Converting your Friends to Prog :)

Well, my journey started with the Genesis of the 80's and worked it's way back through their catalog from there.  That doesn't sound like it'll work all that well with those 2 particular friends however... lol

Perhaps start with some Dream Theater for the metal head and something like Mars Volta for the punk guy?

If your friend thinks of himself as a metalhead and doesn't know Dream Theater, or Symphony-X, you might wanna ask him to reconsider...

Edited by Camel666 - October 14 2010 at 16:53

Xanatos wrote: I already thinked of Dream theather , I think the metal head is the easiest guy considering the large amount of great prog metal bands , But the punk guy is the challenge , He liked a song of the cardiacs xD

If I were my Avatar I could use Compulsion (as it is a way the Forsaken used to make people do things they really did not want to do)

 

or play songs enough in the background so that the songs would siege in through their unconscious minds, soft propaganda is it called, play enough prog in their surroundings, so that they get used to the sound of it, not show stuff down peoples thoughts people are quick to put on their brakes if you do that.

Edited by aginor - October 14 2010 at 17:28

JD wrote: Forget Dream Theatre dish them out a heap 'O' Liquid Tension Experiment or Adagio. That should get the Metalhead's attention. As for the Punker you're on track with TMV.

Hes more like a Metallica fanboy , he also likes Rage against the machine , I dont think he would like long instrumental songs so early xD

^ trye some Tool, Deftones, Isis, Pelican and other post metal or alternative prog metal.

From my experience, it's no so much WHAT you convert people with, but HOW you do it. For example I was chilling with my friend in his car, and I started playing "And You And I" by Yes, since we were both in the mood for something chilled out. He has no idea what it is I'm playing, but he knows that he hates Yes, since all he knows by them is "Owner of a Lonely Heart". So when the song stops I ask "Would you like to hear more of that?" and of course he does, since he really dug the song. When he asks what it was and I tell him it was Yes, he gets this look of disbelief that's totally priceless. 

I've found I can't taking hanging out irl with prog heads all that much ;) It's nice to come up for air with other kinds of people. Besides, it reminds me too much of religious people trying to push their beliefs on me, i couldn't do it to others ;)

60s psych friend: 69-72 King Crimson
Classic metal friend: 73-74 King Crimson
Post-punk friend: 81-84 King Crimson
Tool friend: 94-03 King Crimson

Triceratopsoil wrote: WalterDigsTunes wrote: 60s psych friend: 69-72 King Crimson Classic metal friend: 73-74 King Crimson Post-punk friend: 81-84 King Crimson Tool friend: 94-03 King Crimson LOL why would you be friends with somebody if you think they are a tool?