Prog in unexpected public places.

Sort of unexpected: When I was younger we would put on Saturday Night Oldies on this one radio station. Mostly it was just your typical Elvis, Mamas and the Papas, etc. (So, mostly songs about jilted lovers, lovers dying, lovers betraying each other, and other related themes.) Needless to say, when it came on every once in a while, In The Court of the Crimson King stood out. A lot.  (I was only 10ish or so, though, so I didn't recognize it as prog.)

😄 I recently walked into a bar in called the RHINO, on king street west and they were playing GENESIS's A TRICK OF THE TAIL. Couldn't believe my ears. I was so happy. My friend looked at me dumbfounded. Lol

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I wish my local supermarket played prog. This afternoon, while shopping, I got to listen to some bitch who set fire to the rain again...

WanderingLogician wrote: progbethyname wrote: 😄 I recently walked into a bar in called the RHINO, on king street west and they were playing GENESIS's A TRICK OF THE TAIL. Couldn't believe my ears. I was so happy. My friend looked at me dumbfounded. Lol I do that too. When I do hear something I recognize I start jumping up and down and pointing it out to everyone. They usually look at me strange. In basic training, I couldn't listen to any music for about four months, except maybe one of our drill sergeants had a cellphone within earshot and then it was mostly rap/top 40 stuff. Then one time (I don't know why) we had a boombox in the barracks and everyone was listening as one guy scrolled through the channels. It landed on a station playing In Your Eyes for a few seconds, but the guy was like "We're not listening to this crap" and moved on to the modern rock station. I had to bite my tongue. Then when we graduated we got a pass to go to the PX where there was one of those internet-enabled jukeboxes. I played Close to the Edge in its entirety, probably annoying a bunch of people but at that point I didn't care.

Great story. And I'm not surprised that your dumb drill sargeant didn't want to listen to P.G. That knuckle head is probably more into Spinal Tap or something. Lol. Anyway live that you got play CLOSE TO THE EDGE. nice move

In the movie "People Like Us," one of the characters spoke about being backstage at a King Crimson concert....don't rent the movie because of this, but I did have to sit up at that mention!

Fox On The Rocks wrote: I heard Close To The Edge on Q107 Classic Rock (Toronto) the other day. Trust me, that never happens, ever. The DJ probably went for his lunch break, so he slapped something on that would keep him busy for a while!

I was looking for a shirt in an outlet store of a famous chain of shops. They passed the whole CD2 of PULSE and I have taken a very long time before buying something. Yesterday evening on TV, Comfortably Numb (studio version) was used to comment a special about violence and stalking on women.

  I heard Black Cat by Gentle Giant at Six Flags over the Summer. Also I hear Wish You Were Here, Money, Hey You, and occasionally Have A Cigar at this diner I regularly go to. Prog is extremely popular on TV. Countless Pink Floyd references on major networks, Aqualung has been sung on 30 Rock as well as played in Supernatural, along with Carry on Wayward Son, and Dear. Mr Fantasy. Thick as a Brick has been sung by Martin Prince on the Simpsons for the school's talent show, until Lisa hits him with a chair because of its length. Also the Doctor Venture Episode"Perchance to Dean" made my jaw drop, Doc Venture reveals his interest in Prog Rock when he shows Dean his extensive prog rock collection, and when Dean questions the cover of ITCOTCK Doc Venture tells him that he isn't ready to enter The Court of The Crimson King. Prog is apparently not the taboo subject that most of us believe to be. 

Edited by Astral Traveller - October 22 2012 at 07:44

Just last week, I heard "The Whistler" by Jethro Tull in my local supermarket.