What would you tell/ask your prog hero?
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Topic: What would you tell/ask your prog hero?
Posted By: desistindo
Subject: What would you tell/ask your prog hero?
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 14:41
| Ok, if you met your prog hero, what would be your first sentence or question? |
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 14:47
| Ummm . . . |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 14:54
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"hello, im a big fan of your work and it have inspired me as a human being" i would be shamefully cheesy and clishe or i would just make myself a big ouf of a fool and just stared in awe, I walked beind Trevor Bolder (couse i worked on a Uriah Heep concert, i could not utter a word, even though i had prepeard myself to say something or praise his work on Bowies three most praised albums, but i was afraid of that was apropriate ) -------------  
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Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 15:08
Is Rachel Jones, from Kartanaka, your prog hero?  |
Vompatti wrote:Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 15:08
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I don't even know who my prog hero is, but I'm sure if I met him/her I'd probably say " 'sup?" ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 15:15
Thats a nice way to start a chip chat, yeah. |
Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 15:16
Thats interesting, cause you actually had the real opportunitty to say something. And, at it seems, you acted like Vompatti |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 15:25
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i have talked to a founding member of Faust (and im not really a fan ether) but i attended a concert, and met them afterwards and they were great and very nice people,
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Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 15:26
Are they a little excentric, as their music? |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 15:29
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 18:15
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MORON! STOP SMOKING! WE DO NEED YOU! (FZ) |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: October 20 2011 at 18:39
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I'd probably say...hi.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: October 21 2011 at 10:49
Haha, Frank Zappa?!! |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 21 2011 at 18:55
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Love to meet Peter Hammill and say: "Hey heres a piano now do the entire Pawn Hearts from beginning to end. i will just sit here and listen....." ------------- 
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Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 15:15
You could record and sell as bootleg for millions!
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: October 23 2011 at 10:28
Bad start. I’d say, "Hi, Peter. It’s very nice to meet you. Welcome to Rhodes – what would you like to drink?" (I know he doesn’t drink much alcohol after his heart attack but still I could offer him orange juice  ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: October 23 2011 at 14:07
Yeah, i red in somewhere he is also a fan of soybean. You could offer him orance soya juice
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 10:39
What? Soybeans? I really hope that he eats meat or at least fish and seafood because I would never serve tofu in my home! 
------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 10:52
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Back on topic: I would ask Peter Hammill about the possible connection between The K Group and Franz Kafka (because I’ve read interviews where Kafka isn’t even mentioned, and I’m sure that Hammill has read Kafka’s novels). I would also ask him about A Grounding in Numbers: The songs Mathematics and 5533 seem to rule each other out. Is that deliberate or coincidental? (I guess the first.) If I met Peter Gabriel, I would ask him if he ever thought about Dante’s Divina Commedia while he wrote the lyrics to The Lamb … ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 12:28
Hum, i heard The Lamb... was more influenced by The Pilgrim´s Progress, a Christian allegory. But sometimes The Lamb... is so cryptic that you can found references from manny stories (and facts). So, id like to ask him too about what his spiritual experiences at the time had to do with the album concept. |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 13:35
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I have also read that Gabriel has said that The Lamb … was inspired by John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. Still, since I have read both books, I feel that The Lamb … is much more like Divina Commedia, and maybe Gabriel wanted to hide it (that is, leave it open to the listener/reader). Personally I think The Lamb … is much more interesting and intriguing than The Pilgrim … However, if I compare Gabriel’s work to Dante’s, I would probably give the Italian poet the first prize (though Gabriel’s postmodern, semi-derridadaistic libretto deserves much more praise than it gets).
------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 13:45
Thats for sure. I think people, generally, don´t realize how great the The Lamb... concept is. I mean, you can read it but still you won´t get all the references there... |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 14:15
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Yeah, he even qoutes Genesis (with a twist, of course): Turn fast – turn sour Turn sweat – turn sour (And they had a song called "Where the Sour Turns to Sweet" – that’s pretty elegant!) ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 14:33
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Oops, Gabriel didn’t quote a song by Genesis, he made a reference. Sorry!
------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 14:50
Yeah! I, fortunatally, had the chance to watch The Lambr... performed by the canadian Genesis tribute band The Musical Box. The guys are really good, if they go to Rhodes, you shouldnt miss the gig. They got the original costumes from the band, the illumination, everything is exactly like the originals concerts - even the slides projected! |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 15:31
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Lucky you! If they come here, I’ll definitely see them.
------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 16:09
| Robert, you shoud try an armchair insead. Just to see... |
Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 20:08
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 09:12
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Why oh why did you think St Anger was worth releasing, Lars? -------------
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 09:16
| I'd ask Steve Hackett why Tony Banks hates him so much. |
Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: October 30 2011 at 17:18
Lars who?
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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: November 04 2011 at 22:43
Lars is Bruford's middle name. I'd tell Mike Patton that Bungle sold out when they released California. So many rock cliches.
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: November 05 2011 at 01:32
U mad? ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: November 05 2011 at 09:01
Joke. LOL.
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: November 05 2011 at 13:04
| I would ask Fred Frith to play "My Sharona". |
Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: November 06 2011 at 15:51
Hahah! I would prefer "A Bird"
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: November 15 2011 at 13:05
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My prog hero is Helmut Koellen. Now, he is dead, but if he were alive, i would ask him-"What is your favorite music to listen to, which does the most for you and that you find the most inspiring?" |
Posted By: desistindo
Date Posted: November 15 2011 at 13:44
Good one. He would probably awnser: Seven from Bach.
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 16 2011 at 06:51
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"Oi! Lake! - get away from my dinner!" ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |