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Damn! How on erath am I suppoused to watch this?!?!AngryAngryAngryAngry
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Pray to Erath and maybe he will deliver.....

or maybe some kind fellow prog fan could burn 'em to a DVD for you?
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Pray to Erath and maybe he will deliver.....

or maybe some kind fellow prog fan could burn 'em to a DVD for you?

Oh Snow Dog, you are much to kind! How can I ever repay you?Big smileBig smileBig smileBig smileBig smileBig smileBig smile
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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Pray to Erath and maybe he will deliver.....

or maybe some kind fellow prog fan could burn 'em to a DVD for you?

Oh Snow Dog, you are much to kind! How can I ever repay you?Big smileBig smileBig smileBig smileBig smileBig smileBig smile

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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

^^^ Wow! I didn't know Keifer Sutherland was in a prog band!

 
LOL haha.
 
My mum thinks Keither is adorable,i'll have to show her that picture.
 
Good to see something finally good on tv,though sometimes i find jazz documentrys at stupid times in the morning.



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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Damn! How on erath am I suppoused to watch this?!?!AngryAngryAngryAngry


I'm sure it will end up on Youtube..
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I wish we could get all the regular BBC channels up here. We had one and two when I lived in Belgium. I miss them terribly. Swedish television is rubbish.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Pray to Erath and maybe he will deliver.....

or maybe some kind fellow prog fan could burn 'em to a DVD for you?

Oh Snow Dog, you are much to kind! How can I ever repay you?Big smileBig smileBig smileBig smileBig smileBig smileBig smile

I didn't meam meEmbarrassed...sorry.....how much is the postage to Argentina anyway?


Hey Ian... nice to see you around.  Clap
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

SNOWIE!!!!!
 
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Welcome back!!!

Fave arguer!!!!

Well.........


At least I'm your favourite something!

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^ Indeed it is! I'm excited about this even though I live in Finland and don't even have a TV atm. LOL 

See you on YouTube!! Wink
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See here for more details http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/progbritannia/
 
and notice who's at the top of the list of External Links!!! I'm sure I've heard of that site somewhere.
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Namechecked by the Beeb, eh? We're going up in the world...

Personally, I like the film clip "The Mellotron Has Been Drinking"

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I have just been watching this programme and the news is that BBC will dedicate this weekend to Prog Rock.

The 3 hours programme (1 hours with live performances and 2 hours with funny, self depreciating interviews with everyone involved, including Egg) was very good and deserve to be copied over to DVD. Good fun ! Rick Wakeman was as witty as usual. The programme did not bring any news to the table. It was still good fun though. 

Bands included in the interviews section (as far as I remember) was Robert Wyatt from Matching Mole and Soft Machine, Yes (Howe, Bruford and Wakeman), King Crimson (Bruford and Sin...) Genesis (Collins, Rutherford and Banks), ELP (Palmer), Caravan and Egg.  

I am now picking up the Egg, The Nice and my Yes albums again.  
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Oh, there is one thing I learnt from this programme: I am a weirdo and a social outcast because I am listening to prog. That is now the official truth from BBC and Rick Wakeman. 

On the other hand, I already know this............... Sorry, false alarm.
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Why is Progressive rock shown as a historical music form?

Can someone recommend a good programme to watch that talks about prog music today.

I enjoyed tonight's Prog Rock Britannia but only as a historical documentary. 

What do you think? 
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An honest and pretty accurate programme keeping to the classic period of progressive rock (thereby reflecting what a shambolic catchall PA has become)  - and without John Peel repeating "prog was bollocks absolute bollocks" after promoting progressive music for over a decade. Lots of Soft Machine (hurray and rightly seemed to be made a focal point for early progressive music here !!!!!!! with Wyatt explaining Ratledge need to keep playing notes or suffer feedback), PInk Floyd minimal (just as I remember), but certainly more faces could have been interviewed. A least a couple of errors - "Genesis formed after hearing King Crimson" - wasn't it Revelation first????and indeed Genesis To Revelation was released within months of  ITCOKC.

Also enjoyed a healthy chunk of Soft Machine - playing jazz fusion!!!, Caravan, King Crimson, ELP caught from 9.30pm


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Welcome back Snowie!!

The documentary was excellent, nice interviews, the only thing they failed to mention was:

1. The German Krautrock movement at the time (Tangerine Dream, Faust, Can, Neu!, early Kraftwerk etc) who were also doing their own thing at the time as well.
2. Also didn't say that some mainstream 70s bands blended Prog Rock with Mainstream/Pop elements.

But still a fascinating look into Prog.
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