Prog makes BBC (UK) news/Mastermind
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Topic: Prog makes BBC (UK) news/Mastermind
Posted By: progmetalhead
Subject: Prog makes BBC (UK) news/Mastermind
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 07:00
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See article below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8266922.stm - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8266922.stm ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112 Colt - Admin Team MMA 
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 07:10
Great article 
The more self-indulgent we became, the more people liked it. It gave us this confidence to do something even more absurdly ambitious. 
Seems semi-true, really! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 07:11
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Thats great news, thatb their album charted sop high! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: RoeDent
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 07:51
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Score one for progressive rock! Congratulations to them. |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 08:27
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Always nice to see a link for PA in the BBC's website. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 08:53
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Great news, and like Mr Wilson says it's nice to see that ambition is not a dirty word any more. Hopefully lots of UK kids are now forming prog bands instead of just wanting to get on bloody Pop Idol. Prog Idol - now there's an idea for a show! ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 09:41
Encouraging to see the BBC call Japan "Art Rockers" rather than "Synth Poppers".  ------------- What? |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 09:50
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I fear something terrible for Porcu: they plan to play the whole "Incident" piece on stage? A 55 minutes piece? I just hope they won't suffer the same fate as a famous 70's band which name starts with "Y" and ends with "S". |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 10:42
years ago a large part of the attraction of seeing live Prog bands was improvisation, long solos and surprise novelties not heard on their lp's. I hope, if bands start reciting their album in their entirety on stage, people won't be sitting there thinking "why have i paid for a ticket, travelled here to hear the album - i could be listening to it at home"..
anyway good luck PT it is a very good album!
 -------------  Prog Archives Tour Van 
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Posted By: questionsneverknown
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 11:01
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Thanks for forwarding that! How very nice to see. Whether we are really in a period of popular new prog remains to be seen. I'm also quite curious to see, as time moves on, if Wilson is right that a desire for the big, brave and bold is rising against downloadable culture. I'm still feeling a tad more skeptical about that these days, watching the album fade with the dusk. But I would very much like to be wrong.
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 11:07
Exactly what I thought Dean  ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Dean wrote:Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 11:44
Me too. That surpised me actually... Congrats to Porcupine Tree, and of course to Muse. Great to know that there are still enough people listening to excellent creative music, to push it high into the charts. Up yours Simon Cowell!! |
Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 17:24
Interesting read on BBC News from last month referring to Porcupine Tree's new album 'The Incident'http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8266922.stm - It's back... Prog rock assaults album charts------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 17:35
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Whoopty doo Basil, prog is back!
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 17:48
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It's never actually been away, but I wouldn't expect the Beeb to have noticed, since they only seem to feature rap/hip hop, girl/boy bands and Britpop bands. Planet Rock seems to feature lots of the new stuff - a great listen! (Incidentally - wasn't Snakes and Ladders in the top 3 for a while? They clearly haven't twigged that Rush are prog!) ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Antennas
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 18:03
 Way to go, Mr. Wilson! ------------- 
Jesus never managed to figure out the theremin either |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 18:36
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I wonder where Prog will be in 10 years, as far as it's popularity goes? Predictions?
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 18:39
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same as now? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 19:45
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I'm not a fan of Porcupine Tree or Muse but I'm ecstatic prog is getting some recognition. Hopefully I won't hijack this thread too much but I have a question stemming from the article. How are things like ambition and being good musicians looked down upon? Why would mediocrity ever be seen as a good thing? ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: October 02 2009 at 23:56
Haha, I know, right! I've never gotten how this was ever a viewpoint... and an accepted one at that... I guess that's just how far the "punk disease" spread. I'm so glad I was born after all of it... so I can look back at the rock era with more objectivity and see what the good stuff really is.
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Posted By: Qboyy007
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 00:27
Many people associate 'ambition' with arrogance, at least from my experience. ------------- Hay Budday |
Posted By: MaxerJ
Date Posted: October 03 2009 at 00:27
... The Yellowjackets? Yarbrough and Peoples? Yves (Lisa)? ------------- Godspeed, You Bolero Enthusiasts  'Prog is all about leaving home...' - Moshkito
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: October 04 2009 at 21:55
I remember well when Mr.Wilson was always distancing himself from the word "Progressive Rock". I'm so glad he's embraced it and putting out 55 minute song cycles. By the way they were amazing in Toronto, their last gig in North America.I guess i should be glad we weren't the first show. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: September 24 2010 at 03:17
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For those who get BBC2, one of the specialist topics on tonight's "Mastermind" is UK Prog Rock 1968-1978.
The show is on at 8:00pm on BBC 2.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 24 2010 at 03:34
Cheers EL! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: September 24 2010 at 05:14
Cheers - the Sky box will be set to record  The BBC article is very good, and no matter my own views on The Incident, it really is great to see the recognition and respect coming back for the genre. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: September 25 2010 at 06:41
| Saw it, a pretty good selection of questions I thought. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 08 2010 at 13:03
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For those who didn't get to see the Mastermind episode, here are the questions. Bear in mind that to get the true environment, you need to give yourself 2 minutes and ideally sit in a TV studio under bright lights, with a live audience watching you. No pressure! Well done to Simon Martin, the contestant on the show.
The answers are in the following post.
UK progressive rock from 1968 to1973
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 08 2010 at 13:04
Answers (contestant's response in bracket's where different)
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 08 2010 at 13:12
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^ those were pretty easy (I got one wrong) - but I bet they aren't so easy when you're sitting in that black chair though. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 08 2010 at 13:17
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I got 12......watched it the other day. And it was quite easy for a serious Prog Fan ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 08 2010 at 13:35
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It's funny to see the reaction of others when you shout out the answers though. The first question for example seems ludicrous to everyone but us the enlightened.
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