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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2005 at 01:51
My brother has a Kraftwerk LP on vinyl that was made specifically for the Tour de France (I forget what year) and I've yet to hear it..., has anyone heard this album?

I know Kraftwerk are a bit odd, so I'm not sure if I'll like it.

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I have recently been watching the Tour de France with the sound off the TV while listening to Marillions Marbles and Porcupine Tree stuff as well as some others. Sometimes the vision fits so perfectly into the whole narrative being performed that it is uncanny.

I think this is because there is such a rythmn in those activities that the cameras get into a rythmn with the bikes and their visuals flow in and out of this to the natural beauty of France such as the Alps and the valleys through Notre Damme that if you choose the correct style of prog it just flows naturally with it to produce this incredibly effect.

The same thing happened a couple of weeks ago watching a movie. I had seen it before so I just turn the sound off and play prog and there is this amazing coincidence with the music and the movie sometimes, that it totally enhances the overall experience.
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Maybe soon we shall have prog songs in commercials, as there seems to be a lot of jazz tunes in advertisments at the moment.

Not prog, but they're using _Albatross_ (Fleetwood Mac) for an advert at the moment.

And I always liked _Gimme Shelter_ (Rolling Stones) when it was used for the AA advert.

Then there was _He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother_ by The Hollies.

And remember, they used to use the middle section of _The Chain_ by Fleetwood Mac for the Grand Prix.

As for prog tunes, I'm still thinking..., maybe they can use some prog trumpet/trombone solo for Stanley and his Lurpak advert...

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Points: 697 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2005 at 00:56
Dream Theater - Take The Time... this would go well with any commercial advertising to "take the time" and get involved with saving the planet or helping others
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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Points: 421 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2005 at 00:09
Originally posted by gabbel ratchett gabbel ratchett wrote:

The Hummer / Larks Tongues In Aspic pt. 2



I could absolutely see that. With Fripp, Bruford, Wetton in one hummer and have Maseletto (I butchered that one), Levin, Belew and Gunn switch around in all the seats. Or if Hummer's have 7 seats they could all be in the car together.
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Sweet! I didn't realize there were any prog songs in commercials (at least recently), but maybe in the 70's there were more.
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The first time I heard The House of the King was on the Peruvian TV at the age of 10, it was a commercial about Pisopak (parquet floors), I didn't had the slightest idea who Focus was or if Progressive Rock existed, but that flute tune caught me.

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The Hummer / Larks Tongues In Aspic pt. 2
dead things don't talk too well, they've got a shaky sense of diction.
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Points: 3047 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2005 at 23:59
there was a car commercial with THICK AS A BRICK (the opening flute theme) on it
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Points: 421 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2005 at 23:54
You hear all these songs, like Zeppelins rock'n'roll and Dust in the Wind in car commercials today, but no prog songs.

Which song would go with which car OR which song would go well with which product.
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