10 Albums that lead you the way to Prog

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   Hi,
This is not easy, and it is a story that many here can not relate to, I don't think.

By the age of 10/11/12 I was already hearing a lot of classical music as dad loved it and even wrote an incredible number of poems (all published!!! in many of his books!) to some of it.

By the time Beatles and Rolling Stones showed up I got into them, but for me, this was an expression that classical music lacked ... it was almost like classical music was far out and neat, but way way way too formal ... it lacked individuality, at least within the terms those two showed in songs that were totally different. A lot of the composers that I heard were "the same" in all their albums, with maybe one or two pieces that stood out!

Coming to America in 1965 was scary ... no English, but at the house we stayed for the first month, I got to hear many things, one of the most enjoyable? BLONDE ON BLONDE ... and that was very cool, despite my not quite having any idea what Bob was saying.

From then on, in Madison WI, the rest is all history and about the time, and all the names that were a part of the subversive and anti-establishment groups ... and they were not quite conventional at all ... CSNY and the more exploratory folks were my "progressives" ... and they still are. However, they helped me get into this thing a bit by the left door ... through the Harvest Breakfast Collection of Ingredients, and eventually to hearing some neat things like Can, AD2 and some others, in 1972, that busted out the doors altogether. But for me, things like The Moody Blues, Procol Harum, The Nice and a few others were already "progressive" in the sense that they were doing a lot more than just a pop song ... so by the time the so called top 5 as we describe them today, came around, they were good and fine, but to me a part of the history of it all and I did not feel, exactly that they were better than all the others ... they were all a part of the whole story and adventure that we call MUSIC!

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moshkito Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 17513	Post Options Post Reply Quote moshkito Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 21 2022 at 09:04
	Hi, This is not easy, and it is a story that many here can not relate to, I don't think. By the age of 10/11/12 I was already hearing a lot of classical music as dad loved it and even wrote an incredible number of poems (all published!!! in many of his books!) to some of it. By the time Beatles and Rolling Stones showed up I got into them, but for me, this was an expression that classical music lacked ... it was almost like classical music was far out and neat, but way way way too formal ... it lacked individuality, at least within the terms those two showed in songs that were totally different. A lot of the composers that I heard were "the same" in all their albums, with maybe one or two pieces that stood out! Coming to America in 1965 was scary ... no English, but at the house we stayed for the first month, I got to hear many things, one of the most enjoyable? BLONDE ON BLONDE ... and that was very cool, despite my not quite having any idea what Bob was saying. From then on, in Madison WI, the rest is all history and about the time, and all the names that were a part of the subversive and anti-establishment groups ... and they were not quite conventional at all ... CSNY and the more exploratory folks were my "progressives" ... and they still are. However, they helped me get into this thing a bit by the left door ... through the Harvest Breakfast Collection of Ingredients, and eventually to hearing some neat things like Can, AD2 and some others, in 1972, that busted out the doors altogether. But for me, things like The Moody Blues, Procol Harum, The Nice and a few others were already "progressive" in the sense that they were doing a lot more than just a pop song ... so by the time the so called top 5 as we describe them today, came around, they were good and fine, but to me a part of the history of it all and I did not feel, exactly that they were better than all the others ... they were all a part of the whole story and adventure that we call MUSIC!
	Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com

miamiscot Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 23 2014 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 3574	Post Options Post Reply Quote miamiscot Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 21 2022 at 14:32
	I grew up in a house where Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck were played alongside The Beatles and Frank Zappa. By the time I heard Yes, ELP and King Crimson (around 1975) I was prepared!!!
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Steve Wyzard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 30 2017 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 2583	Post Options Post Reply Quote Steve Wyzard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 22 2022 at 09:50
	1. Led Zeppelin: In Through the Out Door 2. Supertramp: Breakfast in America 3. Deep Purple: Deepest Purple 4. Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti 5. Styx: Paradise Theater 6. Queen: The Game 7. Rush: Moving Pictures 8. Styx: The Grand Illusion 9. Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy 10. Genesis: Abacab