is Progressive Rock Cool ? Poll
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Topic: is Progressive Rock Cool ? Poll
Posted By: Guests
Subject: is Progressive Rock Cool ? Poll
Date 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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Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 06:44
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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! |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 12:46
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I like it, so therefore it is cool ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Deliriumist
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 12:54
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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. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 13:10
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Prog = ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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, not 
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 13:17
NO, NO ,NO, NO
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 13:25
| Prog is ANYTHING but cool. |
Posted By: Peace Frog
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 13:26
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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! ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 13:38
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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Posted By: Violenza
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 13:49
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Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: Genesisprog
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 14:35
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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 ! |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 15:45
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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
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, 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!Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 16:36
Depends on what prog! Dream Theater or Magma  ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 19:46
Yep ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Dream Theater or Magma, we're nerds.... and proud of itPosted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 20:03
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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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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 20:17
^ ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 20:25
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Posted By: AngleofRepose
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 20:25
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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. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 20:35
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You are absolutely correct in your summarisation! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 22:13
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Maybe the word Prog isn`t cool ? maybe we should call it Gangster Prog how bad is that !
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 23:44
------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Batman
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 23:45
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Of course it is cool! When I wear my "Fragile" shirt, I can't keep the hot babes away! Seriously though, I never hear people describe prog as uncool, because most of the people I know don't know enough about prog to decide if it is cool or uncool. ------------- 
you can never have too much Phil Collins! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 26 2005 at 23:57
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Cool isn`t what others think of you ... its more about how you see yourself As Genesis once said ... I Know what I like and I like what I know ... now to me this is cool the question was asked what do you think ? not what others think ... |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 05:12
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Votes have been counted ... so far it look as though prog isn`t cool
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 06:11
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It all depends on your perspective. I find music for the masses, the stuff on MTV, to be uncool yet nothing is cooler to me than a good pro album. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 09:35
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It really depends:
If a cool person likes prog, then it's cool. Think of some cool hippie chick that likes prog - thats cool. If a "not cool" person likes prog, then its not cool. Think of some fat annoying geek that likes prog - thats not cool.
ha! ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 10:12
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Cool! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 10:13
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Its ok, its actually "cool" to be "uncool"! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 11:15
Haha I guess it also depends on what the word cool means to people. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: November 27 2005 at 19:11
Well.. I feel cool when someone tells me what am I listening and I say
Genesis or Camel and they don't know what am I talking about. And its
true that being uncool makes you cool, I say it on tv 
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