Prog in unexpected public places.

There is a small coffee bar which also sells beer near my home. They usually play the latest pop hits (Lady Gaga - all those, I am not clued in) and Indian film music. The moment I walked in, they started playing Fear of a Blank Planet. Which was alright, as its a somewhat popular Porcupine Tree song of late in India. Then they play My Ashes. And I was pleasantly surprised. Then we had Anesthetize and I got really kicked about it. I walked over to the counter and asked to meet the person playing the music. I am a really big Porcupine Tree fan and most people in India haven't really heard of them. And the guy at the counter said the DJ didnt come today, so they are just playing some music from one of the guys phone :-). I got to hear Fear Of A Blank Planet at a Coffee Bar in its entirety that night. It was quite a surreal experience. There are pubs here which might play an album in its entirety during the less crowded afternoon hours. But that night when no one else seemed to care about the music, being alone and listening to the album over beer at a bar made me feel great. I even tweeted to the official PT feed about it :-)

I heard "See Emily Play" by Pink Floyd in a Freebirds once.

I was driving a truck loaded with band gear and I stopped at a Shoprite to buy some roasted chicken. I parked in the lot and heard this strange and beautiful music coming from this man's car. I walked over to him and asked what he was listening to. He had no idea....but said he loved it and told me how to tune into the radio station. I got back into the truck and sat there for about 20 minutes. Finally the DJ announced that it was Art Zoyd and the piece was "Epithalame" from Berlin. I was late for set up time at the gig, passed on the roasted chicken, but discovered Art Zoyd. A week later I ordered the cd from Wayside Music. This all went down in Middlesex N.J. if memory serves. I think it was in 1989. It was my introduction to them. Another strange experience in my life that sticks like glue.

"Dust in the Wind" is (rather was) extremely popular in Lebanon (where I come from). It was a huge success and people recognize it as a classic rock tune.

I heard Kerry Livgren's "To Live For The King" for the first time in a WalMart. Also, Wish You Were Here came on in a bar once. It's how I found out the girl I was there with was really awesome: She knew all the lyrics :P

irrelevant wrote: They should.

aginor wrote: to hear Pink Floyd (even songs like Echoes and Exe for Eugene) is not what i would call suprising even today, it is as suprising as wall-mart store playing Back in Black and Billy Jean. So yes i become happy when malls play Floyd but i have stopped being suprised as when one think of it Pink Floyd are bigger then Progressive rock itself as a phenomenom (just like the Beatles are bigger phemomenom then pop and rock ) and a album like DSotM are only surpassed by Back in Black and Thriller, and breathed in the neck by Rumours and Millienium (by Backstreet Boys )  my 50cent /$$/

Yeah, I hear Floyd all the time tbh, but that's the first and last time I've heard Wish You Were Here in public.

desistindo wrote: I always put Pink Floyd´s "Money" in a Jukebox near my house

That reminds me of the time I was in college and as eating at a Pizza Inn which had One Of My Turns as a B side in the jukebox.  So of course I put in money and picked that one.  It didn't come on until we were leaving.  "Would you like something to eat?"

Ozric can be pretty popular in a lot of indie circles. I know several ppl that aren't into prog that are huge fans.