Actually, the last few Ian Anderson concerts I attended (3) there were quite a few women.
Actually, the last few Ian Anderson concerts I attended (3) there were quite a few women.
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I've known 2 women who liked Yes, 1 Kansas, and 2 Pink Floyd. None of these women thought of these bands as "prog." They simply thought of them as rock, or classic rock.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
"What bands do women who like prog like?" Geez, why not get all six of them together and ask 'em?
From my experience I've known female musicians who were Classically trained and enjoyed relaxing and listening to Univers Zero. Short of that I've met a few who were very open to diversity in music. For example diversity beyond Yes, Supertramp, Genesis, . Why? I'm not J. Edgar Hoover. It is possible that thousands of women globally are in touch with obscure music and that additionally a huge male population are oblivious to their existence.
On my time on Genesis forums, there were a lot of women....and yes, that included fans of the Gabriel/Hackett-era stuff...there were several who only liked that. But why should that be a surprise? There's a trap of falling into stereotypes.
Seems to me I remember a thread on PE 2.0 about a cute young woman who liked dancing to Yes. That video is no longer on YouTube but there's always this:
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
[Seems to me I remember a thread on PE 2.0 about a cute young woman who liked dancing to Yes. That video is no longer on YouTube but there's always this:]
You mean the one with the big bouncing boobs? Yeah, I wonder why that was so popular. :P I've seen it in other places(I won't say where. Lol.). This one is interesting too but I get the feeling most people in the audience(at least those under 35)have no clue what that song is or who did it.
I'm familiar with the Internet acronym MILF, but not GILF; what's the 'G' stand for? Guy?
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So many stereotypes here! There is Linda, who is an enthusiast of Italian prog, but she’s something of an exception to the rule. I do know that Yes has a cadre of female fans, so they seem to be quite popular. Though, usually females into “serious” music jump straight into classical music without a second look at prog.
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WOW what a sexist comment. I sure hope you were being sarcastic and not just ignorant because my wife wants to know if you have a club and a rock in your closet. We 've been listening to prog together for the past 36 years and have had many an intellectual conversation about it, especially Genesis' "Apocolypse in 9/8"
I think Mythos is correct......Stereotyping is an important part of profiling - a staple of policework.....Stereotyping is not an exact science, so its numbers can never be used in exact statistical analysis, however it can serve for 'profiling' a simple sketch based on observational frequency: For example, The stereotypical American President is an older white man.....
Personally, there are times I wish we can drop the PC shackles just for simpler and efficient communication -- this conversation being one of them
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Very few women in the Rock crowds I play for are truly interested in music. However that is a huge percentage of women that follow music for its lesser values or common values. I raised my daughter on Prog from ages 2 to 13. She liked Omega, Kayak, Curved Air, Guru, Guru, Halloween, Pulsar. She sang the songs. She was conditioned to dance to odd time signatures. She loved when I played Ommadawn. She enjoyed Jade Warrior and Stomu Yamashta. She left Prog behind at age 14. She will always be able to return to it later in life and resurrect with her background. This leaves us with a whole entire different generation of women who actually did discover music on their own and completely without the assistance of upbringing. Young girls are often pressured to follow common rules set by society or man himself... to engage in womanhood. To a degree it is pointless for a girl to progress this way if it teaches her to fear art. It may take her years to realize that there are different kinds of males not remotely interested in commercialism and it doesn't make them an ideal candidate for psychiatric treatment because they are.
Well I've been to quite a few prog shows in my time, but have never seen so many enthusiastic and passionate ladies anywhere than at shows by Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson. It's his somewhat romantic lyric writing and the musical hooks in many of his songs that seems to capture the girls IMO. He's one of the few prog artists that seem to successfully attract women into the world of prog. Good for him!
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[Young girls are often pressured to follow common rules set by society or man himself...]
I would say young people in general. Typically the teenage years are when our musical tastes are formed and that's when people seem to be the most impressionable and intent on following the herd so to speak. Back in the early to mid seventies it was probably ok for people in that age group to like prog. These days probably not so much since prog is not exactly popular so unless it's a prog metal band younger folks these days would likely be teased for listening to most prog.
Also, PT/SW isn't the only artist or group to have a good number of female fans in prog but I agree they are probably the best example. I would also say Marillion. Also, despite my initial comment I do think Yes has a good number of female fans but it seems most of them have been fans for a really long time and also most of them are probably not hardcore prog fans.
And dammit! We listen to Hawkwind, ffs!
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I happened to catch Late Night with Seth Myers last night and noticed that one of his guests, Abbi Jacobson was wearing a Yes t shirt. I did a little research and it turns out she is an artist so she may have found out about them through Roger Dean. Or maybe she was just wearing the shirt for the same reasons other celebrities do(to look cool because old rock t shirts are cool).
My ex liked some "prog adjacent" bands (that would dip their toes into proggyness) like Oingo Boingo, The Tubes, and Barenaked Ladies.
Then again, she made me listen to Jewel on a road trip once and I considered swerving off a cliff to make it stop.
Wow, I can think of a lot of female singers worse than Jewel.
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