Sport in prog
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Printed Date: February 28 2025 at 02:07
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Topic: Sport in prog
Posted By: DoobieBrother6
Subject: Sport in prog
Date Posted: February 27 2025 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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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 27 2025 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/" rel="nofollow - https://www.kosmischerlaufer.com/biography/
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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.Posted By: DoobieBrother6
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 06:51
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I heard one Läufer cd and it was wonderful. .... Genesis had that blue viny EP. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 07:20
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Genesis - Match of the Day Queen - We are the Champions |
Posted By: Hosydi
Date Posted: February 27 2025 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. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 27 2025 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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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 13:23
| YES - Going for the One! |
Posted By: DoobieBrother6
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 14:00
| Cream - "Anyone for Tennis?" (Okay already - not prog. More like poppsych) |
Posted By: DoobieBrother6
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 14:09
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Helmut Hattler- Bassball Release Music Orchestra - Get the Ball Was it not Wishbone Ash that had the cover of a criket ball next to crotch? (But at that point they would not be prog) |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 14:29
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Major Parkinson - Baseball
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 14:45
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 15:00
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IZZ's song 42 on their Don't Panic album is a tribute to the great Jackie Robinson. Oh, and baseball does not suck. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 16:01
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Complete disagreement with the OP on sports. Manfred Mann Earth Band "Runner" is very good. Trevor Rabin played the guitar solo on that track. |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 16:26
Baseball absolutely does not suck. Going through withdrawals right now since my son finished his college baseball career as a starting pitcher. Been a fan of baseball since 1972. Johnny Bench is my all-time favourite player. The exact moment of when he became my favorite was when he hit the game tying homerun in the 9th inning against the Pirates in the 72 NL playoffs. Reds went on to win to beat the Pirates and meet the A's in the World Series, which they unfortunately lost to in 7 games. |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 16:27
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Last Eleven by Big Big Train is inspired by cricket ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: fredyair
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 21:37
Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports  ------------- Long live Progresive music! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 27 2025 at 23:12
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Yep as a Wolverhampton Wanderers fan I can indeed concur that sport sucks! In general the EPL is about money and the clubs are nearly owned by massive foreign concerns who have little interest in the history or the fans that made the game what it is. Youngsters support the money made teams aand think its real. Yes I am very bitter about it. No joy no fun unless you support the fake success that is around. Anyway the obvious one is: Roy Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease such a quaint old game Does Bob Dillon - Hurricane count? It was about a boxer that was imprisoned falsely. Spawned a great film with Denzil Washington.
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 01:05
Hi, One of the best things in that album is the fantastic piece ... "The Game, Pts 1-5" ... and there is only one person that played it so much that I had to get another copy of the album ... it's a terrible shame, that "progressive" folks don't always sit through those moments ... and yes, it is not a 4 minute song at all ... and many of the prog purists don't like long stuff ... and you already know what Roy would say about that ... and the same old rock! Even today, you won't even hear Roy anywhere, except us talking about it here! BTW, the album had another title ... "Headquarters" ... and I think that was not the English title, which was the Crease thing, as America would not recognize that title much, and would help fans leave it behind ... makes you wonder what the whole world was thinking ... of course ... America without cricket? What a shame!!!!
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 01:11
Hi, And what a fantastic show they put on at The Whiskey in Hollywood ... however, the sad part is that the audience ignored them some, as they were waiting for Iggy and The Stooges to take the stage. After such a great show, and Janita in excellent form, we ended up leaving 10 minutes into Iggy and the Stooges ... after you saw 10 minutes, you did not need to see anything else from them! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |