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The misanthrope 
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Joined: September 07 2016 Location: U.S Status: Offline Points: 42 |
 Topic: Prog Song or Albums that Changed Your Life.Posted: September 08 2016 at 09:27 |
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Jethro Tull s album Thick As A Brick did it for me . I was about 14 or so I went to visit my friend at his house and his father was playing TAB on the record player. I was instantly hooked. that experience opened a whole new world of music for me. Before that I merely heard music, I hadn't listened to it. I fell in love with the strange complexity, and beauty of prog rock. At nearly 40 I never tire of it, and I always hear something new.
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Kingsnake
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Joined: November 03 2006 Location: Rockpommelland Status: Offline Points: 1578 |
Posted: September 08 2016 at 08:26 |
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It all started with me with these albums (let's see if I remember the order):
Queen - Greatest Hits Queen - Miracle Phil Collins - But Seriously Saga - Behaviour Saga - Heads or Tales Saga - The Works Saga - Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes Saga - Wildest Dreams Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon Barclay James Harvest - Turn of the Tide Camel - Mirage Marillion - The Thieving Magpie Fish - Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors Queen - Queen Queen - Queen II etc. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick King Crimson - Red Eloy - Planets etc. etc. etc. The ones i still play very often: Saga - Behaviour / Heads or Tales Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick BJH - Octoberon Camel - Mirage Eloy - Planets I think that sums it up. Neoprog, pop-prog, spacerock and symphonic prog.
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DrBob806
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Joined: September 03 2016 Location: Cleveland Status: Offline Points: 7 |
Posted: September 04 2016 at 11:45 |
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Golden Earring-Moontan
Black Sabbath-Sabotage Genesis-Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Yes- Fragile Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door Pink Floyd-Animals Rush-2112 Edited by DrBob806 - September 04 2016 at 11:48 |
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Atavachron
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 64672 |
Posted: September 04 2016 at 01:40 |
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Tark -
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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hellogoodbye
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VIP member Joined: August 29 2011 Location: Troy Status: Offline Points: 7251 |
Posted: September 04 2016 at 00:51 |
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I'm here because of that chaotic song by Alan Sorrenti. Curiously it sets my musical life in order.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYNHgEch9L8
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Lewian
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Joined: August 09 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 14206 |
Posted: September 03 2016 at 17:16 |
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I didn't in my first posting mentioned Talk Talk's last two albums, Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock; emotionally these are so unique, they played a big role in my life and in my appreciation of music.
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Sinusoid
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Joined: December 07 2007 Location: South Illinois Status: Offline Points: 55 |
Posted: September 03 2016 at 17:11 |
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I can narrow it down to Yes's Fragile album. Hearing that for the first time convinced me to pursue more prog rock.
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Ier
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Joined: October 20 2013 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 323 |
Posted: September 03 2016 at 15:32 |
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Amplifier - Amplifier
Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings Porcupine Tree - Signify
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BrufordFreak
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 25 2008 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 7979 |
Posted: September 03 2016 at 15:09 |
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I’m gonna have to go with songs and albums for this one—some songs that I’m going to include despite their not being by prog artists—but, believe me, all of these songs and albums were progressive to me in that they were so far outside the box of usual/typical music that I had been exposed to up to that point.
“Bennie and the Jets” - Elton John - the single most unusual, soul-wrenching song I’d ever heard. Every moment of the memory of hearing it on the radio for the very first time is indelibly impressed into my soul. Still, to this day, when people ask, “What’s your favorite song?” or “What is the best song you’ve ever heard?” this is the first song that comes to my mind. Other key songs in my musical evolution: “People Gotta Move” - Gino Vanelli - keyboard oriented music as I’d never heard. “Dominance and Submission” - Blue Öyster Cult - that music could be so chilling, even terrifying. “Blue Collar” - Bachman Turner Overdrive - a guitar sound and vocal that shock me to this day: How was this a radio hit? “Get Out of My House” - Kate Bush - such conviction! “Love” - Art of Noise - such haunting beauty! “Gentle Rain” - Diana Krall - a singer like none before: each and every note comes mysteriously, unpredictably, as if out of The Void. “Omphalos” - Kotebel - opera with prog! “Sunshine” - Bent Knee - emo haunt take on such a seemingly innocent folk classic. Creepy! Demons and Wizards - Uriah Heep - the album that opened my eyes, mind, heart to the concept that “an album can be played/heard for its entirety, not just for a couple of its individual songs”—a concept that then opened my mind to the world of album rock, concept albums, classical music, and experimental jazz. Other key albums in my evolution: Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Fragile - Yes Relayer - Yes Ram - Paul & Linda McCartney The Following Morning - Eberhard Weber Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band Natural Elements - Shakti Boy - U2 Treasure - Cocteau Twins Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian MDK - Magma Part the Second - maudlin of The Well Bar-do Travel - Proghma-C I could write a page on the personal significance of each . . . but I will spare you. |
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Drew Fisher
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Tom Ozric
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Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
Posted: September 03 2016 at 13:58 |
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^ Eerie
 Sounds almost exactly like the path I took..........
