[Michael]

Originally Posted by Cozy

Michael,

FWIW, I think you have a good premise, but I think along the way you say a few things that my experience has found to be a little different.

I don't think it's very fair to call the average music listener a "sheep" because they happen to like the music they are exposed to. If you are going to apply that analogy in other places, are we all sheep because we might read magazines we find on the shelf, books in Barnes & Noble, TV shows on network television, movies shown on 2,000 screens? I'm sure *most* people aren't completely underground with their tastes in personal entertainment, but that doesn't necessarily make them robotic.

Secondly, it's not so much that people don't have the "ability" to enjoy a lot of progressive rock and other complex musics, they are likely more of a casual listener. Music means something a little different to them and they like music that scratches itches other than the ones many prog fans do.

Lastly, a good number of prog fans could be considered very 'comfortable' listeners, relatively speaking. They tend to enjoy music that has a strong tie in sound and aesthetics to the 70s, along with a mixture of other popular rock/AOR/metal they grew up with after that, without really exploring much beyond their already established tastes.

Really i Base most of what i said from what i see around me.I feel Most music now is nothing but Corporate music born and breed for one thing money.Music Now is not about the Music its all about money.Case in point Were i work we have a few young kids(18 to 20ish)and i was playing Michael McDermott and one goes whos that?I tell em hes like man he sounds good and sounds a little like Bruce Springsteen.But then another kid comes by and says cool its Springsteen what CD is this from?Then i go to tell him its Michael McDermott and hes like Man what a ripoff this sucks.So im thinking to myself you liked it when you thought it was something you knew yet it sucks now that its not what you thought.Repeat this every now and then and you see why i think like i do.