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Title: I just don't understand...
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 15, 2016, 01:13:12 PM
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Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: jakepriest on May 15, 2016, 01:31:48 PM
I don't get it.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 15, 2016, 02:22:31 PM
What do they all have in common?
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Adami on May 15, 2016, 02:29:37 PM
I'm sure somewhere, some 15 year old is laughing hysterically at this.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: King Postwhore on May 15, 2016, 02:31:22 PM
I know what the shamwow is for.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 15, 2016, 03:05:07 PM
I know that's Ursula on the left, but who are the other two people?
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: King Postwhore on May 15, 2016, 03:15:49 PM
I know that's Ursula on the left, but who are the other two people?

John you perv, really?
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 15, 2016, 05:04:49 PM
Well the guy on the right looks like a wrestler so I wouldn't know who that is, and the one in the middle I haven't a clue.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: ReaPsTA on May 15, 2016, 05:07:55 PM
What if this thread were deleted and the "Don't post leaked materials" sticky thread got updated? For the people who saw this image, how reality altering would that experience be?
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Crow on May 15, 2016, 05:12:37 PM
y'all got meme'd on
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Orbert on May 15, 2016, 06:47:45 PM
Maybe.  Still have no idea what the fuck the cover is all about though.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: King Postwhore on May 15, 2016, 06:51:48 PM
Well the guy on the right looks like a wrestler so I wouldn't know who that is, and the one in the middle I haven't a clue.

John, she's beyond famous.   It'seems like she is "destined" for what she does.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: DarkLord_Lalinc on May 15, 2016, 09:40:20 PM
I don't know how am I supposed to feel.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 15, 2016, 09:58:38 PM
Well the guy on the right looks like a wrestler so I wouldn't know who that is, and the one in the middle I haven't a clue.

John, she's beyond famous.   It'seems like she is "destined" for what she does.

Well it's not Alicia Keys. Alicia is much prettier than whoever that is.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Adami on May 15, 2016, 10:03:16 PM
You'll figure out who it is............it's destiny, child.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: bl5150 on May 15, 2016, 10:04:51 PM
I couldn't name one of her songs but I know who she is.  Must be famous  :)
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 15, 2016, 10:34:24 PM
You'll figure out who it is............it's destiny, child.

Beyonce?
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Adami on May 15, 2016, 10:37:01 PM
You'll figure out who it is............it's destiny, child.

Beyonce?

Atta boy.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 15, 2016, 11:09:23 PM
Not an important name to remember.  ;)
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Adami on May 15, 2016, 11:14:28 PM
Not an important name to remember.  ;)

I dunno. I don't have the same grudge against pop music that a lot of prog fans have. One doesn't need to put any effort into remembering a name like Beyonce.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: SystematicThought on May 15, 2016, 11:16:13 PM
You could go make Lemonade with that sour attitude

I'll stop making Beyonce references now
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Crow on May 15, 2016, 11:20:35 PM
Not an important name to remember.  ;)

I dunno. I don't have the same grudge against pop music that a lot of prog fans have. One doesn't need to put any effort into remembering a name like Beyonce.
as far as the pop landscape goes beyonce is one of the most talented artists of the names on the charts right now really
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 15, 2016, 11:37:27 PM
Not an important name to remember.  ;)

I dunno. I don't have the same grudge against pop music that a lot of prog fans have. One doesn't need to put any effort into remembering a name like Beyonce.
as far as the pop landscape goes beyonce is one of the most talented artists of the names on the charts right now really

First of all, who said it was a grudge? Second of all, what does effort have to do with anything? Those are arbitrary accusations. If I do come across a news blip about her, I don't always read it, so if there is a picture I don't pay much attention. So a name, yes. A photo linking her and a name, a completely different story. It's not a personal vendetta against her or other pop artists. It's funny that people always seem to use the prog fan analogy when it comes to not knowing certain pop music facts. I'm not really sure how that's relevant here, especially since earlier this morning I was listening to some Bobby Darin on vinyl and an hour ago was listening to Cradle of Filth.

