prog when friends are around

I've got one friend that's a big fan of Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Rush, Porcupine Tree, and Dream Theater. But he's also into a lot more mainstream stuff. It really confuses me because although he loves the stuff I listed, he never seems very interested in other prog I introduce him to.

The Block wrote: Thats a good friend.

My parents like classic rock and a few Yes and ELP songs, but none of my friends like good (or even decent) music. ... Except for a friend that gave me Scenes From A Memory (DT) on my birthday, they all like crap-rap or, worse, brazilian funk.

my best friend is the one who first got me into prog about a year ago with the likes of Tull, Yes, Genesis, and all the old stuff.  Then I came here and have been showing him new bands ever since. 

Also my girlfriend has a very wide taste in music, and enjoys most of the prog i listen to.  She has all of my music now, so I was extatic when I hadn't seen her for a few days, and she came to me and said one of her new favorite songs was Xanadu!  So best friend and girlfriend into prog... i'd say life is pretty good :P

I can't help it and start advertising this or that band (cruising through my playlist on the PC) when people come visiting. And I try to find the right vein, judging from their reactions. I often spend entire evenings doing just this... :)

[/QUOTE] You have a friend that listened to Jade Warrior with you? I suppose my shock is due to my residence in Green Acres, South Jersey. Does up on cripple creek ring a bell? Back in 2002 I was conversing with Tirill from White Willow. She had a entire different perspective on progressive music than most people I've met in America. There are many great informative prog people here in the U.S., no doubt. But in Europe it feels like more people live for prog. At least of all that is the impression I got from conversing with her. I believe that finding the correct environment has got to be the answer to all our problems(or those who have encountered the same as me), but here in Green Acres there is one path only for most regarding musical form. I realize all too well that most progressive rock originated in Europe, but to live there in a environment of prog fans that is consistently more than less would bring my spirits to the highest level. Is this a fact about Europe or is this a hypothesis that American proggers have?[/QUOTE] Always good to hear from a Jade Warrior fan.    My friend had never even heard of the band before I turned him on to Last Autum's Dream.  I'm out in California, and have only been east of the Mississippi a few times, and never close to Jersey, so none of your references have any meaning for me - they're just not within my sphere of experience.  We are certainly not talking about the same person.  My friend is a good buddy of mine who is not necessarily a fan of prog, but he likes a lot of hard rock from the 60s and 70s.  I did play Dark Matter by IQ for him and he thought it was pretty good.  Hendrix is his man, and he's a big fan of Deep Purple, King Crimson, and Uriah Heep, as well as Beethoven.  Most of my friends like prog to some extent, or at least some bands listed as prog, which is quite common for our age group (50ish).  Except for Kansas, American prog is obscure out here; I only have one other friend who is a true prog fan  - in fact, he's responsible for getting me back into the genre, but he lives in Seattle.  I suppose that's why people like us get onto sites like this - to interact with others of similar bent and tastes in music.  It seems to me that Europe is more open to more sophisticated music than the U.S, or maybe it's just a matter of a more concentrated and urban population.

Nice. Got people at school to like prog.

The Flower Kings get a warm reception too.

Pink Floyd is always a winner DSOM and WYWH and one band that always gets played by us old b*****ds is Credence Clearwater Revival especially after a few beers.

When it comes to family, my parents like quite a bit of prog (eg. my mum LOVES King Crimson and Jethro Tull... but doesn't like ELP very much. xPP), while my brother can't stand it and finds it very dull. When it comes to, er, well, friends, I actually have a few mates (who don't come over much mind you, mostly because they live ages away from my house -_-) who love classic rock, including a bit of prog such as Pink Floyd. One of my closet friends, however, likes metal and techno (and also Radiohead, actually), but is quite happy to listen to my stuff. In fact, she was rapt when I played some Mike Oldfield when she was over once because her boyfriend was a fan as well!

Edited by Whichonespink93 - October 16 2009 at 01:00