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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2013 at 07:08
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ no--  it really was a rampant weed in England


Correction - is rampant in England - very common around rivers & canals . The sap increases sensitivity to the sun's rays, causing severe burns (I wont post pictures, but google images on hogweed burns).

Problem is, they have hollow stems like a similar plant called cow parsley - kids used to use the stems of cow parsley as pea-shooters, but if they mis-identified the plant, they'd end up with hogweed sap on their lips

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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2013 at 07:56
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now you know how Hawkwind fans felt when they realized "quark" is a real 
word too

Thought most people knew that before the album came out. Well maybe not. I knew and my friends did at least.
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Points: 101 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2013 at 09:26
If you grew up playing Dungeons & Dragons (late 70s/early 80s), you might be more likely to know the lamia.  Not to mention the manticore (ELP), the hellhound (Zep), and the gryphon (Gryphon), and probably many other creatures that were referenced in classic prog tunes.
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2013 at 10:42
Originally posted by mwood mwood wrote:

If you grew up playing Dungeons & Dragons (late 70s/early 80s), you might be more likely to know the lamia.  Not to mention the manticore (ELP), the hellhound (Zep), and the gryphon (Gryphon), and probably many other creatures that were referenced in classic prog tunes.


Not to mention the greater spotted (spotty?) prog rock geek

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Points: 65513 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2013 at 19:29
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ no--  it really was a rampant weed in England


Correction - is rampant in England - very common around rivers & canals . The sap increases sensitivity to the sun's rays, causing severe burns (I wont post pictures, but google images on hogweed burns).

Problem is, they have hollow stems like a similar plant called cow parsley - kids used to use the stems of cow parsley as pea-shooters, but if they mis-identified the plant, they'd end up with hogweed sap on their lips

the real Day of the Triffids ?
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Points: 101 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2013 at 20:37
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by mwood mwood wrote:

If you grew up playing Dungeons & Dragons (late 70s/early 80s), you might be more likely to know the lamia.  Not to mention the manticore (ELP), the hellhound (Zep), and the gryphon (Gryphon), and probably many other creatures that were referenced in classic prog tunes.


Not to mention the greater spotted (spotty?) prog rock geek

Yeah, can't deny that. Shrug.   
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Points: 34076 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2013 at 02:39
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSkv1ZTGW0 Shocked

but in which mythology do we find the mighty Gnidrolog Tongue


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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2013 at 08:45
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by WanderingLogician WanderingLogician wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Well the  Lamia are not  a Gabriel invention. But  neither are any of the Genesis tracks using mythology.


I consider myself fairly well educated, but I had never heard of Lamia before so I assumed they were a Gabriel creation. Which is why I found the Keats thing so interesting.

Also, I just found out that squonks aren't original to Genesis either. This is completely wrecking my faith in Genesis' creativity. They might as well have been lip syncing! Tongue

Fascinating. I just looked it up. I never new Squonk wasn't made up by Genesis either!Confused

Amazing! They even have their own Wikipedia page, that says amongst other things that Steely Dan mentioned the squonk as well, even two years before Genesis Shocked
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