Author |
Topic Search Topic Options
|
benbell
Forum Groupie
Joined: July 17 2013
Location: UK
Status: Offline
Points: 44
|
Posted: October 21 2013 at 13:15 |
I didn't really have any sudden enlightenment it was more of a gradual thing. I tended to like the more interesting and complex songs on various albums I listened to, and that just led to me in the right direction over time. I came to prog through Queen, maybe some Mike Oldfield and Sky, Deep Purple, Rainbow and so on. I couldn't even tell you the first classic prog album I picked up. It was probably Genesis, but it might have been Pink Floyd.
If you really pushed me I'd probably pick Prophet Song by Queen as the closest thing to a defining point, but even that was something that took a while to realy grab me.
|
|
|
progbethyname
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 30 2012
Location: HiFi Headmania
Status: Offline
Points: 7849
|
Posted: October 23 2013 at 05:11 |
^ in the end, you were grabbed and affected by Prog. I think that anyone who studies and or really loves music in general eventually will be won over or affected by prog's beautiful diversity. Prog has so much to offer. :)
|
Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
|
|
geekfreak
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 21 2013
Location: Musical Garden
Status: Offline
Points: 9872
|
Posted: October 23 2013 at 09:45 |
|
Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."
Music Is Live
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.
Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… <
|
|
Stromboil
Forum Newbie
Joined: October 19 2013
Location: Umeå, Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 6
|
Posted: October 23 2013 at 11:31 |
The first album I remember listening to was Red. I was maby 5 or 6 years old. My dad showed it to me, I guess I'm an example of someone not rejecting the music of my parents :) I truly got in to prog when I was 14 or 15, when I got our old LP-player from the garage, set it up in my room and started to go though the boxes of old albums. Pretty soon I found myself browsing through record-stores for more after school, and ordering home albums I couldn't find from the Internet. I was truly hooked. I also started to "convert" some of my more musically interested friends. I don't think anyone I showed Genesis to liked them the first time (or the fifth time haha) but slowly a few of them started to come around. Now years later some of those guys are still among my closest friends, and prog is a big part of that :D
|
|
Hamlet Transportinae
Forum Newbie
Joined: July 12 2013
Status: Offline
Points: 19
|
Posted: November 02 2013 at 18:48 |
My dad was playin' Fugazi and Script for A Jester's Tears all the time. I think that ruined my sanity and so I came out to e as loved up as I am now.
|
|
Donny Doom
Forum Groupie
Joined: July 22 2013
Location: Tennessee
Status: Offline
Points: 53
|
Posted: November 12 2013 at 12:30 |
My uncle who is a Rush fanatic turned me on to prog music. On my tenth birthday my uncle got me Rush's 2112 album because it was released the year I was born & it is his favorite album by them. I remember the first time the needle hit side one just being in awe & knowing at that moment I found my music. After that I spent hours picking over & listening to my uncle vinyl collection enjoying the rest of Rush's discography,King Crimson,Yes,Jethro Tull,Genesis,The Moody Blues,Pink Floyd,Manfred Mann's Earth Band & many more bands. Prog music really helped spark my passion for music. I would spend countless hours picking apart & learning about the eclectic diverse music that influenced all of the great prog bands like folk,blues,jazz,classical & so on. My passion for prog music followed me later on when I decided I wanted to learn how to play guitar & gave me a starting point.
|
|
|
JellySucker
Forum Groupie
Joined: October 22 2013
Location: Indonesia
Status: Offline
Points: 92
|
Posted: November 17 2013 at 01:49 |
When i was a 14 year old kid, i remember when i was first introduced to Emerson, Lake and Palmer by my keyboard mentor, The first prog song i listened to was The Barbarian by ELP, then i got introduced with more prog bands such as Yes, Gentle Giant, etc. Now i'm a 15 year old who hast vast collection of Prog
Edited by JellySucker - November 17 2013 at 01:52
|
I print dank quality M E M E stickers ° ͜ʖ ͡ -
last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/jellypanini
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgRockTime
|
|
Donny Doom
Forum Groupie
Joined: July 22 2013
Location: Tennessee
Status: Offline
Points: 53
|
Posted: November 17 2013 at 22:52 |
|
|
|
RyanElliott
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 14 2011
Location: Cardiff
Status: Offline
Points: 113
|
Posted: November 20 2013 at 08:49 |
I was infected by Prog at a very very young age of 9.
Being born in 92, that is weird. My mother was a big fan of Rush and Genesis when she was young. When I started to learn to play guitar, I started listening to some of the LP's she owned such as Selling England by The Pound, A farewell to Kings etc. and from there I discovered a big family tree of progressive music.
It has been in my blood ever since.
And for that, I feel very blessed indeed!
|
|
JellySucker
Forum Groupie
Joined: October 22 2013
Location: Indonesia
Status: Offline
Points: 92
|
Posted: November 20 2013 at 09:03 |
RyanElliott wrote:
I was infected by Prog at a very very young age of 9.
Being born in 92, that is weird. My mother was a big fan of Rush and Genesis when she was young. When I started to learn to play guitar, I started listening to some of the LP's she owned such as Selling England by The Pound, A farewell to Kings etc. and from there I discovered a big family tree of progressive music.
It has been in my blood ever since.
