"WE WERE ON A BREAK!!!"
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Topic: "WE WERE ON A BREAK!!!"
Posted By: E-Dub
Subject: "WE WERE ON A BREAK!!!"
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 16:37
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Last week I listened to my favorite disc of all time (Marillion's Brave) in the car and I didn't get that intense sensation I normally get. Which pretty much led me to believe that I've been too saturated with my favorite band lately. I've made a pact to not listen to any Marillion this week, and to not listen to Brave for a good long while. I normally listen to it once every week to every other week; however, after last week in the car, I really need to give it a rest on the CD tower for a bit.
What are your feelings as it pertains to progressive? E ------------- 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 16:38
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Though I don't really have a favorite band, I do feel the need to take a break from a band I'd listened to a lot at a certain time. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 16:41
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I don't like to over-listen to one album. You can grow sick of a great CD if you play it too much.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 16:44
| I'm not listening much to bands I've been into for a long time, principally Rush, Yes, and Dream Theater. Due to this site I've been exposed to so much prog that I prefer to listen to all my discovered bands (although today I did spin some Rush and DT). Among these new bands, however, some discs are running the risk of getting overplayed. I can and will get burned out on a band if this happens, and then they have to sit on the shelf for a while. |
Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 16:44
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Moderation ftw.
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 16:52
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ivansfr0st wrote:Posted By: Pneubauer
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 16:54
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^ Aahahaha! I love that picture of P.G. ... I used it as my msn display picture for a few months... ah... you just cant get cooler than Peter Gabriel. Now, the question. Yes, I do have to take a break from my favourite band every once in a while... I vowed to stop listening to Genesis for some time a while ago... it lasted for about a day or two... then I had to listen again... I think I'll try to stop again soon, not because I'm tired of them... just to see if I enjoy listening to it more after I've been starved for a week or two... |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 17:11
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It's weird, but I often go in spells of what I want to listen to, whether it be if I do or don't want to listen to a specific band, time period, genre, etc. It's like a weather forecast. I may have a favorite band, but that doesn't mean I always want to listen to them.
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Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 17:17
I sometimes think that I need a break from prog. I have many non-prog albums that I loved nearly as much as my favourite classic prog bands, but during the last year and a half I became obsessed with prog when I discovered many new prog bands I didn't know before (thanks to this site) and now I can't stop listening to prog. The only non-prog albums I have listened several times during this time have been the last efforts from Pearl Jam and Wolfmother. I think I need a break from this. But it's hard. Yesterday I tried to listen to Electric Warrior from T-Rex and I wasn't able to finish it, and listened to Pain Of Salvation once more. I need help! 
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Posted By: Paradox
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 17:21
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I make a point of not listening to one album many times in a short period. I did that once with an album and started to loathe it. There's a lot of good music out there so you can always satisfy the need ------------- 
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Posted By: tdreamer
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 17:42
| Sometimes I go a few weeks not listening to any prog. Then sometimes I listen to nothing else . I do find myself looking for new bands and sometimes buy albums I've never heard just to experiment which can sometimes be a mistake. |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 17:57
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For a long time, I was listening to nothing but prog. Now, I'm starting to weave other genres in there. Actually listneing to comedian George Carlin's Class Clown at the moment. Friggin' hilarious!
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Posted By: crucify_the_ego
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 18:06
I do the same  Whenever I buy new CDs, I don't let myself listen exclusively to the one that grabs my attention the most, I listen in sort of a rota for a few days before I allow myself to start listening selectively. |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 18:07
| I've been on a prog rush and it's too late to temper it. I know that in a month I'll be listening to metal exclusively, and then a few months after that I'll swing back towards prog. I tend not to burn out on albums; I usually like to give them a few concurrent listens. |
Posted By: Arnold Layne
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 18:30
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i just have prog cycles, for example my most listened to bands for about the last year and a half(since i discovered prog) have been Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Genesis, Van Der Graaf Generator, Pain of salvation, King Crimson,Pink Floyd, Rush, Van Der Graaf Generator... (im actualy listening to Van Der Graaf Generator right now) ------------- HELP! |
Posted By: imoeng
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 18:36
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You need a break for your favorite band.. right now im on a break from DT and listening to Marillion all the time ------------- http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spmiw7.jpg"> 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 18:42
Exactly. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 19:29
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I'm sick of music altogether right now.
