Prog in unexpected public places.

I live in Australia, and boy oh boy...if you think prog is unknown in other places, it's non-existent here.

I know the radio isn't really unexpected but I heard "thick as a brick" part one today on an independent college radio station. I'm not talking about the radio edit either but the whole first twenty minutes. I didn't actually catch all of it but I did catch it later on so I know it was the whole first part. It was cool to hear that on my car's radio. That same section is on the second JT greatest hits album if I'm not mistaken.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - July 29 2019 at 15:45

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: I know the radio isn't really unexpected but I heard "thick as a brick" part one today on an independent college radio station. I'm not talking about the radio edit either but the whole first twenty minutes. I didn't actually catch all of it but I did catch it later on so I know it was the whole first part. It was cool to hear that on my car's radio. That same section is on the second JT greatest hits album if I'm not mistaken.

Ah, college radio. Back in 1978, a friend told me I could hook up my TV cable connection to my receiver to get the local college radio station over at San Diego State University. This I did, and I was soon hearing the standard college fare over the airwaves. Well, Steve Hackett's second album Please Don't Touch had just been released, and I was interested in seeing if the S.D.S.U. station would play it. I called them up, and a very bored sounding disc jockey said he'd look through the recent arrivals for the album. Sure enough, one half hour later the first side of the album was played in its entirety, and it was a real treat for a lazy spring afternoon.

Edited by Rednight - July 30 2019 at 07:20

Last Friday night, just arrived in Italy.
We’re staying in a tiny little hotel near Venice, maybe 6 or 7 rooms. In their restaurant for dinner, and the first song they play is “After the ordeal” from “Selling England”. Must have been on a Genesis kick, because it was followed by “Heathaze” from “Duke”, then “Horizons”. Not what I expected in a little Italian restaurant in 2019. They seemed pretty obscure choices, even if Genesis were popular in Italy 40 years ago.
It went a bit downhill from there with Wham’s “Careless Whisper”, but still made my day.

A few weeks ago they had Shine on you Crazy Diamond on Sam's Club, which was beginning just as I entered the store, and was done (the first part) when I was leaving. I just got to hear that they were continuing with the beginning of Dark Side, so I guess they had a Pink Floyd list going on. Sadly, I went again last weekend, and they had Reggaeton this time

I was in Guitar Center two days ago, and Yes' version of America was playing. Nothing remotely proggy after that...

My wife watches ice skating. Tonight she's watching the 2019 Skate-America event in Las Vegas, and I couldn't believe it when I heard it.    

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Last weekend I saw a young woman at my local nature center wearing a Yes hoodie. It turns out her boyfriend who is in a band(but not a prog band)is a big fan. It's good to know that some younger folks these days are into good music.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - April 22 2020 at 18:55

dougmcauliffe wrote: Hey all I know Im very late to this thread but I work at a gym and I put on the classic rock radio, heres what I've heard: Watcher of the Skies - Genesis (Live)  2112 - Rush (Full Song) Xanadu - Rush (Full Song) Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson (Full song and reprise) Child of Time - Deep Purple (Full Song) America - Yes (Full Song) Perpetual Change - Yes (Full Song)

Today the gym (I work at) played Welcome to the Machine, changed it quickly. Don't wanna hear that sh*t out of sequence on some sh*tty gym speakers!

Edited by dougmcauliffe - November 10 2019 at 16:25