Out of the following bands......

Actually I have never heard I.Q

I was irritated by Greenback's comment. There are quite a few prog bands I am not fond of either but Mr Ridout enlightened me in one of these forums that it  is not cool to throw alot of negativity around . I knew from a previous thread Greenback liked IQ so I lashed out...I am emotional that way....sorry.

Since Mr Ridout's comment I have tried to  refrain(until now that is...once again sorry to all I.Q fans) from making hurtful comments on bands I don't like. I'll save it for reviews only...

Not trying to swing the votes or anything, but I couldn't resist sharing this one...

gdub411 wrote: Actually I have never heard I.Q I was irritated by Greenback's comment. There are quite a few prog bands I am not fond of either but Mr Ridout enlightened me in one of these forums that it  is not cool to throw alot of negativity around . I knew from a previous thread Greenback liked IQ so I lashed out...I am emotional that way....sorry. Since Mr Ridout's comment I have tried to  refrain(until now that is...once again sorry to all I.Q fans) from making hurtful comments on bands I don't like. I'll save it for reviews only...

You don't have to be hurt because I bash a band I don't like! You will discover that there are, even in the prog world, bands who you find irritating, dull or whatever. To express your dislikes will give you a unique identity! For instance, a progger here in the name of richardh likes, like I do, Tangerine dream of the 80's, IQ, Rush of the 80's, Vangelis of the 80's, and so on... But he hates Triumvirat! WOOSH! I mean, that's a shock, but it is OK! He has the right to hate them,  it makes him different to me because of that! It is our identity!

greenback wrote: gdub411 wrote: Actually I have never heard I.Q I was irritated by Greenback's comment. There are quite a few prog bands I am not fond of either but Mr Ridout enlightened me in one of these forums that it  is not cool to throw alot of negativity around . I knew from a previous thread Greenback liked IQ so I lashed out...I am emotional that way....sorry. Since Mr Ridout's comment I have tried to  refrain(until now that is...once again sorry to all I.Q fans) from making hurtful comments on bands I don't like. I'll save it for reviews only... You don't have to be hurt because I bash a band I don't like! You will discover that there are, even in the prog world, bands who you find irritating, dull or whatever. To express your dislikes will give you a unique identity! For instance, a progger here in the name of richardh likes, like I do, Tangerine dream of the 80's, IQ, Rush of the 80's, Vangelis of the 80's, and so on... But he hates Triumvirat! WOOSH! I mean, that's a shock, but it is OK! He has the right to hate them,  it makes him different to me because of that! It is our identity!

There is an important point in here, and it's that if someone is singing the praises of their favourite band , and discussing the details that they love  about the music, one of the most irritating things anyone can do is pop up and say "Hi, I think your favourite band is crap" .

It's not wrong to hold a different opinion - far from it! But if you're going to say that you don't like something, then please do the other person the decency of saying WHY - after all, they've taken the time to say WHY they DO like the band, music, etc, so to just say "Oh, that's crap", or "That's boring" is plain RUDE  in my opinion, and deserves all the flames it gets. I am particularly fond of flaming such rudeness  (and getting slapped on the wrist for it... ).

HOWEVER, it would be better to spare the flames - we are all united here by our love of prog . So if there's a discussion on a band you don't like and you MUST post something negative about them, do your fellow proggers the decency of explaining yourself and make valid points, or SHUT THE FK UP!!!

Sorry...

Got carried away there - but I wanted to get this one off my chest, as it seems there is a lot of it about at the moment. Nothing personal, gdub and greenback this isn't aimed at you - this is just the proverbial straw on the camel's back 

With apologies to Peter for assimilating his style to make an announcement that he would make far more gently and succinctly... 

Certif1ed wrote: [QUOTE=greenback][QUOTE=gdub411] There is an important point in here, and it's that if someone is singing the praises of their favourite band , and discussing the details that they love  about the music, one of the most irritating things anyone can do is pop up and say "Hi, I think your favourite band is crap" . It's not wrong to hold a different opinion - far from it! But if you're going to say that you don't like something, then please do the other person the decency of saying WHY - after all, they've taken the time to say WHY they DO like the band, music, etc, so to just say "Oh, that's crap", or "That's boring" is plain RUDE  in my opinion, and deserves all the flames it gets. I am particularly fond of flaming such rudeness  (and getting slapped on the wrist for it... ). HOWEVER, it would be better to spare the flames - we are all united here by our love of prog . So if there's a discussion on a band you don't like and you MUST post something negative about them, do your fellow proggers the decency of explaining yourself and make valid points, or SHUT THE FK UP!!!

The problem is that I cannot all the time bring my arguments here:

Here is for VDGG:

http://rateyourmusic.com/user_albums?show=0&order_by=lat est&album_list_id=36207&list_type=all&show_revie ws=1&show_ratings=1&searchterm=quiet+zone&search type=album

OKAY GUYS, NEXT TIME I'LL PUT A NEGATIVE COMMENT HERE, PLEASE GO TO rateyourmusic.com TO SEE MY ARGUMENTATION!

We saw Focus last night at Rotherham, England, they were amazing!!!

Lynn

I agree with you Eddy....I made it my wallpaper for my computer...it fits my sense of humor

It makes me want to purphase a camel cd or 2

Lynn wrote: We saw Focus last night at Rotherham, England, they were amazing!!! Lynn

I'm sure they were enjoyable, but is it really Focus? I understand from someone else who saw them, Akkerman is not touring with them, and Van Leer no longer plays flute. Is it true??

VDGG... the only band that almost got the "god" award, and was part of the very early prog scene.

peace