Your first prog experience?

Anteater · 05-02-2011, 10:50 PM

This was the first progressive rock song I ever heard when I was a wee middle school student. One of those life-changing experiences ya know?

Howard the Duck · 05-03-2011, 12:56 AM

Batty · 05-03-2011, 06:17 PM

I was in school and during a music lesson the teacher played the whole of side 1 of Tubular Bells. I was 16, it was 1974.

TheNiceGuy · 05-29-2011, 09:53 PM

My first experience with prog as such was Pink Floyd. Roxy Music had some prog elements at time but I never really knew about the genre until I bought Dark Side of the Moon. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, and well I see it clearly now!

~~antiboredom101~~ · 06-05-2011, 08:15 AM

It was Rush-Moving Pictures. Then some of their 70's stuff which is as epic as it gets. In a few years(it was 2001-2002) I owned all of their albums up to that date. Vapor Trails was their most recent I believe. Last I counted it was like 27-30 albums.

...closely followed by Yes. Their "classic" compliation album. With killer tracks like "heart of the sunrise", "starship trooper", and "Ive seen all good people".

Looking back on it. I had a great car( 81' 242, built, boosted+intercooled, w/ 5 speed) and even better music.

Being a teenager still discovering life and other things on a near $0 budget wasnt all so bad as I remember it.

Necromancer · 06-06-2011, 09:39 PM

Yes, Rush, Joe Walsh, Boz Scaggs, Genesis, Boston,Triumph, Pink Floyd, Queen, Peter Gabriel, the list goes on..

supermarlin · 06-08-2011, 05:27 AM

Opeth - Ghost of Perdition and Drapery Falls were the first prog songs I've ever heard.

mewlists · 06-15-2011, 05:05 AM

Jethro Tull! Changed my life!

Jarvig · 07-07-2012, 03:53 AM

My sister had a pretty good album collection back in the 80s. I didnt hear much music back then (were about 14 years old). One of the albums were The Wall. After that I loved all the great albums of Pink Floyd.

Zappas Utopia · 07-16-2012, 07:49 PM

The Mothers of Invention " Freak Out", The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper", and King Crimson "In the Court of the Crimson King"

05-03-2011, 06:17 PM	#33 (permalink)
Batty Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: South Australia Posts: 194	I was in school and during a music lesson the teacher played the whole of side 1 of Tubular Bells. I was 16, it was 1974. __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/Batt1958/charts Earworms Rool.

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Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	progressive rock Yes, Rush, Joe Walsh, Boz Scaggs, Genesis, Boston,Triumph, Pink Floyd, Queen, Peter Gabriel, the list goes on.. Last edited by Necromancer; 06-06-2011 at 11:36 PM.

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05-29-2011, 09:53 PM	#34 (permalink)
TheNiceGuy Living under the bridge Join Date: May 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 317	My first experience with prog as such was Pink Floyd. Roxy Music had some prog elements at time but I never really knew about the genre until I bought Dark Side of the Moon. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, and well I see it clearly now!

06-05-2011, 08:15 AM	#35 (permalink)
~~antiboredom101~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 30	It was Rush-Moving Pictures. Then some of their 70's stuff which is as epic as it gets. In a few years(it was 2001-2002) I owned all of their albums up to that date. Vapor Trails was their most recent I believe. Last I counted it was like 27-30 albums. ...closely followed by Yes. Their "classic" compliation album. With killer tracks like "heart of the sunrise", "starship trooper", and "Ive seen all good people". Looking back on it. I had a great car( 81' 242, built, boosted+intercooled, w/ 5 speed) and even better music. Being a teenager still discovering life and other things on a near $0 budget wasnt all so bad as I remember it.

06-08-2011, 05:27 AM	#37 (permalink)
supermarlin Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 255	Opeth - Ghost of Perdition and Drapery Falls were the first prog songs I've ever heard.

06-15-2011, 05:05 AM	#38 (permalink)
mewlists Groupie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 17	Jethro Tull! Changed my life!

07-07-2012, 03:53 AM	#39 (permalink)
Jarvig Groupie Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 25	My sister had a pretty good album collection back in the 80s. I didnt hear much music back then (were about 14 years old). One of the albums were The Wall. After that I loved all the great albums of Pink Floyd.

07-16-2012, 07:49 PM	#40 (permalink)
Zappas Utopia Groupie Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Idaho Posts: 8	The Mothers of Invention " Freak Out", The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper", and King Crimson "In the Court of the Crimson King"