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Besides Prog, What's Your Favorite Genre?

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Topic: Besides Prog, What's Your Favorite Genre?
Posted By: akajazzman
Subject: Besides Prog, What's Your Favorite Genre?
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 18:31
MEP's post about how to say "genre" got me wondering what you guys listen to when its not Prog?
 
Prog is my favorite genre of all types of music, but I do enjoy reaching for eveything from Suicidal Tendencies to Karlheinze Stockhausen.   
 
And I won't say SpaceRock or some sub-genre (sub-sub genre?) of Prog.
 
So, when I'm not playing Prog I probably reach for indie.alternative type music the most (from older Huseker Du/Replacements to newer Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Decemberists)  and after that probably "Classic Rock."  But I say that in the most positive way possible.  Classic Rock radio playing the same (great) songs over and over I find very stuck in the mud.  But many of those same bands' other songs are still fresh to my ears AND some of them are still putting out great music (Neil Young, Springsteen, Allman Bros)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 18:40
I'm torn between heavy metal and jazz, but considering only the ammount of albums I have my answer is heavy metal.

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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 18:47
prog isn't a genre of music


Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 18:48
20th century concert music and pop are the bests.

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Posted By: Tursake
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 18:48
Mmm, I consider almost all the music I listen to be prog rock. So... Uhh... Well, I'll say heavy metal.

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Posted By: Nathaniel607
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 18:50
Meh. Prog is sort of overwhelming in my ratios, but I try to listen to some Jazz (as in, non "fusion" jazz), rock, metal and trying to get into classical. Also, some electronic music - mainly chiptune. Some nice pieces in that genre. 

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Posted By: akajazzman
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 18:54
CCVP I love an answer like that.  Metal and Jazz!    Diversity really is the spice of life.   And I really believe the ability to accept other forms of music as valid helps keep your mind open.  Thats why I've always had a bit of a problem with Wynton Marsellis  (sp?) because he thinks Jazz is simply "better" than Rock.  No argument.


Posted By: JonteJH
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 18:55
Waaaaaaaaait, there is another genre than prog?...... LOL

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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 18:56
Indie, Jam, Metal, Rock, Other











Posted By: akajazzman
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 19:02
Ha, thats why I sort of referred to SpaceRock as a sub-sub-genre, because I knew someone would chime in on this "technicality".   Yes, Blues is a genre.  Jazz is a genre.   Rock is a genre, so Prog I suppose is a "sub-genre".   Of course now I'm waiting for those that will say:
 
1.  Prog Rock advanced enough to call it its own genre
2.  The various styles in Prog are too diverse and different to even call it a genre
3 and then my favorite, "why do you have to label it, its all "music" to me"
 
I really hope the conversation doesn't go this direction.  Lets just say, what music do you listen to that you won't find commonly referenced on PA?


Posted By: akajazzman
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 19:03
ClapLOL


Posted By: Ixirn
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 19:07
I guess it depends on if you're talking about prog as a very specific genre or everything with some degree of prog elements, as in everything that is listed on the site. If we use the broader definition I mainly besides prog listen to heavy metal and hip hop, with some trips into the lands of jazz and alternative country (Slim Cessna's Auto Club rocks!).


Posted By: akajazzman
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 19:13
"Meh. Prog is sort of overwhelming in my ratios, but I try to listen to some Jazz (as in, non "fusion" jazz), rock, metal and trying to get into classical. Also, some electronic music - mainly chiptune. Some nice pieces in that genre.  "
 
<Man, I'm clearly PA challenged, and after 100 posts still can't quote/copy/reply properly. >
 
ANyway, its cool to see three people now mention jazz and metal.   I used to hang out on a AOL jazz site and "metal" was list spit to so many of them.   It was not music to their ears.  Maybe its just me, but I think Prog lovers in general have the most open ears to different types of musics.  I have a lot of theories on that, but will leave that to another thread (oh no sorry)
 
 


Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 19:18
Originally posted by akajazzman akajazzman wrote:

CCVP I love an answer like that.  Metal and Jazz!    Diversity really is the spice of life.   And I really believe the ability to accept other forms of music as valid helps keep your mind open.  Thats why I've always had a bit of a problem with Wynton Marsellis  (sp?) because he thinks Jazz is simply "better" than Rock.  No argument.


