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DoobieBrother6 
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 Topic: Sport in progPosted: 6 hours 40 minutes ago at 06:22 |
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Sports suck.
Competitive sports and nationalism are Evils. Aye. Sport is dead boring also. But what is worse is the trite sports champion interview after the event. "I am proud of all my sports-mates.I shall give it my all and make Canada proud. You don't know how much this award means to me." Yadda, yadda.... Thankfully there is little sports in prog. Wakeman - Gaole - White Rock Tangerine Dream - got to be something...but I can't think of any just now The ubiquitous thrift store lp: Vangelis "Chariots of Fire" Pink Floyd -Fearless Jethro Tull - Skating... Isn't there a cricketting song by Harper??? Anyways...not prog Sports cuts through the space-time continuum . Stars blinking out of being. Voids swallowed. Sport can go jump. |
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Logan
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Posted: 6 hours 19 minutes ago at 06:43 |
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Like Nick Mason, I rather like my Sports to be Fictitious.
I love the Electronic/Krautrock series of Kosmischer Läufer albums (or volumes) titled "The secret cosmic music of the East German Olympic Program" and the "story" that goes along with the project. From https://www.kosmischerlaufer.com/biography/
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DoobieBrother6
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Posted: 6 hours 11 minutes ago at 06:51 |
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I heard one Läufer cd and it was wonderful.
.... Genesis had that blue viny EP. |
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Grumpyprogfan
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Posted: 5 hours 42 minutes ago at 07:20 |
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Genesis - Match of the Day
Queen - We are the Champions |
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Hosydi
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Posted: 5 hours 38 minutes ago at 07:24 |
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Caravan's Golf Girl stands out as a notable example of how progressive rock can intersect with themes from sports like golf.
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Posted: 2 hours 55 minutes ago at 10:07 |
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While I 100% disagree with the OP on sports, in answer to his question, I'll mention: Stackridge - Anyone for Tennis?
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In East Germany in the early 1970’s Martin Zeichnete worked as a sound editor for DEFA, (Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft), the state-owned film studio. Like many young East Germans of the time he would listen furtively to West German radio at night and became infatuated with the Kosmische Musik or ‘Krautrock’ epitomised by the likes of Kraftwerk, Neu! and Cluster emerging from his neighbouring country. Martin, a keen runner, hit upon the idea of using the repetitive, motorik beats of this new music as a training aid for athletes. He thought it could benefit the mind as well as the body with the pulsing, hypnotic music bringing focus. A ‘borrowed’ prototype of Andreas Pavel’s Stereobelt showed Martin the technology to provide music on the move already existed and could easily be adapted for runners.