peter Hammill.

Haven't heard Blood Inside, I'm afraid, so it hasn't had the opportunity to bore me yet. More importantly, I like to think I have a range of elitism. In a Jekyll and Hyde way.

Oxygene is amazing.

Dead.