Quite true. I've always liked many distinc genres of music. My oldest love is blues, because my father simply loves it, and then classical music, because I studied it through most of my life (and I like really most kind of classical around, from medieval music (mostly Gregorian Chant, though) up to Romantic), and it helps a lot having a family member in the state orchestra, so I get free tickets to all of their presentations and concerts (Big smile). My main love is, however, progressive rock, with heavy metal (which I started listening in my teens) and jazz (which I started listening fairly recently) right behind it.


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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 19:26
New wave, 80's synthpop, old 'electro'.

Celtic, folk, folk rock. And many folk musics from around the world.

Jazz. Mostly Gypsy Swing and Italian jazz.

'Contemporary' 'classical' and 'avangarde' music. Reich, Stockhausen, etc.

Good 'classic rock':
Raw garage rock and hard rock, from MC5 to Motorhead to Wolfmother.
Glam rock.
Some country rock (still discovering). West Coast rock. Urban NY rock of late 70's.

Classical, occasionally.

French chanson and Italian canzona.


And my favourite: psychedelic rock & pop 66-72 period, both American and British.




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Posted By: KyleSchmidlin
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 20:08
Folks, blues and jazz, from whence prog came.  But also non-progressive rock and older stuff.  Mountain is one of my favorite bands.  So is Ween.  Big gap between those two but that's OK.  Ritchie Havens is one of my favorite singers, I enjoy him from time to time.  Warren Zevon.  I guess mainly singer-songwriter stuff, and also jazz.  I like Lee Morgan a lot, and Duke Ellington.  Generally I like either really old jazz or 60s hard bop.  I started out liking metal but I couldn't care less for it now, just certain kinds and in small doses.

Basically I'll give anything a chance, and the only music in which I can't find a single redeeming quality is modern "indie pop" and "indie rock", which they ought to just rename "whiny, soulless, adult-contemporary noise".


Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 21:47
No idea. Confused


I guess I don't have a favorite genre/sub-genre. I consider myself to be an eclectic listener.


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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 21:54
Besides prog, my favourite is classical music, and then hard rock and heavy metal


Posted By: Fyrus
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 21:55
I'm a big fan of grunge. And not Nirvana.

Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, the usuals. 

I consider Temple of the Dog one of the best albums I've ever heard from any genre.


Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 22:04
I wouldn't like to call one genre my favourite because I really identify more with great artists and it is not the genre by itself that bestows greatness on them but their brilliance.  That said,  I would say jazz is my favourite genre (though calling it a genre as opposed to a form sounds dubious) because I relate to its approach more than other forms/genres.  I cannot really call prog a genre per se because it is more of an approach to songwriting and not an approach that's universally evidenced in all the music that gets called prog either.  I love some of the great rock bands but rock in its basic form is rudimentary, predictable and boring music so I can't call rock a favourite genre of mine though I like a lot of rock music. 


Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 22:09
Rock in general (Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Rolling Stones, Golden Earring etc), and (heavy) Metal.

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Posted By: akajazzman
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 23:44
Originally posted by CCVP CCVP wrote:

Originally posted by akajazzman akajazzman wrote:

CCVP I love an answer like that.  Metal and Jazz!    Diversity really is the spice of life.   And I really believe the ability to accept other forms of music as valid helps keep your mind open.  Thats why I've always had a bit of a problem with Wynton Marsellis  (sp?) because he thinks Jazz is simply "better" than Rock.  No argument.


Quite true. I've always liked many distinc genres of music. My oldest love is blues, because my father simply loves it, and then classical music, because I studied it through most of my life (and I like really most kind of classical around, from medieval music (mostly Gregorian Chant, though) up to Romantic), and it helps a lot having a family member in the state orchestra, so I get free tickets to all of their presentations and concerts (Big smile). My main love is, however, progressive rock, with heavy metal (which I started listening in my teens) and jazz (which I started listening fairly recently) right behind it.
For me Jazz and Metal both had something somewhat similar.  And that was discord!   Obviously the sound/notes are very different.  But as a youngster I loved the power and discord of metal.   And I wasn't ready for jazz.  But over time, I found much power in jazz, in a totally different way than metal, but the complexity and speed of the notes would also blow my hair back.... just like metal.   The thing they have in common is passion, speed and often discord.  
 
Sun Ra and Trane never used electric instruments (OK Sun Ra did a bit) but sure could blow the roof off the house when they put their mind to it.


Posted By: akajazzman
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 23:46
Originally posted by KyleSchmidlin KyleSchmidlin wrote:

  Mountain is one of my favorite bands.  So is Ween.  
Moutain in one sentence and Ween in the next.  Nice!


