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A Crimson Mellotron 
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 Topic: Why are prog fans such music snobs?Posted: November 13 2020 at 14:41 |
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Here's a poll I stole directly from 2005!  Yes, such a poll was active in that year and got 193 votes in total. The question and the poll options are exactly the same, and I think this is a theme that after 14 years is still not resolved, if I may say so. Let's see if the forum is more active today, pick an option and keep the discussion going. |
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Cristi
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 15:00 |
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who made it back then?
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dr wu23
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 15:06 |
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Well...I'm not sure they are...I would ask you to say how they are snobs ,and be specific.
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Cristi
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 15:08 |
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I don't think you are meant to take this poll this seriously.
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Neu!mann
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 15:09 |
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The poll needs an "all of the above" option...
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"we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 15:09 |
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I would add a few more:
- Music strikes a more essential chord within us than average people - We invest much more energy into our musical listening - As failed musicians, we all appreciate those that can do astonishing things with their instruments more than we can - Because we lead such monastic lives (including possessing exceptionally high degrees of ineptitude in interpersonal relationships), we have nothing better to do - Because life imitates art and all prog rockers are arrogant, self-possessed snobs |
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dr wu23
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 15:10 |
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Fair enough..then let's move it to 'just for fun'.  |
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A Crimson Mellotron
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 15:21 |
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Exactly... please!
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A Crimson Mellotron
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 15:24 |
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A guy named Jeremy Spade, it says he is a forum newbie with 33 forum points, so the guy went quickly through PA (But had quite the response to his poll)
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A Crimson Mellotron
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 15:36 |
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Discontent is being oriented towards the author... So, for 14 years prog snobs have become more sensitive and more touchy.
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 15:38 |
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Yes, this is a moronic poll, of course, but to be serious, we have a superior taste...
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 15:43 |
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I believe there is some kind of snobbery in most envionments, but the type of snobbery differs, depending on values, artistic references, and especially the context. For instance, a lot of music critics look down at prog rock.
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 15:53 |
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I think we are mutants that have an undiscovered gland that secretes dopamine every time we hear music with shifting time signatures that persists for 7 minutes or more. But that's just me.
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 16:05 |
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I"m a god and thus better than everyone else, k.
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 16:35 |
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Superior taste, obviously.
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 17:56 |
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Where's the option for Full-Wit?
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 23:06 |
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It's not that we are snobs - we are superior music listeners and cannot help it if we try to enlighten the unwashed masses. It is THEIR failure. We are the victims here.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 23:12 |
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Evidently, you've never spoken with "jazz guy".
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Cristi
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Posted: November 13 2020 at 23:13 |
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roflmao
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Posted: November 14 2020 at 00:26 |
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Yes.
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