Popular Prog Bands that you just can't get into

People, help me get into Van der Graaf... I listened to Pawn Hearts and it's just average. The songs sound like they were made by force, just to make a long progressive track.

Camel
Dream Theater: The ones that I like are the covers from a Change of Seasons!

As for Camel: For mere curiosity I bring home "I can see your house from here" years ago.  I tried it two or three times... and no, really I can't stand it.  Anyone wants this CD? is practically new! I may be wrong but I can't even understand why this is labeled as prog.

VDGG and The Mars Volta. I just can't get into them.

Thanks for the answers. I think I'll just try a few times more and then check out other albums.

I had a similar thing with Close to the Edge by Yes. I heard it for the first time a week ago and first I didn't like it. But with each day I realized this music really has emotions in it, and now I think it's pretty good and really worth listening. A few more weeks and I'll probably start to love it ;)

Keppa4v wrote: Manuelmoreno wrote: As for Camel: For mere curiosity I bring home "I can see your house from here" years ago ...... I can't even understand why this is labeled as prog. The site policy is to add every album from all bands included, prog or not. I Can See Your House From Here displays the poppy side of Camel, you could have better success with albums like Mirage, The Snow Goose, Moonmadness, Rajaz or A Nod and a Wink, for example.

Although I Can See Your House From Here is the lowest rated Camel album, it has Ice, which is easily one of my favorite Camel tracks (pun intended ).

Keppa4v wrote: A Person wrote: Keppa4v wrote: Manuelmoreno wrote: As for Camel: For mere curiosity I bring home "I can see your house from here" years ago ...... I can't even understand why this is labeled as prog. The site policy is to add every album from all bands included, prog or not. I Can See Your House From Here displays the poppy side of Camel, you could have better success with albums like Mirage, The Snow Goose, Moonmadness, Rajaz or A Nod and a Wink, for example. Although I Can See Your House From Here is the lowest rated Camel album, it has Ice, which is easily one of my favorite Camel tracks (pun intended ). Yeah, Ice alone is worth the price and Hymn to Her is one of my Camel favourites as well. It's mostly a decent album overall but it has two of the absolute worst Camel tracks ever in Neon Magic and especially Remote Romance. As a whole that's possibly the last album I'd recommend for the first Camel experience, so I understand Manuelmoreno's reaction.

hirszu wrote: People, help me get into Van der Graaf... I listened to Pawn Hearts and it's just average. The songs sound like they were made by force, just to make a long progressive track.

whatever "Pawn Hearts" is, it is certainly NOT average. for the time it was made in it is an extreme album. now you can either think it is extremely bad or extremely good, but average? no way.
if you listen closely to the tracks you will notice that there are recurring themes and a merging of themes too; for example: at the end of "Man-Erg" VdGG mix the slow part and the fast part, playing two riffs at the same time. this is a specialty of them; it occurs in several songs. you can tell by this that the songs are carefully constructed and certainly not forced together.
and a song like "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" is no more forced together than "Supper's Ready". on the contrary, "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" was the inspiration for "Supper's Ready", as Genesis themselves uttered in an interview once (Genesis and VdGG were label mates back then). the structure is almost the same, especially at the beginning

Yes
Tried several times. I'm never going to like them.

Los_Endos wrote: Yes Tried several times. I'm never going to like them.

What a great attitude....

Mosh wrote: Ive only heard one album, but definetly Opeth...