As far as talent, from what I've heard Beyonce doesn't have much. I'd take Alicia Keys a hundreds times over her. Now there's a woman who is blessed with a musical gift.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: King Postwhore on May 16, 2016, 03:51:02 AM
Not an important name to remember.  ;)
..

I don't care about her either but dammit son, you can't miss her wherever you go.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 16, 2016, 05:31:22 AM
Not an important name to remember.  ;)
..

I don't care about her either but dammit son, you can't miss her wherever you go.

 :lol  Like I said, I know I've heard her name constantly, and I'm sure I've seen her name in print but probably didn't bother to look at the article or any associated images. It took me forever to see Fergie from Black-Eyed Peas. I knew the name and actually had seen her on television but didn't realize it was her so it wasn't until a while after that I matched the name to the face.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: King Postwhore on May 16, 2016, 06:23:28 AM
I just assumed that all pervs knew the famous booties. :lol
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 16, 2016, 06:51:58 AM
Alicia Keys has a much nicer bootie. Plus, she's half Italian.  :heart

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Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: King Postwhore on May 16, 2016, 06:53:47 AM
Don't lie to me.  It's all about her Italian side.

I know you. :biggrin:
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 16, 2016, 07:03:29 AM
 :lol

In all seriousness, I found out she was Italian after my Nubian fantasies of her.  Though, you wouldn't be wrong in assuming that. You do know me.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: King Postwhore on May 16, 2016, 07:04:14 AM
I'm in that same fantasy line with you. :lol
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: hefdaddy42 on May 16, 2016, 07:05:07 AM
Alicia Keys is definitely quite talented, and I would love to see her in concert.

But Beyonce has "it.".  You know, "it."  That thing that people like Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson had.  And that no prog bands have.

She is a force to be reckoned with.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 16, 2016, 07:19:23 AM
F=ma is the only force to be reckoned with. Even with that, I won't reckon with it until In The Presence of Enemies, Part 2 tells me to.  I'll even watch the Triforce glittering instead of her.

:lol
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Outcrier on May 16, 2016, 07:24:16 AM
But Beyonce has "it.".  You know, "it."  That thing that people like Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson had.  And that no prog bands have.

Starpower?  ;)
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: hefdaddy42 on May 16, 2016, 07:29:52 AM
No, every "star" has star power to varying degrees.

She is beyond that, in the rarefied air of the starriest of stars.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Outcrier on May 16, 2016, 07:33:34 AM
 :azn:
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: King Postwhore on May 16, 2016, 07:37:43 AM
Which is why I question John on not knowing her.  Even if you don't listen to her music, how can you not know her.  I'm a fat, white 48 year old prog lover that lives in a hillbilly town and I know her. :lol
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Orbert on May 16, 2016, 11:03:52 AM
I've heard of Beyonce, but would not, and did not recognize her.  She's just some chick on a video game cover with a Dream Theater title and a bunch of other incongruous shit.  I don't even think she's that attractive.  Not ugly, but not "all that".
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: CDrice on May 16, 2016, 11:07:27 AM
Never before a thread title summarized my feeling about it's content more than this one does.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: bosk1 on May 16, 2016, 11:07:57 AM
Does this actually have anything to do with anything? 
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: DarkLord_Lalinc on May 16, 2016, 11:12:03 AM
Does this actually have anything to do with anything? 
It may have some hidden information on DT14.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: King Postwhore on May 16, 2016, 11:13:08 AM
Yes, it's brought to the forefront that male prog fans do not watch any TV at all.


Does this actually have anything to do with anything? 
It may have some hidden information on DT14.

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Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 16, 2016, 11:13:42 AM
I don't wanna die..
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: CDrice on May 16, 2016, 11:23:40 AM
I don't wanna die..

This post along with the thread title makes me think that the ruins in the backgound represent the chapel; Beyonce is the saint; the guy on the left is the soldier; the whole picture represents what happens when you take too much wine; the title ''The Two Towers'' and Ursula represent the fables and the tales.