------------- OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project) nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas) |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 20:19
Indeed. I never play albums like "Foxtrot" and "Crime of The Century" very often anymore, because I won't overplay'em. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 20:35
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I haven't heard KC for sometime now so my choice would be the first. I don't want to hate them so I stop listening to them for a while. The same for albums and even genres.
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Posted By: WillieThePimp
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 21:02
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I take breaks from Opeth, because it is really easy to overplay many of
their records. Although whenever I hear them from someone else I always
enjoy the moment. Other records that do not get too much play anymore. King Crimson - Red Paatos - Timeloss Anekdoten - Vemod Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Metallica - Ride the Lightning Frank Zappa - Hot Rats Genesis - Nursery Cryme Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick and The Passion Play ------------- You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 21:19
Same here! The only albums I really love and got tired of are Led Zeppelin II and...well I guess no other. But I am listening to ITCOTCK not as much as I used to, so it remains as good as I know it is. A cure for this is to constantly listen to different music and discover new bands...Im in that process right now, listening to Neuschwanstein for the first time...and WOW!!! I was really missing out! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: YYZed
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 21:27
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I've been taking a break from Pink Floyd recently. They are my favorite band, and will probably forever be, but I've just listened to them too much.
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 21:27
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I often take breaks, but it's not really intentional. I just start getting into something else. Then, I will pull out something that has been shelved for a while, and be into it. I really like having a large music collection, because I am constantly falling in love with my music all over again.
By the way E, I respect your opinion, and am going to give Hogarth one more chance. You say "Brave" is the one, eh? ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Ghandi 2
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 23:08
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I rarely listen to my favorite albums anymore. I listened to Atom Heart Mother recently, but other than that I can't remember the last time I listened to them, and it was still like I was playing the music in my head 30 seconds ahead of the actual album, and Pink Floyd are my favorite band. I usually don't even listen to an album every day, actually. ------------- "Never forget that the human race with technology is like an alcoholic with a barrel of wine." Sleepytime Gorilla Museum: Because in their hearts, everyone secretly loves the Unabomber. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 00:11
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I need a break from this Site you guys are all full of Manusha. Stop talking in circles. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 02:04
| As I have many favourite bands, for me it would be more of a break from my favourite records, so that I can get to listen again to those I have more or less neglected. Fortunately, many of my favourite bands are not prog (even though most of them are related, one way or the other), so it'll never come to pass that I need a break from prog altogether! |
Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: August 18 2006 at 11:21
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it's not so much a break from prog... i listen to many different - non rock, too- styles of music and sometimes i feel the need to listen to them too... |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: August 18 2006 at 11:29
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if you listen to the same stuff all the time sooner or later you will be looking for something different!
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Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: August 18 2006 at 11:56
I never grow tired of listening to my favorites, I am not a quitter!! ------------- DEATH TO FALSE PROG! |
Posted By: Legoman
Date Posted: August 18 2006 at 12:00
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Everytime I go on a break from prog I only start thinking about how much I love progressive music and this usually results in me spending 60 dollars on prog CDs. ... I guess I should go on breaks more often? |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: August 18 2006 at 12:13
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I tend to try and even out the amount I pla all my albums, obviously my favourit one's will get more play time but they only get played once a week, maybe twice as I try to listen to as many of my albums as I can.
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Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: August 18 2006 at 12:18
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I listen to a CD once, put it away for a few months and then come back to it. So I never get tired of anything. Got plenty of music to go through and a very short commute to work (4 miles one way and little traffic). Simple And yes I get the Friends reference in case no one else does  ------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
Posted By: Liquid Len
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 17:13
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With the exception of Selling England or The Lamb, both of which i CANNOT tire of, yes, I need a break occasionally. ------------- Can you tell me where my country lies? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 17:46
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can't ever get enough... but fortunate to have a rather large
collection of prog albums and wide range of tastes so I'm not sitting
around listenng to the same damn albums all the time.... Love Yes...
but probably been two months since I've listened to CttE.. not that I
need a break.. just lots of new stuff coming in coupled with old
favorites all the the prog spectrum.... more a fan of prog. .than
any one particular group...
