Prog in unexpected public places.

Tom sawyer at the local mcdonalds. But it aint the rarest thing to hear, i quess. At least nowadays when rush just keeps getting attention.

Last week, I was in a 7/11 wearing a Van der Graaf Generator shirt and a guy approached me and commented on it. He was familiar with the band, which kind of shocked me as that was the first time I've ever worn that shirt in public.

The.Crimson.King wrote: jviola95 wrote: Last week, I was in a 7/11 wearing a Van der Graaf Generator shirt and a guy approached me and commented on it. He was familiar with the band, which kind of shocked me as that was the first time I've ever worn that shirt in public. The most important question is where did you get a Van der Graaf Generator shirt

AreYouHuman wrote: CKnoxW wrote: I was in a Home Depot when "On An Island" by David Gilmour came the intercom. I looked at my dad and said, "No. Way." And then it was followed by "No Way"? (Check out his first solo album.)

Why, I'll need to do that!

AreYouHuman wrote: CKnoxW wrote: I was in a Home Depot when "On An Island" by David Gilmour came the intercom. I looked at my dad and said, "No. Way." And then it was followed by "No Way"? (Check out his first solo album.)

Some years ago I got to hear that song on a supermarket too... it was nice.

^ I got one better! I caught my Mom just recently watching Rush's Time Machine and she looked at me at said, 'I think I could watch these guys play all day.' it was one of thee most adorable things I ever wittnessed.
I had to give a huge and say..."that's a good mother...goooood!'

Lol

The.Crimson.King wrote: progbethyname wrote: ^ I got one better! I caught my Mom just recently watching Rush's Time Machine and she looked at me at said, 'I think I could watch these guys play all day.' it was one of thee most adorable things I ever wittnessed. I had to give a huge and say..."that's a good mother...goooood!' Lol Cool...I've got a similar one.  When I was 17 I got into King Crimson and was playing 'Starless and Bible Black' one day.  My Grandma walked in while the song "Trio" was playing.  She stopped in her tracks...listened for about 5 seconds...and said, "This is really nice.  Why don't you play more things like this?"

If your grandma were alive today, I'd give her one of these    

That's awesome man. It's moments like that you'll never forget.

I once heard "Going For The One" in a strip joint.

efoman2 wrote: Lord Jagged wrote: I once heard "Going For The One" in a strip joint. That's way beyond hilarious!!   Did that make you go back? Did you stand at the edge of the stage and scream "Supper's Ready" or "Close To the Edge" ?

'Supper's Ready' in a strip-joint  - that'd go down well

I work for an international company in South Africa. Beginning of this week we had a team meeting as we had a number of new members join the company. In the introduction round we were asked to also say something about us, like hobbies. So I mentioned I like unusual Rock music (didn't even say Prog as most people anyway don't know what that is). Over lunch a young 20 something female (!!!) colleague - new to the team - approached me and asked what kind of Rock music I like, so I said Prog, and to my delight and surprise she said she is a Prog Head too. It turned out that she was really heavy into Prog, a lot of stuff which is almost to weird for me, like Sleepy time Gorilla Museum or Magma, but also a lot of stuff I like. And we had in common that we both think Porcupine Tree is the most overrated band currently around! Over dinner that night at a table with lost of other colleagues we talked Prog for hours, a discussion or colleagues at the table could not really relate to. I think this was the first time in years that I actually had a real life conversation with someone apart from my brother on that level about prog. Looking forward to our next team meeting (unfortunately she works in a different city in South Africa)!