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tdfloyd 
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 Posted: October 08 2009 at 09:00 |
I hope you are right with the DNA part. Was playing Yes Symphonic yesterday and my kids were around but were not paying attention until the Squire bass solo section of Ritual. She came running over and I had to play it over 3 more times! She loved it!! There is hope!!!
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Textbook
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 05:16 |
I grew up listening to my dad's music because it was so much better than the radio. I was born in 1981 but from about 7 I listened to Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd. It was one of his Tull records, A Passion Play (more so than Floyd really) that got me heavy into prog, I STUDIED that album.
So there's hope for my daughter.
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friso
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 04:50 |
 -Radioswim- wrote:
tdfloyd wrote:
It is a very rare occasion when I play prog for anyone but myself. My friends don't like it. If I play it for my wife, then I know I will be getting some Madonna or Mega Dance Classics vol 33 or some garbage like that. Not worth it.
I am playing prog for my kids and they like most of it!  |
That's my master plan in life... have some youngters and fill their heads with grandiose prog. :D |
Untill the day comes you've got three daughters... whahahahaha 
Still, even then, there is hope. It's just that most children will object to the music of their parents during puberty, there's a need to listen to new music. The influence of the peer-group (kids of the same age) is about 50%, DNA about 45% and the parents have about 0% - 5% influence in the development of the kid. Good luck with your master plan!
(I do have the same plan myself though..  )
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Textbook
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 04:11 |
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I'm married to a Chinese woman. Now the Chinese are often maligned for their taste in music but I have to say... oh f**k it, it's true. My Heart Will Go On is their anthem by proxy. But that she tolerates f**k Buttons and other things I play shows the depth of her love.
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Hogweed57
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 04:02 |
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as someone has already said Magma i played mekanik to a group of friends around for dinner a few yrs ago the silence was deafening and the looks were sort of pitying anyway I liked it but I think as has also been said prog is a solo gig really well is for me. Mind you my wife likes earth wind n fire comodores etc and we ve been married 27 yrs so mixed marriages do work.
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Be safe be happy
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Textbook
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Posted: October 08 2009 at 03:36 |
I think it's been oft said that listening to prog is like reading a book- it's done alone, in a comtemplative fashion. (Or maybe it's just that prog nerds don't have friends, sob.)
Putting your Ipod on shuffle when friends are over for a party is great, but not so much when Maudlin Of The Well may come lurching out from amongst The Strokes and Whit Stripes at any moment and kill the party. But I have to say from personal experience that rap music tends to go down even worse with white executive types from the oiffce- oh sh*t, it's NWA, mad dash across the lounge for the skip button. "I LISTEN TO IT FOR THE PRODUCTION!" I cry.
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tdfloyd
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 20:54 |
-Radioswim- wrote:
tdfloyd wrote:
It is a very rare occasion when I play prog for anyone but myself. My friends don't like it. If I play it for my wife, then I know I will be getting some Madonna or Mega Dance Classics vol 33 or some garbage like that. Not worth it.
I am playing prog for my kids and they like most of it! |
That's my master plan in life... have some youngters and fill their heads with grandiose prog. :D
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A great plan if I do say so myself! You've discovered the method to my madness!! I was never prouder when my little one came home from school last week and told me about her violin class. The teacher asked everyone who they liked to listen to. The answers were, Kelly Clarkson, Miranda Costgrove etc. One child said "Pink Floyd". The teacher asked who said that and my kid raised her hand. She was asked how does she know of Pink Floyd and her answer was, "My Daddy and I listen to them together". I am a very proud prog Papa!!
Edited by tdfloyd - October 07 2009 at 23:32
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The Block
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 19:17 |
I was first introduced to prog from my dad and brother. Then one of my friends showed me more.
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 Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp!
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-Radioswim-
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:57 |
tdfloyd wrote:
It is a very rare occasion when I play prog for anyone but myself. My friends don't like it. If I play it for my wife, then I know I will be getting some Madonna or Mega Dance Classics vol 33 or some garbage like that. Not worth it.
