Your first Prog Song?

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   Not really counting hearing tracks like `Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen, or even (dare I say it?) `November Rain' by Guns N Roses or various 80's Metallica, all of which have prog elements, I think my first taste of what lead to proper prog was hearing the album `Queen 1', with tracks like `Great King Rat' and `Liar' with their little multi-sections and different directions.

I had never heard pop/rock music like it, and it certainly made me take notice! Soon after, it was devouring all of Floyd's albums, by my first proper intro to `real' prog was a cassette with Genesis `Nursery Cryme' on one side and Eloy's `Power and the Passion' on the other, given to me by chance by my old friend and Archives member Tom Ozric!   

Cue much expanding of my mind....!   

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Aussie-Byrd-Brother Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951	Posted: January 23 2013 at 08:06
	Not really counting hearing tracks like `Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen, or even (dare I say it?) `November Rain' by Guns N Roses or various 80's Metallica, all of which have prog elements, I think my first taste of what lead to proper prog was hearing the album `Queen 1', with tracks like `Great King Rat' and `Liar' with their little multi-sections and different directions. I had never heard pop/rock music like it, and it certainly made me take notice! Soon after, it was devouring all of Floyd's albums, by my first proper intro to `real' prog was a cassette with Genesis `Nursery Cryme' on one side and Eloy's `Power and the Passion' on the other, given to me by chance by my old friend and Archives member Tom Ozric! Cue much expanding of my mind....!

HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26138	Posted: January 23 2013 at 07:55
	My dad had a lot of prog albums when I was growing up, so it's hard to say what came first. I just kind of grew up with it. Even when I was 5 years old I had 2 of my own Moody Blues records.
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yanch Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 03 2010 Location: Lowell, MA Status: Offline Points: 3247	Posted: January 23 2013 at 07:48
	I'm another one showing my age-Aqualung. Back in eight grade we had a music class and had to bring in an album and select a track to play the class. A girl in my class brought the Agualung album, newly released, and played the title track.

HarbouringTheSoul Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 21 2010 Status: Offline Points: 1199	Posted: January 23 2013 at 02:27
	"The Gumbo Variations" is the first one I remember hearing. I must have been about three years old.

Eria Tarka Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 17 2011 Location: BC, Canada Status: Offline Points: 5856	Posted: January 22 2013 at 23:54
	The first... "Far Cry" by Rush. It was the first time I knew I was listening to Rush at least. Other than that, the first three prog songs I listened to where I knew it was prog were "Roundabout", "21st Century Schizoid Man", and "The Knife" in that order.

Dayvenkirq Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970	Posted: January 22 2013 at 23:45
	Floyd - "Money". It all started for me with the radio, so ... . If asking for "real" prog, then "The Court of the Crimson King", I think. Edited by Dayvenkirq - January 23 2013 at 00:23

AEProgman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2012 Location: Toadstool Status: Offline Points: 1787	Posted: January 22 2013 at 23:45
	^ Don't feel bad, I am there with you...


SquonkHunter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 22 2013 Location: Texas, by God! Status: Offline Points: 334	Posted: January 22 2013 at 23:44
	Showing my age with this one: The Yes Album, 1971. Been hooked on Prog ever since.

AEProgman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2012 Location: Toadstool Status: Offline Points: 1787	Posted: January 22 2013 at 23:39
	As fate would have it, on my parents old console record player, Yes's Close to the Edge. I still remember it like it was yesterday. There were other songs on the radio and such that I may have heard before that could have been prog, but it was not until CTTE that I knew what it was.


ProgMetaller2112 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 08 2012 Location: Pacoima,CA,USA Status: Offline Points: 3145	Posted: January 22 2013 at 23:20
	I've been wondering when you finally heard your first prog song?I'll give mine away "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush.
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