Your first prog experience?

Guybrush · 04-27-2011, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Skaligojurah

Wait, I forgot about Jethro Tull. I've heard Aqualung(album, not just song) quite a lot in my youth.

Hah, I also heard a bit of Jethro Tull, including Thick as a Brick while knowing what prog was .. so actually, that precedes my previous Tarkus story by some years.

Howard the Duck · 04-27-2011, 06:55 AM

I only got "Misplaced Childhood" cos of the pop hit "Kayleigh". I initially thought they were pop. And "Assassing" as well, to some degree (from the previous album).

~~Dirty~~ · 04-27-2011, 09:52 AM

Still haven't had my first prog experience.

Saving myself for marriage.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-27-2011, 11:05 AM

My first experience of prog was when I was about 12 years old hearing Hawkwind's Masters Of The Universe on the Friday Rock Show on Radio 1.

I thought it was shit.

Chrysalis · 04-27-2011, 12:43 PM

Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". I loved it on my first listen while being blissfully unaware of what prog was.

Howard the Duck · 04-27-2011, 11:32 PM

Thick as a Brick is great but I didn't like Pt. 2 that much

probably the hardest-hitting prog for me is Relayer by Yes - it's delirious

RVCA · 04-28-2011, 12:01 AM

My dad listened to a lot of Yes and Supertramp when I was young. I remember Fragile and Breakfast in America playing quite often in the background of my youth.

ThePhanastasio · 04-28-2011, 12:40 AM

I suppose I listened to a little bit of Pink Floyd, but really just thought of it as classic rock at the time when I was in late middle school / early high school.

A little bit after Pink Floyd, I discovered Porcupine Tree's album In Abstentia, after falling in love with the song "Gravity Eyelids" when an older cousin was listening to it.

So this was probably my first real prog experience. It really blew my mind, to be quite honest. There was so much going on, and it was all so perfectly put together. Many a night, I would go to sleep listening to Porcupine Tree.

Howard the Duck · 04-28-2011, 12:41 AM

listening to Thick as a Brick now actually, does get a bit wordy - wish there were longer instrumental passages

Lisnaholic · 05-01-2011, 08:27 AM

@ Phanastasio : that`s a masterful track from a band I`ve never heard of before.Thanks. The guy`s got a great voice, and I love how the music shifts so easily, from delicate to flat-out and back again.

@ Chumley : have you read Dotoar`s review of ELP`s first album ? You`d probably find it interesting, so here`s a link in case you haven`t come across it yet:
http://www.musicbanter.com/album-rev...-reviewed.html

04-27-2011, 11:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	My first experience of prog was when I was about 12 years old hearing Hawkwind's Masters Of The Universe on the Friday Rock Show on Radio 1. I thought it was shit. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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Chrysalis ~de geso Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 495	Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". I loved it on my first listen while being blissfully unaware of what prog was. __________________ RateYourMusic A dead Last.fm account

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ThePhanastasio Killed Laura Palmer Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,679	I suppose I listened to a little bit of Pink Floyd, but really just thought of it as classic rock at the time when I was in late middle school / early high school. A little bit after Pink Floyd, I discovered Porcupine Tree's album In Abstentia, after falling in love with the song "Gravity Eyelids" when an older cousin was listening to it. So this was probably my first real prog experience. It really blew my mind, to be quite honest. There was so much going on, and it was all so perfectly put together. Many a night, I would go to sleep listening to Porcupine Tree. __________________ Phish: Studio Discography Reviewed 100 Albums I Heartily Recommend My last.fm It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung

04-27-2011, 06:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	I only got "Misplaced Childhood" cos of the pop hit "Kayleigh". I initially thought they were pop. And "Assassing" as well, to some degree (from the previous album).

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~~Dirty~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: USA Posts: 981	Still haven't had my first prog experience. Saving myself for marriage.

04-27-2011, 11:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	Thick as a Brick is great but I didn't like Pt. 2 that much probably the hardest-hitting prog for me is Relayer by Yes - it's delirious

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RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	My dad listened to a lot of Yes and Supertramp when I was young. I remember Fragile and Breakfast in America playing quite often in the background of my youth.

04-28-2011, 12:41 AM	#9 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	listening to Thick as a Brick now actually, does get a bit wordy - wish there were longer instrumental passages

05-01-2011, 08:27 AM	#10 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	@ Phanastasio : that`s a masterful track from a band I`ve never heard of before.Thanks. The guy`s got a great voice, and I love how the music shifts so easily, from delicate to flat-out and back again. @ Chumley : have you read Dotoar`s review of ELP`s first album ? You`d probably find it interesting, so here`s a link in case you haven`t come across it yet: http://www.musicbanter.com/album-rev...-reviewed.html