Voto:
If I'm to be honest, I'm astonished. A post in which I've tried as much as possible to be conciliatory (I say, among other things, that I don't consider my opinion an absolute truth, that Azzo's opinions are well-argued, that prog is seen differently from person to person, etc.) and I've simply stated that I agree IN THIS SPECIFIC CASE with Arnold's opinions, is cited as a "gem" and an example of my total lack of open-mindedness. I can't understand, I'm sorry, I must clearly be limited, I don't know. Then there's me, supposedly entrenched in my fort, who knows. Honestly, I'm now tired of this and a bit disgusted. I've been reading DeBaser for a long time, and I decided to register only recently with the belief that by expressing my opinions calmly, without offending or entrenching myself, trying to be open to others' ideas and to learn something, I would avoid annoying misunderstandings and pointless quarrels like this one. Evidently, I was wrong, and I’m very sorry about that. Ah, now you’ll say I’m playing the victim and that I’ve run out of arguments, probably. Fine, I’ve run out of arguments. I'll close this nonetheless interesting discussion in which I've learned two things: 1. Prog is, for the most part, crap, and this is a sacred, incontrovertible, and universally accepted truth that I just have to accept (had I known this before, I would have saved a lot of money too); 2. Anyone who expresses different opinions about prog, in any form, is a fan, is part of a pro-prog party, has a Manichean view of music, is closed-minded, and is entrenched in their own fort, in addition to obviously giving a one to any non-prog record. I’ll take all of this to heart. P.S. Just to attest to my close-mindedness and my intrinsic hate and contempt for everything that isn’t prog, yesterday, on Azzo's advice, I bought (sight unseen) this album by Sonic Youth (which for me, make it clear, is obviously a prog album...), I listened to the first five tracks and liked them quite a lot; when I've listened to the rest, I’ll give it a rating. P.P.S. <<If we don’t want to rewrite the facts, what AZZO says is true>>, so you share Azzo's opinions (in this specific case), just as I share Arnold's (in this specific case), therefore, following YOUR (NOT mine, let it be clear) way of reasoning, you've teamed up with Azzo.
