Prog in unexpected public places.

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

True, but this particular store normally plays Hip Hop, so I was pleasantly surprised.

I've heard lots of Yes (particularly Yes Album and Fragile era) being played at stores, gas stations and comercials as well as Kansas and Pink Floyd of course. I'd be happy if I ever heard anything from TCotCK or Red by King Crimson being played though.

twosteves wrote: My sister and brother in law thru me a big outdoor birthday party with like 50 people--there was good party music and everyone was drunk and dancing and having fun---my brother in law---knowing I'm a Yes freak suddenly puts on CTTE for me---well--the party came to grinding halt in this public place as the bird sounds came flooding on the dance floor---LOL---I had to run over and change the music back before everyone went home

i've got three experiences.

Opporsite to my office is an evening bar that usually plays either standard pop music or some kind of trance. One evening last year, i was working a tad overtime and when i came out, PT's Time Flies was playing loudly. It's the radio edited version though.

Another instance. I was traveling to an touristy island off the east coast of Thailand. A band was playing some sort of Thai folk rock music, when all of a sudden they just plays Owner of a Lonely Heart right in the solo section. 

Last, i was working in a radio station in Bangkok. This place plays usual commercial stuff like Take That and N'Sync, you know your typical boyz or girlie bands. Then from time to time one of the DJs smuggle some crazy stuff into the studio like DT's Another Day and Queensryche's Bridge, for example. She was one of my favourite DJs there.

I once listen to Phil Collins´ You´ll be in my heart... In a specialized prog store!!  

I was at the Toronto Zoo yesterday and I saw a guy pushing a stroller with a kid in it, and he was wearing a Progressive Nation tour t-shirt.

Apart from the occasional "Owner of a Lonely Heart", "Dust in the Wind" or most of Pink Floyd's hits in a variety of radios and stores, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the upcoming show "The Kennedys" on Fox Life backed by "In the Court of the Crimson King".

On TV here in Mexico I remember a local political party had a nightly segment on TV and it began with  the intro of  Dream Theater's "Take The Time" from Images and Words, I always thought that was really weird.

Also there's this guy, Jose Ramon Fernandez who had two tv shows about sports.  The theme song for the one on weekdays was the ELP version of  "Fanfare for the Common Man" and the one on sundays had "Touch and Go" by Emerson, Lake & Powell. I guess he was a fan.

When I worked at a local music store, part of a big chain. I always managed to sneak in some prog in the store's speakers early in the day when there were not a lot of clients, the rest of the day I had to play the latest pop hits.

Well I'm 15 so last year in grade 9, we had to do this project for french where we had to pick a song (that was french) and make a presentation about it, at first i picked The Strands of the Future by Pulsar but this kid in my group said it hurt his ears :( so i didnt want to argue we went along with some sh*tty song but then at presentations time.. My friend, from a different group, had chosen Harmonium! and I was barely familiar with Prog at that time but they played Harmonium (the song) and after our teacher was like what genre is this (cuz we had to record it on our sheets) and I was like "Prog rock!" And they were like "I think its Folk".

I feel like there are lots of people out there who dont know anything about music, but there are many others who could understand and come to like prog if they were seen to it. I'm lucky, I used to listed to just classic rock and stuff, but fortunately alice cooper played Yes and Rush from time to time (on the radio) and with some internet searching I soon got into prog. Now I can't listen to anything else!

Guldbamsen wrote: purplesnake wrote: Well I'm 15 so last year in grade 9, we had to do this project for french where we had to pick a song (that was french) and make a presentation about it, at first i picked The Strands of the Future by Pulsar but this kid in my group said it hurt his ears :( so i didnt want to argue we went along with some sh*tty song but then at presentations time.. My friend, from a different group, had chosen Harmonium! and I was barely familiar with Prog at that time but they played Harmonium (the song) and after our teacher was like what genre is this (cuz we had to record it on our sheets) and I was like "Prog rock!" And they were like "I think its Folk".I feel like there are lots of people out there who dont know anything about music, but there are many others who could understand and come to like prog if they were seen to it. I'm lucky, I used to listed to just classic rock and stuff, but fortunately alice cooper played Yes and Rush from time to time (on the radio) and with some internet searching I soon got into prog. Now I can't listen to anything else! You should feel blessed by the fact that the world of music and wonders opened up to you at such a young age. Just beware not to fall in the trap, that some proggers do - when they think they´ve suddenly reached some form of higher moral ground - just by listening to a certain type of music. One should always remember that out there in the big wide world, - there´s probably somebody just like you - getting the same kinds of goosebumps, just over Lady Gaga.  I loooooove Strands of the Future by the way

Thanks for the advice, yeah... Music is really hard to explain. The thing is almost everyone I know listens to stuff like lady gaga, and it's so difficult for me to not get angry. But now with people who I like as people who don't understand much about music I just try to change the subject when it comes up. But that's kind of hard to do when the subject is what controls my life (I play guitar, bass, piano, and flute and comepose/write music). But I think when I get into sticky situations I will always think back and remember your post.

And yeah, strands of the future is absolutely beautiful...