The Simpsons and Prog Rock
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Topic: The Simpsons and Prog Rock
Posted By: jampa17
Subject: The Simpsons and Prog Rock
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 17:42
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I guess Homer seems to be fan of Pink Floyd, and is though enough to hear some good prog metal... but in the other hand, Lisa has taste for the Jazz Fusion and that kind of things... So... I go for Homer... what do you think about it... enjoy...!!! ------------- |
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 17:47
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I'd say Lisa - she has better taste and more sense than anybody else in the whole Simpsons universe. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 17:52
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Homer is more into proto-prog and prog-related (The Who, for instance). We know Ned Flanders is a huge Beatles fan (They were bigger than Jesus). Smithers...he'd like Queen. Lisa is definitely into the Jazz Rock thing (why isn't Bleeding Gums Murphy in the database?) And Mr. Burns would not care for such a cacophonous racket...release the Hounds... of Love... ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 17:54
I'd probably go with Comic Book Guy. Worst...album...ever. 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:03
| Definitely Lisa. However I'm sure Flanders would appreciate christian rock. |
Posted By: Synchestra
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:12
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Homer did mention ELP once, and the Alan Parsons Project ('which I think was some sort of hovercraft') but not that hes a fan... I'll go with Lisa just because her love of jazz and classical (i think shes into classical...) could lead her into prog. ------------- 'Yeah, thats.. Whatever you're talking about for ya' - Zapp brannigan |
Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:14
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Flanders would be a fan Neal Morse and as Robert stated he loves The Beatles. Comic Book Guy seems like the best candidate while Lisa might also like it. ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:17
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Yeah Comic Book Guy, I think he might be an SC on this site too.
Worst review ever ... |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:17
Who?  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
TheCaptain wrote:Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:22
jajajaa... Smithers... sure... and Elton John... right...??? jajaja... nice...!!! ------------- |
Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:24
Jeez. Sorry Robert, I'm a bit out of it (read extremely tired and fried brain). ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:31
Comic book guy. He'd be all over Glass Hammer
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:33
Martin Prince apeared in Medieval costume singing "Thick as a Brick" while playing flute.
 The classical Prog nerd.stereotype.
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Posted By: White Shadow
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:38
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Hi. I'm White Shadow .You might remember me from such polls as "Favorite Bald Chapman Stick Player" and "Dream Theater Poll # 3447"
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:46
I think Flanders would dig Neal Morse. -------------  |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:48
Actually, I would probably say he wouldn't, because Neal Morse is not a Trinitarian.  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: guitargods2009
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 18:55
Bart's actually is a Dream Theater fan (season #14 episode #7) 
(you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't)
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Posted By: The Block
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 19:30
Bart I can defantly see liking DT, but since Lisa plays the sax I can see her liking symphonic stuff. -------------  |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 19:31
I think we're forgetting the tech/extreme and progressive metal fan: ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 19:32
Krautrock fan: ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 19:33
And RPI guru: ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 20:17
If anyone is interested there is a video of that episode here: http://video.filestube.com/video,0001cd6130bcac2103e9.html And by the way, Lisa does listen to jazz fusion, she mentions it in a number of episodes. -------------   
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Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 20:31
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Smithers blatantly,he's such a geek about everything.
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 20:33
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Re Martin: the real joke in that scene is that Martin is introduced as a flautist, but he never plays the flute, only recites Ian Anderson lyrics as poetry, it's a hilarious send-up.
The Moody Blues also make a great appearence in the Vegas episode. |
Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 20:45
| In one episode of The Simpsons Homer and Lisa go into a record store .. Homer goes over to the "Oldies" section and there's a few prog albums one is "Point Of Know Return" by Kansas |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 20:47
Yeah, Homer listens to/likes classic rock a lot. Can you see the irony of that? -------------
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Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 21:46
| Homer's college roommates are probably massive Yes fans. |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: October 07 2009 at 23:17
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In the last decade any attempt at continuity has been thrown out the window and the show has been pretty lousy overall so the following notes are in relation to the golden years (the 90s), with one or two exceptions
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- Smithers is more of a dance club, "It's Raining Men" fan
- Bart ~ "I was once a great drummer, but now I'm nothing, just like Phil Collins."
