a way oot

             ............... My ass goodbye

Fragile wrote: Aqualung my friend,this guy knows his stuff and can contribute to this forum.Why certain people decided to be rude and nasty towards him is beyond me.

Does he really know his stuff? I know that I applauded his knowledge a page or two ago, and I haven't read all of his posts, but since then I've had my doubts. Throwing around a few obscure names and titles doesn't make you an expert on anything. I can name five great Polish hard/prog - bands of the 70s and 80s that aren't in the archives now (Czeslaw Niemen, Dzamble, Breakout, early Budka Suflera, Exodus) and can recall more if I have the time, but does that make me and expert on them? No way, I've listened to some of their music, but I can't say I know the stuff.

I can list you the names of nearly all Egyptian pharaohs. Does that make me an Egyptologyst? No, I've simply got good books around here and can find a reference within ten minutes.

When I suggested a Devil Doll album as a candidate for his list, he referred to the spiritus movens of that great band as "Doctor Doctor" . It's MISTER Doctor. Sure, he could've been just playing with words, but he didn't use a comma. "He th'Mon", he wrote. If he really th'Mon, then why didn't Wallace remember his name? I think that he only listened to the band once or twice, grew tired of it, but then learned that the name Devil Doll opens many secret doors within the prog community. So he pretended to know 150% about the band and flaunted his "knowledge". He then probably confused Mister Doctor with Major Major (a character from "Catch 22"), another name that serves as a key within some circles. I don't really know.

Besides, contrary to the widespread belief, "obscure" does not have to equal "great". It's not like every band that failed to record an album is THE HOLY GRAIL THAT WILL BRING THE PROG BACK TO PROG. Many of them are simply not worth listening to. 

To end this confusing, overlong (prog ) post, I just want to say that Wallace's "fare-unwell" post has more than a hint of his condescending attitude towards us, thankfully drowned out by his pretentious, artificial language (don't the Irish, not the Scotsmen say "fecking"? Correct me if I'm wrong here). So, sorry, Fragile, Aqualung, but in my opinion the guy half-deserved the hate-posts he got. He alienated the people who don't use English as their first language and most of those who do, too. Luckily, whatever he wrote can be used against him, but I'm not going to be the one to kick a departed horse. 

But what do I know? I'm just a hopelessly lost newbie . 

Fragile wrote: Wallace you enjoy being on here,you obviously enjoy prog/rock music just change your broad use of the auld Scots language a little I'm pretty sure you will be understood.And Reed what are you all about telling the guy to go I thought you would have been above such nonesense.I agree with Wallace in that the list you provided I've hardly heard of any of these and I'd bet London to an orange that you haven't either.Wallace don't know how I forgot Come away Belinda from the Heep's first eponymous lp but tnx for pointing it out.One last point if you are going I'll remember you as the man, who ate the boiled ham raw.

He has warped your tiny, fragile mind !

He offered to go if we could name 40 prog/metal/psyche songs about death.No one else suggested this (well actually that's not strictly true ie "a lie") He didnt know when to give up with the silly accent-it was funny for about 4.3 seconds or the time it takes to write "f**k off dickhead!

Fragile wrote: Reed you can be downright hurtful nothing tiny or fragile about my mind.You all have differing opinions on this and I can both see and understand your reasons for your annoyance.

All that suggests to me is that you might be the man behind Wallace!

You do your countrymen a disservice with your hurt!I thought you were all Sassanach Eating behemoths north of the border.You are obviously a half-breed or something!

Its a quote from South Park The Movie BTW

Velvetclown wrote: Fraggle : Go boil yer head

Velvet speaks !!!!!

And you Reedy, everyone south of Aberfoyle are Sassenachs(Southern Scots and East coast tergiversators as well) who all joined in with you southerners to try and take our lands.Me, Wallace never, more like Robert the Bruce And another thing no French or Germans in our bloodlines in We Scots; not like you half baked anglofiles.

You bled for Wallace,now bleed for me.

                                                             The Bruce.

Fragile wrote: And you Reedy, everyone south of Aberfoyle are Sassenachs(Southern Scots and East coast tergiversators as well) who all joined in with you southerners to try and take our lands.Me, Wallace never, more like Robert the Bruce And another thing no French or Germans in our bloodlines in We Scots; not like you half baked anglofiles. You bled for Wallace,now bleed for me.                                                              The Bruce.

 well said fragile , dont ye just feel proud being a scot

I do hope Wallace returns