It was a lovely little dream and I wanted to share!  

 

Spot on!

SteveG wrote: I don't recall ever having significant dreams about music, band members I've worked with, etc. But I always thought it would be cool to conjure up a Roger Dean landscape while slumbering and go exploring.

Well, angling after Schindleria Praematurus while bobbing on a topographic ocean cannot be a bad dream (not even for a landlubber like me) . While awaken, I have seen trees (in Rome) which could have been a source of inspiration for Roger Dean's cover art.

This morning I can't find my pillow anywhere.

While sleeping I have played on stage with Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith and others, but just last night I was showing the chords of a song just composed to Andy Latimer. It was something jazzy in C but I don't remember anything else.

...and thinking better, listening to Senmuth gives me a sensation of deja vu, like I've listened to his albums in dreams. Bark Of Ra in particular.

I listened to the Renaissance song "Deja Vu" as I drifted off to sleep last night, but when I woke up, I realised I'd listened to the same song the previous night too.

 

 

Last night I dreamt that Carl Plmer played Toccata with his hands all over my body.

The appointment with my therapist is tomorrow.

Spot on! 

LOL, reminds me of my university days (1973-77)!  We had pills (LSD) to do that type of thing!!  I only tried them a couple of times, but I know others who used them frequently.  

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I've had a couple. Usually on stage with a favorite band. Love that!

He got upset about something and I thought he wanted me to leave, so I did. 

I was super starstruck and embarrassed that I did something to annoy him, even though I had no idea what that was.

But then, less of a prog dream, and more reminiscent of a Father Anti-Christmas dream.

Also, this I had a dream/nightmare where I was supposed to play keyboards on stage with a couple of friends, but I didn't know the setlist . This is a variation on my usual nightmare of having to take a final exam for a college course I didn't attend.

A very ambitious crossover, I must say.

I still have a semi-dream of creating the all-in-one huge Gentle Giant box: CDs, videos, books, playing cards, computer games, mobile apps, what else. Sure, stuff like mobile apps has to be made before its inclusion in the boxset... 

It is natural. I remember when I first saw a bottle of Jagermeister I thought my life would be not enough to enjoy the taste of all the existing bitters. Nowadays, don't get me wrong, I'm not an alcoholic - but I drank enough bitters including Jagermeister to simply hate them and their usual taste. I prefer Triple Sec these days. Perhaps, this love will perish one day, as well. 

The number of possible topics for such a forum is certainly limited. 

I've long had prog dreams involving many scenarios.  

I'm a correspondent with Mr. Robert Fripp & his sister Patricia, which has led to a number of rather wild dreams, often involving playing onstage with Bob.  (I'm the former bassist to one of his first Guitar Craft students, Alonzo Jones, in his amazing band "CAVU").  

I also know John Goodsall of Brand X, even bought him a laptop once when his computer fried out.  Another friend is Ray Bennett and Colin Carter of the band "Flash."  

The first prog-related dream I can remember was when I was a lad in high school, perhaps 1971.  I dreamt about Jimmy Page playing onstage with a natural finished Telecaster.  As he was most often shown with a sunburst Les Paul, I thought it was an odd dream....eventually, I learned that the early Led Zep material in fact was recorded with a Telecaster.  

Here, have some! 

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Thanks for sharing!  For some odd reason, I've been humming the Strawbs song "Round and Round" all morning!  I didn't dream about Cousins, but why I suddenly fixated on this song escapes me! 

Prog-related dream - last night, I dreamt I was selected to go on a rocket trip to the Moon, on an Elon Musk rocket.  My only dilemma was trying to figure out which guitar I wanted to take!!  The Les Paul was too heavy, I settled on my Guild S-100. 

An actual dream though? Probably at some point

Needless to say, Howe was dubious.  

I actually participated in this type of performance once, when the Tulsa Artist Coalition gave their annual New Music concert....they passed out sets of wooden laundry clips to the audience, and we clicked them together to emulate the sound of crickets.  It was good fun!  

Imagine "The Ancient" with hundreds, nay, thousands more percussion parts!!  MORE COWBELL!  

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!  Great addition!!  

Your dream is very similar to the real-life experience of Mike Pinder with Moody Blues:

In an interview on the DVD The Moody Blues John identifies the Filmore
East as the venue where all the tapes fell out of the mellotron during a
show, and the audience watched Bugs Bunny cartoons while Mike Pinder
re-assembled it.  There were back-to-back shows at the Filmore on October
25 & 26 in 1968, which was the MK II Modies first US tour. I have found no
clarification as to which night it was of the two. As to how long it took
him to repair it, I have no clue, but if it was multiple Bugs Bunny
cartoons, 20 minutes sounds about right.

My prog dreams are definitely related to how much time I spend on this site!!  Happy 2021 to all!!  

There was a concert to promote it, although all I can remember was that most of it comprised of songs from La Isla Bonita

I just had dream where an album I ranked very highly with only a few reviews to its name was trashed with a 2 and 1 star reviews shortly after my post. I just had this dream either last night or the night before. 

Marillion had put out a new single called “Tel Aviv” and it sounded… well… just like any modern Marillion song.

I have several, but I am not comfortable sharing them yet. I have written them all down, and if I get this done right, it will make a book of some sort. I even remember some conversations, although in most cases it seems like the situations play out by themselves.  

Don't think I ever said anything silly, although (not in a dream, but in Eugene OR), during warm up Mike was trying out the fixes on his bass (the most beat up thing I ever have seen!), and 5 minutes later he asked ... is it too bass'y? ... and I said what would rock'n'roll be without the bass'y? Kind of a silly remark from me, but it wasn't too bass'y and he stayed with those levels and EQ. This was the tour that had Pierre in it, and the bass'y "style" for GONG fit better, and it made the band sound "heavier" instead of it crisp and with a jazz'y tone (Pip) or the tripping feel (the Soul2Soul drummer) in the three times I saw them!

For the book, Daevid Allen has a lot of moments. Not to mention that I really enjoyed yapping along with him, and he was a joy to spend time with. Gilly was also fantastic.

I wish there was a way to record dreams!!  

Thanks!  Who knows where dreams come from?  I've seen Kansas live twice....first time, they took the place of Queen to back up Mott the Hoople.  They were very energetic, this was the time of their first LP.  Second time, I wasn't as interested in them.  

I dream a LOT about King Crimson and Fripp....probably because I watch so many videos of them, read about them etc.  

In any event, sweet dreams!!  

Ended up prancing around the stage like a backup dancer during the show. Still had a good time

LOL!  Thanks, great dream!!  I don't think many could keep up with DT, they are some of the fastest in the business!!  Welcome to PA!!  

Welcome to PA! 

I have the opposite problem - I dream in full color, elaborate dreams with plots/sub-plots, many characters etc.

Some I can trace to recent events, others are out of the blue.  I talk to my friends about them, they are a source of hilarity!  

I play guitar & bass, and one of the songs I often play is "Red" by King Crimson.  It is much fun!

Last night, I dreamt that I played it on bass before RF, Wetton, and Bruford!  They were very appreciative!  

I also asked Bob what the meaning of "Sunday All Over the World" was, and he was his typically vague self. 

RIP John Wetton, it was nice to dream about him.  I saw this band in concert on April 10, 1973 in Chicago.  

Haven't had many music-related dreams, and don't remember them well. Not sure why.(???)

The only ones I can vaguely remember are having to go perform (usually piano) and not remembering the music well enough, and panicking over it, and/or trying whatever I could improvise and hoping the audience would like it.

In contrast I've had hundreds of dreams about floating, going to bizarre tournaments for chess and scrabble, with detailed board positions (I've been involved in these kinds of game tournaments), scary/bizarre natural disasters (esp. floods), awkward social situations, and an occasional lucid dream, (where I'm aware I'm dreaming just before waking up).

Thanks for sharing!  

It is interesting how dreams seem to come in clusters - why the hell I keep dreaming about Fripp is beyond me!  I don't listen to much Crimson lately, but I see him and Toyah online all the time with their Sunday sessions. 

Indeed!  The only member of that band I never met in person was John Wetton, RIP.  

Interestingly, Peter Frampton's band "Frampton's Camel" opened for KC!!  It was a great show!!  

I still email with RF on rare occasions, but he has been very busy, with the tour plans etc.  He has an amazingly wry & wicked sense of humor!  

Dream Interpretation? I wanted to see Genesis this tour, but wasn't able to make any of their shows

Good one!  I'm often able to trace dreams back to actively pondering/thinking about a band, as you indicate.  

Sounds like you had a good time!  

