Your progressive reactions
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Topic: Your progressive reactions
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Your progressive reactions
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 15:41
| Whad do you say to someone when he/she asks you: what's kind of music do you listen to? Is it worth saying "prog"? If yes, do you get irritated when he/she replies: what's that? Or you simply smile and say: it's a kind of food... Anything else about "progressive reactions" is welcomed... |
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 15:43
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I say prog then proceed to show them the wide range of music that can mean. So far only 5 people have asked me what music I listen to though, so I don't get a chance to show off the amazing music I listen to. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 20:50
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I'd say prog, but I don't get asked often.
I really don't expect people to know what I'm talking about so if I get blank stares its all good with me. ------------- 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: Mikerinos
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 21:57
Depends on the person asking and how I'm feeling at the time. Sometimes I give a vague, generic answer, sometimes I recite several of my favorite genres and usually get a bewildered response. Most people that I've talked to know what prog is, but they only associate it with a limited number of bands, usually Dream Theater and Rush.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Proletariat
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 22:03
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depends, If they are an openminded friend I say here and hand them an earbud from my Ipod, let the music do the talking. If I don't know them I say "crazy hippie sh*t" its true and they get interested, but are not really sure what to expect. ------------- who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 00:58
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"prog" is such a funny word to say out loud...I type it all the time but I just can't say it without giggling. If someone asked, I guess I'd say progressive music or just rock/classic rock. If it's someone who seems to care about music, I'll also talk about blues, folk, classical, and a little jazz as well. ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 10:54
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I just say a lot of crap that you`ve probably never heard of. Which is the case 99 % of the time.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 11:04
Same here. Saying "I listen to progressive rock/music" or "I like prog" will usually just yield blank stares. |
Vibrationbaby wrote:Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 11:47
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I find if I say Britney Spears, they just go away... ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 15:55
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"weird sh*t" ------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 16:14
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I go a little blank, and my eyes go very small and my lips go very firm and I start to perspire at an accelerated pace. When that turns out not to be sufficiently off-putting for the inquirer I tend to shout "G-REG LAKE-U~!" and run away as quickly as possible
------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 19:11
| Depends on my mood and the situation. Lately though I have gotten fed up with endless genres and subgenres, so from now on I'm just going to reply "music", or namedrop some very obscure band no one's ever heard of. |
Posted By: YesFan72
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 21:49
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"Good music." ------------- 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: December 21 2007 at 05:59
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I say "progressive rock". Most people my age doesn't know anything about it.
But some adults think that means that i like 80-90's Genesis&Yes
 Kind of pisses me off! |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 08:54
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I just say I listen to Jazz, Metal, Experimental music, and various 70's bands like Genesis, Yes and King Crimson. That's the best method I have come up with so far. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 10:02
| I just say Prog Rock, Metal and Alternative Rock. If they ask me what Prog is I'll do my best to explain until they either understand or get a glazed look in their eyes. |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 10:30
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While I'm way too old to care what people think of my taste in music anymore, if they give me a blank stare at the mention of prog rock I just say "it's okay, you wouldn't understand" and leave it at that. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 11:54
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I tell them I listen to anything that appeals to my ears. If they really want a conversation about it - which is not often - I will list some bands; some prog, some not.
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: January 01 2008 at 04:44
| I just say jazz and rock, that gives a random person a good enough impression. If I get to talking to the person more deeply and find out what they like more too then I'll get into the whole description of the prog scene. |