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richardh 
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 Posted: July 04 2024 at 03:16 |
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Tarkus.
That was a revelation to me. This is even possible? For a while I thought all other bands were pants though. Nothing compared to this. Eventually I got to prog in general but it took a few years for the Tarkus effect to wear off. Most 70's prog was always a little wimpy compared to ELP!
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moshkito
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Posted: July 04 2024 at 08:14 |
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Hi, I really miss, what I call, the "artistic" side of the music ... when all it means these days to be progressive is to have "lyrics" tell us what the whole thing is about ... not realizing that the music, for hundreds of years, has always spoken far more than many words ... and that is not to say that some words are not special, but within the past 20 years, not a whole lot has really shown itself to be absolutely massively well composed material ... and all we have to do is hear Rachel Flowers do TARKUS in its entirety on the piano alone ... to realize what an incredible piece of music it is ... and not many pieces stand out like it. I always reference this with my days at UCSB ... 40 years ago ... no professor would ever have looked at that and thought it was excellent, and Keith had to "translate it" for his mates, and ended up with an incredible piece of music ... only to find many years later ... what it really was ... but that "style" was how things got noticed in those days ... and gracious goodness ... it doesn't really get a whole lot better than that. I always thought TFTO and Tarkus were 2 of the greatest things in my collection, and often I say ... my life!
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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ThyroidGlands
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Posted: July 04 2024 at 08:21 |
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About three years ago, I listened to Focus III. For several months, I had been leaning towards listening to more complex music, but I had never listened to progressive rock. I didn't know what kind of music it was, but I really liked the album. When I looked up information about the band on the internet, I immediately recognized the brilliant Hocus Pocus (which up to that point I had found horrible). After that, I listened to Hamburger Concerto, which blew my mind after a couple of listens. So, we could say that Hamburger Concerto is the first prog album I listened to (I don't consider Focus III to be progressive rock).
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Bloody bloody racket and rumpus
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Floydoid
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Posted: July 04 2024 at 09:39 |
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Meddle by Pink Floyd - first heard it back in 1972 and it was my gateway into the Floyd (in particular), and into prog rock (in general).
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'We're going to need a bigger swear jar.'
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omphaloskepsis
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Posted: July 04 2024 at 09:48 |
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Yes- Fragile "I sat upon the grass of my babysitter's backyard and Roundabout jumped out the speakers of my teenage sitter's radio. I was hypnotized.
Dark Side of the Moon Nursery Cryme
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robharrisonmusic
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Posted: July 05 2024 at 07:09 |
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I'd always loved Tull, but it was finding Gentle Giant's Octopus in my dad's record collection that drove me down this path - I had no idea it was even a prog album when I first put it on!
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Posted: July 05 2024 at 13:50 |
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For me, it was In the Court of the Crimson King. In 1969, my older brother bought it and played it for me. I was 12 years old. We didn't know what prog was, and it was probably not even called prog back then. We just liked the music and we thought the cover was pretty amazing.
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Frets N Worries
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Posted: July 05 2024 at 19:31 |
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Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
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The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.
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Gnik Nosmirc
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Posted: July 07 2024 at 07:42 |
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Interesting pick. I wonder how it got you to more technical prog.
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kreiff
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Posted: July 09 2024 at 15:54 |
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Grumpyprogfan hits on this idea...I think the "real" answer for me would be Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon. My dad got a copy on CD as part of his Columbia House "Bonus" CDs when I was like 10 years old and I used to listen to it on the family stereo all the time...but I didn't know it was prog, really. The band that turned me on to "Prog" proper was Änglagård. I saw them at NEARfest in 2003 and nearly fell over myself running to their merch booth after their performance. Bought a copy of "Hybris" immediately and fell all the way down the rabbit hole.
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richardh
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Posted: July 10 2024 at 10:14 |
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I heard Dark Side Of The Moon back in 1977 for the first time and wondered what the fuss was all about. Generally prog was not for me at the age if it was that dull. Conversely I loved the Wall but nowadays those 2 albums have switched places in my personal affections!
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: July 10 2024 at 12:57 |
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A Rush album. I first heard Caress of Steel, then Hemispheres when my mate convinced me to listen to them.
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Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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Neon_meate
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Posted: July 10 2024 at 16:33 |
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Oh!! A lot of your starter pack is similar to mine! Not albums but definitely bands. Camel’s Mirage along side Moonmadness. And I still love Force Majeure by Tangerine Dream.  Anglagard’s Hybris and Pictures by Island are two other ones. Also Turn of the Cards. I feel, now, that Scheherazade and Other Stories is my favorite of theirs, even though it’s got some infectious songs that do not leave my head if I even think of them. |
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: July 10 2024 at 19:23 |
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So what do you consider Focus 3 to be then?
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Psychedelic Paul
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Force Majeure was the fourth Tangerine Dream album I ever bought, after Stratosfear, Ricochet & Rubycon. From Tangerine Dream, that led me on to the music of Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Synergy and Tomita..... You say Tomita, I say Tomato. Let's call the whole thing off.
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mellotronwave
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Posted: July 11 2024 at 02:20 |
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So true ! 
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Sean Trane
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Posted: July 11 2024 at 04:18 |
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My first answer would be Tull's Stand Up, but I was only 6 when I first heard it
Soooo, I'd say that Harmonium's debut and Crime Of The Century (my first two albums bought with my own money in 74) were it.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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richardh
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Posted: July 11 2024 at 10:56 |
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I watched an interview with Van Leer recently and he said he hated the term 'progressive rock' and still does. He considers Focus an 'instrumental band'.
 Anyhow Focus 3 is more fusion based so I agree with the view that it's not really 'prog' as such. Hamburger Concerto however clearly is prog despite what Van Leer may assert. IMO |
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moshkito
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Posted: July 11 2024 at 11:51 |
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Hi, ERUPTION is the treat in that album ... a really special piece of music. And yes, HAMBURGER CONCERTO is also a very nice treat. As is other stuff in that album ...
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moshkito
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Posted: July 11 2024 at 11:59 |
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Hi, He's not the only one ... Robert Fripp has stated that KC is not progressive. But, I think the issue here, is that we're talking about folks that know music very well, and are truly educated in terms of its history and a lot of music. And remember that Van Leer had several solo albums (the Introspection Series) that were all about classical music in the flute. And that kinda pretty much states to my ear that all music is just a natural "progression" based on its history and how the playing of it evolved, from the quartets and small gigs on the courts to an organ at a church, to eventual huge orchestras some 450 years later. That is a "progression" and the composing side adjusted to what was available, which is AKIN to the new electric instruments after WW2, and eventually Rock Music, and Jazz Music. Sadly, for commercial purposes, Focus likely will not be found in many places, other than "progressive" websites ... and one song in the "classic radio" which the band will never get paid for! (per article just this week on USA TODAY ... written by David Byrne!)
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richardh wrote:
<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> 1976: Camel - Moonmadness - 
1974: Tangerine Dream - Ricochet -