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Poll Question: Do you think progressive rock is Cool ?
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    Posted: November 26 2005 at 06:39
isn`t it weird how what isn`t Cool  is Cool for not trying to be Cool ?
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Please God, NO!!!!

Cool is terrible thing to be. Remember "Cool Britannia" and the appalling Britpop era? Put me off cool for life.

Prog is HOT!
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I like it, so therefore it is cool
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Prog can be cool. "White Mountain" by Genesis makes me feel like I'm in Alaska. And whenever "Supper's Ready" reaches "As Sure as Eggs is Eggs" I feel so cold but the heart is warm.
BTW I probably missed the point. I don't think prog is like cool.
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Prog = Geek, not Cool
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NO, NO ,NO, NO
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Prog is ANYTHING but cool.
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It seems that rap and hip hop is cool among middle school kids. At my high school prog metal is cool, like Dream Theater, Opeth, and then bands like In Flames, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, and also whatever the hell you want to listen to is cool. Like for example, my friends and I listen to anything - jazz, fusion, prog, space rock, shoegazer, post rock, acid rock, post-grunge, grunge, indie, alt rock, rock in small proportions, metal, prog metal, and that's about it. There's nothing that's really uncool, except rap and country, mainly because people are really getting tired of mindless conformity and are embracing self expression. I find it odd that the most popular people are the ones who everyone else thinks is the least cool. I also find it odd that the popular people are scared of hippies and goths. The geeks inherit earth!

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If something is cool I'm garunteed not to like it. Pretty much all classic rock is . If it's new and played on MTV, then it's cool. Simple as that.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Prog = Geek, not Cool



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      It depends how a person thinks.Some say prog is cool .Some say hip-hop is uncool

      Or contrary.       Try to define -word cool   What is it realy anyway?  

Frank Zappa,Pink Floyd,Yes,Genesis,Rush,King Crimson,Jethro Tull,E.L.P,Rick Wakeman -They have one similarity-    I Love Them all !
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I'd say it definitely wasn't cool at the minute; cool right now is sickeningly bad rap music, that's so overwrought in its depicition of heterosexuality that it's high camp, stupefyingly dull indie like Coldplay, Snow Patrol and punk rip offs like Franz Ferdinand. With rubbish like that around, I'm proud to be uncool...

Indeed, friends of mine get very agitated when I suggest bands like Radiohead and Muse utilise prog influences, which is an indicator of how much of an Aunt Sally it's become really, as it's been purged from history in a move that would make Stalin proud!

 
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Depends on what prog! Dream Theater or Magma
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Points: 28427 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:46
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Prog = Geek, not Cool

 

Yep Dream Theater or Magma, we're nerds.... and proud of it
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2005 at 20:03
The Thing is I think Dream Theater are cool and the coolest muso I can think of is Geddy Lee from Rush  ... as I said at the start of this topic ... isn`t it weird how what isn`t Cool  is Cool for not trying to be Cool  ? I believe its true ... trying to be cool like most rap and hip hop artists do ruins the validity of just what is cool  (cool to me is being natural and being who you are not trying to be somebody else or acting a part). So I think most of you are wrong about this subject  ... Sorry ... I can`t think of anything more uncool than to live my life and express my feelings how others want me to be, thats what mainstream  people do and its fake.    fake = uncool     

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It certainly isn't cool. But I'm more curious as to why it isn't well
respected either. Most musical genres that are more complex than
many listeners prefer (i.e. classical and jazz) are at least well
respected, whereas prog is frequently met with sarcasm and mild
scorn.

But hey, it used to be cool! That is back before people called it
'prog.' Jethro Tull and ELP used to be party music. Only back then it
was 'rock with some crazy flute guy' not the well-categorized 'prog-
folk' we call it.
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2005 at 20:35

Originally posted by AngleofRepose AngleofRepose wrote:

It certainly isn't cool. But I'm more curious as to why it isn't well
respected either. Most musical genres that are more complex than
many listeners prefer (i.e. classical and jazz) are at least well
respected, whereas prog is frequently met with sarcasm and mild
scorn.

But hey, it used to be cool! That is back before people called it
'prog.' Jethro Tull and ELP used to be party music. Only back then it
was 'rock with some crazy flute guy' not the well-categorized 'prog-
folk' we call it.

You are absolutely correct in your summarisation!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2005 at 22:13
Maybe the word Prog isn`t cool ? maybe we should call it Gangster Prog  how bad is that !  
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