I was at a Prog Archives meet. It was held in some kind of a combination of hostel and barrack. There were PA people sitting around, talking, just hanging out. I don't know which of you guys as I don't know any of you nor what you look like. But a good time was had by all. At some point I felt I needed to go out to read a book in peace. I did that and went to some park and sat on a bench. At the park, the band Jesus Lizard were playing an outdoor gig (they're a real band as some of you may know). I don't remember what they played, but it wasn't any of their real music. When they stopped, I asked their guitarist Duane Denison (who didn't look like real life him but it was him anyway) if they're gonna play more and he said they're just having a 10 minute break. I figured I'll get back to the meet and ask you guys to come along and see them. On my way back I got lost and ended up in the yard of some government buildings (that looked like the campus area of the local university) and I was surrounded by men in black who started to close in on me. 

 Thanks for sharing!!  I've often wished we could have a PA gathering.  Imagine the guest list we might be able to draw!  

I haven't had a prog dream in a while, but dreamt about Cheap Trick onstage.  As they come from near to the place of my birth (Rockford, Illinois USA), I've seen them many, many times.  Not a "prog band" by any stretch, but they have been very innovative....bassist Tom Petterson spurred the development of the mighty 12-string bass!!  

Here, from their first LP.  This is a very nicely composed song.  Only song I've ever heard of that used a mando-cello.  

I dreamed a girl in a white dress. She was in the courtyard of a castle. She had a copper nail on her forehead and a chain was passed through it. As soon as he saw me he disappeared behind a door.

More nightmare than progressive, I think...

I took a nap today, and had a very pleasant dream about the Beatles (about their "Help!" vintage).  

Interestingly, they were in the studio, playing THIS song!!  Crossed signals, but it was better than dreaming about spiders & snakes! 

The problem with a PA gathering is that most people live scattered throught the country and even the world. So if I put together a gathering in the Philly area it wouldn't be fair to those who live in Chicago or California or Canada or South America or wherever!

i know, vexing problem!  How about a roving party of prog-heads, moving from city to city, country to country, continent to continent? 

If some major label would pick it up, think of the massive turnout they could have!   Sort of like "Cruise to the Edge" on land!  

I'm seeing more and more prog bands touring & playing a variety of venues....all it takes is $$$! 

I thought you meant more like a private party at someone's house where they play prog music and not a concert or festival kind of thing.

I hope it comes true! 

That would be fine, also!  I've become good friends with PresDoug over the years, and several others like LazLand! 

What I was thinking of was more like Baja Prog, or one of the other big festivals.  It might be easier to do it virtually.  I'm sure many of us show up at the same shows (especially folks like Steve Hackett), but I don't know how we connect with one another.  

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Now THAT'S what I'd call a dream!!  

I think that the more time I spend on PA, the more likely I am to have a prog dream!!  I dreamt about Fripp a few days ago.  Nothing specific.  Better to have prog dreams than being in a plane crash!

Damn you, Steve Jobs, for putting the idea in my head!

A few pages back I posted a Prog Related dream I had about Deep Purple. Well, now I've had a Prog Related-Related dream about Whitesnake. Weird thing is I very rarely have ever listened to either one, aside from the inevitable radio exposure.

I went to see Witesnake. They were playing in what looked like a high school theater. The stage looked like Peewee’s Playhouse set. David Coverdale came out with a blue Telecaster and started singing a song about a boy who was the greatest guitarist in the world but he refused to play. He played a guitar solo and threw the guitar to the back of the stage but it turned into a cheap ‘80s special effect and spun off into the background. Neal Schon from Journey popped in on a balcony in the stage set and started singing about love and inclusiveness. I rolled my eyes and then realized he was looking right at me so I felt bad. Then David Coverdale dropped to his knees with his back to the audience and with his fists in the air sang “Why must you forsake your own hands!?” in the style of Charlton Heston. Neal Schon popped back in to sing some more, looking right at me. I turned to my friend and in my best gay voice said “it’s like he’s singing directly to ME!”  I said it way too loud and everyone heard it and half the theater laughed and the other half gave me a dirty look. I felt bad again.

I had the song "Here I Go Again" stuck in my head for several days before this dream. The music in the dream was based on that song. I really didn't know it was Whitesnake until I googled it afterward. As far as I knew it was Night Ranger or 38 Special or White Lion or Great White or Bon Jovi...