Posted By: akajazzman
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 23:48
Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Besides prog, my favourite is classical music, and then hard rock and heavy metal
So you've got Bach crankin in the car one minute and AC/DC the next.   That works!!!Beer


Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: January 15 2011 at 23:54
It's not possible to name a favourite genre for me....
 
I thought I found a common thing though, which would fit into any music style. Something like:
 
"Dark romantic music with or without swing"
 
Doesn't have to be dark, but I often like dark stuff. It's the inspiration and creativity that counts the most.
 
Some genres: pop, post-punk, shoegazer, electronica, world, folk, (dark) ambient, classical, neofolk, rock, chill-out, dreampop, new wave, post-rock....
 
Concerning prog, I don't like to see it primarily as a genre. Well, it is a genre because of all the bands that clearly has a lot of the classic trademarks of prog, and are easily distinguished because of that. But in a wider sense, I see it as a genuine creative ambition. So progressiveness starts in the mind, before any music has been created.
 
I didn't learn about the word "progressive" until the year 1995, when I surfed the net for the first time. I realized that the band Saga which I was a huge fan of (and still is) was being categorized as "progressive". One of my favourite albums which I loved as a kid of 5-6 years was Peter Baumann's Transharmonic Nights. That's also filed under progressive. I've always had a natural inclinations towards music with more or less progressive elements. It's the sort of music which isn't confined within a lot of limiting rules.
 
But it isn't fair to call only the technical details that transcend strict genre-music prog. Progressive is also the simple stuff - simple chord structures, simplicity in tempo, basic time-signatures, and so on. It's just there are no boundaries, nothing is forbidden. And that's what I mean by a genuine creative ambition. What I'm getting at, ultimately, is that all good music must be progressive to some extent, in the sense that it is free and independent.


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Posted By: ozzy_tom
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 00:02
70s hard rock and melodic heavy metal from 80s

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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 00:04
Classical (mostly 19th and 20th Century composers)
Jazz (not free-form - pronounced dedh BTW)
Folk (Eastern European and North African)
Rock (so called Post-Punk and alternative)
Pop (the folk music of the future after the oral tradition has died out)


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Posted By: akajazzman
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 00:10
Originally posted by wilmon91 wilmon91 wrote:

"Dark romantic music with or without swing"
 
So for me I think Cure, Joy Division, Mazzy Star, Interpol, Sisters of Mercy, Anathema, Low, Smiths....


Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 00:25
Jazz Fusion
Jazz (still exploring the genre, but I'm very hooked on the 60's era)
Hard Rock (60's/70s)
 


Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 01:10
Funk, R&B, Blues, Jazz and Heavy Metal 

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Posted By: Junges
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 02:07
Almost all the things I hear are prog, but the minority is Classic Rock, Jazz, Classical, Heavy Metal.

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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 02:16
Jazz (all styles/sub-genres), Jazz-Fusion, Funk, Blues, Classical, Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal, Electronic, Nu-Jazz, Hip-Hop, Jam Bands, World Music, Silence, Avant-Garde Confused, Classic Rock, and Soul/R&B.

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Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 02:33
JazzFunkFusion - Classical, mainly singers - some Folk - some West Coast - some Hard Rock - some Blues


Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 02:47
Non-prog metal (sludge or thrash mostly), Grunge or older alternative rock, some non-fusion jazz (mostly bebop or swing), funk, classical guitar, trip-hop, electro-ambient, and soundtrack music.

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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 02:48
Post-punk: The last forward-looking moment in music history.


Posted By: Losendos
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 02:59
Fuunilly the bands I liked most after prog were the " west coast  " bands like the eagles ,Crosby , Stills Nash and Young and America .

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Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 05:23
Beatles influence bands like Jellyfish, Del Amitri, Rembrandts, The Greys, Bleu, etc,


Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 05:59
I guess it would be Jazz, blues, classical, folk, world and some new age instrumental music. I like experimental stuff, progressive in its nature, and challenging to the rules. Any well written music will do for me. 


Posted By: sayon
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 06:09

Hm, depeche mode for example, but at it's spike they were a mix of many different genres. Last 13 years they experienced an extreme fall of quality. Check that f.e.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09A5vR0gvZ0

When Alan Wilder left DM he dedicated himself to recoil, somehow very interesting project imo, mixing so many styles in his albums. One is high electonic, one trip-hoppy, next consists almost entirely of 'spoken word' pieces and the last one incorporates a mix of electronic and delta blues. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8GALS2Tfk8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMx3cVWPs_A

Well, highly recommended. Despite it s not a 'what could i listen to' theme :)



Posted By: BlindGuard
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 06:17
Rock(Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Bruce etc'),80' Heavy Metal(Dio, Whitesnake and the sorts) and some Blues


Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 09:12
Kind of a tossup between jazz and classical.  Blues is a close third.