:splodetard:
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 16, 2016, 12:32:14 PM
Woah
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 16, 2016, 12:42:32 PM
Which is why I question John on not knowing her.  Even if you don't listen to her music, how can you not know her.  I'm a fat, white 48 year old prog lover that lives in a hillbilly town and I know her. :lol

I never said I didn't know her. I just said I didn't put the image of her with the name. Generally, I don't top over music news if it's not something that appeals to me.  There are probably others I wouldn't recognize by face but definitely would by name.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: bosk1 on May 16, 2016, 12:43:56 PM
Despite his tongue-in-cheek forum moniker, I don't think Mr. Snob's post are meant to be taken as snobbery.  Folks need to lighten up.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: King Postwhore on May 16, 2016, 12:48:15 PM
Oh, I'm just poking him a little. He knows.  The fact that he knows the name of so many actresses and female musicians yet not Beyonce was funny to me. 
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 16, 2016, 12:53:44 PM
Despite his tongue-in-cheek forum moniker, I don't think Mr. Snob's post are meant to be taken as snobbery.  Folks need to lighten up.

My username is completely facetious. Actually, if I ran through my daily playlist, I'd probably have some people accuse me of severe multiple personality disorder. Prog is my favorite genre without a doubt but I'm just as enamored by Sarah Brightman hitting those chilling high notes or Dani Filth screeching some cryptic lyrics about the occult.

Oh, I'm just poking him a little. He knows.  The fact that he knows the name of so many actresses and female musicians yet not Beyonce was funny to me. 

I know where you're coming from. If I had an interest in her music, I probably would have a photo of her in every pose possible. :lol  I just never bothered to do any digging into her and anything I did hear from her I heard in passing.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: bosk1 on May 16, 2016, 12:57:29 PM
Despite his tongue-in-cheek forum moniker, I don't think Mr. Snob's post are meant to be taken as snobbery.  Folks need to lighten up.

My username is completely facetious.

Oh, I know.  That was kinda my point.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 16, 2016, 01:04:54 PM
Despite his tongue-in-cheek forum moniker, I don't think Mr. Snob's post are meant to be taken as snobbery.  Folks need to lighten up.

My username is completely facetious.

Oh, I know.  That was kinda my point.

I know, my friend. I was just echoing and confirming your administrative affluence.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Sir GuitarCozmo on May 16, 2016, 01:21:24 PM
My username is completely facetious.
So what would be your POINT?
That was kinda my point.

FTFY
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: darkshade on May 16, 2016, 05:50:24 PM
A Beyonce thread in the DT section. Who knew?
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Kotowboy on May 16, 2016, 06:36:58 PM
Pop music fucking sucks. Especially pop r'n'b. 100% processed auto tuned and quantised to absolute buggery.

It's not music it's an algorithm.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 16, 2016, 09:25:45 PM
Love you too K boy
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: SystematicThought on May 16, 2016, 10:24:48 PM
My username is completely facetious.
So what would be your POINT?
That was kinda my point.

FTFY
I miss chaossystem's little rants. I didn't realize he had his posting abilities revoked. Oh well, together we'll build a new forum. A BOLD new forum.

I had to tie it to DT somehow
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Cool Chris on May 16, 2016, 11:07:08 PM
...

I skimmed through this thread quickly, saw this post, and wondered when I posted, because I didn't recall seeing it before. Have you been around lately? I can't recall seeing other posts by you recently, maybe we are not frequenting the same threads.

Is that Crash Holly in that picture?

Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Kotowboy on May 17, 2016, 04:54:19 AM
Love you too K boy

 :-* :-* :hug: :hug:

Love you too Penguin.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: hefdaddy42 on May 17, 2016, 07:43:44 AM
Pop music fucking sucks. Especially pop r'n'b. 100% processed auto tuned and quantised to absolute buggery.

It's not music it's an algorithm.
OK
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 17, 2016, 07:47:11 AM
Pop music fucking sucks. Especially pop r'n'b. 100% processed auto tuned and quantised to absolute buggery.

It's not music it's an algorithm.

Wrong, but think what you want.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Sir GuitarCozmo on May 17, 2016, 07:53:53 AM
Pop music fucking sucks. Especially pop r'n'b. 100% processed auto tuned and quantised to absolute buggery.

It's not music it's an algorithm.

