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    Posted: May 08 2005 at 16:59

Discuss references to progressive rock that you have seen on TV, in movies, in books, etc.

My only one in this area right now is an SNL skit. It has Will Ferrell, John Goodman, and some other actor. The three men are sitting at a bar after work soaking it up pretty good. They are all pretty drunk, when they start talking about a coworker 'hero' of sorts: a Bill Brasky. Anyhoo, Will Ferrell randomly spouts off "the front cover of every YES album was a portrait of Bill Brasky's family" Very odd, but very much a reference to progressive rock.
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I once saw a prog rock reference in Gilmore Girls, believe it or not. Not that I watch that show all to often.

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Points: 21342 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 09 2005 at 18:45

Originally posted by Laurent Laurent wrote:

I once saw a prog rock reference in Gilmore Girls, believe it or not. Not that I watch that show all to often.

My sister watches that crap all the time.l The allusion is that some person said that she was Neil Peart or something. That show is utterly awful!
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There was an unfortunately ill-fated show on a couple of years back called "Freaks And Geeks". It was set around 1980 and was full of references to some of the prog/art rock acts that were big at the time. For instance, one of the main characters was a drummer who idolized Neil Peart and only needed one more piece on his kit to equal Neil's 29-piece (or whatever the actual numbers were). Another scene has him struggling to play along with a recording of "Spirt Of Radio". Also, a great scene where the same character sings an awful but heartfelt version of "Lady" by Styx to his girlfriend. This was an excellent show and I was upset when it was cancelled, but that's par for the course with U.S. TV lately.

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And of course how can I forget Alex Lifeson's guest appearance on Trailer Park Boys

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Originally posted by Ben2112 Ben2112 wrote:

There was an unfortunately ill-fated show on a couple of years back called "Freaks And Geeks". It was set around 1980 and was full of references to some of the prog/art rock acts that were big at the time. For instance, one of the main characters was a drummer who idolized Neil Peart and only needed one more piece on his kit to equal Neil's 29-piece (or whatever the actual numbers were). Another scene has him struggling to play along with a recording of "Spirt Of Radio". Also, a great scene where the same character sings an awful but heartfelt version of "Lady" by Styx to his girlfriend. This was an excellent show and I was upset when it was cancelled, but that's par for the course with U.S. TV lately.

I forgot that show!! There are a couple other references I can think of now that you mention it!

1) Some guy says to a girl in the show "Wanna go see 'Yes' at Cobo [arena] ?

2) Another guy says to the same girl "You should skip the dance...come over...we are gonna play some DSOTM"
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force- one episode refers to Geddy Lee and Rush at various points, and shows him arriving in a bass guitar-shaped airplane with the good ol' owl painted on the nose.
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Also, the great scene in "School Of Rock" where Jack Black assigns homework by handing out CD's.

For instance, he gives the drummer 2112, the keyboardist Fragile (he tells him to listen to the solo on Roundabout), and one of the female singers Dark Side Of The Moon (tells her to listen to "Great Gig In The Sky").
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Originally posted by James Lee James Lee wrote:

Aqua Teen Hunger Force- one episode refers to Geddy Lee and Rush at various points, and shows him arriving in a bass guitar-shaped airplane with the good ol' owl painted on the nose.

There is also an episode of Sea Lab 2021 that has Rush references.
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I read somewhere that Gentle Giant was mentioned in the Osbournes once. I should expect that of Yes (Ozzy knows Rick Wakmeman), but not Gentle Giant.
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In the horrid comdey "Anchorman" Will Farrell does a "jazz-flute" solo and ends it with a Jethro Tull quote.

It's really a BAD film... don't see it. Horrible in every sense.

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Originally posted by Paco Fox Paco Fox wrote:

(Ozzy knows Rick Wakmeman)


Hmm.. is Rick Wakeman the almost unknown guy that happened to play some synths and piano on Sabbra Cadabra?
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When Rick Wakeman appeared on Desert Island Disks (a British Radio 4 institution, hosted by Valerie Singleton, another national institution), we had a smattering of prog played in with the usual classical stuff.... even Tull would be ground breaking for Radio 4!

During the interview, as he relayed (no pun intended) to the nation how he got so bored during the solos on the 'Tales from the Topographic Oceans' tour, that each night, he would get a roadie to pop out for a curry for him to nibble at.  By the end of the tour, first Jon Anderson, then everyone else ended up dipping their naan breads into his balti round his keyboard stack and dropping poppodom bits into the electrics for 10 minutes, leaving Chris Squire to hold the fort out in the front!!
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their are constant Rush references on Futurama.
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^ the one I remember is the episode where wooden Bender leads a group of obsolete robots on a revolutionary crusade against technology "worthy of being chronicled in an anthem by Rush". That made me laugh, anyway.

 
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Originally posted by alan_pfeifer alan_pfeifer wrote:

their are constant Rush references on Futurama.

 

Yeah, someone says something about a robot revolution and says something about rush or niel peart, can't quite place it, would love too, though, anyone can?

Think it went like this: THIS ROBOT REVOLUTIOUN IS WORTH OF A RUSH SONG! (OR NIEL PEART LYRIC)

Crap, by the time I finished writing someone had beaten me!

It was so awsome to hear that.

Shuouldn't That 70's Show be full of Prog references? Appart From Hide's Zep T-Shirts (not even prog) and Styx, they don't mention it as muchs as they should



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One funny one that I remember was in The Young Ones...during the party episode, something surreal happens and the 'cool young professor' indicates his cigarette and says with a smile: "Is this tobacco or...Pink Floyd?"  
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I've been seeing some prog on commercials recently. There was one for Law and Order; Trial By Jury that used Karn Evil 9.

On Malcom in the Middle there's an episode where they get new neighbors and Hal is looking at the guy's vinyl collection and seems very excited that it contains King Crimson.
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Originally posted by Logos Logos wrote:

Originally posted by Paco Fox Paco Fox wrote:

(Ozzy knows Rick Wakmeman)


Hmm.. is Rick Wakeman the almost unknown guy that happened to play some synths and piano on Sabbra Cadabra?

Did Wakeman play on that track? I never knew really. now that I looked in the book for the CD i noticed, I never thought.

anyways.... on simpsons there are some refrences, and there is a south park episode with radiohead telling this guy hes way uncool.
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- young homer has a dark side of the moon poster in his childhood room whenever there is a flashback to him and barney drinking in his room as a child.

they also recreate the cash register sounds from money and the laughter on DSOTM on one episode where lisa goes to a spelling bee and homer chases after a limited edition ribwich burger at krusty burger.

on one episode where homer sells a hippy juice drink, ned flanders hallucinates and sees the hammers from the wall walking towards him, as they turn to face him the hammer turns into a rolling stones lick logo and a voice in the style of MJ says "pucker up neddy" and tries to lick him.

on the hullapalooza episode (sometimes this is cut out of the episode on tv but find it on video), there is a scene where lisa bart and homer are at a rock festival and peter frampton is set to launch a large pig into the air but it malfunctions and hits homer in the stomach, peter frampton then says "bloody hell, i bought that at a pink floyd garage sale!"

- Dont forget Bill Baileys stand up show "part troll"

"I fell alseep on my piano once and they thought i was playing a progressive jazz piece"

he also renacts zipedy doo da zipedy day in the style of kraftwerk.

- On Friends phoebe says she had sex with Jethro Tull

(rush references here http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/RushReferences.htm)

- I'm pretty sure but correct me if i'm wrong that in the film big daddy, adam sandler talks about being pulled on stage at a styx concert.

- on futurama fry plays space invaders whilst listening to rush's tom sawyer.
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