Losing interest in prog

I hate Prog! As a matter of fact, I don't even know why I am here?
Now, where the hell are my Village People albums??!!



(I would be dead without Prog!!! )

Slartibartfast wrote: Snow Dog wrote: You didn't get it and you did think he was serious. That much is clear. And put some friggin clothes on dammit.

You didn't get it and you did think he was serious. That much is clear.

Edited by Snow Dog - January 03 2012 at 15:14

progprogprog wrote: Dean wrote: here the guy was called progprogprog and I said "you need to change your username" - a dumb passive joke that he didn't get it and thought I was being serious so I said (words to the effect of) there is more to prog than just 1970s non-electronic Prog ... so he should be called progprogprog for example.  I did get that you were being sarcastic, and if you retrieve my response to your post, it was "And your right about my username, I should delete the two last prog ".The wink!, you know. Jee, communicating is very hard on the net.

Dean wrote:   And while I'm an not a fan of Dream Theater myself, I do recognise that Mike Mangini has some talent as a drummer and would not call him a clown.

Maybe he plays one in his spare time?

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Edited by Snow Dog - January 03 2012 at 14:17

moshkito wrote:   I don't think so ... for me it's more that bands like Dream Theater are catering to a metal audience, or that Mars Volta are catering to a New York lounge lizard audience only, and that ... etc, etc, ... and since these bands have enough fans to help them pay the bills and get going ... they don';t need ProgArchives or SchmoProg to tell them what is and what isn't ... that simple ... and I find that good all around ... because it is likely to give the bands an independent feel ... but I also think that in the end, it might take their edge off, since they are not listening to anyone or anything any further than fans that want the same thing over and over again.

This isn't necessarily true, at least not for the 2 bands you mentioned. DT in fact paid attention to their fans about their likes and dislikes for previous albums and delivered an album that satisfied their core audience metal AND prog fans alike, and even brought some naysayers back into the mix. Say what you want, they do different things every album. When Portnoy was still in the band, they were starting to market their music to the metal audience, but now I'd say it's equally marketed to both metal and prog.

With TMV, well, we're waiting on a new album, but I think they also pay attention to what people say about them, and they are not big enough to not need prog archives and other sites. If the band were to make a(nother) stinker of an album (which they almost did the last time around), they could easily lose many fans and be at the level that most other modern bands are at.

Hi,

Dean wrote: ... Not yet. It takes a lot to piss me off and I don't recommend trying. Judging by your posts thus far I don't think that you justify three Prog's in your name since you don't like anything post 1980 or anything electronic, which accounts for at least 2/3rds of all Prog.

BaldFriede wrote: I must say I lose interest in prog. It just does not interest me anymore what new albums come out, with the odd exception. Jazz and classical music  are much more interesting, in my opinion.. There is so much music to discover which expands my mind more than prog; why, completely exploring the works of Johann Sebastian Bach lone seems to be a task that would take a lifetime but would be much more fulfilling than wasting my time with so-called "new" prog albums which are more or less just an endless repetition of what has already been said. What's more: I hate the way albums are being produced these days; they all sound extremely sterile. Each instrument clearly separated from the other. Some audio freaks may rejoice about that, but that is not what music sounds like when it is being played live. The instruments all mingle then; there are multiple reverberations and fractions of sound, and this is what makes music sound "alive"; so much nicer for my ears. I know many of you will disagree and come up with examples of what I absolutely "have" to hear. And I know equally well that I will listen to it, shrug and say "so what?"