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Castlevania 
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 Topic: Album that broke your prog cherry!
Posted: May 15 2007 at 23:30 |
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For me, it was Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat
It opened up this incredible universe to me, where I first saw that anything was possible!
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Proletariat
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Posted: May 15 2007 at 23:33 |
I'm a bit of a prog-slut, but i do remember that Blackwater Park - Opeth was my first.
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who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob
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el böthy
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Posted: May 15 2007 at 23:36 |
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Well, to be honest In the court not only opened me to porg but it let me know that anything in music is achivable
But, once I was in prog... mmm let me see, I would say Of natural history from Sleepytime Gorilla Museum opened my mind a lot, let me know that grotesque, bizarre, weird music was not just fun, but could be a masterpiece on its own
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: May 15 2007 at 23:41 |
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"A Farewell to Kings" was my first,i just didn't know it.But when i did "A Change of Seasons" i knew it ,and it felt good.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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explodingjosh
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Posted: May 15 2007 at 23:47 |
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I think Rush's Spirit of the Radio: Greatest Hits was my first non-intentional prog listening. My first intentional listening was Selling England by the Pound. It was a life changing event.
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chamberry
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Posted: May 15 2007 at 23:47 |
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For me it was the ever-so-obvious Dream Theater's Metropolis pt.2
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Bern
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Posted: May 15 2007 at 23:50 |
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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway for me.
Well, my first prog experience was a show from The Musical Box who, at that time, were covering The Lamb. Then, I bought the album and everything else happened.
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RIP in bossa nova heaven.
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NotSoKoolAid
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 00:01 |
Images and Words by Dream Theater.
And somehow this lead me to Pink Floyd and Yes... thanks DT!
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Atavachron
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 00:08 |
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Hemispheres.. got it when I was about 10 years old 'cause I liked the cover.. but the record that really did it for me was Tarkus.
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soundsweird
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Joined: December 08 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 00:09 |
1967 Days of Future Passed Moody Blues
Not that progressive, but certainly the first; at that time, their music was called "Classical Rock" by DJ's and print media. At about the same time, I also heard/bought Iron Butterfly, Fever Tree, The Mothers, Deep Purple, Spirit, Vanilla Fudge, Procol Harum and other genre-bending artists.
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Atomic_Rooster
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 00:14 |
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In the Court of the Crimson King and Dark Side of the Moon were my first two
It's interesting that Castlevania's Uncle Meat popped his cherry - gross
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I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers.
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Floydoid
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Location: Planet Prog
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 01:16 |
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It was Meddle, closely followed by Close to the Edge.
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Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused?
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andu
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 01:22 |
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Live at Pompeii did it for me.
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Ghandi 2
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 01:50 |
Ew. The internet comes up with some of the grossest metaphors.
DSOTM, WYWH, Animals, and Meddle.
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KeleCableII
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 02:02 |
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Well, I grew up liking Rush but my first album as in conciously exploring the genre would probably be King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King. But I think I had heard Camel's Lady Fantasy and Genesis' The Knife before that, and of coursem Yes - Roundabout on the radio.
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SirPsycho388
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 03:03 |
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Permanent Waves
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Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can
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enteredwinter
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 03:10 |
 Proletariat wrote:
I'm a bit of a prog-slut, but i do remember that Blackwater Park - Opeth was my first. |
Same for me. Well, when I got that album in 2003, that marked the beginning of my true love of prog. That's why I derived my user name from its opening lyrics, which to me are symbolic of me entering the world of prog. Corny, I know. In the 90's, I was into Dark Side of the Moon & Selling England by the Pound, but there really wasn't any cherry-breaking then because I wasn't into other prog, and I didn't even know what prog was at that point!
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fuxi
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Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 03:26 |
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"Echoes" from Meddle (recorded on tape by a friend) and RELAYER. Boy, what an initiation!
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oceanmachine
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 03:31 |
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The Human Equation by Ayreon or Terria by Devin Townsend. I'm not sure which came first, I think it was Devy, though
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Kekeke!
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Ahmadbarqawi
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Location: Jordan
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Posted: May 16 2007 at 03:41 |
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Streets (A Rock Opera) - Savatage
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{Flashlights shade shrunken views
Of a red demon’s foxtrot in brews
Guns & flowers crown morning news
Panic-stricken guilt now ensues}
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