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: xtopher
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 17:49
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I am absolutely incorrigible when it comes to the "that's enough of that" theory. I need breaks from my favorite groups, my favorite albums, and from prog altogether all the time. I usually have to push myself to listen to music. And if I listen to a beloved disc for more than four times in a month.... I usually can't listen to it anymore. The passion is just gone. So I have to pace myself. I never listen to music on a whim anymore; I always have to write down a list of albums that I feel I'm "due" to listen to. It's bad. I don't know what it is. I just have this tendency to get... bored by music. And losing your love for a favorite disc... that's just a tragedy. I kind of feel that way right now about DT's Images and Words... Last summer I just couldn't listen to anything else... and at the time it just really, really resonated with me emotionally. But whenever I listen to it again, I just can't feel the same. I still love the hell out of the album, but I just can't feel what I used to. And that's just a shame... You know, sometimes I just need silence. Just...no music for a while. Does anybody else feel the same? ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 17:52
silence is good for one thing and one thing only.... when your are trying to romance that special lady and having Magma going in the background might make her run screaming into the night.... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: xtopher
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 17:55
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 17:58
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Spoken from experience, mick?
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 17:59
that is of course unless you are lucky enough to score a broad who loves prog.. .then break out Magma's debut album and put on Stoah...... works every time ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 17:59
hmmmm... no comment ahhahaha ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 18:01
Then don't try with Thrak or Bboom, she well never talk you again and even if she talks with you forget about intimate moments.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 18:04
ahhahahah.... I don't even I'd go that far.... I like to 'shock and awe' but not to the poiint of drinking that bottle of wine all by myself  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 18:05
| For those moments of intamacy I suggest Vangelis' Oceanic |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 18:11
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hmmm.. .oh christ... thead hijacker Micky is in the house.. great albums for dazzling that special lady right out of her.... err.... senses yeah that's it hmm... damn... can't think of any... it's been too damn long... and I don't think Streisand albums will be a good recommendation for any of you all... oh well... try Yes... TFTO ... Yes works in all and all situations.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 18:15
| Well, I had a woman over last night and we listened to Porcupine Tree all night and she loved it. Then we went out dancing. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 18:16
yeah,but only if she's deaf,and in your case waving a white stick......
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 18:17
try not to wear your white Travolta suit when listening to Prog |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 18:20
No, I was one of those guys that sported with pride a DISCO SUCKS T-shirt.
We all have to make comprimises though once in a while.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 18:20
hahahha... I used to be single brother... deaf chicks are quite wild...don't knock it till you've tried it ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 19 2006 at 18:21
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Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: August 20 2006 at 08:47
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I guess it's pretty normal to stop listening to your favourite music from time to time.. how else would someone find the time to listen to something new? I have periods when I don't listen to any of my Marillion or Porcupine Tree releases for weeks and all of a sudden I get the urge to play some of it and I'm back in my marillion/pt loving period ------------- Interested in my reviews? You can find them http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=784 - HERE "...He will search until He's found a Way to take the Days..." |
Posted By: Beastie!
Date Posted: August 20 2006 at 10:04
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I definitely reached saturation point with Rush about a year ago. I used to listen to at least one full Rush album every day. Then one day it just started to feel like I was going through the motions. I gave it a rest for a while...and then I discovered Neal Morse and Spock's Beard. I am guessing I will probably OD on their music as well some time soon. When the new Rush album comes out I'll probably start delving back into the old back-catalogue again... ------------- What would Neil Young do? |
Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: August 20 2006 at 15:49
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I voted 'need a break from prog altogether', though that means, with me, only for about a week or so! I love my prog, and don't get tired of it. But I do agree you can listen to one band, or album, too much at times. That is why I have been playing some 'non-prog' music this last week, eg: Keane and Starsailor, both pop bands, but superior pop bands. Also been playing 'Masque' by The Mission a lot. A truly superb album, though it goes away from their goth origins quite a lot. Brilliantly diverse it is wonderful stuff. As I type this, however, I am listening to John Hackett's new album, with Moodi Drury, called 'Red Planet Rhythm'. Although I would call it more ambient/avant-garde, I suppose it is leading me back to prog again. |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: August 20 2006 at 18:00
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Once I held a CTTE break for about 1 month... It helped! ------------- 
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 20 2006 at 18:08
damn.. here's a thought instead of going back to same old crap...trust me the back catalog hasn't changed since the last time you got tired of it..... try something new... the root of progressive is 'progress' don't rot your brain for heavens sake man! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |