I personally like coldplay and got both of their albums. It is pretty far from prog and is generallt loved by fourteen year old girls but i like their music anyway. Although i prefer prog ofcourse i like to listen to it once in a while.

Erasure. They are a lot of fun, specially when I first saw a VHS concert of them... with the singer in a blue cowboy suit with the bottom showing everrything.

I also like Blackmore's Night A LOT, but I understand people who hate it. They can border kitsch sometimes.

Paco Fox wrote: I also like Blackmore's Night A LOT, but I understand people who hate it. They can border kitsch sometimes.

Hey, doesn't play in that band a guy who used to play guitar?  (I also like them, btw)

The most embarrasing? I don't know... maybe from time to time a musical by Andrew Lloyd Weber gets itself into the CD player, and I don't take it out from there... But generally speaking I'm rather proud of my wide musical tastes, even though my neighbours think I suffer from dissociated personalities...

the dragon wrote: Duran Duran

I can understand you feel emberaced

Abba

Madness

Cardigans

Smiths

Specials

Prefab Sprout

Scritti Politti

Ian Dury & the Blockheads

Hot Chocolate

Scott Walker

hang on I'm not embarrassed about ANY of this!!!!!!!

Chipiron wrote: I have a wonderful CD of heavy metal groups covering ABBA songs. It's really great and very, very funny.

I've also got it: Chiquitita really rocks!!!

the dragon wrote: Duran Duran

Yep, me too!

not to mention..

Japan
Depeche Mode
Haman League
Ultravox

Oh yes, and I love prog rock, That is generally regarded as pretty embarassing.

Blacksword wrote: Oh yes, and I love prog rock, That is generally regarded as pretty embarassing.

Now that you have pleaded guilty, I must also confess that I like part of the ELP catalogue. Please, please, don't beat me!!!

nacho wrote: Blacksword wrote: Oh yes, and I love prog rock, That is generally regarded as pretty embarassing. Now that you have pleaded guilty, I must also confess that I like part of the ELP catalogue. Please, please, don't beat me!!!

Dont worry, nacho. I have six ELP albums myself. I also have a stack of Genesis albums. It's society's crime, my friend, not ours...

Blacksword wrote: nacho wrote: Blacksword wrote: Oh yes, and I love prog rock, That is generally regarded as pretty embarassing. Now that you have pleaded guilty, I must also confess that I like part of the ELP catalogue. Please, please, don't beat me!!!   Dont worry, nacho. I have six ELP albums myself. I also have a stack of Genesis albums. It's society's crime, my friend, not ours...

Well i must say that i truly like all Genesis albuns.

When I started to listen to Genesis, I got into the Gabriel era.

Then I thought that Hackett made the difference wich took me to 1977.

After that I bought “Duke” and it blowed me away.

Nowadays I thing that the reason that I like Genesis a lot its because of those marvellous lines by Tony Banks, and so I find myself liking all Genesis albums, wich can be pretty embarassing, if you consider the popish side.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the likes of the abovementioned:

Blackmore's Night

Tears for Fears

Duran Duran

Depeche Mode

Now, ELP is a completly diferent story...  

Kotro wrote: There is absolutely nothing wrong with the likes of the abovementioned: Blackmore's Night Tears for Fears Duran Duran Depeche Mode Now, ELP is a completly diferent story...

Love Depeche Mode!  Seen them a few times. Great band.

samuel.jeronimo wrote: Well i must say that i truly like all Genesis albuns. When I started to listen to Genesis, I got into the Gabriel era. Then I thought that Hackett made the difference wich took me to 1977. After that I bought “Duke” and it blowed me away. Nowadays I thing that the reason that I like Genesis a lot its because of those marvellous lines by Tony Banks, and so I find myself liking all Genesis albums, wich can be pretty embarassing, if you consider the popish side.

I like them too and have always liked them, even if I prefer the Gabriel era (naturally). Instead of talking about "Gabriel era" vs "Collins era" it's sometimes more relevant to embrace the Banks & Rutherford era (1967 - 1997).

