Prog in unexpected public places.

So I'm shopping at the local Kroger with my wife and I mostly ignore the music played on the store sound system but then I heard something familiar: Sylvia by Focus.  It got me thinking, somewhere out there there's a guy picking music for the Kroger sound system that likes prog and he must have snuck that one in.

So, anyone else have this sort of thing happen to them?

Sylvia is one of those songs that works really well in that sort of context.  It's a great little tune and I don't think you'd find any prog ignorant shoppers that would be bothered by it.  Still I wonder how many shoppers heard what I heard liked it and didn't think any further about it.

It did give me a bit of a rush hearing Sylvia there and I think it may have caused me to buy things.


Edited by Slartibartfast - August 20 2011 at 13:56

During Christmas in my town there is usually a speaker system installed on a couple of more commercial streets, blasting the season's hits. Yet a couple of years back they played Trans-Siberian Orchestra all the time!

There was a sports talk radio network that used to use "Big Fungus" by Michael Manring (from his Thonk album) as one of their show lead-ins.

Paul Schaefer's CBS Orchestra plays one of King's X's proggier tunes "We Were Born To Be Loved" at commercial breaks.

Tapfret wrote: There was a sports talk radio network that used to use "Big Fungus" by Michael Manring (from his Thonk album) as one of their show lead-ins. Paul Schaefer's CBS Orchestra plays one of King's X's proggier tunes "We Were Born To Be Loved" at commercial breaks.

The Schaefer thing is a little surprising though I don't know that song I've gotten the impression that Paul is and/or was generally dismissive of prog.

Takes me back many years to this golden oldie! http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1368

Slartibartfast wrote: Tapfret wrote: There was a sports talk radio network that used to use "Big Fungus" by Michael Manring (from his Thonk album) as one of their show lead-ins. Paul Schaefer's CBS Orchestra plays one of King's X's proggier tunes "We Were Born To Be Loved" at commercial breaks. The Schaefer thing is a little surprising though I don't know that song I've gotten the impression that Paul is and/or was generally dismissive of prog.

Not if you saw the awe on his face when Emerson did the Late Show so many long years ago. It looked like he was having a massive pants volcano. But as for the musical selection for the outros to commercial I would agree that your unlikely to hear the CBS Orchestra play much if any progressive music. That's not what the audience wants.

When CTTE is played at your local Tesco (Wallmart/CoOp/Morrisons & etc.) when buying your pork chops, you will know that we have taken over the world!

i worked in south Wales for a time. Haverfordwest.

JD wrote:   Not if you saw the awe on his face when Emerson did the Late Show so many long years ago. It looked like he was having a massive pants volcano. But as for the musical selection for the outros to commercial I would agree that your unlikely to hear the CBS Orchestra play much if any progressive music. That's not what the audience wants.

Can't think of anything at the moment. sadly...