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Ed_The_Dead
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:52 |
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 13:31 |
pvaz wrote:
Evanescence, great keyboard/guitar combo, and great voice, but a little lacking in the prog department
Finally Coldplay, like Evanescence has a great keyboard(just listen to Clocks), but I think there're talented enough that they could be a great prog group if they wanted to be; curse progs lack of popularity these days, I want the 70s back!
I do have to agree with the person who was 'embarresed' by prog, when mentioning prog to my friends I usually have to follow with a list of 50 bands before they recognize even one.
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The Gathering is like an improved version of Evanescence (and more than that: they did it first).
And Muse is an improved version of Coldplay.
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Manunkind
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 16:11 |
I'm not embarassed by any music I listen to, but I am emabarassed by the names of many bands (also prog bands) I like and their lyrics.
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"In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun
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memowakeman
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 16:59 |
mmm.... placebo maybe and nelly furtado ja
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Hammill
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Posted: June 09 2005 at 21:02 |
well i have to admit that i really enjoy listening to 80s pop/disco
like bonnie tyler, alphaville, modern talking and roxette, well
nobody's perfect right?
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gleam
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Joined: April 01 2005
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Posted: June 19 2005 at 14:45 |
My guilty pleasures are the best of the "Carpenters" and "Bread". So there.
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TLZ*
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Joined: June 15 2005
Location: Norway
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Posted: June 19 2005 at 15:01 |
Soul Reaper wrote:
System of a Down
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System of a Down isn't emberassing!
They even got what you can call progressive tendencies. First of all, they progress for each album, taking basis in a mix of thrash metal and alternative they're influenced by everything from armenian folk music to black metal.
They're even mentioned in ProgArchives definition of progmetal:
ProgArchives wrote:
In recent years, the most commercially viable category of prog has been progressive metal. These bands are usually happy to be known as progressive, and produce very long pieces and concept albums. Several of the leading bands in the prog-metal genre (particularly Dream Theater) cite pioneer progressive hard-rockers Rush as a prime influence. Meanwhile, other heavy metal bands not generally considered prog-metal, such as System of a Down, have nevertheless incorporated prog-influenced elements like bizarre shifts in time signatures and tempo in their music. |
I actually saw them 2 days ago here in Norway, they rocked! Even though I had high expectations they still really impressed me, they was much better than what I've seen on video clips. Improved, or shall we say, progrssed.
My favorite band of all times, the band that got me really interested in music. I recomend everyone to check their stuff out.
On Topic:
I'm not really embarassed by listening to anything at all, but I guess most people think I _should_ be emberassed when I listen to Lene Marlin. She's a pop-artist here in Norway, I only like her debut album thogh.
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coffeeintheface
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Joined: May 02 2005
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Posted: June 22 2005 at 23:37 |
What's embarrassing about liking different types of music? I mean a lot
of today's music is manufactured and crappily done, but if it makes you
feel good and has a great beat , what's wrong with that? It's like
"Don't shoot the messenger" only the other way around, like "Don't
shoot the message." I listen to bands like Meshuggah , King's X, and
Dream Theater, but I also enjoy Three Days Grace's album a lot. Sure
it's painfully simple and not very thought out, but it has fantastic
hooks abound everywhere that I enjoy; I think people who are asking
about music you're embarrased to listen to are snobs who have too much
time on their hands, unfortunately a large number of prog fans are
unbelievably narrow-minded and arrogant. It's a pity.
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OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project)
nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas)
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Grimm
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Joined: May 10 2005
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Posted: June 23 2005 at 00:40 |
John Denver. And Kiss.
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Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be or seem to be self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free
time.
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IDDQD
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Joined: May 20 2005
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Posted: June 27 2005 at 11:57 |
I don't listen to any bad music. Proof:
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/BimLanders/
Perhaps Eno winning by so much is a bit embarrasing. But he's pretty much tops with me.
OKAY, and "Final Fantasy" in the top ten is rather silly too.
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Teaflax
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Joined: June 26 2005
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Posted: June 27 2005 at 13:14 |
Moribund wrote:
Abba
Madness
Cardigans
Smiths
Specials
Prefab Sprout
Scritti Politti
Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Hot Chocolate
Scott Walker
hang on I'm not embarrassed about ANY of this!!!!!!!
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Well, for ABBA, maybe you should be - but Prefab Sprout and Scott Walker are five-star artists.
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grandoleopry
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Posted: June 30 2005 at 00:57 |
Johnny Mathis.
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: June 30 2005 at 15:41 |
Anyone remember a band from the mid-90's called the Presidents of the United States of America?
...yea, I have all 3 of their albums. they rock.
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sideways
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Posted: July 01 2005 at 11:15 |
Like the above folks said...Im not ashamed...but I do scratch my head sometimes wondering.."How did this happen?"
War of the Worlds 2 album set, narrated by Richard Burton
Macarthur Park by Richard Harris (I think)
Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez
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"Who would wish this on our people?..And proclaim that his will be done" Sacrificed Sons - Dream Theater
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: July 01 2005 at 11:24 |
GoldenSpiral wrote:
Anyone remember a band from the mid-90's called the Presidents of the United States of America?
...yea, I have all 3 of their albums. they rock.
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Do you know Cake? Awesome band, really good humour!
Edited by MikeEnRegalia
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Snow Dog
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Posted: July 01 2005 at 11:39 |
Progressive Rock!
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NetsNJFan
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Joined: April 12 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: July 01 2005 at 14:27 |
I like VDGG, but they embarass me, mainly because Hammill is so over the damn top melodramatic, hes embarassing. I just find him very overblown most prog i can listen too with other people but not VdGG at all, (or GG's "Knots" )
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: July 05 2005 at 13:22 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
GoldenSpiral wrote:
Anyone remember a band from the mid-90's called the Presidents of the United States of America?
...yea, I have all 3 of their albums. they rock.
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Do you know Cake? Awesome band, really good humour!
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Of course I know Cake! Fashion nugget was one of the first cd's I ever bought
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Posted: July 05 2005 at 14:02 |
I like some spanish, latin singers and bands, maybe because i am spanish born and raise in the dominican Republic, it is very embarresing with the latin music world these days. In my opion, most of latin artirst are really sell out and make very thrashy music. the worst of them all what save it is the lyrics which it ok
americans bands that i am embarres
maddona ray of light is her best work ever
the cars the hits
tears for fears the hits
and some 80's stuff
thank god i do not like duran duran any more i think there so gay and thrashy.
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