Wrong, but think what you want.

He's wrong about it being 100%.  I'd go a little more conservative, like 70%.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Sir GuitarCozmo on May 17, 2016, 10:08:55 AM
But Beyonce has "it.".  You know, "it."  That thing that people like Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson had.  And that no prog bands have.

One more reason why you're the awesomest of awesomes.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: DarkLord_Lalinc on May 17, 2016, 10:23:53 AM
A Beyonce thread in the DT section. Who knew?
All the single ladies, indeed.

Pop music fucking sucks. Especially pop r'n'b. 100% processed auto tuned and quantised to absolute buggery.

It's not music it's an algorithm.

I like melody-oriented pop music quite a lot, even though it can come around as artificial. I dig every now and then an awesome melody that can get stuck in my head for days. My guilty pleasure? Boy bands. Dammit, The Backstreet Boys had some amazing shit going on back on the day.

It's ok if you don't like pop at all, but you should try to be a little bit more open minded about what 'pop' (in the broadest sense of the word) has brought to the overall music scheme during the past 60 years or so.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: hefdaddy42 on May 17, 2016, 10:37:54 AM
But Beyonce has "it.".  You know, "it."  That thing that people like Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson had.  And that no prog bands have.

One more reason why you're the awesomest of awesomes.
I love the shit out of prog, it's probably my favorite style of music, but there is no "Elvis" of prog.  There is no "Ella Fitgerald" of prog.  Hell, there's no "Beatles" of prog.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: bosk1 on May 17, 2016, 10:41:30 AM
Floyd maybe?  But overall, yeah, I get what you are saying.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: cfmoran13 on May 17, 2016, 11:59:06 AM
As far as talent, from what I've heard Beyonce doesn't have much. I'd take Alicia Keys a hundreds times over her. Now there's a woman who is blessed with a musical gift.
Neither one is really my cup of tea.  However, if I had to listen to one of them, it'd be Beyoncé.  Alicia's music and her vocal acrobatics bore me to tears.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: King Postwhore on May 17, 2016, 12:03:55 PM
I find Beyoncé's solo work to lack melody.  I'm not a fan of music with no melody.


I am in favor of her shaking around.
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 17, 2016, 12:13:27 PM
Did..  I start a Beyonce discussion thread?
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 17, 2016, 01:11:06 PM
Pop music fucking sucks. Especially pop r'n'b. 100% processed auto tuned and quantised to absolute buggery.

It's not music it's an algorithm.

Wrong, but think what you want.

He's wrong about it being 100%.  I'd go a little more conservative, like 70%.

That's why I jumped on it.  Saying that it's 100% opened himself up to criticism. All it takes is 1 case of it not being true and there goes his argument.  :lol

But Beyonce has "it.".  You know, "it."  That thing that people like Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson had.  And that no prog bands have.

One more reason why you're the awesomest of awesomes.
I love the shit out of prog, it's probably my favorite style of music, but there is no "Elvis" of prog.  There is no "Ella Fitgerald" of prog.  Hell, there's no "Beatles" of prog.

Yeah, but if someone is a prog fan looking for an 'it' band, they should go listen to Top 40 music because they're totally missing the point of progressive music. Who cares if a band has the "it" factor?

I wouldn't put Beyonce in a category with Elvis and Michael Jackon just yet. Shit, at least they were both visionaries. Beyonce doesn't have anywhere near the talent as they other two. 

Did..  I start a Beyonce discussion thread?

Die.


I find Beyoncé's solo work to lack melody.  I'm not a fan of music with no melody.


This.

Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Sir GuitarCozmo on May 17, 2016, 02:13:07 PM
Yeah, but if someone is a prog fan looking for an 'it' band, they should go listen to Top 40 music because they're totally missing the point of progressive music.

My username is completely facetious.

 :lol
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: hefdaddy42 on May 17, 2016, 02:33:37 PM
lol
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: King Postwhore on May 17, 2016, 03:36:58 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: I just don't understand...
Post by: Prog Snob on May 17, 2016, 04:32:24 PM
Hey, I'm all about self-deprication, but I'm not too sure what I'm missing here.