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Originally Posted by Petula07
Do you think that all good albums have some catchy songs?
For example in my opinion The Incident has only one catchy song (Time Files?) but it doesn't mean it's bad album. For me it was very attractive although after first listening I was little bit like "What is it? All other Porcupine Tree albums are catchier than this new one".
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Not necessarily, but it is helpful for an album to have one or two. Of course, a band with a reputation doesn't really HAVE to have one. e.g. when I was a Muse nut, I finally got their debut album and
nothing stuck. But I kept listening to it because I liked the band so much.
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Really interesting topic. I admit that before the time I discovered progressive rock/progressive metal, my music taste was full of mainstream like U2 and R.E.M.
I know what you mean and I share this opinion with you.
Catchy songs are easy to love but also you can forget or hate them after some time easier. But when you love some complicated song, it's probably love for all life or at least for longer time 
About the smartest person... I don't think that mainstream is for stupid people and I wouldn't say that mainstream listeners are dull or they ignore good music. I still like U2 and R.E.M. although not so much like before. I prefer some progreesive stuff, complicacy, diversity, alternative, experimental, whatever interesting... But I don't forget about music that I liked some time before and in some way I still like it. At least for me it's possible to have easy and complicated music together. You know - when I want to relax, I don't listen to for example Pink Floyd or Tool but rather R.E.M.
So @mrguy as I see your attitude to complicated music, you may like The Incident. But rather don't expect some catchy songs.
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I wasn't trying to say it did make them dull/boring or that they ignore other music, just that they don't even know it exists becuase they haven't stepped outside the nice little bubble of commerical radio. This is what Muse did for me - I got into them at the time they were becoming more popular, but still had less commercial roots.
Okay, cheers