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Scorpius
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Joined: June 22 2016 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 281 |
Posted: September 03 2016 at 12:05 |
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Pink Floyd - Echoes: my first 20+ minute song still stands as my favourite to this day. Nothing like it.
VDGG: A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers: Depressing as hell, epic, and very emotional. This song tears me to shreds every time King Crimson - Starless: See above ^^^ Eloy - Ocean the album - One of those albums that has grown on me over the years. Pink Floyd - DSOTM and the wall are obvious picks, they opened my eyes to the world that is prog rock. Yes - Fragile: my first Yes album, opened my eyes to a world of prog beyond pink floyd Moody Blues - the core 7: 7 of the greatest albums ever that personally changed the way i view the world. Days of future passed and a question of balance stand out among the 7.
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Rednight
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Joined: January 18 2014 Location: Mar Vista, CA Status: Offline Points: 4807 |
Posted: August 30 2016 at 13:38 |
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Thank you for this one, SteveG. I would have to say Chris Squire's Fish Out of Water. Have been regularly drawn to it since its release in '75. A stirring piece that really gives the listener an earful, and it was nice to hear the bass utilized out front as its own separate musical entity instead of just being in the background. It's hard to put it on nowadays because of Mr. Squire's passing, but it will be out soon enough to again re-warm the cockles of my heart. Timeless.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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ClemofNazareth
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Prog Folk Researcher Joined: August 17 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4659 |
Posted: August 26 2016 at 20:28 |
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The first time I heard Ziggy Stardust I knew things were never going back to normal. And Misplaced Childhood marked the watershed into adulthood so that one stands out as well.
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
Albert Camus |
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Tom Ozric
Prog Reviewer
Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
Posted: August 26 2016 at 18:43 |
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Back in 1987, my 15th Birthday, I got Pink Floyd's Live At Pompeii VHS (thinking it was a live version of The Wall, which I had obsessed over since 1985....) - I witnessed this AMAZING, mind-blowing music, long, meandering instrumental stretches and haunting atmospheres. Then my attention was drawn to the 'lanky' dude playing the bass. Then my Dad bought me a relatively inexpensive bass when the local music shop had an auction. That was the turning point for me...........
Afterwards, lots of drugs and the discovery of VDGG / Hammill in 1990, shaped me into the Prog nut-bag I am today 
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EddieRUKiddingVarese
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Joined: February 04 2016 Location: Aust Status: Offline Points: 1802 |
Posted: August 26 2016 at 16:29 |
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Frank Zappa- WOIIFTM
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"Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes"
and I need the knits, the double knits! |
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akaBona
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Joined: September 15 2010 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 2082 |
Posted: August 26 2016 at 16:28 |
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Yes - South Side Of The Sky
A song that showed path to something that has guided me my whole life. Before that I was listening CCR kind of stuff, but hearing this song I realised that my musical journey was just beginning ... |
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Cristi
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Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 41680 |
Posted: August 26 2016 at 16:08 |
what makes you say that's predictable?
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Cambus741
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Joined: August 12 2015 Location: Chelmsford Status: Offline Points: 1217 |
Posted: August 26 2016 at 15:30 |
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Going to have to be very predictable and say that it was Marillion who first got me into progressive rock, back in 1984 with the singles Assassing and Garden Party then the albums Real to Reel and then Script and Fugazi.
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HemispheresOfXanadu
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Joined: June 28 2012 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4339 |
Posted: August 26 2016 at 10:42 |
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2112 got me into prog (I grew up listening to it, but it came on Sirius sattelite radio at the perfect time to get me into prog when I was 17)
Where Dragons Dwell by Gojira - got me into heavier vocals Quartermaster by Snarky Puppy - Snarky Puppy is awesome and following them is always exciting Part 1 by The Fierce and the Dead - got me into Bandcamp and got to follow TFatD to the well-respected postrock band they are now. |
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@ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak.
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miamiscot
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Joined: April 23 2014 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 3457 |
Posted: August 25 2016 at 16:56 |
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"Heart Of The Sunrise" changed my life in every conceivable way.
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