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    Posted: October 15 2010 at 10:51
Why you like the music you do? I've recently fallen in love with Kayo Dot, and I'm having a hard time justifying to my friends how I can listen to one or their albums and find something beautiful in them. I've tried explaining that it's just more complex or that they just weren't willing to give it a chance, but that makes me come across pretentious. I can't explain why Toby Driver's music is so incredible; it just is for me. I don't seek justification for liking this music, but rather just something to tell them that doesn't make me come across pretentious.

Also, I suppose this applies to progressive music in general.
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^ I think that explains it. LOL

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Edited by Slartibartfast - October 15 2010 at 11:14
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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I have a complex system of spreadsheets, charts and Venn diagrams explaining why I like the music I do vis-a-vis its basic audio characteristics and historical context.

No, just kidding. I just go by my ears.
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dont really know where I'm going with this...but How Do YOU explain..the Fall of Civilization..a song by Steve Howe on his "Grand Scheme Of Things" cdConfused
 
what is hard is trying to explain Nektar's 7/8 meter and tempo changes and,of course, their trademark modulations, to a first time listener..like when you play "recycled" or even "future" to a first time listener..and they're like WTF?Thumbs DownStern Smile
 
maybe they'll get it after the twentieth listenBig smile

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if you can explain why you like it, you don't really like it (i hope this doesn't make sense only to me). If you give a reason you are creating conditions, so if you listen to any other music with those conditions you would feel forced to like it, thats what people who like pop often do like "if it's on the top i like it" and also what some people do with under music like "I like it because it's obscure". I'm always trying to learn how to make a difference between something i like and something I don't without giving any reasons, maybe thats just me....
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Originally posted by Epyros Epyros wrote:

if you can explain why you like it, you don't really like it

I veer to the other extreme, if I CAN'T explain why I like it, maybe I don't really like it at all and will someday grow out of it.  Why should it have to do only with fitting into peer groups as you seem to suggest?  I have some strong preferences in music and I mean very broad things like the handling of melody, sophisticated (read jazz) use of bass and so on (and not just genre preferences like prog-70s prog-symph prog etc) and I like it when the music that I listen to fits into these boxes AND is done well at that, above all.  Now, what is "well" may be subjective but it's definitely a better articulated statement than saying "I like it because I like it" which means next to nothing.     
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I like Prog because...it keeps me guessing. I get bored with music easily, but there's still hundreds of older bands I haven't heard. It makes me excited.
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To me, it comes down to only only little thing:"You like it because you like it", it appeals to you and it satisfies your taste, emotions, fulfills you, etc.
you don't need a specific reason to like something, music in this case, and certainly don't need to explain it, nor does anybody else. I guess is part of being human.
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The answer should lie in all the (3,)4 and 5 star reviews on this site
 
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Edited by kenethlevine - October 15 2010 at 16:07
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I don't. I just tell them that I think it's beautiful and/or fun to listen to (as in: it's an experience which I would be happy to be put through again), because I think those are the two elements I value most in music. There is no music I really like which can't be put into one of these categories.
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Originally posted by Manuel Manuel wrote:

To me, it comes down to only only little thing:"You like it because you like it", it appeals to you and it satisfies your taste, emotions, fulfills you, etc.
you don't need a specific reason to like something, music in this case, and certainly don't need to explain it, nor does anybody else. I guess is part of being human.

Yeah! No reasons or explanations needed. Thumbs Up
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Hi,
 
Gotta give Snow Dog some credit here ... he has empty space in his reply (it's what I can see from here) and it is just about the size I needed to explain it ... but decided ... that the best reply is already there.
 
Well done Snow ... yeah ... sometimes silence is golden!


Edited by moshkito - October 15 2010 at 18:40
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Hi,
 
Gotta give Snow Dog some credit here ... he has empty space in his reply (it's what I can see from here) and it is just about the size I needed to explain it ... but decided ... that the best reply is already there.
 
Well done Snow ... yeah ... sometimes silence is golden!

Actually it should be a video clip of The Who's "Can't Explain". Don't know why you can't see it.

So I can't take the credit and the praise unfortunately.Embarrassed
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I think only your subconscious self knows the answer.
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Originally posted by michellemjk michellemjk wrote:

I think only your subconscious self knows the answer.

Which means you should probably go to sleep and try to remember whatever your mind does while you are sleeping.
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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you have to be in certain moods to enjoy an album

To me, the moods for Jimi Hendrix are close to the moods for Zeppelin, but I can't listen to Ayreon in the same moods
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Brain chemistry?  Whimsy?  My completely inappropriate physical response to Hammond organs?

I AM an obscurity nut, that much I will confess.  But as to why prog ate my brain...it was a gradual process, much like a symbiotic infection.  Progressive rock makes me feel very warm and content and excited and dynamic; listening to it is essentially like a mouse repeatedly pressing the pleasure button.
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