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Harmonium 
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Joined: February 14 2005
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 Topic: Prog - Loving Girlfreind
Posted: February 16 2005 at 21:29 |
As for me, I'm the luckiest person on earth, I've got the most beautiful, loving, fun, intelligent and prog-loving girlfreind !  I love her so much !!! It's been almost a year that I'm with her and I'm so happy. I converted her to prog music and now she likes everything I like, except Ayreon, Glass Hammer, and Prog Metal
Imagine having a girlfreind who likes all the symphonic prog rock like Genesis, ELP, KC and Pink Floyd, All the neo-Prog stuff like IQ and Pendragon, All the 90's stuff like TFK and Spock's Beard and Even the weirder music like Italian Prog, Space Rock or krautrock ! She rocks ! 
I love you Marie-Eve 
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- Comme Un Fou, Tout Est Si Clair -
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tuxon
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Joined: September 21 2004
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Posted: February 16 2005 at 21:32 |
Well, Exil is a nice Nick for a girlfriend to have
Don't let her get away.
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I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT
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Harmonium
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Location: Canada
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Posted: February 16 2005 at 21:35 |
How many of you guy's girlfriend is a member on this forum ?? 
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- Comme Un Fou, Tout Est Si Clair -
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gdub411
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Posted: February 16 2005 at 21:45 |
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I'm gay so I do not have a girlfriend.
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Harmonium
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Posted: February 16 2005 at 21:54 |
Diversity is good 
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- Comme Un Fou, Tout Est Si Clair -
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Glass-Prison
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Joined: February 08 2004
Location: Canada
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Posted: February 16 2005 at 22:06 |
I'm just introducing her into prog...
She loves Dream Theater, and from that I've been trying to build on. I've been trying to show her the wall DVD but I've never got the chance. Rush she likes, I played her Opeth once, and she thought it was cool. The Mars Volta, on the other hand, is still a bit too experimental for her. I don't think she's ready for 21st Century Schizoid Man yet...
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Sun Tsu said: To fight and conquer in your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Sun Tsu: The art of War
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maani
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Joined: January 30 2004
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Posted: February 16 2005 at 22:09 |
Although I do not currently have a significant other, I was very fortunate in that both my first girlfriend (lived with for over 2 years, 1977-1979) and my ex-wife (lived with for about 6 years, 1981-1987) were both natural prog lovers.
My first girlfriend was into every single band that I was into, including eight of the nine "granddaddies" of prog (PF, KC, GG, Genesis, Yes, Moodies, Tull, ELP), as well as Zappa (we were well-known regulars at his annual Halloween concerts). She and I went to all eight Frippertronics shows (including one with Eno), and had a beer with Fripp and Eno after one of them. My ex-wife was also into all of those bands, and especially loved GG.
Indeed, so "spoiled" was I by both of them in this regard that I despair of ever being able to find a significant other (in this day and age...) who will share my musical tastes. Let's hope the "God of prog" will smile on me in this regard!
Peace.
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Emperor
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Joined: December 08 2004
Location: Russian Federation
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 01:21 |
It seems like my girlfriend really hates Progressive. Sometimes we even have scandals when I have attempts to play Pink Floyd or Genesis, for example (I even don't talk about KC or VDGG).
Maybe the only band she likes at times is Supertramp... As usual Elvira (my girlfriend) listens banal pop-music, but never does it when I'm at home...
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I Prophesy Disaster...
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Sean Trane
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Prog Folk
Joined: April 29 2004
Location: Heart of Europe
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 02:48 |
I get to make love (and sometimes to jump bones - or f$k like a beast) to prog if it is not to dissonant and disruptive. Henry Cow and Present are out during those times. 
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Syzygy
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 04:39 |
I've lived with the present Mrs Syzygy for 8 years now, and she's a classically trained musician and trained ethnomusicologist. She's not a huge prog fan, but she has got into odd bits of it - Gryphon, Gong and Gentle Giant all get a thumbs up, though she's indifferent to Yes, Genesis, ELP and Tull.
