Why is my Neo-Prog topic so heckin' cringeee?

Well if you don't like it, don't listen to it, stop moaning about it and let those of us who think it's absolutely wonderful enjoy it in peace.

Hercules wrote: Well if you don't like it, don't listen to it, stop moaning about it and let those of us who think it's absolutely wonderful enjoy it in peace.

Yes, that pendragon album is overrated but The Road of Bones melts my damn face off every time. I think Fish era marillion is great as well, H era isn't for me though.

Every Neo-Prog band I have heard reminds of Genesis one way or another, even the ones I truly enjoy such as Fish-era Marillion and IQ. In general, though, I find the genre derivative albeit enjoyable for the most part. Never cared much for Pendragon myself, which is why I don't listen to them. They are a good band, though, and clearly have their fan base. I can only express my own opinion. Haven't heard Snowtorch but I have liked what little of Phideaux I have heard.

wiz_d_kidd wrote: One of the aspects of forums such as PA is that people like to share and express their common interests and tastes. There are many threads such as "Neo-Prog Appreciation!" where like-minded people get together to share what they like about neo prog. In all fairness, then, people should be allowed to have "Neo-prog Sucks!" threads to share their dislike for the genre, and if you're one who happens to like neo prog, stay away from the thread! People with opposite viewpoints from yours should be allowed to express their opinions.

^ Which raises the question: Do people conflate Crossover Prog and Neo-Prog?

it's not cringy at all.

I find this topic really cringe, and if there weren't various thoughtful responses I would lock it. I might edit the title and move this to the Genre Appreciation forum. If another admin chooses to lock it, then I wouldn't complain.

SoftandWet, I do think you come up with too many topics, especially in The Prog Lounge, and wish you would post in more of other people's topics and search for relevant topics instead of coming up with lots of your own. That is a really trolling like title. We have a recent Neo-Prog appreciation topic, and had you brought up your issues in that topic in a respectful manner, while mentioning the qualities that you like in music, then I expect that people would have found albums that would appeal to you in the category, since it can be quite diverse (as are many categories here).

Quite a few conflate certain Neo-Prog and Crossover ones and post 70s Symphonic Prog with Neo-Prog, but then those categories do cross over. Lots of albums in the Neo-Prog category could get various labels.

I like Discipline, which used to be in Neo-Prog, and would call the first album at least Neo-Prog, and I call it other things. To some Neo-Prog has meant a diverse amount of albums, including ones such as Spock's Beard, Dream Theater The Flower Kings, and even The Mars Volta. Some think it just means new prog as in post classic era bands. To some it means any melodic symphonic rock, and melodic arena rock. To some it means Proggy AOR... (depending on what one means by AOR, AOR as in melodic rock in this case), or poppy Prog.

I would call a lot of Neo-Prog Crossover Prog, in that it incorporates mainstream elements with Prog commonly, and Prog generally I could call crossover in a sense, in that it crosses genres.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Hercules wrote: Well if you don't like it, don't listen to it, stop moaning about it and let those of us who think it's absolutely wonderful enjoy it in peace. Have to agree, it's best to stay out of these types of threads if this music isn't for you. There's plenty of broad topic threads where tastes can be expressed, this is just baiting.