I am playing prog for my kids and they like most of it! |
That's my master plan in life... have some youngters and fill their heads with grandiose prog. :D
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Dust in the Kitchen
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-Radioswim-
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:54 |
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I have some friends who's really into prog, but most people I know doesn't like it at all. I played Magma's "De Futura" for a friend of mine (I didn't dare until we were really drunk though) and he thought the whole thing sounded like 'a bizarre nazi-march' 
Occasionally, I put some RIO classics on, like Present's Triskaidčkaphobie only to get the response 'this sounds like hell'..
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I wish I had at least a single friend that I could share prog with.
I envy you, sir.
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-Radioswim-
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:52 |
Pretty much the only 2 people I can play my favorite music for, without fear of criticism, is my only younger brother, and my father.
My brother sometimes doesn't realize what he is listening to is good at first (as a lot of people do) but he usually pulls through.
My father is down right proud, and impressed with my musical interests. Sometimes I think he's just thankful that I don't listen to the Radio (some of the crap they play today... :S )
As far as friends are concerned, I havn't really found anyone that I want to play music for... every time I have in the past, I get the same handful of responses "this sounds like random noise", "this makes me want to kill myself", "this sounds cheesey", or my personal favorite "are you listening to Videogame music?"
Never fails, no matter what band it seems... it always sounds like a video game.
Kind of frustrating, because I find the production, and writing quality to be substantially greater (most of the time) that the Midi quality music of say... early to somewhat recent Final Fantasy type titles. Although, I won't lie, I still enjoy a good Video game Tune.
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tdfloyd
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 15:07 |
It is a very rare occasion when I play prog for anyone but myself. My friends don't like it. If I play it for my wife, then I know I will be getting some Madonna or Mega Dance Classics vol 33 or some garbage like that. Not worth it.
I am playing prog for my kids and they like most of it! |
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jampa17
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 13:50 |
The Block wrote:
Any way I always see people who I don't know looking at me wierd when I am listening to it. They just don't understand. |
Same here...!  Here in my job they always stares at me and tell me that they're really nervious cause of my "Mario Bros" kind of music... that is too fast a too crazy and if I can turn down the volume... I do not... but is sad to be that lonely... jajaja...
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Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
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jampa17
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 13:38 |
Some friend of mine always makes a joke saying
"why don't you put that band of yours... Old Traford...?" you know... that soccer stadium of Manchester that is called "The Theater of Dreams"...
But no... my friends has only and idea of prog because of me... some of them has "Take Away my Pain" on his Ipod... but then is the most non DT song... so I give up... the more I put is only pop metal from the 80's... they are not prepared for prog man....!!!
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Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
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SaltyJon
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 12:25 |
My roommate gets unhealthy doses of everything from the most "socially acceptable" prog to Magma, not to mention classical music and jazz. He doesn't have any appreciation for any of it, unfortunately. Not much he can do about it though, so it all works out well in the end. 
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Bj-1
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 12:23 |
I love this phrase:
Kim Crimson, who is he?
..NOT!
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 12:17 |
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I really hate Kink Crimsom myself, Man do they suck.
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Bj-1
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 12:15 |
I have some friends who's really into prog, but most people I know doesn't like it at all. I played Magma's "De Futura" for a friend of mine (I didn't dare until we were really drunk though) and he thought the whole thing sounded like 'a bizarre nazi-march'
Occasionally, I put some RIO classics on, like Present's Triskaidčkaphobie only to get the response 'this sounds like hell'..
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 12:05 |
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Prog jut f**king sucks. it is a loneley world, I am sure that Dean and Bob would agree,
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friso
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Posted: October 07 2009 at 11:59 |
LegacySpecial wrote:
I guess I must be lucky, most of my friends (male) like Prog, must be something with my generation, we all grew up listening to Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, PFM, Camel, Gentle Giant, Zappa, Rush, Dixie Dregg ... then came the Neo with Marillion, and progressive metal with Iron Maiden and Dream Theater, ... we have all the same taste, well we can listen to almost anything, except for my wife, and other female friends, they like it but only as a background, not too loud, they all prefer dance music. Is it mainly a man thing ? |
Prog a man thing? What makes you think that? 
Edited by kingfriso - October 07 2009 at 11:59
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