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    Posted: December 22 2004 at 07:53
I thought that since all of the following opened my eyes to the prog universe, it would be nice to know what made you be a proghead...

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Got  to be Floyd, to ease you in
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Jethro Tull spring 1971.
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King Crimson and ELP... hooked me for life!
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Marillion and Yes. Also Supertramp but I didn't know or thought of it as prog music.

The songs that really appealed to me at that time where Survival and Then (I had the yesterday collection) from Yes and the La Gazza Ladra album by Marillion.

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Pink Floyd was the first prog band to real me in, but I wouldn't have been aware of the label 'prog rock' at that point.

I guess it was my liking of Floyd and more thoughtful rock music that led to Rush, Genesis, Marillion and beyond.
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Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' was one of the first albums I owned. And it was the single 'Another Brick...' that did it for me.

There was a DJ called Mickey Horne (I think) on Capital Radio (London) who was a huge Floyd fan and I remember him playing side one of The Wall on his show. Up to that point, all I had ever bought were singles and I couldn't believe that you could string songs together like that one long piece. How did they remember all that music in one go???

Hey, I was 13 year old, and I didn't know much about the world okay?

Anyways, Floyd was my way into prog but I truly wish it would have been something REALLY cool like Tangerine Dream or Showwaddywaddy...

 



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Floyd

Floyd is easy
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Mine was definately Genesis (Nursery Cryme). According to the poll, that goes into "obscure band from your native country"!

Dream Theater was the first prog I heard, and my prog-fiend of a friend got be to buy Nursery Cryme and Selling England By The Pound for about £4 each in a sale. The stuff he buys is so obscure that the shops keep it in a paper bag under the counter. I am very grateful for being made to get some Genesis, as Nursery Cryme is still one of my favourite albums and it opened me up a whole new world of prog.

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Hey, I was 13 year old, and I didn't know much about the world okay?

And today ????
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ELP?! If the first prog I had ever heard had been Brain Salad Surgery, I would've ran headlong for brittney spears... or even mariah carey . My first introduction to prog was Yes, and they remain one of my favorite groups of all-time. Although I was introduced to them via CTTE, I think either the Yes Album or Fragile would be a great intro. I voted for Yes, even though Pink Floyd would also be a fantastic introduction as well. As I've said before, it all depends on what the person currently likes who's to be introduced to prog... if that person likes heavy metal, than Rush or DT might be a good intro, whereas if they like the Beatles and acoustic 60s hippie-rock, than Yes would be a better choice. 
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Since Mostly Autumn aint on the list i'll have to go for the next best thing for this matter= Pink floyd...
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Originally posted by Sweetnighter Sweetnighter wrote:

ELP?! If the first prog I had ever heard had been Brain Salad Surgery, I would've ran headlong for brittney spears... or even mariah carey . 

BSS would scare you, but Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother or Meddle wouldn't have????

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Granted those aren't great intros either... but later Floyd would be better, you know, Dark Side, WYWH, Animals, Wall... but for ELP, even the debut album, which is definitely their most commercially appealing album, would still be a bumpy ride for a prog newbie. 
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Nah, actually I think I'd start someone on Tarkus or Trilogy myself... both epitomy of prog albums...

I think for girls, that ITCOTCK is probably the best intro... it carries a sense of mysticism and romanticism... that most young girls find fascinating... and then there is that voice...!!!

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I don't know if it's the easiest way to get into prog, but I had King Crimson's ITCOTCK as my first prog album. I still remember my father playing "Moonchild" for me, when I was really small

I kindof didn't continue that way until last year, when I wanted to listen to the LP myself. I really loved Epitaph and Court of the Crimson King and then wanted to hear the rest of it too. After listening to that ALbum for quite a while I realized that there's more to music than simple pop and hiphop, so I went out to discover more of prog...

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I''d say Pink Floyd, but "Meddle"or later only. WYWH would make for a great introduction.
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My first touch of Prog was actuall Symphony X (some may not call it prog). From them i discovered the whole genre. For someone new starting out i would reccomend pinkfloyd though.
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That band with whatsisname on keyboards
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I remember hearing the opening lines of 'I Know What I like' drifting out of next door's window (they had a son who was a couple of years older than me, sort of a surrogate big brother). That did it for me.

Hearing "It's one o'clock and time for lunch..."

Now makes me go all Proustian. (pretentious - moi?)

It's got to be Gabriel era Genesis.



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