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Posted By: King Manuel
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 09:17
Classic Rock and  Melodic Rock

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Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 09:36
I listen a lot to singer/songwriters like Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake and Dylan. But also classic rock and "soft" rock, ex. CSN&Y.  


Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 09:36
Ok,I listen to many kinds of music.But I think that after Extreme prog metal and post rock/metal(which maybe are my favorite kinds of music),my favorite genres are doom metal(mostly doom death and funeral doom black metal),depressive rock/black metal and shoegaze.

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Posted By: GaryB
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 11:02
Jazz fusion, heavy metal, blues and some classic rock. Probably in that order.


Posted By: trackstoni
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 11:16
all kind of good music ! with no exception ! in addition to our Traditional Arabic Tarab Jazz fusion ! international New Age , Soundtrack Recordings , Classic Pop Music , but oldies more than new , NON traditional Jazz , Non traditional classical , Blues & blues rock of the 60's & 70's , in addition to Disco songs of the 70's !

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Posted By: akajazzman
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 11:48
This is all demonstrating that Prog lovers have very expansive musical tastes.  I suppose if all one listens to is Prog then they're not going to chime in, but I think thats few and far between.  I don't want to presume too much, but I don't think thats always the case with some other genres.  I know guys that only listen to metal.  Or only to hip hop.  Or only to alternative.  The expansiveness of Prog, and the various roads we take to become Prog lovers, opens our minds to other highly diverse music.  
 


Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 11:52
For me it would be between Classic Rock and Heavy Metal, though right now I'm more inclined towards Metal.


Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 12:51
I don't listen to nearly enough classical music, but love it when i do. Classic rock, some metal, folk, the Smiths and similar such fare.

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Posted By: Noak
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 13:24
I don't know. Hip Hop, Noise, Free Jazz, Twee Pop?


Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 15:00
I don't have a favourite genre. If the music is good, I don't mind which genre it is.

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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 15:06
^ much same as Lucas. If the music is good, I don't care what the genre is. Though I don't care too much for jazz, while R&B, motown and soul don't figure at all and most pre-20th century "classical" leaves me unmoved.
 
 


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Posted By: Anirml
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 15:47
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Prog isn't a genre of music


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Love all good music that is meant for listening not dancing


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Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 15:52
All different kinds of Jazz, free jazz, fusion,hard bop, cool jazz and etc
Underground hip hop, Alternative Hip hop
Independent rock
 


Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: January 16 2011 at 23:34
Crunkcore. 

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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 00:03
When people ask me what kind of music I listen to I answer...Prog Rock, Avant-Garde, and Jazz.
 
So....the Avant-Garde and Jazz.


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Posted By: El Pollo Guerrera
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 01:03

Mainly classic-style rock metal, leaning towards more symphonic metal...  but as I look through my CD wallet I see classic rock, extreme metal, instrumental post-metal, sludge, accoustic 'lounge' rock, Satanic '70's-style rock, Norweigan black, Spanish guitar instrumental, blues rock, Black Sabbath, classical, funk, and (being Canadian) Rush.



Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 05:45
Hmm! Probably Hard RockSmile

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Posted By: idlero
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 05:55
Jazz, classic


Posted By: timburlane
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 11:55
After prog it's probably a tie between Blues, Bluegrass, Country and Southern Rock - Americana I suppose. Not necessarily obvious bedfellows with prog but I don't care - I love it!

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Posted By: rod65
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 13:46
Hard to say, really, as I listen to a wide variety of genres. Probably, though, I would have to say folk (Celtic and mid-20th century American), and blues, with a tendency toward the acoustic or delta blues rather than the more amped up Chicago style, though of course that is also good and sometimes necessary.


Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 16:04
Hi,
 
NONE!
 
Because to me, that means you are not listening to music ... and if another KC would come up, you would have killed it before you accepted its beauty!


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Posted By: PinkPangolin
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 16:15
Isn't Prog the best because it dips into everything else?  That is, you get some of everything.

But hey - just because you asked - my favourite outside of Prog is FOLK. 