- Lisa would have to be a huge Jazz/Fusion fan
- Homer isn't all that picky and has at least sniffed around the edge of prog, though he's not aware of it
- I don't know that music figures into the Comic Book Guy's world, especially if there happens to be a Dr. Who marathon on
- Ned's more of a christian rock/country kinda guy other than the weird Beatles thing the writers splashed in there during this last, dark, decade
- Otto would be a prog metal fan without caring about the loose ties that bind his metal to prog
- both Sideshow Bob and Seymour Skinner are classical fans so their logic transition into rock would be through Symphonic Prog
A few likely answers:
- Martin Prince
- Professor Frink
- Benjamin, Doug, and Gary (Homer's nerd buddies from episode 1F02)
- Doctor Colossus (just a hunch)
- Hank Scorpio - if he is, in fact, as awesome as we all know he is -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: iguana
Date Posted: October 08 2009 at 03:23
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that elderly woman who plays the organ in church is a keyboard wizard! check out her interpretation of “in-a-gadda-da-vida“ (episode: “bart sells his soul“) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ9J1RfoYjQ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ9J1RfoYjQ ------------- progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false? |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: October 08 2009 at 04:48
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Definitely Comic Book Guy. Homer has a few classic mainstream prog albums tucked away somewhere, and Lisa sometimes dips a toe into jazz fusion, but that's probably about it (aside from Bart's flirtation with DT).
I suspect Smithers owns the complete works of Village People, Judy Garland and for more up to date sounds enjoys Rufus Wainwright. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: October 08 2009 at 06:19
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Best thread ever!
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Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: October 08 2009 at 10:37
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mmm... Milhouse seems to be enough geek to be a prog fan right...??? but he's so momy whomy that might be more in the Radiohead, Dredg or Porcupine Tree kind of music... right...??? ------------- |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: October 08 2009 at 10:42
Great thread!  I'd say Comic Book Guy |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: October 08 2009 at 11:16
One of those elusive prog-loving women we've all been wondering if they existed???
I can see these two talking about being Zappa groupies back in the day. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: TealFoxes
Date Posted: October 08 2009 at 14:23
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My personal favorite simpsons character might be able to find things in Trout Mask Replica that i haven't even found yet. 
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: October 08 2009 at 14:53
Mona Simpson (Homer's mom) is canonically a Jimi Hendrix fan. I also imagine that her old friends Seth and Munchie could be big fans of Ozric Tentacles.  ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: hagguhsem
Date Posted: October 31 2009 at 15:52
I've heard Lenny and Carl talking about Jethro Tull several times Hans Moleman is apparently a Metallica fan |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: November 01 2009 at 12:38
I distinctly remember Homer being a fan of the wild, shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner, the bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher and the competent drumming of Don Brewer.....
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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 21:52
I started listening to Grand Funk because of that!!
Lisa IS a free jazz fan so prog is probably too mainstream for her. Comic Book guy must be a prog fan for sure (Symphonic or Prog Metal)
Which was the Bart/DT episode , does anyone know?
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 22:04
admit it, we're all this guy: "Genesis similtaniously created and destroyed progressive rock. If it doesn't have a synthesizer in it I won't listen. Metal doesn't belong in progressive music. No good music was great after 1989, although the 80s was the worst. Musical. Decade. Ever." "oooh, I've wasted my life" |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: November 03 2009 at 22:24
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Definitely the comic book guy. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: The Block
Date Posted: November 08 2009 at 19:06
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Simpsons the band;
Lisa- Sax
Bart- Vocals
Comic Book Guy- Bass
Buss Driver- Guitar
Homer- Drums ------------- |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 09 2009 at 11:08
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Smithers, definitely. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: November 09 2009 at 11:11
A Queen fan right...??? jajaja... ------------- |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: November 09 2009 at 12:54
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Don't forget that in one episode, Bart is big HIP-HOP fan, admires it so much that he has various troubles because of it.
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Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: November 10 2009 at 15:49
Great Find! What a funny scene =) (And I dig that church organ) |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: November 10 2009 at 16:46
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http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Pranksta_Rap ------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: November 10 2009 at 19:09
ugh
man are the Simpsons awful now ------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: November 11 2009 at 01:39
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I don't have so much respect for Bart since I've saw this episode Man (of mystery) Lisa listening to Davis Miles, that's nice idea. ------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: November 11 2009 at 01:51
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Posted By: Marty McFly
Date Posted: November 11 2009 at 04:46
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Have somebody here played The Simpsons: Hit & Run ? When playing Bart character, you can notice music there, it's by my opinion casual rock that youngsters listens. Bart is average rock listener. ------------- There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu Even my |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: November 11 2009 at 16:40
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yeah... someone have mention that Bart say something of Dream Theater on season 12 right...??? who can reach that episode...??? ------------- |