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Topic: Prog Rock Blasphemy from Kanye West
Posted: September 30 2010 at 19:08

Just watch until about 0:45.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53gjP-TtGE&ob=av2e

Edited by progvortex - September 30 2010 at 19:09

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Posted: September 30 2010 at 19:13

Oh no! Progressive rock? A BLACK MAN?!?!?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Also, this song came out in frickin' July.

Edited by 40footwolf - September 30 2010 at 19:17

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Posted: September 30 2010 at 19:37

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Posted: September 30 2010 at 19:37

You could look at it as blasphemy, or you could think that maybe, just maybe, some people who never would have heard King Crimson otherwise will look up the original song and get into prog. Unlikely, but possible. Stranger things have happened.

Edited by VanVanVan - September 30 2010 at 19:44

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Posted: September 30 2010 at 19:40

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Posted: September 30 2010 at 19:42

VanVanVan wrote:

You could look at it as blasphemy, or you could think that maybe, just maybe, some people who never would have heard King Crimson otherwise will look up the original song and get into prog. Unlikely, but possible. Stranger things have happened.

Or even be content that a modern pop artist thought that an old prog tune was good enough/appropriate material to include in a major single, keeping the music alive in the same way that sampling has done for many old soul and R&B records from the '70s.

Or you could wail that the "integrity" of the song has been ruined, or whatever nonsense thought one pillows themselves with in order to avoid the strain of trying to understand a separate musical culture from one's own.

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Posted: September 30 2010 at 19:58

OP:

1) Lives under a rock
2) Has been in jail for 5 months
3) Just now wrangled up some internet connection

Cause honestly, there are like 3 topics on this already and it's way old news.

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Posted: September 30 2010 at 20:48

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now my signature has less meaning!!!!

Edited by SolarLuna96 - September 30 2010 at 20:49

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Posted: September 30 2010 at 20:53

SolarLuna96 wrote:

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now my signature has less meaning!!!!

Your signature didn't mean anything to begin with.

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Posted: October 01 2010 at 01:56

40footwolf wrote:

Pop music is made for passive listening and quick likability. It doesn't take any straining to understand it. I get it. I don't like it.

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Posted: October 01 2010 at 06:23

Who cares what Kanye West does. So what. I pay no attention to him or what he does, so it doesn't bother me. There's no blasphemy involved.

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Posted: October 01 2010 at 07:23

40footwolf wrote:

SolarLuna96 wrote:

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now my signature has less meaning!!!!

Your signature didn't mean anything to begin with.

Touche

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Posted: October 01 2010 at 14:02

Blasphemy? Jesus Christ, stop taking music so seriously. Did you know that Robert Fripp likes the song? I don't know why, since it's very annoying, but you can calm down and save your faux-outrage for something slightly more worthy.

SolarLuna96 wrote:

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now my signature has less meaning!!!!

I don't think you should worry about that, it's a pretty stupid statement with poor spelling and grammar, so any outside events can't change the stupidity.

Edited by Henry Plainview - October 01 2010 at 14:04

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Posted: October 01 2010 at 14:15

Hopefully it wins a Grammy and Fripp can run up on stage and interupt Kanye's speech.

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Posted: October 01 2010 at 14:15

This is my thought exactly, however when the previews for that dumb movie "The Social Network" come on TV and I hear those immortal lines being sampled it does make me cringe a bit...

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Posted: October 01 2010 at 14:22

zachfive wrote:

This is my thought exactly, however when the previews for that dumb movie "The Social Network" come on TV and I hear those immortal lines being sampled it does make me cringe a bit...

Don't be so sure, it's one of the best reviewed movies of all time.

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Posted: October 01 2010 at 16:28

I heard another song for the first time that sampled "Video Killed the Radio Star"...

Now I don't see The Buggles as a band on this site...aren't they at least prog related?

(I'm almost certain that I have just irritated some people...but hey this is a web forum...)

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Posted: October 01 2010 at 16:29

Oh...and I have 808s and Heartbreaks on my Amazon Wish List....

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Posted: October 01 2010 at 18:00

I wonder if Fripp agreed to this.

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Posted: October 01 2010 at 19:46

Sorry if I sounded whiny in that first post, I just don't like hip hop/rap, and maybe it was a shout out, or Fripp is getting royalties!

Edited by SolarLuna96 - October 01 2010 at 19:46