Forum Home Forum Home > Progressive Music Lounges > Prog Recommendations/Featured albums
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - How mainstream can a prog band be?
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedHow mainstream can a prog band be?
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  123>
Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
moonlitbay View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: September 08 2005
Location: Norway
Status: Offline
Points: 201 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: How mainstream can a prog band be?
    Posted: February 25 2012 at 11:28
I'm wondering because in my record collection there is only prog and heavy metal. I have a girl who is "normal". She likes the most mainstream music in the whole world (U2 etc etc). How can I lure her into prog without her knowing? Any good suggestions of prog bands with the "mainstream-feel"?
A reunion.......it will never happen in my lifetime!!
Back to Top
PabstRibbon View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: November 26 2009
Location: Québec
Status: Offline
Points: 925 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2012 at 11:31
Well Pink Floyd can be very easy to listen to. Porcupine Tree might be ok i guess. You might also show her Genesis of the 80's and then slowly return to the classic album I think it can work. Kansas and Marillion would also be great to start IMO
Back to Top
Finnforest View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: February 03 2007
Location: The Heartland
Status: Offline
Points: 17076 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2012 at 11:39
I think Pink Floyd is the most effective gateway drug I've personally witnessed.  Big smile
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
Back to Top
rushfan4 View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: May 22 2007
Location: Michigan, U.S.
Status: Online
Points: 66542 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2012 at 11:51
Pure Reason Revolution is kind of a danceable prog.
 
Asia is prog-related but might be a gateway band.
 
Saga is quite popular in Germany.
Back to Top
The T View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: October 16 2006
Location: FL, USA
Status: Offline
Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2012 at 12:13
Why would you have to lure her to prog is another question. I mean, sure, it is fun to be able to listen to one's music without the person you like doing a face like she's about to kill herself; but on the other hand, if you really find her music taste appalling and that's unbearable for you, you might want to look for somebody else, or better yet, try a mirror...
Back to Top
Gallifrey View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: September 15 2011
Location: New Zealand
Status: Offline
Points: 588 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2012 at 12:36
I reckon Muse are one of the best mainstream gateways to prog. That's how I got into it.

But Porcupine Tree were the band that really made me stick as a prog fan, mainly because of catchy melodies that mainstream fans like.
Back to Top
Bonnek View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: September 01 2009
Location: Belgium
Status: Offline
Points: 4521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2012 at 12:37

I dunno, what does "the most mainstream music (U2 etc etc) mean" ?

If you mean "U2, Simple Minds, Oasis, Madonna, the Police", then you shouldn't worry, but just trying to get into as much of these artists as you possibly can. There's fantastic songs out there.
Back to Top
Progosopher View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: May 12 2009
Location: Coolwood
Status: Offline
Points: 6472 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2012 at 12:38
Play what you like whenever she is around and see how she reacts.  Does she like bands like U2 (whom I also like but are not among my favorites) because they are familiar and popular or does she really like the music?  If she has not heard much Prog, or related music, she may not know what she is missing.  If she doesn't care for your metal bands, then she probably won't  like prog metal.  But she may like some of the Proto-Prog bands like the Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, or even Deep Purple Mark I.  What about classics like Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd (as others have suggested)?  Go for melody rather than instrumental prowess: Asia, Styx, 80s Yes & Genesis, Supertramp.  As I also say in such situations, do not force the issue and do not think that something like Supper's Ready will win new converts; she has just as much a right to listen to what she wants to as you do even if you think her taste in music is bad.
The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
Back to Top
Vompatti View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: October 22 2005
Location: elsewhere
Status: Offline
Points: 67440 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2012 at 12:38
Originally posted by moonlitbay moonlitbay wrote:

How can I lure her into prog without her knowing?
Hypnosis might do the trick.
Back to Top
Snow Dog View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: March 23 2005
Location: Caerdydd
Status: Offline
Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2012 at 12:50
Kansas.







