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I’d love to hear more suggestions!
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 I wouldn't start them on the long epics, it might scare some people away.
 May be some more accessible stuff to get their feet wet.

Starship Trooper - Yes
One More Red Nightmare - King Crimson
Karnevil 9 First Impression Pt 2 - ELP
Can Utility & the Coastliners - Genesis
Red Barchetta - Rush
Time - Pink Floyd


 
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Originally posted by Theprogelitist Theprogelitist wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I enjoyed Roger Waters' & Ron Geesin's Music from the Body album, and I didn't even need to be tied to a chair to listen to it. Smile

I'd suggest listening to Renaissance' Ashes Are Burning for a beginner's entry into the wonderful world of prog, mainly because it's my favourite prog album and it was my introduction to prog too. Smile

Hahaha that first bit made me laugh
I’ve actually suggested a song from Ashes Are Burning before. The album is one of my favourites too, simply angelic vocals and beautiful instrumentation. The only thing is that Renaissance is one of a kind in the respect that the vocals are female (provided by the amazing Annie Haslam) while prog contains 99,5% male vocals, which makes it a bit unrepresentative in my mind
 
"At the Harbour" from the classic Ashes Are Burning album is my favourite Renaissance song, and it just happens to be Annie Haslam's favourite Renaissance song too. Smile
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21st Century Schizoid Man by KC. If anyone is still interested and haven't bolted form the room then play them the rest of the In The Court Of The Crimson King album.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Why not start at the beginning , then? 

Because you might get as far as Schizoid Man and then find someone is beating you round the head with a copy of album with a big pink face on the cover, shouting "what the f**k is this, put Justin Beiber on".
I know exactly what you mean: 21st Century Schizoid Man is not the easiest introduction into the magnificent world of prog. A beginner would be far better off listening to King Crimson's Epitaph first of all, and if they don't like that Mellotron epic, then you may as well give up and let them go back to listening to Justin Bieber and Britney Spears. Smile
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

21st Century Schizoid Man by KC. If anyone is still interested and haven't bolted form the room then play them the rest of the In The Court Of The Crimson King album.

Good idea.....after all... 'Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. ... '”

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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

21st Century Schizoid Man by KC. If anyone is still interested and haven't bolted form the room then play them the rest of the In The Court Of The Crimson King album.

Good idea.....after all... 'Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. ... '”

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It's prog. They'll either like it or hate. For the latter, don't let the door hit them in the ass on the way out. LOL
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I wouldn't recommend Close To The Edge. I tried showing it to my best friend (who I did end up converting into a proghead in the end) when I was just introducing him to the genre, but he found it really annoying the first time and turned it off as soon as he got to the church organs
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

21st Century Schizoid Man by KC. If anyone is still interested and haven't bolted form the room then play them the rest of the In The Court Of The Crimson King album.

Good idea.....after all... 'Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. ... '”

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It's prog. They'll either like it or hate. For the latter, don't let the door hit them in the ass on the way out. LOL

I agree...and most of my friends and family who like  music don't get into prog. It just doesn't appeal to them.
Some do like Floyd and Tull ..the radio tracks ,but not deeper cuts or deeper prog bands.
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

If they can sit through Trout Mask Replica, they can sit through just about anything.

I cannot do that... LOL

what does it mean, what does it mean?!
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Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

 I wouldn't start them on the long epics, it might scare some people away.
 May be some more accessible stuff to get their feet wet.

Starship Trooper - Yes
One More Red Nightmare - King Crimson
Karnevil 9 First Impression Pt 2 - ELP
Can Utility & the Coastliners - Genesis
Red Barchetta - Rush
Time - Pink Floyd


 

Good choices!
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Why not start at the beginning , then? 


Because you might get as far as Schizoid Man and then find someone is beating you round the head with a copy of album with a big pink face on the cover, shouting "what the f**k is this, put Justin Beiber on".

I know exactly what you mean: 21st Century Schizoid Man is not the easiest introduction into the magnificent world of prog. A beginner would be far better off listening to King Crimson's Epitaph first of all, and if they don't like that Mellotron epic, then you may as well give up and let them go back to listening to Justin Bieber and Britney Spears. Smile

Yeah Epitaph definitely seems like a good starting point. I had my AC/DC-loving friend listen to it, as well as And You And I, and she liked them. It’s hard to dislike such beauty.
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Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

I wouldn't recommend Close To The Edge. I tried showing it to my best friend (who I did end up converting into a proghead in the end) when I was just introducing him to the genre, but he found it really annoying the first time and turned it off as soon as he got to the church organs

Hmmm that’s interesting because Close to the Edge was the first prog track I had my dad listen to and he absolutely fell in love with it. Next week he heard Supper’s Ready and thought it was the most stressing piece of music he had ever heard. I love both. I guess it just goes to show that one man’s meat is another man’s poison.
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For beginners, I would start with Yes' Roundabout, Pink Floyd's Time, and Genesis' Squonk. 

After that, I would recommend Area's Caos (parte seconda)
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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

For beginners, I would start with Yes' Roundabout, Pink Floyd's Time, and Genesis' Squonk. 

After that, I would recommend Area's Caos (parte seconda)


This guy knows what he’s talking about. I highly recommend Caos (parte seconde) to everyone who reads this
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How about something on the lighter listening side like:

Jethro Tull - "To Cry You a Song"

or

Strawbs - "Benedictus"
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Originally posted by dwill123 dwill123 wrote:

How about something on the lighter listening side like:

Jethro Tull - "To Cry You a Song"

or

Strawbs - "Benedictus"

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Thank you for your input! Although I wouldn’t necessarily say that those songs are prog. To Cry You a Song is more of a blues-rocker and Benedictus is more of a folky pop song in my mind. The songs are by good prog bands though and personally I’d rather recommend Heavy Horses/Aqualung and Autumn, respectively
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer's:

From the beginning  🧐
Fanfare for the Common Man
Hoedown


Jethro Tull's:

Aqualung
Bourée
Thick as a Brick (the short version, "Edit #1")

and/or this album: 




Yes':

Wonderous Stories
And You and I


Rush:

Time Stand Still
Roll the Bones
Where's my Thing
Closer to the Heart
Tom Sawyer
... many


King Crimson:

Elephant Talk


Then, if they're more jazzy/into fusion or adventurous, Frank Zappa's 

Peaches en Regalia
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow

and/or these albums:

  
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