Rock rocks, whilst folk moos like a cow !!!

Moo


Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 16:40

quite a bit of metal,
lots of post-punk,
electro,
world music (especially Balkan, Arab, Turkish),
classical (early 20th Century, Mussorgski, Mozart, Bach),
indie,
class mainstream artist (Prince, Police, ...)






Posted By: let prog reign
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 17:22
Ahh yes the classic rock probably would fall under my favorite other genre, but I do listen to some hip hop. Certainly not mainstream hip hop but songs like this- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUwRGPxCG_Y" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUwRGPxCG_Y
 


Posted By: ProgBob
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 17:40
Not so long ago I would have denied that prog was my favourite genre despite being a big fan of Yes, KC, Pink Floyd and having quite a lot of other prog in my collection.  Even now I am not sure as it goes back that old question of what prog is.  One of the things that attracted me to this site and has kept me here is that it covers a broad range of music that not everyone would agree is prog.  I found that a lot of my favourite artists are here even though I had never really connected them to the core prog stuff I have always liked.  I am thinking of artists like Jefferson Airplane, Steely Dan, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, The Doors, Led Zep, Miles Davis and other jazzy stuff like Mahavishnu Orchestra and Shakti.  Also, modern proggy indie-ish stuff like Mew, Radiohead, PRR, Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips.  And Krautrock such as Can and Kraftwerk.

The thing is that I like plenty of other music that has aspects in common with the artists I mentioned above but doesn't get onto this site - for example: Bob Dylan, Byrds, CSN(Y), Grateful Dead, psychedelia in general, all of which ties in with the 60s artists I mentioned; various folky music from the 60s to the present day that ties in with Pentangle and Fairport; jazz like Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders; post-punk / early 80s indie that at a push you could relate to the indie-type bands I mentioned above; I also like modern bands like Field Music and Everything Everything which I think have some quite proggy elements but seem to fall outside of the boundaries of this site.  I also enjoy quite a bit of 20th C classical and, at the other end of the scale, will listen to a bit of 'classic rock' radio as a guilty pleasure if there's nothing else on.

Which is a long winded way of saying that I like quite a lot of different 'genres' but prog is a kind of centre of gravity  where things start to overlap and mix together and to which I seem naturally to be drawn.




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Posted By: clarkpegasus4001
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 18:06
Rock, some jazz/fusion stuff, occasionally some 70's pop.
Tony C.


Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 19:03
Blues and metal

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Posted By: pixtermination
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 19:17
Gothic Metal, Doom Metal and Sludge Metal (I consider all of this the same thing, even knowing the huge differences among them);
Brazilian Music like Bossa Nova, Choro, Gaścha (but they get prog sometimes lol).
Funk, Soul, R&B...


Posted By: The Tourist
Date Posted: January 17 2011 at 19:21
Jam, electronic (especially IDM and minimal), indie, blues, jazz. 


Posted By: trackstoni
Date Posted: January 18 2011 at 09:56
Originally posted by akajazzman akajazzman wrote:

This is all demonstrating that Prog lovers have very expansive musical tastes.  I suppose if all one listens to is Prog then they're not going to chime in, but I think thats few and far between.  I don't want to presume too much, but I don't think thats always the case with some other genres.  I know guys that only listen to metal.  Or only to hip hop.  Or only to alternative.  The expansiveness of Prog, and the various roads we take to become Prog lovers, opens our minds to other highly diverse music.  
 



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Posted By: sydbarrett2010
Date Posted: January 18 2011 at 10:07
I hate indie, alternative and nu metal bands but i love a good hard rock heavy metal blues or maybe thrash metal sometimes or maybe doom and gothic or symphonic metal/rock


Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: January 18 2011 at 12:30
Heavy psych/proto-metal of the early 70's and blues rock of the late '60's and early 70's.


Posted By: cacha71
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 11:02
Mainly folk rock but also hard rock and metal.

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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 11:27
I don't know... I went through several "phases": I was a teenage metalhead, I listened to punk-rock and hardcore, I enjoyed kraut-rock, I've been somewhat involved into the local goth scene, listening to EBM or industrial music, I'm having a big appetite for free-jazz and improvised music, and I happen to borrow funk/soul/rhythm'n'blues records from my mother and jazz-rock records from my father...

And not only I still have all the records or tapes I bought or recorded since 1992, but I also have "nostalgia crises" making me alternate the Breeders, Yes, OMD, Fela Kuti, Django Reinhardt... in the same day.
 



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