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Covski posted:The dark side of the moon isn't actually dark. During a full moon it is 
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Aug 13, 2020 11:22
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Covski posted:The dark side of the moon isn't actually dark. “There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark,”
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Aug 13, 2020 11:27
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Covski posted:The dark side of the moon isn't actually dark. And the album isn't really that good.
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Aug 13, 2020 12:28
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Humphreys posted:And the album isn't really that good. For the fact that it sold a fucktillion copies, yeah, it's like Pink Floyd's fourth best album. Animals is the best prog rock album that exists, Wish You Were Here is a million times better than Dark Side of the Moon, The Final Cut has that pure white boy angst you want from the genre.
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Aug 13, 2020 12:39
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I like Piper at the Gates of Dawn. The songs are a sensible length and it's got this whimsical vibe that their later albums mostly lack.
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Aug 13, 2020 13:19
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I really really don't like Pink Floyd.
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Aug 13, 2020 17:24
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Hmm. I'm a musical caveman and I don't much like prog rock in general, but yeah, I'd pick a band like Gentle Giant over Pink Floyd. Oh, and definitely early Rush. Does that even count as prog? They had some sick riffs and were occasionally able to keep the aimless noodling to a minimum
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Aug 13, 2020 17:31
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Prog rock seems like an excuse for very smart and thoughtful people to huff their own farts, like it's the STEM of music? Is that accurate? I don't listen to it much but that's the impression I get from out here
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Aug 13, 2020 17:43
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purple death ray posted:Prog rock seems like an excuse for very smart and thoughtful people to huff their own farts, like it's the STEM of music? Is that accurate? I don't listen to it much but that's the impression I get from out here I wouldn't compare it to STEM (lol 'thoughtful'), maybe more sociology and especially philosophy if we're using the university metaphor. It's all good, everyone should be listening to the music that speaks to them and makes them, personally, feel alive. Doesn't matter if it's Mozart or Crazy Frog.
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Aug 13, 2020 17:48
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purple death ray posted:Prog rock seems like an excuse for very smart and thoughtful people to huff their own farts, like it's the STEM of music? Is that accurate? I don't listen to it much but that's the impression I get from out here Yeah, pretty much. Source: I have listened to prog rock my whole life, mostly because that's what my dad likes. I had a Dark Side of the Moon shirt in my twenties, which I loved, but it was also a magnet for weird creepy older guys who just needed to come tell the 20-something blonde girl how cool and great she is and also I'll just invite myself to rubbing her shoulders, that's totally a fine and normal thing to do.
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Aug 13, 2020 17:51
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packetmantis posted:I can't believe I just figured out Dirty Dancing and Saturday Night Fever aren't the same movie. I didn’t know until about a year or so ago that Dirty Dancing was a period piece, taking place in (iirc) the late ‘50s/early ‘60s
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Aug 13, 2020 17:52
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 I can't believe I just figured out somebody else had heard of Gentle Giant, providing me an excuse to post some album art that's as rad as it is unfitting of a lot of the actual music therein.
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Aug 13, 2020 17:52
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i know so little of prog rock that I have no idea if Gentle Giant was a big deal or not. I just assumed they were since they have a fairly lengthy Wikipedia pageRoboRodent posted:Yeah, pretty much. Should have become a punk instead and we'd all just be lying on the dance floor together, passed out for various potential reasons e: See, another difference is that I have owned a Sonic Boom Six t-shirt for over a decade, it's in excellent condition somehow and I still wear it regularly, and zero (0) people have ever made a remark about it during all that time, which I only mind a bit since it's good for my punk cred e2: I have left my house several times during that period, so it's not just that e3: thinking about it, being an unattractive guy in his twenties instead of a blonde girl in her twenties probably played a big role too Phlegmish has a new favorite as of 18:07 on Aug 13, 2020 |
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Aug 13, 2020 17:57
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Phlegmish posted:Should have become a punk instead and we'd all just be lying on the dance floor together, passed out for various potential reasons To be honest, I was listening to a lot of Mozart and Benny Goodman in high school, but I think I was also just a little too young for punk's peak years. Can still do the passed out on the dance floor thing, though.
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Aug 13, 2020 18:03
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Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day.
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Aug 13, 2020 18:37
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Phlegmish posted:i know so little of prog rock that I have no idea if Gentle Giant was a big deal or not. I just assumed they were since they have a fairly lengthy Wikipedia page Gentle Giant are basically the band you find after exhausting the big name English prog acts of that era (Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, ELP). They are the best of the next tier that also includes bands like Camel or Van der Graaf Generator.