And for that, I feel very blessed indeed! |
Same here, my keyboard mentor was a veteran Prog player, he told me stories of his performances during his times on the 70s , only that i was born on 98'
|
I print dank quality M E M E stickers ° ͜ʖ ͡ -
last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/jellypanini
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgRockTime
|
|
genbanks
Forum Senior Member
Joined: April 08 2010
Location: Argentina
Status: Offline
Points: 956
|
Posted: November 25 2013 at 19:47 |
Being a symphonic classical music listener, the prog rock started to infect me in 1984 when I was 15 years old. Everything started with Genesis track Mama, since then I started a pilgrimage in search of the Genesis discography, at those times I was shocked by Watcher of the skies, In the cage medley, Dodo and One for the vine. Since that moment it never stoped anymore.
|
|
Adien Fazmail
Forum Newbie
Joined: July 24 2011
Location: Jakarta
Status: Offline
Points: 9
|
Posted: November 27 2013 at 00:13 |
The most infected time is when i came too Indonesian Progressive Festival in 2002 .. the band whose play so stunning, and i realize that so many people and friends know and like about this music.. so i decide it to make and form a band with some progressive stuff
|
|
Agnenrecords
Forum Newbie
Joined: November 27 2013
Location: Croydon, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 1
|
Posted: November 27 2013 at 09:06 |
...It's September 1972. Kelly's record store, Barrow-in-Furness. I'm 13 and my older brother is just about to buy the recently released Close to the Edge and we're listening to all of side one in one of the booths, album sleeve in hands.
I'd never heard anything like it before (Virginia Plain, released the previous month, was the nearest I'd previously got to liking any sort of music.) From that moment I was hooked...
|
This night wounds time
|
|
JellySucker
Forum Groupie
Joined: October 22 2013
Location: Indonesia
Status: Offline
Points: 92
|
Posted: November 27 2013 at 09:18 |
Adien Fazmail wrote:
The most infected time is when i came too Indonesian Progressive Festival in 2002 .. the band whose play so stunning, and i realize that so many people and friends know and like about this music.. so i decide it to make and form a band with some progressive stuff
|
It's glad to find an Indonesian who also likes prog , mind if i PM you?
|
I print dank quality M E M E stickers ° ͜ʖ ͡ -
last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/jellypanini
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgRockTime
|
|
guyuz
Forum Newbie
Joined: November 28 2013
Location: Israel
Status: Offline
Points: 4
|
Posted: November 29 2013 at 06:38 |
Well, I've been listening to Pink Floyd ever since I was, what, 9? Learned about them through dad, obviously... Other than Floyd I would listen mostly to rock and to indie rock (Led Zeppellin, Queen, RHCP, and some indie rock bands), I didn't even know what prog was back then.
Then when I was 14/15 I got Rockband 3, and there was a Roundabout track. From then on I've read about prog and I've been exploring prog bands of all genres, expanding my horizons.
|
|
JellySucker
Forum Groupie
Joined: October 22 2013
Location: Indonesia
Status: Offline
Points: 92
|
Posted: November 29 2013 at 07:37 |
guyuz wrote:
Well, I've been listening to Pink Floyd ever since I was, what, 9? Learned about them through dad, obviously...Other than Floyd I would listen mostly to rock and to indie rock (Led Zeppellin, Queen, RHCP, and some indie rock bands), I didn't even know what prog was back then.
Then when I was 14/15 I got Rockband 3, and there was a Roundabout track. From then on I've read about prog and I've been exploring prog bands of all genres, expanding my horizons. |
Queen was a prog band that most common people don't realize
|
I print dank quality M E M E stickers ° ͜ʖ ͡ -
last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/jellypanini
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgRockTime
|
|
progbethyname
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 30 2012
Location: HiFi Headmania
Status: Offline
Points: 7849
|
Posted: November 29 2013 at 15:29 |
genbanks wrote:
Being a symphonic classical music listener, the prog rock started to infect me in 1984 when I was 15 years old. Everything started with Genesis track Mama, since then I started a pilgrimage in search of the Genesis discography, at those times I was shocked by Watcher of the skies, In the cage medley, Dodo and One for the vine. Since that moment it never stoped anymore. |
What a great story. Very cool.
|
Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
|
|
scruffydragon
Forum Senior Member
Joined: February 09 2008
Location: trowbridge
Status: Offline
Points: 250
|
Posted: December 04 2013 at 13:37 |
probably at primary school way back in the 70's in class where our teacher used to play music for us to move to or draw to etc. I think that's where I first heard Camels snow goose. I still love this album. I also found 45 rpm in the gutter not far from where I lived of renaissance northern lights/opening out which I must of worn out on my old Phillips mono record player. I guess someone did not want the record and used it as a Frisbee, it became my favorite record. I then forgot about most 70's music when I started going out in the early 80's with my mates. I reconnected with the music from my childhood about 10 years ago after my marriage broke up. It really helped me through that difficult period.
|
|
poeghost
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 13 2013
Location: U.S.A.
Status: Offline
Points: 175
|
Posted: December 13 2013 at 20:58 |
It started for me with The Beatles. My first album by them was The Blue Album. I think I was about 13 years old at the time. Steppenwolf probably isn't considered prog, but I loved that long medley
on side 2 of The Second album. The longer version of "Magic Carpet Ride" also amazed me. It's my favorite Steppenwolf album. Later on after I graduated from high school I discovered Arthur Brown singing "Fire" on Solid Gold. I was so impressed by him, I got the album "The Crazy World of Arthur Brown" and that moved me further into getting prog music.
|
|
Lourenco
Forum Newbie
Joined: March 29 2014
Status: Offline
Points: 1
|
Posted: March 29 2014 at 20:12 |
When I listened "Selling England by the Pound", first second after hit the play Peter Gabriel said : "Can you tell me where my country lies?"... That changed my life.
|
|
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.