She can't stand Magma and isn't too keen on King Crimson, but she's been with me to concerts by both, and Guapo. If any of you are familiar with Captain Beefheart's 'Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles' that song pretty much sums the situation up from where I'm sitting.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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JrKASperov
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Joined: July 07 2004
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 05:51 |
My fiancé will yet be turned!
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Epic.
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Reed Lover
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 06:01 |
 Syzygy wrote:
I've lived with the present Mrs Syzygy for 8 years now, and she's a classically trained musician and trained ethnomusicologist. She's not a huge prog fan, but she has got into odd bits of it - Gryphon, Gong and Gentle Giant all get a thumbs up, though she's indifferent to Yes, Genesis, ELP and Tull.
She can't stand Magma and isn't too keen on King Crimson, but she's been with me to concerts by both, and Guapo. If any of you are familiar with Captain Beefheart's 'Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles' that song pretty much sums the situation up from where I'm sitting.
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Yuk.
I bet she's just vomited all over you after reading that!
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sigod
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Joined: September 17 2004
Location: London
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 06:05 |
I have a wife (although she loves it when I still call her my
girlfriend) who is very into music. She likes Talk, Talk, King
Crimson's Red, Nirvanna, Swell, The Cure (  ),
Air, Christophe (thats the re-invented French crooner from the
70's), Radiohead, etc. She likes the more avant garde stuff like the
Mars Volta but unfortunately, thinks that the rest of it (Genesis, Yes,
Dream Theatre, ELP, IQ, Flower Kings, etc) sounds too safe for her
tastes.
Naturally at this pont, I take some lighter fluid and set light to her wardrobe.
Edited by sigod
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Jim Garten
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Joined: February 02 2004
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 07:34 |
sigod wrote:
Radiohead, etc. |
But Radiohead aren't prog, surely
My wife loves prog (it took a little education, but we got there), but although Topographic Oceans is one of her favorite prog albums, she cannot watch Jon Anderson after seeing the 90125 tour film..... he is now referred to in our house as "the mincing tart"
Sorry Jon....
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sigod
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 07:50 |
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Alucard
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Joined: September 10 2004
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 09:11 |
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For her it is not so much a question of Prog as of Rhythm changes. She would like let's say, Horizons or another quiet peace but when it goes into 7/4 or similar stuff she first frowns and after 3 minutes she asks me to put on the headphones. Still we got a lot of Musical tastes in common but mostly in Jazz & Classics.
Edited by Alucard
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 10:16 |
It's touch and go. My wife really got into IZZ after seeing them last year. Some prog, the melodic more song oriented stuff wil work for her. I put on "Knots" from GG and she nearly pissed herself laughing.
At least she'll give it a go, but still refers to all you people as my prog-nerd friends.
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Blacksword
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Joined: June 22 2004
Location: England
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 10:34 |
gdub411 wrote:
I'm gay so I do not have a girlfriend. |
Do you have a prog loving boyfriend?
Or are you such a prog nerd that no one will go near you??
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Blacksword
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Joined: June 22 2004
Location: England
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 10:39 |
My girlfriend is a life long Rush fan - seen them more times than me 
She also likes some Genesis, and some Marillion and is greatly amused by Frank Zappa. She cant stand Yes and ELP. Refuses to go near Camel or VDGG!!
She's more of a metalhead at heart, and likes Metallica, Ozzy and Marilyn Manson..
She's in the right ball park, I guess..
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Azrael2112
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Joined: November 19 2004
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Posted: February 17 2005 at 10:55 |
My ex-girlfriend absolutly hated most of the stuff I listen to. She came up
with statements like Genesis sounded "gay" and what not. Well least to
say shes gone. Now I'm with someone else who appreciates it alot more. I
have converted her
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