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Aug 13, 2020 18:51
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Stuff like Rush and most Pink Floyd is prog as hell but it felt like the complexity was always in service to creating a very specific emotional response. King Crimson (E:Except "Epitaph", that song rules) just felt like a math professor trying to have a conversation and failing.
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Aug 13, 2020 19:01
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Captain Hygiene posted:
I for one am always happy to see Roger Dean album art
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Aug 13, 2020 19:08
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If you want to see some terrible album art from the same band look up Acquiring the Taste.
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Aug 13, 2020 19:09
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purple death ray posted:Prog rock seems like an excuse for very smart and thoughtful people to huff their own farts, like it's the STEM of music? Is that accurate? I don't listen to it much but that's the impression I get from out here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af8ltlcZNi0
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Aug 13, 2020 19:16
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packetmantis posted:I can't believe I just figured out Dirty Dancing and Saturday Night Fever aren't the same movie. Foot Loose is also a different movie.
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Aug 13, 2020 19:21
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Animals is indeed the best Floyd album but dark side of the moon is still good I like Can more these days, they're like a prog rock band that can groove and they had an insanely good drummer
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Aug 13, 2020 19:41
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When you internalize enough music theory every song in the past 75 years sounds the same and your choices start looking like prog rock, free jazz, and Tuvan throat singing to hear something different.
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Aug 13, 2020 20:13
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zedprime posted:When you internalize enough music theory every song in the past 75 years sounds the same and your choices start looking like prog rock, free jazz, and Tuvan throat singing to hear something different. me listening to Coltrane's horn literally just screeching to the point that it sounds like it's gonna break: 
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Aug 13, 2020 20:23
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Dark Side is very well made, at least.
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Aug 13, 2020 20:27
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I still like Dark Side for the most part. The Wall can go gently caress off though.
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Aug 13, 2020 21:00
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Barnum Brown Shoes posted:I still like Dark Side for the most part. The Wall can go gently caress off though. Hello, Doug Walker.
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Aug 13, 2020 21:35
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purple death ray posted:Prog rock seems like an excuse for very smart and thoughtful people to huff their own farts, like it's the STEM of music? Is that accurate? I don't listen to it much but that's the impression I get from out here "science and math are just pointless hipster bullshit" is a hell of a take.
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Aug 13, 2020 21:42
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purple death ray posted:Prog rock seems like an excuse for very smart and thoughtful people to huff their own farts, like it's the STEM of music? Is that accurate? I don't listen to it much but that's the impression I get from out here Prog rock is upper-middle class white boy angst put to overly complicated music. Animals (an album I absolutely love btw) is about "oh no is there no more to life than just being a successful wage earner? Are we really all just sheep? Are the government pigs?!?" Yes, yes, and yes, trenchant insight there. Philosophy majors huffing their own farts is a better comparison, as pointed out upthread.
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Aug 13, 2020 22:23
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John Lee posted:"science and math are just pointless hipster bullshit" is a hell of a take. You seem like a really smart and thoughtful person, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic
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Aug 13, 2020 22:25
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purple death ray posted:You seem like a really smart and thoughtful person, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic - Me, looking at my monitor
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Aug 13, 2020 22:26
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Memento posted:Prog rock is upper-middle class white boy angst put to overly complicated music. Animals (an album I absolutely love btw) is about "oh no is there no more to life than just being a successful wage earner? Are we really all just sheep? Are the government pigs?!?" 
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Aug 13, 2020 22:26
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The ham-handed Animal Farm allegories are very much baby's first political science class stuff. I didn't think this was all that controversial a take.
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Aug 13, 2020 22:41
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such an angry young man
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Aug 13, 2020 22:43
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Memento posted:ham-handed Animal Farm allegories  VV chimpanzees don't have tails, he's a rhesus monkey or some poo poo purple death ray has a new favorite as of 22:58 on Aug 13, 2020 |
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Aug 13, 2020 22:54
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So.... I just found out that Donkey Kong is supposed to be a gorilla. I don't know what kind of ape I thought he was meant to be, but he didn't register as "gorilla" to me because his fur is the wrong colour. ...I guess Diddy is a chimpanzee, then?
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Aug 13, 2020 22:56
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Hyperlynx posted:So.... I just found out that Donkey Kong is supposed to be a gorilla.
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Aug 13, 2020 22:57
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No Donkey Kong Jr. Is Donkey Kong's son. Diddy is more like a Short Round type.
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Aug 13, 2020 23:54
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Diddy is his nephew iirc
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