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Mikeyg

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Posted: December 21 2010 at 10:52

For me it was 1969, I was 13 and I bought 'The Court of the Crimson King'...I never looked back

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Posted: December 21 2010 at 11:08

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Rush' 2112, around 1988, when I was 15. I never recovered.

Very close to the same time, I'd say around 1989-90, I discovered Fragile and 2112 at about the same time, and both were equally mind-blowing. I was around 13 years old.

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Posted: December 21 2010 at 11:49

Images and words in 1999, I was 16

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Posted: December 21 2010 at 11:53

The Yes Album, at 13 years old, an unforgettable Christmas!

But I grew up on Classic-era Floyd.

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Posted: December 21 2010 at 12:06

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Rush - A Farewell To Kings

I was a heavy metal nugget back in the late 1970s'/early 80s. A mate of mine had played me Going For The One which in my infinite teenage wisdom, I had dubbed 'f*cking Country and Western music' (yes I know, I'm still slapping myself about the head about it now). My mate was not undaunted however and during one afternoon record listening session, he spun AFTK and everything changed in an instant. I'll admit that at first, I found Geddy's voice hilarious but I couldn't fault the playing. Happily, Geddy's voice grew on me and I played this album to death over the next six months. It remains a watershed moment for my music listening and opened a door to the world of progresssive music.

Such a great musical revelation would not occur in my life again until I discovered the phenomenal talent that is Justin Bieber.

Nice story. I was so fond of record listening sessions with friends.

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Posted: December 21 2010 at 14:54

First for me was 'And Then There Were Three' by Genesis, which I bought in June 1979. This was quickly followed by Selling England by the Pound, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and Close to the Edge. Every penny I could get my hands on went towards buying albums (which were about £3 at the the time).

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Posted: December 21 2010 at 15:24

Animals - Pink Floyd

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Posted: December 21 2010 at 21:48

I'll say In The Court of The Crimson King was the first prog album I heard with the knowledge of it being prog. There was this vinyl copy lying around in my house that belonged to my dad back in the day that had "The Crimson King" on the cover with his two front teeth colored in with a pen. Then he got me a copy for my birthday and I never touched the thing for maybe 2 years until I started getting into music. I always remember how spooky that cover was, and how amazed I was when I finally put that record on. That sh*t changed who I was.

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Posted: December 22 2010 at 09:41

For me when I listened to that Crimson for the first time, I think I bought it just for the cover my musical taste was defined, literaly overnite, from that point the floodgates opened, I came across Gentle Giant, Yes, Magma, Ange, Caravan, Camel....the list goes on an on. So much good music and not enough years in a lifetime to enjoy it all.

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Posted: December 22 2010 at 09:51

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Posted: December 22 2010 at 10:32

Various musicians in my family, music was always on ...

Pink Floyd and Genesis were playing constantly as far back as I can remember (I'm kinna young, I'm a '76 baby)

But I think I 've been rejecting a lot of that until maybe 89 - 90. when, at that time, I was really (and still am tho) into Peter Gabriel solo work, the greatest voice ever (to me). But also discovered more "hard-rock" sounding bands like Fates warning or Dream theater, around 93-94

Then, strangely, I came back to more 'classical' prog (can I actually say that ?) recently, around 98 - 99.

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Posted: December 22 2010 at 10:42

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[QUOTE=sigod]Rush - A Farewell To Kings

Nice story. I was so fond of record listening sessions with friends.

Thank you sir.

It seems as if that was a 70s/early 80s thing but who knows? I wonder if teenegers still gather together in rooms to say things like 'wow' and 'awsome!' in response to listening to new music.

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Posted: December 22 2010 at 11:03

sigod wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

[QUOTE=sigod]Rush - A Farewell To Kings

Nice story. I was so fond of record listening sessions with friends.

Thank you sir.

It seems as if that was a 70s/early 80s thing but who knows? I wonder if teenegers still gather together in rooms to say things like 'wow' and 'awsome!' in response to listening to new music.

I used to love walking around to my friends with several albums under my arm.

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Posted: December 22 2010 at 12:05

I'm guessing it would be either a Queen or a Pink Floyd Record, but back then I did not consider them prog, meaning I did not know of prog, I just knew I liked their style.

But the first Prog record I bought as in intentionally buying prog, changed my life completely and made me apreciate music in an entire different way, Thick as a Brick it was called and it will allways be my favorite record.

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Posted: December 22 2010 at 12:40

Fragile, summer of 1974.

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Posted: December 22 2010 at 13:29

The Yes Album,a few days later Relayer

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Posted: December 22 2010 at 16:19

Hi,

None really.

By the time I heard the Beatles, Rolling Stones and all that when I was in Brazil, I was already aware of Ravel, Stravinsky, Orff, Bartok ... and then I already knew a lot of music, some popular stuff from Europe ... and ... like many other folks that are musically educated ... that is have heard a lot of other things ... it's hard to consider a band that just does 3 to 4 minute songs important or progressive ... and folks like The Beatles tried to change that mold ... and it got lost in the shuffle of popularity and fame! And 45 years later ... shame!

The first "progressive" album that I went after was The Who ... "Tommy" ... because it was a rock opera, done by musicians our age, with instruments of our time and place. But, because of a hit or two, that piece is horribly trashed and still not considered valuable ... even to a place like this ... we still don't thiink of The Wall as a rock opera and that is an even better representative than a lot other pieces out there ... and the libretto makes half the operas that the Metropolitan does, look like really cheap endeavours in music -- done by rock'n'roll'ers too!

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Posted: December 23 2010 at 10:06

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood

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Posted: December 23 2010 at 10:19

This is not really original but... Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was the album that got me into prog around 2005 (I was 13), but it actually was part of a stack of CDs I stole from my father which included In the Court of the Crimson King, Trilogy, Relayer and Tales from Topographic Oceans...

Actually, I can't really remember what my first prog album was since prog has been played around my house since before I was born...
actually one of the earliest memories I have is listening ELP's Karn Evil 9 from the Return of the Manticore boxset (I loved the manticore on the cover!)... I was probably around 3 years old at the time...

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Posted: December 23 2010 at 14:09

I don't remeber.

But if you don't count things like Tool, Mars Volta and Mastodon then it was Pink Floyd - Echoes, then In The Court of the Crimson King

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