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Poll Question: Which is the best prog band for beginners?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
63 [57.80%]
18 [16.51%]
3 [2.75%]
6 [5.50%]
1 [0.92%]
1 [0.92%]
4 [3.67%]
12 [11.01%]
1 [0.92%]
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Probably Pink Floyd with the huge hits, as Wish you were Here and Comfortably Numb. Then others, like One of These Days, A Pillow of Winds, Summer 68, If, Fat Old Sun. Then the others.

I think it can work well with Rush too.

I had lots of success with girls starting with The Moody Blues, although even Tangerine Dream has worked well once.
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Definitely Pink Floyd. They have many hits and they are easy to get into.

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Dream Theater are the door into prog for all the metaheads...
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I can't believe that Pink Floyd would win the poll, especially in that way.  The results looks suspicious and rigged.

That's sad, because Pink Floyd would give many potential listeners a bad/incorrect impression of what prog. is about. 

The choice of groups in the poll is also very lame (missing many important bands)

Stupid, worthless "poll"....

 

 

 
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Usually I'd say Gentle Giant but it isn't listed in that poll, so I voted for Emerson, Lake and Palmer!

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Rush
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Originally posted by Zargus Zargus wrote:

VDGG, why not start with the best?


well Magma was an option hahahhah
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The best music to start with must be Pink Floyd, and especially the "Wish You Were Here" album. When I tried to introduce some prog to my daughters (then 10 and 13) the first albums they liked were WYWH of Pink Floyd and "Script for a Jester's Tear" of Marillion. Now they are also into Genesis and Yes. But the first "song" they started to appreciate was "Shine on you crazy diamond"
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Originally posted by Soul Dreamer Soul Dreamer wrote:

The best music to start with must be Pink Floyd, and especially the "Wish You Were Here" album. When I tried to introduce some prog to my daughters (then 10 and 13) the first albums they liked were WYWH of Pink Floyd and "Script for a Jester's Tear" of Marillion. Now they are also into Genesis and Yes. But the first "song" they started to appreciate was "Shine on you crazy diamond"


not a bad start, my son's introduction was Bill Bruford and Yours Is No Disgrace.  He's a budding drummer now, and all 3 of my kids know the words to that song by heart.  Oh to be a child of Micky... the next generation of prog fans are coming...  my poor wife just shakes her head.
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Originally posted by SirPsycho388 SirPsycho388 wrote:

I dont think any of those bands are good for
beginners.


I think the best band to introduce prog is <FONT size=7>RUSH.
They have some very long proggy songs, but then shorter more digestable
rock songs that would appeal more to the ears of someone who doesnt
know much about prog.



I agree. Not enough people are saying it though. Rush is the perfect band to
begin to get someone into prog.
One likes to believe
In the freedom of music
But glittering prizes
And endless Compromises
Shatter the illusion
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Soul Dreamer Soul Dreamer wrote:

The best music to start with must be Pink Floyd, and especially the "Wish You Were Here" album. When I tried to introduce some prog to my daughters (then 10 and 13) the first albums they liked were WYWH of Pink Floyd and "Script for a Jester's Tear" of Marillion. Now they are also into Genesis and Yes. But the first "song" they started to appreciate was "Shine on you crazy diamond"


not a bad start, my son's introduction was Bill Bruford and Yours Is No Disgrace.  He's a budding drummer now, and all 3 of my kids know the words to that song by heart.  Oh to be a child of Micky... the next generation of prog fans are coming...  my poor wife just shakes her head.

That's a great song, from what I consider the best band ever. Actually my daughters started with Bruce Springsteen music, but that's because me & my wife both like that. But my wife's not so keen on prog .
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of this list : Pink Floyd

but, only some of their albums are for beginners

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it's clearly RUSH
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Though I voted for Yes in the polls, my introduction to prog was through Dream Theater and Ambrosia; this just goes to show that I belong to a much younger generation of progheads.
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Yes - The complex grandeur of classic symphonic composition with musical accessability. Both stretches your musical understanding but has common rock roots. Out of all of them, I think they do it the best.

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PINK FLOYD
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Art Zoyd, hehheh, heh.
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I voted for Can because no one else had up to that point. 


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I was caught by Floyd but I think that the beginnig will depend on the listener.

I suceeded with my sons using Genesis (Gabriel-era), Marillion and Dream Theater (both were metal-heads ).

For women I'd indicate Moody Blues ('yes, I love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu') and Premiata Forneria Marconi ('amore mio... principessa serena...'). I think they, together with Rush, are also good for someone with a classic rock bias.

For someone jazz-minded maybe King Crimson and for someone oriented for classical music EL&P or Yes or Camel.

 
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