10 Albums that lead you the way to Prog

King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King. And 9 others.

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 This is a good topic (Going to make me think a little bit)

Edited by Argo2112 - February 17 2022 at 09:04

nick_h_nz wrote:  Top Ten Influential Albums From My Pre-Teens 2. The Wombles - Remember You're A Womble Still before I made my own musical choices, one of several albums of music bought by my mum and dad for my younger brother and I to listen to. Running a fine line between tribute and pastiche, The Wombles were so much more than a novelty act, with instantly recognisable parodies of artists and genres. I still have the Wombles in my collection - no longer the cassette bought for me and my brother, but my own cds. Given there was a Rick Wakeman pastiche, possibly the first prog I ever listened to? 😜

[QUOTE=richardh] Paul McCartney and Wings - Band On The Run

It's a while ago now but mine would be something like -

Saperlipopette! wrote: So it seems most of you were led on your way to prog by a bunch of prog albums. Fine, I can understand that approach too. But wouldn't it be more interesting to dig even further back than your first Genesis and King Crimson albums? Because we've "all" done that version before here several times anyway.

Edited by I prophesy disaster - February 20 2022 at 12:29

Well, for me there was prog or not prog so it's not like there was some kind of bridge to prog. That being said I will list as many as I can that sort of led to me to being a prog fan even though I still kind of feel that it was sort of black and white (ie prog and not prog). However, I'll list some anyway. Also, keep in mind my prog journey is different than many because I first got into music in a big way at around age 12(1982) which wasn't exactly a time when prog was thriving so I sort of got into the genre through the back door.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - February 20 2022 at 16:12

Nothing spectacular here.

Edited by emisan - February 21 2022 at 01:56

Lewian wrote: Saperlipopette! wrote: So it seems most of you were led on your way to prog by a bunch of prog albums. Fine, I can understand that approach too. But wouldn't it be more interesting to dig even further back than your first Genesis and King Crimson albums? Because we've "all" done that version before here several times anyway. I listened to some other music before, but I wouldn't say that it led me to prog (with the Beatles as possible exception but even there I'm not so sure). Personally I don't think prog needs to be introduced by "lighter stuff" if you know what I mean. I'm somehow under the impression that I would have loved Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Pink Floyd earlier, had I heard them earlier. I can't remember any prog that I had heard at a younger age (I mean before getting properly into music incl. prog) that I wouldn't have liked. That may not be true if we're talking about the age of 5 or so, but then "gentle introduction" wouldn't have helped either. I needed time and some kind of introduction for Stockhausen, but not for Pink Floyd or say Novalis or Jethro Tull.

I wrote that it was fine and that I could understand the approach. But I do suspect quite a few are answering on "autopilot" without really thinking how they sort of found the music they were predisposed to love. At some point in early childhood I learned that I was drawn to music that had more to offer than a pretty melody or a catchy tune. Otherwordly sounds, unusual atmospheres... anything but plain rock or pop always had me alert. So I tried to reconstruct the steps from I was five years old to sometime in my late teens. I stopped at the record just before the flood of Crimson, Tull and Genesis and that's my choice, my experience and not everyone else. But it seems to me that some are just replying what their ten most important progalbums are - and not really thinking about what led them there.