Is this 1of the 10 most historic prog shows ever?

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   Before we jump on me with the trolling and saying oh how could you compare this to Lorelei or the Cruise to the Edge please keep an open mind of why i'm saying this. 
If you were to ask the world who Donald Trump was outside of America like in remote areas of Mongolia or the Urulu tribal members of Australia or the Inuit would even 1/3 of the world know who he was? Or Obama or Boris or even Stalin for that matter? 

However if you ask anyone on this planet who the first man on the moon was i'm pretty sure at least quite a few would say Neil Armstrong. In fact Neil Armstrong may very well be the most famous person ever on this planet (and others!) if you had to pick one person. Certainly the most famous person globally for good reasons (and not like hitler or something). There are some that are known full well in America but maybe not known in China. Some in Europe but not perhaps in Thailand. Everyone knows Neil Armstrong. 

So when the 50th Anniversary to Celebrate Apollo 11 took place last week in honor of Buzz and Neil and Michael taking those very first steps on the moon and our TV's have since filled up with nothing but shows about moon landings...

Was that concert; that 50th Anniversary Concert of Neil Armstrong saying one great step for Prog (I mean mankind) starring the Alan Parsons Project and Edison's Children (whom of course have Neil Armstrong's son Rick Armstrong as their full time Synth Guitarist); Was that moment a moment that maybe we should all take a step back and look at with some serious respect?

The simple fact was the moon landing and that day (whether you think Alan Parsons is full on prog or not) was given to 2 solid progressive rock outfits. It was not J-Lo, it was not Justin Timberlake it wasn't given to Madonna or Lady Gaga it was given to two prog bands whom I happen to think are some of the best songwriters ever. 

(though Duran Duran did play a bogus gig for $300 bucks per person but that was not a concert for the "public". It was on a Tuesday and meant for rich people to come and spend money. the "real" main outdoor gig to kick off the celebrations at the Cape for everyone was on that Saturday)

Please don't turn this into a conversation about the moon landing being a filmed or fake thing or anything like that. That's not what this is about. Please put that on some other thread not mine. 

This is about saying that the concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon; a concert that is pretty damn historic no matter who actually played it, was given to 2 prog bands instead of 2 awful pop bands or Britney Spears or Justin Timberlake or some awful thing like that. 

I think that's pretty cool. Yes I know it probably only happened because of Neil Armstrong's son taking on a very big role in Edison's Children going forward. Still the new Edison's Children epic (that we've been waiting years and years for) "The Disturbance Fields" came out that day and the new Alan Parsons album "The Secret" came out only 2 weeks earlier. Both are albums that I was expecting to be slightly disappointed because usually after that long of a wait, it never lives up to expectations. The EC album is certainly their best ever (and that's saying a lot cause I absolutely think The Final Breath Before November was the most beautifully haunting thing I've heard since the Lover's Leap section of Supper's Ready) and Alan's new album is very symphonic and sounds like a soundtrack to some crazy movie I need to go see. 

That's my 2 cents which these days is worth about 2 cents.

But I am thrilled that the NASA 50 year anniversary concert for Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11 was headlined by two great Progressive Rock bands that I truly revere and respect and not some awful "Super Bowl" style pop garbage. 

Bravo again NASA, You got it right 50 years ago and you got right 50 years later!