Mategra wrote: samuel.jeronimo wrote: Well i must say that i truly like all Genesis albuns. When I started to listen to Genesis, I got into the Gabriel era. Then I thought that Hackett made the difference wich took me to 1977. After that I bought “Duke” and it blowed me away. Nowadays I thing that the reason that I like Genesis a lot its because of those marvellous lines by Tony Banks, and so I find myself liking all Genesis albums, wich can be pretty embarassing, if you consider the popish side. I like them too and have always liked them, even if I prefer the Gabriel era (naturally). Instead of talking about "Gabriel era" vs "Collins era" it's sometimes more relevant to embrace the Banks & Rutherford era (1967 - 1997).

Hey Mategra,

So it is.

In Genesis i like the Banks & Rutherford era best!

I think it's about time I resurrected http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000070S1/qid=1117110323/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/103-8454742-2479030?v=glance&s=music - this ;

I don't actually like it, BTW - but these reviews are side-achingly funny. Read the early ones first - they're comic genius!

Certif1ed:

That is comic genius, I couldn't help but copy and paste that first one...

David is a pure genius, December 10, 2002

When I got home, Scruffy, my canine, was dead. He had been exposed to Song 4 and scrathed his own ears off. As he lay in a puddle of his own blood, I will never forgive myself for buying David Hankiman's CD...

patrick moraz's timecode: i "like" about 50% of the album!!

Er... I think you need to do a different search, Blackie - try "Oldest First"

Looking For the Best of, really is the best of Hasselhunk !!, July 23, 1999
Reviewer: A music fan
I bought this CD for my mom, and she LOVES it !!She plays it everyday !!I also like it a lot. David sounds very sexy singing in French and in German. His music is very refreshing and upbeat!! We plan to buy even more of his music, all that we can find !!!

The first notable p*** take was this;

A once in a Lifetime experience, June 13, 2001

Reviewer:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-glance/-/AEPGOOMZK99S0/1/ref=cm_cr_auth/103-8454742-2479030?%5Fencoding=UTF8 - The very epitome of musical godliness., June 20, 2001 Reviewer: A music fan Twice the ruggedness of mortal man, ten times the talent of any other artist, Hasselhoff dazzles on this CD. Every track has been plucked from the heavens and trembles with vigor and force. God Himself could not record as good a greatest hits album like this, and if He were to listen to all 17 tracks on this compilation, He would refrain from striking me down for blasphemy. The song "Hot Shot City" is particularly good.   and this classic - the first to change the name... Feel His Heat, February 21, 2002 Reviewer: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-glance/-/A13SWOMFN4RN3L/1/ref=cm_cr_auth/103-8454742-2479030?%5Fencoding=UTF8 - David’s nearly 1-octave range is stretched to the limit over the goat-rutting effervescence of "Do the Limbo Dance", while the nuances of the subtle but effective “Wir Zwei Allein” will warm the cockles of even the staunchest old-school S&M fascist. When you hear the dulcet pounding of "Danice Dance d'Amour" you can be almost positive that you are listening to a displaced expatriate who probably spoke English as his first language. And don’t let anyone fool you, "Flying on the Wings of Tenderness" doesn’t really sound too much like a rhino in heat. But his naughty-schoolgirl-spanking cover of "The Best Is Yet to Come" certainly does. The song "Hot Shot City” is particularly good. And it sounds a lot like that fab tune "Feel My Heat" by Dirk Diggler. Posted By: MorgothSunshine Date Posted: May 26 2005 at 09:35 Kingdom Heirs (very embarassing!) and also Sepultura, Death, Gorefest, Cannibal Corpse...etc... but i'm not embarassed of ------------- For every truth even the contrary is true... Posted By: kingofbizzare Date Posted: May 26 2005 at 10:33 The Bee Gees (and most disco in general) Neil Diamond Earth, Wind & Fire Posted By: BaldJean Date Posted: May 30 2005 at 14:13 I admit I am a fan of Hawkwind, although their music is basically very simple. But somehow it gets through to me. ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta Posted By: Moogtron III Date Posted: May 30 2005 at 14:29 Neil Diamond: Jonathan Livingston Seagull and The Jazz Singer. Posted By: TheProgtologist Date Posted: May 30 2005 at 19:29 I'm not embarrased by it,but some music I like that isn't inline with my prog tastes is R&B.Marvin Gaye,Sam Cooke,Jackie Wilson,Otis Redding.Love it. ------------- Posted By: Jim Garten Date Posted: May 31 2005 at 08:01 Soft Cell Jeez, isn't there a smaller font I can use?? ------------- Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 Posted By: samuel.jeronimo Date Posted: May 31 2005 at 08:47 Moogtron III wrote: Neil Diamond: Jonathan Livingston Seagull and The Jazz Singer. I like "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" too! ------------- http://www.jeronimosamuel.no.sapo.pt - SAMUEL JERONIMO Posted By: nacho Date Posted: May 31 2005 at 10:07 Jim Garten wrote: Soft Cell Jeez, isn't there a bigger font I can use?? Posted By: Jim Garten Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 03:11 ***runs away and hides under bed*** ------------- Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 Posted By: Guests Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 19:26 My most embarrasing piece of music is admitting to having a Genesis album in my collection....usually they are only used for insomniacs...and even then................... Posted By: pvaz Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 22:53 Having some of the later Genesis albums in my collection(anyone want them?). I also like REM, Automatic For The People is a great album. Evanescence, great keyboard/guitar combo, and great voice, but a little lacking in the prog department Finally Coldplay, like Evanescence has a great keyboard(just listen to Clocks), but I think there're talented enough that they could be a great prog group if they wanted to be; curse progs lack of popularity these days, I want the 70s back! I do have to agree with the person who was 'embarresed' by prog, when mentioning prog to my friends I usually have to follow with a list of 50 bands before they recognize even one. ------------- Now there's no more oak oppression, For they passed a noble law, And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe, and saw. Posted By: bluetailfly Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 23:03 The Archies ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." Posted By: Cygnus X-2 Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 23:34 I admit I am a big fan of Ska. It's not that bad, really. I mean Goldfinger, Reel Big Fish, Suburban Legends, it's all good. ------------- Posted By: Falso Indígena Date Posted: June 02 2005 at 23:56 TOXIC, by Britney Spears, by far! Posted By: Soul Reaper Date Posted: June 03 2005 at 14:21 System of a Down I like the eccentricness of it ------------- "What's the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?" Posted By: Soul Reaper Date Posted: June 03 2005 at 14:24 the americanized Whitesnake. I really like that 1987 album. I really like hair metal ------------- "What's the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?" Posted By: marktheshark Date Posted: June 05 2005 at 00:08 I like a lot of different types of music. But as far as embarassing goes, I can only come up with 3: Abba The Monkees Yanni (only his live stuff. Is he prog?) Posted By: undefinability Date Posted: June 05 2005 at 07:47 Well, I wouldn't necessarily say I'm embarrassed, but a lot of classical and baroque artists are continuously finding themselves locked inside my head, such as Bach, Tchaikovsky, and Mozart for the main ones. Vivaldi, also, but not as much. And I don't know if it's valid or not, but stand-up comedy is another top one for me. Comics such as Bill Hicks, George Carlin, and Lewis Black (not as much) are ones I usually listen to when I'm not in the best of moods. ------------- "Don't listen to me." [IMG]http://www.freewebs.com/shahath/shadowid.jpg"> Posted By: Jared Date Posted: June 05 2005 at 11:15 I've got a 'Blind Guardian' album in my collection.. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson Posted By: Ed_The_Dead Date Posted: June 05 2005 at 11:29 Falso Indígena wrote: TOXIC, by Britney Spears, by far! OW MY GOD  I thought its inpossible to like prog and a song by britney at the same time And I love KoRn, if some of You think its embaressing ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> Posted By: nacho Date Posted: June 05 2005 at 11:54 fandango wrote: I've got a 'Blind Guardian' album in my collection.. I wouldn't be worried about that: I've got ALL of them...   Posted By: palaceflophouse Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 02:25 Don't ask me why, but I'm a sucker for "The Crash Test Dummies: and "Men Without Hats." Oh boy....glad I got that off my chest. ------------- - Matt P. Posted By: Bj-1 Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 09:42 Genesis - 'Abacab' and 'Genesis' I actually like them a bit, but both are just trash in comparison to Foxtrot I also enjoyed Steve Hackett's 'Cured'. All of them are 3/5 albums. Posted By: Guests Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 17:08 im ot embarresed but the sex pistols the dead kennedys( i kill children and to drunk to f$%#) rancid nirvana the rotaways sorry thats a local band Posted By: Lindsay Lohan Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 03:56 hmm the worst band i could imagine anybody liking must be Village people...anybody that want to admit liking them Posted By: MikeEnRegalia Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 14:41 Any Tom Waits. His voice really scares people. They stare at me in disbelief ... ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: Posted By: WillieThePimp Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 11:08 Propaghandi (sp?) - very hateful, down with everything,  punk. Nickelback - My sister had it playing while I was doing yard work the other day and I started doing air guitar motions. ------------- 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: WillieThePimp Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 11:10 And as for Blind Guardian, one of my favorite bands. (Nightfall in Middle Earth especially, I know almost all the songs and rambuncious guitar solos) ------------- 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: Moogtron III Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:38 samuel.jeronimo wrote: Moogtron III wrote: Neil Diamond: Jonathan Livingston Seagull and The Jazz Singer. I like "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" too! Well, it IS a good album, let's be honest  . Posted By: Ed_The_Dead Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:52 maidenrulez wrote: hmm the worst band i could imagine anybody liking must be Village people...anybody that want to admit liking them Y M C A !!!!!!   ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> Posted By: MikeEnRegalia Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 13:31 pvaz wrote: Evanescence, great keyboard/guitar combo, and great voice, but a little lacking in the prog department Finally Coldplay, like Evanescence has a great keyboard(just listen to Clocks), but I think there're talented enough that they could be a great prog group if they wanted to be; curse progs lack of popularity these days, I want the 70s back! I do have to agree with the person who was 'embarresed' by prog, when mentioning prog to my friends I usually have to follow with a list of 50 bands before they recognize even one. The Gathering is like an improved version of Evanescence (and more than that: they did it first). And Muse is an improved version of Coldplay. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: Posted By: Manunkind Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 16:11 I'm not embarassed by any music I listen to, but I am emabarassed by the names of many bands (also prog bands) I like and their lyrics. ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun Posted By: memowakeman Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 16:59 mmm.... placebo maybe and nelly furtado ja ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman Posted By: Hammill Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 21:02 well i have to admit that i really enjoy listening to 80s pop/disco like bonnie tyler, alphaville, modern talking and roxette, well nobody's perfect right?  ------------- Posted By: gleam Date Posted: June 19 2005 at 14:45 My guilty pleasures are the best of the "Carpenters" and "Bread". So there. Posted By: TLZ* Date Posted: June 19 2005 at 15:01 Soul Reaper wrote: System of a Down I like the eccentricness of it System of a Down isn't emberassing! They even got what you can call progressive tendencies. First of all, they progress for each album, taking basis in a mix of thrash metal and alternative they're influenced by everything from armenian folk music to black metal. They're even mentioned in ProgArchives definition of progmetal: ProgArchives wrote: In recent years, the most commercially viable category of prog has been progressive metal. These bands are usually happy to be known as progressive, and produce very long pieces and concept albums. Several of the leading bands in the prog-metal genre (particularly Dream Theater) cite pioneer progressive hard-rockers Rush as a prime influence. Meanwhile, other heavy metal bands not generally considered prog-metal, such as System of a Down, have nevertheless incorporated prog-influenced elements like bizarre shifts in time signatures and tempo in their music. I actually saw them 2 days ago here in Norway, they rocked! Even though I had high expectations they still really impressed me, they was much better than what I've seen on video clips. Improved, or shall we say, progrssed. My favorite band of all times, the band that got me really interested in music. I recomend everyone to check their stuff out. On Topic: I'm not really embarassed by listening to anything at all, but I guess most people think I _should_ be emberassed when I listen to Lene Marlin. She's a pop-artist here in Norway, I only like her debut album thogh. Posted By: coffeeintheface Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 23:37 What's embarrassing about liking different types of music? I mean a lot of today's music is manufactured and crappily done, but if it makes you feel good and has a great beat , what's wrong with that? It's like "Don't shoot the messenger" only the other way around, like "Don't shoot the message." I listen to bands like Meshuggah , King's X, and Dream Theater, but I also enjoy Three Days Grace's album a lot. Sure it's painfully simple and not very thought out, but it has fantastic hooks abound everywhere that I enjoy; I think people who are asking about music you're embarrased to listen to are snobs who have too much time on their hands, unfortunately a large number of prog fans are unbelievably narrow-minded and arrogant. It's a pity. ------------- OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project) nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas) Posted By: Grimm Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 00:40 John Denver. And Kiss.       ------------- Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be or seem to be self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time. Posted By: IDDQD Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 11:57 I don't listen to any bad music. Proof: http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/BimLanders/ Perhaps Eno winning by so much is a bit embarrasing. But he's pretty much tops with me. OKAY, and "Final Fantasy" in the top ten is rather silly too. Posted By: Teaflax Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 13:14 Moribund wrote: Abba Madness Cardigans Smiths Specials Prefab Sprout Scritti Politti Ian Dury & the Blockheads Hot Chocolate Scott Walker hang on I'm not embarrassed about ANY of this!!!!!!!   Well, for ABBA, maybe you should be - but Prefab Sprout and Scott Walker are five-star artists. Posted By: grandoleopry Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 00:57 Johnny Mathis. Posted By: GoldenSpiral Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 15:41 Anyone remember a band from the mid-90's called the Presidents of the United States of America? ...yea, I have all 3 of their albums.  they rock. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon Posted By: sideways Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 11:15 Like the above folks said...Im not ashamed...but I do scratch my head sometimes wondering.."How did this happen?" War of the Worlds 2 album set, narrated by Richard Burton Macarthur Park by Richard Harris (I think) Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez ------------- "Who would wish this on our people?..And proclaim that his will be done" Sacrificed Sons - Dream Theater Posted By: MikeEnRegalia Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 11:24 GoldenSpiral wrote: Anyone remember a band from the mid-90's called the Presidents of the United States of America? ...yea, I have all 3 of their albums.  they rock.  Do you know Cake? Awesome band, really good humour! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: Posted By: Snow Dog Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 11:39 Progressive Rock! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> Posted By: NetsNJFan Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 14:27 I like VDGG, but they embarass me, mainly because Hammill is so over the damn top melodramatic, hes embarassing.  I just find him very overblown most prog i can listen too with other people but not VdGG at all, (or GG's "Knots" ) ------------- Posted By: GoldenSpiral Date Posted: July 05 2005 at 13:22 MikeEnRegalia wrote: GoldenSpiral wrote: Anyone remember a band from the mid-90's called the Presidents of the United States of America? ...yea, I have all 3 of their albums.  they rock.  Do you know Cake? Awesome band, really good humour! Of course I know Cake!  Fashion nugget was one of the first cd's I ever bought ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon Posted By: Guests Date Posted: July 05 2005 at 14:02 I like some spanish, latin singers and bands, maybe because i am spanish born and raise in the dominican Republic, it is very  embarresing with the latin music world these days. In my opion, most of latin artirst  are really  sell out and make very thrashy music. the worst of them all what save it is the lyrics which it ok americans bands that i am embarres maddona ray of light is her best work ever the cars the hits tears for fears  the hits and some 80's stuff thank god i do not like duran duran any more i think there so gay and thrashy.