Take her to Kansas.
Back to Top
40footwolf View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: March 08 2010
Status: Offline
Points: 651 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2012 at 17:00
Prog can be very mainstream indeed.

Also, don't trip so much about getting your lady involved with it. If she shows an interest in it fine but if she doesn't it's not like her music taste is the reason you're going out with her to begin with. Just like what you like.
Heaven's made a cesspool of us all.
Back to Top
colorofmoney91 View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer


Joined: March 16 2008
Location: Biosphere
Status: Offline
Points: 22774 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2012 at 22:50
Send her to me. I'll convince her.

But seriously, Stupid Dream by Porcupine Tree is probably a good starter. It's like Hootie and the Blowfish, except good and interesting.
Hanashukketsu
Back to Top
frippism View Drop Down
Collaborator
Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 27 2010
Location: Tel Aviv
Status: Offline
Points: 4160 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2012 at 00:31
I don't you can lure her to prog. I think that you just have to be interested. I was always liking the weirder tracks of anything more, so I was always looking for weirder and more complex stuff. Eventually my dad just gave me KC's Red and it was just a thing that kept the ball rolling. 
There be dragons
Back to Top
DisgruntledPorcupine View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: January 16 2010
Location: Thunder Bay CAN
Status: Offline
Points: 4395 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2012 at 00:38
Everyone I've ever shown PT loves them. That could be something.
Back to Top
tamijo View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: January 06 2009
Location: Denmark
Status: Offline
Points: 4287 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2012 at 00:51
Supertramp
Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
Back to Top
CloudZero View Drop Down
Forum Newbie
Forum Newbie
Avatar

Joined: February 22 2012
Location: Las Vegas
Status: Offline
Points: 24 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2012 at 01:02
Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

Everyone I've ever shown PT loves them. That could be something.
 

hah I've noticed the same thing..

I guess Muse would be the closest I could imagine.


Edited by CloudZero - February 26 2012 at 01:03
Back to Top
Icarium View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP Member

Joined: March 21 2008
Location: Tigerstaden
Status: Offline
Points: 34076 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2012 at 02:41
put on some Godbluff or Pawn Heart and see what she think

maybe some Queen II, some Moody Blues, some moddy King Crimson like Epitaph and In the Wake of Posiedon

maybe Saga, Styx and Kansas and then some 10cc, 
Back to Top
JS19 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: October 10 2010
Location: Lancaster, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 1321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2012 at 04:05
Originally posted by moonlitbay moonlitbay wrote:

I'm wondering because in my record collection there is only prog and heavy metal. I have a girl who is "normal". She likes the most mainstream music in the whole world (U2 etc etc). How can I lure her into prog without her knowing? Any good suggestions of prog bands with the "mainstream-feel"?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. She has her music and you have yours, leave her be for God's sake. You try and lure her in like your in some world of 'higher learning'. No music is better or worse than any other. The only issue here is if she doesn't respect your music, she doesn't have to like it.
Back to Top
Sagichim View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: November 29 2006
Location: Israel
Status: Offline
Points: 6632 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2012 at 06:53
actually 'in the court ...' could do the trick , it's beautiful and accessible as weird as it is...
and like other said pink floyd is the best example.
if you want some AOR stuff 'ambrosia' are great for the ladies..
Back to Top
Snow Dog View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: March 23 2005
Location: Caerdydd
Status: Offline
Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2012 at 06:58
Originally posted by JS19 JS19 wrote:

Originally posted by moonlitbay moonlitbay wrote:

I'm wondering because in my record collection there is only prog and heavy metal. I have a girl who is "normal". She likes the most mainstream music in the whole world (U2 etc etc). How can I lure her into prog without her knowing? Any good suggestions of prog bands with the "mainstream-feel"?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. She has her music and you have yours, leave her be for God's sake. You try and lure her in like your in some world of 'higher learning'. No music is better or worse than any other. The only issue here is if she doesn't respect your music, she doesn't have to like it.

I don't respect my wife's music so I doubt she respects mine.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  123>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.379 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.