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The Hemulen 
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Joined: July 31 2004
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 Posted: June 09 2005 at 10:07 |
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I knew the results of this poll would depress me.
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Moogtron III
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Joined: April 26 2005
Location: Belgium
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 10:12 |
Next time, leave out more genres than symphonic, and you will feel less depressed, Trouserpress 
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barbs
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Joined: June 04 2005
Location: Australia
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 10:14 |
 What were you hoping for? 
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Eternity
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The Hemulen
Special Collaborator
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:16 |
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More than just my vote for Canterbury, for a start!! I should've known
space and metal would come top but, oh well... A man can dream...
And Moogtron - I left out symphonic for a very good reason, i.e. It would have been a pointless poll of I'd added it.
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bluetailfly
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Joined: January 28 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:30 |
(for some reason I cannot quote TP's earlier post)
"Symphonic Prog" --- I dislike that name. It's an awful descriptive term for music that most of the time is anything but "symphonic." I suggest calling "symphonic prog" just "progressive rock", then the subgenres by their existing names. Then people who dislike "symphonic prog" can say, I hate "prog rock," to which fans of the genre will say, "wow, that's too bad." Then the dislikers of prog would respond by saying, "but I like 'art rock' and 'canterbury,' to which prog fans would say, 'whatever.'"
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"The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle."
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Moogtron III
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Joined: April 26 2005
Location: Belgium
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:35 |
I know, Trouserpress, that's why I suggested to leave out more subgenres. My suggestion was not to add symphonic, but to leave out more subgenres. Still, if you would have left out metal, it wouldn't have worked either, I guess.
I would have given half a vote to Canterbury, and half to the Italians if I could. I had to choose though.
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barbs
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Joined: June 04 2005
Location: Australia
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:36 |
I think that some groups and their music takes more time than some of
us have to digest. I have to work and bring up kids and do other stuff
as well and I think that to acutally appreciate what some of these
bands are doing takes quite a bit of time and attention. Not only that
but it depends on your background as well. Most prog lovers would have
some kind of practical musical background I should imagine, either
amatuer interest through to professional.
But even there it can depend on musical ear, instrument likes and
dislikes (ie my mother made me play the violin when I was a kid and I
get violently ill now everytime I hear it)  kind of experience. Some people can't handle anything to LOUDish, 
so prog metals probably going to be on the bottom of some peoples
lists. We are all biased and affected for better or for worse by
'Nature/nurture' considerations even with musical appreciation. I guess
we have to live with it. 
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Eternity
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dalt99
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Joined: April 23 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 15:11 |
My favorite is Symphonic followed by Art-Rock so I picked Art rock.
Trouserpress - I wouldn't be so upset about people picking space and metal over Canterbury as much as I would be upset if people ONLY liked space and metal and never branched out to enjoy canturbury or any of the other genres you mentioned. I for one enjoy some canterbury (most I have heard) but I doubt it will be my favorite sub-genre.
I have probably 75% of my collection is symphonic or art-rock but the Canterbury I do have, I like and will be getting more of.
Now, if you did a post of what is your most hated sub-genre and Canterbury got lots of votes...well, I don't want to see what you would think
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Best of 2006 that I've heard:
PFM-Stati Di Immaginazione
Zenit-Surrender (Best "unknown" album)
Oaksenham - Conquest of Pacific
2007:
Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon
La Torre Del Alchimista - Neo
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Mategra
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 23 2004
Location: Sweden
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Points: 592
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 16:05 |
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I like all sub-genres except prog metal, hard rock-ish and AOR-ish art-rock (Rush, Styx, Kansas etc.) and the more insipid varieties of neo-prog (IQ, Jadis, Landmarq etc.)
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The Prognaut
Prog Reviewer
Joined: April 14 2004
Location: Somewhere Else
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Points: 1492
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 17:39 |
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break the circle
reset my head
wake the sleepwalker
and i'll wake the dead
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gdub411
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Joined: August 24 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 3484
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 21:08 |
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neo
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Progranger
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Joined: June 09 2005
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 10
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 21:51 |
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In no particular order, Fusion, Italian, Art Rock, Prog Metal and Space.
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