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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2014 at 07:54
Each time I tried to introduce someone to prog I've failed, the reason being that some people tend to stay away from things which are "imposed" onto them. It feels better when you discover music on your own, because you're not influenced by other people's opinions and you don't feel "forced" to listen to something. And since I don't like being introduced to other types of music (but also movies, sports, games, etc.) as well, I just stopped doing that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2014 at 07:45
I never tried much and whenever I did, I always failed so it's very long ago that I stopped trying. The only persons I have had any real interest in getting them introduced to Prog have been my girlfriends because they had to share my life more closely, also when we were alone at home, so I considered it important that they understand my hobbies a bit better. But I failed with all of them, I would even dare to say that Prog may have contributed to my repeated failures at keeping stable relationships (not the only reason for sure).

I guess that once you are grown up it's difficult to come to like music which is quite different from what you liked as a kid or teenager, that's when your basic musical tastes develop. But you can certainly introduce Prog to young kids and teenagers, the children of some of my friends (I don't have any of my own) can appreciate some Prog due to the early exposure from hearing their father's albums at home, even if none of them have really developed into what we can call a Prog fan.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2014 at 07:28
I normally play a nice short song to them, what prog fans call "Fillers"; songs that people can relate to, or some of the popular ones from the old times, like "Living in the Past", or "From The Beginning". That gets them interested and sometimes willing to liosten to the whole album.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2014 at 05:42
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Camel - Mirage and something good to smoke
What, a Marlboro ??
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2014 at 03:48
Never. Impossible. Though many of my friends listen to prog without knowing this is prog. I tried to tell them, but they don't want to know. Prog is a scary name in France. Evil Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2014 at 03:39
With certain types of chicks, I'd definitely go for some bouncy and melodic fusion type of thang. I'm thinking Demon Fuzz' Afreaka! or Cymande. 
With other dudettes, I'd reach for something by Pure Reason Revolution, probably Amor Vincit Omnia.

Guys? depends again. Oddly enough, I've been the most successful in turning punks and metal heads into pork (at least a wee bit anyway) with KCs Red. I guess it's the riffing. 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2014 at 03:31
Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Camel - Mirage and something good to smoke
What, a Marlboro ??
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2014 at 03:28
Very carefully. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2014 at 03:04
Camel - Mirage and something good to smoke
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2014 at 22:19
Originally posted by Argonaught Argonaught wrote:

^ OK, ye men of music obscure and abstruse, let me introduce you all to the finest Appalachian No-nonsense Grassroots Blue Prog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEs4Um6ANys

Perfect for decontaminating your head after binging on Raven Is Refuse That Stinks and such. I must mention that since this video Della Mae have upgraded their bassist to a tallernext door beauty:) 
LOL! I think you did not understand me.
I do not force my friends to listen to what I'm listening to (usually while preparing a nice dinner for them, and I know how to cook very well) but if they do not like the music, they can only leave my home; however, it's never happen.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2014 at 21:14
I don't.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2014 at 21:01
^ OK, ye men of music obscure and abstruse, let me introduce you all to the finest Appalachian No-nonsense Grassroots Blue Prog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEs4Um6ANys

Perfect for decontaminating your head after binging on Raven Is Refuse That Stinks and such. I must mention that since this video Della Mae have upgraded their bassist to a tallernext door beauty:) 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2014 at 20:17
I listen to the contemporary prog much more than any other music, and when my friends come to my home, they have to listen to the same music that I listen to. Sometimes they like something of that; e.g. iamthemornig have received the most positive comments in the last two years, actually far more than all the other bands.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2014 at 19:52
^ Yeah--  you don't "introduce people to prog", it doesn't work.   They have to come to it themselves.   Gateway bands as Floyd and Tull help but ultimately no one gets it until they do.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2014 at 19:05
Never had that chance. A few months ago I gave a friend a lift and I was playing Birds and Buildings loud and proud... I think he almost threw up. LOL
I met some who are into Metal, but unfortunately I can't recommend any Progressive Metal.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2014 at 18:55
i haven't - until tonight

Played Misplaced Childhood beginning to end in the car for my son on our drive home 

he liked it ..

he plays guitar and he's just started to pick up keyboards ... hopefully he'll be inspired.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2014 at 18:40
I've tried to introduce prog to family and people I know but it never works. They just end up thinking I have really weird taste in music. I remember one time I tried letting my friend listen to some and he acted as though there was something wrong with me for liking this type of music. Considering that he also once told me "the thing that sucks about classical music is that you can't bump it in a car" and "the Beatles suck because they're British", I knew not to take him seriously.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2014 at 17:34
Hundreds.

When you have hundreds of students in front of you, they are a captive audience and they can't walk out, unless they wish to face my wrath. When I needed some music for some reason, they got prog.

Funnily enough. loads became fans.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2014 at 16:49
Where I work, there was a young dude driving the delivery van, Jerome. He's a clean-cut kid, doesn't smoke weed or anything, I happened to ask him what he listens too. He was nuts about Queen and especially Radiohead. He also mentioned Sigur Ros, and some other bands I didn't expect. I started bringing in some discs, like Ozrics, Spock's Beard, VDGG, Anglagard, Flower Kings, PT, Hawkwind, even a Jannik Top CD I have - he went bonkers over De Futura !! Some things he didn't take to, but he was impressed with most of what he heard. Shame he left (for a better job) - last time he came in to work he had a Pineapple Thief album on his iPod. I suppose he was already half-way there with Prog, but he realised just how much interesting music is out there. Job done !!
I tried to do the same with Tristan, who took over from Jez, lent him Spock's Beard (Brief Nocturnes...) it baffled him. Tried Ozrics on him and he just made fun of it.......I gave up then and there.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2014 at 16:10

Hi,

I don't anymore.

In the old days, I thought that I knew music better than anyone else, and once you suck it up and learn how assinine that is, specially in a place like this, you will not be a good person to share any "music" out there at all. 

In essense, not just for me, but for everyone else, the music has to "show up at your door" and "knock your sox' off" ... or you will forget it within a year!

The best stuff will remain with you, good or bad, for many years ... and it shouldn't surprise you to see so much music last this long and be talked aoubt so well. I can tell you how all of us arrived at knowing that piece, or that piece, in completely different ways, and in my case, very few people can tell me to listen to something ... that's not to say they are right or wrong, they are right more often than not, but almost all music for me is about my feeling and reaction, not someone else's!

Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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