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Snow Dog

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Posted: April 02 2005 at 07:40

plodder wrote:

What part of Wales are you from Snow Dog? I'm from Cardiff.

I have a bjillion ways I can be contacted in my profile.

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Posted: April 02 2005 at 07:30

What part of Wales are you from Snow Dog? I'm from Cardiff.

I have a bjillion ways I can be contacted in my profile.

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Posted: April 02 2005 at 06:39

Im 45 and got into Prog in about 73-74 when I was 13-14 cant remeber exactly slong time ago. I was into Sweet, Wings , Bowie and stuff and a friend said"come around my house and listen to some real music". He played loads of ELP, next time it was Genesis , hackett, Hawkwind , PFM etc. I discovered Yes on my own by buying Relayer.It had long songs you see, and a good cover.

I still like listening to new stuff and I'm into Spocks Beard, Dream Theater and many others . I mention those two because they reintroduced me to modern prog.Never did like Marillion much though and I kinda missed out on 80s prog, by being unaware that it existed apart from Marillion. Into Rush as well of course since about 1978 or something. Sorry the old brain is failing

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Posted: April 02 2005 at 06:23

Got into ELP, Yes and Genesis when I was 10 in 1971.

I'm now 45 and still into the same stuff. I've branched out into more diverse music but my roots are still firmly bedded in 70s prog.

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Posted: April 02 2005 at 06:04

I'm 43 and have been into prog since 1975, but I didn't know it was prog then. I rather called my favourite genres symphonic rock (Genesis and Yes) and German underground rock (Amon Düül 2).

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Posted: March 30 2005 at 01:12

= 53 years senile

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 19:31

Got into prog when I was 14, after a Rush concert.

I'm 17 now.

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 18:55

I love you, VB

you're so funny!

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 17:34

WOW! I CAN ITALICIZE. IT DOESN`T MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE.YOU`RE NEVER TOO OLD TO ITALICIZE.

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 17:16

Sure is and mine is 17, first listened to prog as a 9 year old when Jon Anderson's voice caught my attention and I've never looked back since.Faves are too many but Yes and KC are neck and neck but there is so much great music but my absoloute fave is the magical Todd Rundgren.

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 17:08

Vibrationbaby wrote:

Age is a state of mind.

Yep...

Birthdays tell how long you've been on the road...they don't tell how far you've travelled

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 17:04

I'm 40, it starts when i was 11-12 my father played "Shine on you crazy diamond", after that i've listened to the Beatles "Blue album" until 14 and finally discovered Genesis ("And then there were three"), Santana ("Moonflower"), Supertramp ("Crime of the century")...and it goes on and on (last week i discover Soft machine !)

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:19

Age is a state of mind. Ask my dogs.

Richardw

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:16

44. But I am young for my age (honestly) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:14

People who live in Scotland definitely have TOO much time.

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:06

Fragile wrote:

Actually I think your Zorro, Don de luego

50 years old; started off in prog via Deep Purple,Uriah Heep,Wishbone Ash, Spooky Tooth,Caravan then exploded when I heard the Yes album and the rest is history.No tnt jokes Reed

Fragile gets on his bike following explosive reaction after he'd got The Clap from the girl at his local record store....

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 15:55

My female dog , Harriet, is 4 human years old and Ozzie is 6. My wife is 27 years old and I am a dirty 42½ years old. I have been into music since I made my rude entrance into this world. I think there was a piper present to add to the pomp and circumstance of the whole important even. There were no speeches. Guru Guru and ABBA are two of my favourite music groups. Tom Waits and Charles Bukowski are full of suprises and explosions. I have never been a good typist myself.

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 15:49

Reed Lover wrote:

43 ( LOL ,some round here think I'm 16-well I act that age Wink )

First prog album I bought was:

Wait for it.........

This is the absolute truth,ok!

Actually I think your Zorro, Don de luego

50 years old; started off in prog via Deep Purple,Uriah Heep,Wishbone Ash, Spooky Tooth,Caravan then exploded when I heard the Yes album and the rest is history.No tnt jokes Reed

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 15:22

43, or 3 14 and a bit year olds (which gives a better impression of my level of emotional maturity). Been into prog for 30 years now, next year will be the 30th anniversary of my first Genesis concert. My first prog purchase was Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Centre of the Earth, which I now find unlistenable - DSOTM, Tubular Bells, SEBTP and Ommadawn all followed quickly, along with many more.

Prog wasn't my first musical love - I was buying solo Beatles records before that - and I've enjoyed a lot of other styles since (though relatively little mainstream pop since the late 70s) but it was the first musical style I discovered for myself

'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom

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Posted: March 29 2005 at 14:26

Metropolis wrote:

Well, my first purchase was Dream Theater's A Change of Seasons, but the downward spiral was sharp and swift starting with progmetal (for i was previoulsy a metal head) I bought up loads of DT, PoS, Devin Townsend, Ayreon, Ark, Threshold, Symphony X, Opeth, Dead Soul Tribe, Evergrey as well as much Porcupine Tree.

Then i started getting hooked on more symphonic stuff, once again starting with the more recent stuff, Arena, IQ, Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, The Flower Kings, Sigur Ros et al

And anyway this all culminated in me discovering and getting hooked on the classics, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, VDGG, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Camel, Caravan etc, and EVEN some people known as ELP

Well you certainly got off to a bad start.No wonder you did'nt have nightmares..But i guess you've now seen the light.