Miracles really do happen!

Hi. This is my first post, so I guess I should introduce myself a bit. I am not a fan of prog. Normally, I'd be the guy making fun of the silly stories and weird music.

But the impossible has transpired: I like a prog rock album. And not just any prog rock album ...a Genesis album as old as I am, "A Trick of the Tail."

I do not normally like prog rock. I do not normally like '80s Howard Jones-style synth pop. Yet this album has both in hefty helpings and I've fallen in love with it. When it's not around, I miss it. I've downloaded what is probably only quasi-legal MP3s of Ripples and Los Endos so I can have a little taste of it while I'm stuck here at night school.

This is strange. I live in the same place, I inhabit the same body, but I am not the same person I was. By all rights, I shouldn't even be here. I came in search of a support group, but something tells me you're just going to be a bunch of enablers.

Bizarro #1 wrote: Hi. This is my first post, so I guess I should introduce myself a bit. I am not a fan of prog. Normally, I'd be the guy making fun of the silly stories and weird music. But the impossible has transpired: I like a prog rock album. And not just any prog rock album ...a Genesis album as old as I am, "A Trick of the Tail." I do not normally like prog rock. I do not normally like '80s Howard Jones-style synth pop. Yet this album has both in hefty helpings and I've fallen in love with it. When it's not around, I miss it. I've downloaded what is probably only quasi-legal MP3s of Ripples and Los Endos so I can have a little taste of it while I'm stuck here at night school. This is strange. I live in the same place, I inhabit the same body, but I am not the same person I was. By all rights, I shouldn't even be here. I came in search of a support group, but something tells me you're just going to be a bunch of enablers.

That must be some awesome bud you are smoking

And this belongs in the "Welcome Newbies" section.

Welcome whatever. Now get Close to the Edge.

Howard Jones 

Howard Jones influenced 70's Genesis?

goose wrote: Trouserpress wrote: Welcome whatever. Now get Close to the Edge. Did I hear that right? What happened to Gentle Giant?

You've got to ease the lad in, Goosey! CTTE is THE progressive rock album that's acted as a gateway to the wider world of prog for I'd say at least 50% of prog fans, myself included. Gentle Giant aren't a band to get into immediately, you've got to know some prog basics first. Gentle Giant are the times tables to Yes' ABC's.

Bizarro #1 wrote: I didn't say that Howard Jones was an influence on 1976 Genesis. I was merely trying to say that the tonal qualities of the synthesizers being used were similar. I chose my words very poorly.

Don't fret about it. You're new to the genre, you'll say absurd things. Now get Close to the Edge.

BaldFriede wrote: Trouserpress wrote: goose wrote: Trouserpress wrote: Welcome whatever. Now get Close to the Edge. Did I hear that right? What happened to Gentle Giant? You've got to ease the lad in, Goosey! CTTE is THE progressive rock album that's acted as a gateway to the wider world of prog for I'd say at least 50% of prog fans, myself included. Gentle Giant aren't a band to get into immediately, you've got to know some prog basics first. Gentle Giant are the times tables to Yes' ABC's. and Henry Cow and the Art Bears are the logarithm and trigonometric function tables of prog

Indeed!

Bob Greece wrote: BaldFriede wrote: and Henry Cow and the Art Bears are the logarithm and trigonometric function tables of prog  What about Magma?

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