Farewell to Prog Rock

Henry Plainview wrote: I hate to be blunt (that is a lie), but you have 25 posts: do you really think your presence on this site warrants a DRAMATIC GOODBYE thread? Although, I've mostly been listening to jazz these days. And when I do listen to prog, it's almost never "classic prog", most of which I've found very disappointing upon revisiting... :(

I think he missed the "Annoucing the departure" thread that I specifically set up to wean these people off their ego.

I've decided to leave my prog rock & rock music collections aside for ever. I will now listen exclusively to the music from which all music has sprouted from - yes Neo-lithic (not neo prog) music. After stumbling upon some articles re : the earliest noted compostions on rock wood and head, I have found that nothing that came after that satisfies that primal need all primates have.
So attached to this now & never ever  non-existant music that if  I could, I would start a pre-historic archives, but due to the nature of pre-history, there is nothing to archive.
So once I have nothing included on the site, I would, for all intents and purposes, have everything ever released or written about this primieval music.
So it is with glee in my eye, and beer in my stein that I bid you all a dollar for your thoughts, and hope that someday we can find out the name of the ape who wrote that first note, and how long it took them to find all but that one lost chord.
Ah, so much to do, and so little to do it with ....


Edited by debrewguy - December 18 2008 at 13:49

^WHOSE ego Db?

debrewguy wrote: I've decided to leave my prog rock & rock music collections aside for ever. I will now listen exclusively to the music from which all music has sprouted from - yes Neo-lithic (not neo prog) music. After stumbling upon some articles re : the earliest noted compostions on rock wood and head, I have found that nothing that came after that satisfies that primal need all primates have. So attached to this now & never ever  non-existant music that if  I could, I would start a pre-historic archives, but due to the nature of pre-history, there is nothing to archive. So once I have nothing included on the site, I would, for all intents and purposes, have everything ever released or written about this primieval music. So it is with glee in my eye, and beer in my stein that I bid you all a dollar for your thoughts, and hope that someday we can find out the name of the ape who wrote that first note, and how long it took them to find all but that one lost chord. Ah, so much to do, and so little to do it with ....

you could make some recordings of how it may have sounded and release it as Neolithic Gold; " includes the hits 'Earthworm For Your Thoughts', 'Rock You, Rock Me', and 'Leaves & Stuff' "

I too had my classical phase and had a period of classical discoveries and built an impressive collection, but always went back to prog..I even dabbled in world music most specifically african which i find to be very energetic, melodic, richly varied and powerful, but again found my way back to prog easily,..(how can I not listening to the intro of poseidon creation, or discovering many great new bands and music??)..see the thing with most progsters is, unlike fans of different genres, we tend to appreciate and enjoy other  music..I still occasionally listen to classical, african , some jazz and other genres but deep down i will always be a progster..  

I say let's pass around a hat for the guy's Celine Dion fund. She won't certainly . She only made 90 million dollars this year. Maybe we should pass around a hat for her?

Edited by Vibrationbaby - December 19 2008 at 04:31

Atavachron wrote: debrewguy wrote: I've decided to leave my prog rock & rock music collections aside for ever. I will now listen exclusively to the music from which all music has sprouted from - yes Neo-lithic (not neo prog) music. After stumbling upon some articles re : the earliest noted compostions on rock wood and head, I have found that nothing that came after that satisfies that primal need all primates have. So attached to this now & never ever  non-existant music that if  I could, I would start a pre-historic archives, but due to the nature of pre-history, there is nothing to archive. So once I have nothing included on the site, I would, for all intents and purposes, have everything ever released or written about this primieval music. So it is with glee in my eye, and beer in my stein that I bid you all a dollar for your thoughts, and hope that someday we can find out the name of the ape who wrote that first note, and how long it took them to find all but that one lost chord. Ah, so much to do, and so little to do it with .... you could make some recordings of how it may have sounded and release it as Neolithic Gold; " includes the hits 'Earthworm For Your Thoughts', 'Rock You, Rock Me', and 'Leaves & Stuff' "

Well , I've been doing a lot of googling to see if I can't find any sheet music for " Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrghhhh!",
"Xengbutergin", and perhaps the first hit single "ow my head".

debrewguy wrote: The T wrote: ^WHOSE ego Db? Those who feel the need to announce that they have left and why they went, including why they came back and had to tell us, after they noticed no one noticed.

+ 10

This guy's making a big announcement out of the fact that he is going through a different phase right now musically? Really? I thought he was going to say that the governments of all the countries were ordering all prog records outlawed, and shjooting prog-heads on site, or something. "Farewell to Prog Rock"? More like "I'm in a classical mood at the moment, so I'll be hanging out here less".

KingBarbarossa wrote: p0mt3 wrote: This guy's making a big announcement out of the fact that he is going through a different phase right now musically? Really? I thought he was going to say that the governments of all the countries were ordering all prog records outlawed, and shjooting prog-heads on site, or something. "Farewell to Prog Rock"? More like "I'm in a classical mood at the moment, so I'll be hanging out here less".   I once had a friend like this. One week he would proclaim that Tool were the best musicians in the world, then the next week he was selling all of his tool shirts and he started listening to hardcore metal. Why do these types of people feel like they can only enjoy one style of music at a time? I've never understood it.     Maybe it's just me . . . ? I'll go now . . . *slunks away* i think you did not quite read my original post and the the follow-up which is a little further down in the thread.  :-) i guess for many people there are "phases" and i have mine too. but i did not write about a phase. it is about the journey of discovering one own's truth, delving deeper into your own being, finding more about who you are. nor did i say i would have lost any level of appreciation for other styles. it really is not about a style...