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Points: 219 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2005 at 09:55

Yes - Fragile

or

Yes - The Yes Album

the albums aren't as progressive as Yes gets, but they really show a good deal of what prog is about. After listening to those two albums, i was inspired to delve into prog further and further.
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The best intro to prog is easily In the Court of the Crimson King,  if whom ever doesn't like it on some level then that person will never like prog.
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Points: 47 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2005 at 03:03
Try Porcupine Tree - In Absentia if they´re into pop/heavy rock
Jethro Tull - Aqualung if they´re into classic rock
Dream Theater - Scenes from a memory if they´re into Heavy Metal
Karmakanic - Wheel Of Life if they´re into jazz
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon if they´re random music listeners
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Thanks for the great ideas,
I'm trying to put together a sampler so far this is what I've got

Porcupine Tree-Trains
Yes-Heart of the Sunrise
Yes-Close to the Edge (I dont like putting it in here without the rest of the album though)
Camel-Lady Fantasy
King Crimson-In the Court...
Pink Floyd-SoYcD (1-5) (maybe a little much?)
Radiohead-Paranoid Android
The Mars Volta-Roulette Dares

I tried to mix some recent stuff in with the classics...I need some help picking a Genesis, Gentle Giant, and JT track though...
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There is no "best intro to prog." I was raised on Van Halen and Metallica. My introduction to prog was first Dream Theater at a very young age, then Rush, and soon after Yes and Pink Floyd. See how things change? If I would have grown up with jazz or perhaps classical music, I wouldn't have immediately enjoyed Dream Theater and Rush.
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For Genesis, try get em out by friday, the knife or dancing with the moonlit knight (IT works fine too)

for Tull, Aqualung, the song or Locomotive Breath
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Originally posted by -bp- -bp- wrote:




I tried to mix some recent stuff in with the classics...I need some help picking a Genesis, Gentle Giant, and JT track though...

Genesis - Trick Of The Tail, Watcher Of The Skies, Musical Box, Dancing With the Moonlit Knight, The Knife

GG - Free Hand(the song), Experience, Raconteur Troubadour

JT - Locomotive Breath, With You There To Help Me, Bouree, Heavy Horses(the song)
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Isn't it obvious?...



I'd also suggest CTTE, DSOTM, SEBTP... you know... the usual picks.
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Originally posted by -bp- -bp- wrote:

Thanks for the great ideas,
I'm trying to put together a sampler so far this is what I've got

Porcupine Tree-Trains
Yes-Heart of the Sunrise
Yes-Close to the Edge (I dont like putting it in here without the rest of the album though)
Camel-Lady Fantasy
King Crimson-In the Court...
Pink Floyd-SoYcD (1-5) (maybe a little much?)
Radiohead-Paranoid Android
The Mars Volta-Roulette Dares


I'd replace "In The Court..." with "21st Century Schizoid Man" and "Roulette Dares" with "Drunkship Of Lanterns".

But, that's just my taste.

Good job, though.
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Yes, Rush, Tony Levin, Mullmuzzler, King Crimson, Dream Theater, Devin Townsend, Porcupine Tree - that's my favourite's
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