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The Lost Chord 
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 Topic: A great prog music moment today!
Posted: July 25 2006 at 19:16 |
I am 19, and my dad is the real reason I ever discovered prog...but as with me being a bit more fanatical for things, I delved alot deeper than he ever did into music...using the internet and all, which he doesnt really use, I found alot of great stuff. But anyway, I was playing "Remeber the Future" today and my dad came over and was like "holy!" and he remebered it like crazy.
It brought back some touching memories for him, and he had completely forgotten about an album he now claims he listened to almost every day while on his bought as a young guy in the 70's
I thought it was a very inspiring day! A father son moment where prog reigns in another way other than just being great music.
Now hes checking out all the Nektar he missed!
Just thought id share!
I didnt know where this belonged i think it should be in prog music lounge but im not positive hope this is OK
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Tormato
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Posted: July 25 2006 at 19:32 |
Congratulations! I'm 44 years old and you've just inspired me to have a Father and Son prog moment with my dad, in whose house I live! 
Hey old fart , why are you running away!
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I like Tormato, so shoot me! Every person in the world can't think the same.
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Tormato
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Posted: July 25 2006 at 19:33 |
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No, but seriously, congratulations, and I hope you have plenty of those moments in the future.......
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I like Tormato, so shoot me! Every person in the world can't think the same.
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The Lost Chord
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Posted: July 25 2006 at 19:40 |
thanks, yeah it is cool to hear what he has to say...he started talking and he said he couldnt really remember, but when he heard the record it reminded him of how happy he was back then and how perfect everything is when your just a stupid kid with no worries.
im only 19 and thats pretty inspiring! live it!
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Aaron
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Posted: July 25 2006 at 22:03 |
haha, that's great, your dad kicks ass
my prog moments with my dad go something like "and you think this is good music?"
Aaron
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kebjourman
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Posted: July 25 2006 at 23:02 |
my dad likes bruce springsteen and warren zevon
he thinks prog is pretentious and lacks emotion
other than that we get along very well
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bhikkhu
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Posted: July 25 2006 at 23:06 |
 kebjourman wrote:
my dad likes bruce springsteen and warren zevon
he thinks prog is pretentious and lacks emotion
other than that we get along very well |
Springsteen and Zevon are even too radical for my Dad. We have to find common ground in Ahmad Jamal, Charles Mingus, and Nat King Cole.
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 02:26 |
I was playing Vangelis once and my Dad he asked my who it was.I said Vangelis.He thought for a moment then said 'so how many people are in Vangelis' 
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 02:37 |
My oldest son is also a member here. We have some similar tastes (Marillion, Opeth, Ayreon), but he also tends a bit more to the neo-metal side than I do.
One of my coolest moments was turning him on to Supertramp's Crime of the Century. It was really neat to share that and to see him 'get it'.
He's also required to love Kansas - it's a family rule for all my kids  !
P.S. BTW, as a Dad I can tell you that moment probably meant even more to your Dad than it did to you  .
Edited by ClemofNazareth - July 26 2006 at 02:38
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 11:04 |
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Bastille Dude
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 11:16 |
I loved my father dearly but his taste is music was way too old fashioned for me. He was so old fashioned he hated Elvis Presely and the Beatles. I miss him every day though..
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 11:28 |
My parents were from the WWII generation and we didn't share much musically - they loved Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw, my Mother met many Americans who were based in her home town in South Devon in 1944 before D-Day, and my Dad was in the Royal Navy and visited New York. I remember having to sit through the whole of "The Sound of Music" during Sunday tea times!  My mum did like the Rolling Stones and Status Quo, and i managed to get them tickets for a TV music show around 1974 which featured Rick Wakeman, and my Dad raved about it for months afterwards!
Edited by mystic fred - July 26 2006 at 11:29
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DeepPhreeze
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 11:47 |
Your dad was tripping on acid hardcore in the 70s and by playing the music you just gave him back his youth
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N Ellingworth
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 15:50 |
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My dads the same, when I bought a few records the other day, he immediately started reminiscing and interestingly the first album he ever bought was ITCOTCK.
He's also told me the story about the time he saw VDGG live.... he still hasn't recovered.
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Garion81
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 17:36 |
My Father wa s too far removed from me age wise for me to ever have a moment like that. I made sure not to have the same thing happen with my children. My firstborn is 24 now and when he was 15 I took him to see the Jethro Tull Elp concert in 1997. That was a good moment. This year we attended Calprog together. He had a great time.
He's also required to love Kansas - it's a family rule for all my kids !
I had this rule too but my daughters didn't like it but they know the music well.
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martinprog77
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Posted: July 27 2006 at 04:03 |
Aaron wrote:
haha, that's great, your dad kicks ass
my prog moments with my dad go something like "and you think this is good music?"
Aaron |
it happen the same thing to me.one time i put a camel album and he said ''turn that noise down'' and them my mon ''a real prog head'' just turn it off and put a king crinsom album and scream to my dad ''just shut up and listen ,this is art''
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The Lost Chord
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Posted: July 27 2006 at 09:29 |
lol...interesting stories! Thats pretty cool i never thought a thread like this could branch off in so many ways, but its always interesting to hear how people feel about prog.
I wouldnt be here today if it werent for my dad, both in the living sense and the listening to prog sense, hes the numero uno.
Another thing you guys should know is this bit of info that backs my claim that "the ear bends towards great music, and prog is great music"...as a mere child in the back seat of my car going to the beach every summer, my dad would contsantly, CONSTANTLY have his old tapes in the tape player playing in search of the lost chord, to our childrens childrens children, a couple of classic rock bits like CSNY and the like...
The music and sound of the mellotron and beauty of prog rested in my head for about 12 years. I never even heard it after i grew up, my dad rarely played anything around me, or i just was never there to hear any of it anymore. I always remembered CSNY and all, because it was always on the radio.
But i heard ISOTLC on the internet one day and a chill ran from the tip of my skill to the dirt of my heel. Indescribable the feeling of remembering that back seat of the car just waiting for the doors to open in House of Four Doors...magical memories of childhood, a magical time. I dug up and found the full album, listened to it and had uncontrollable emotions with my brother in the car...the most striking moment of music experience ever. I have never had more chills, more tears, more shock anytime in my life, a mixture of crazy emotions.
All thanks to my dad a a great prog band.
This is why prog is more than just a genre of music to me...
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proger
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Posted: July 27 2006 at 14:09 |
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the prog band that my father know is ELP, oh and ELO
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...live for tomorrow...
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richardh
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Posted: July 27 2006 at 17:10 |
proger wrote:
the prog band that my father know is ELP, oh and ELO |
Yep so does my Dad..but he had no choice as I played them so much! My Mum used to get confused though and was never sure whether they had 2 or 3 members..she must have thought one of them was called Emersonlake
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Nanook
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Posted: July 27 2006 at 21:33 |
"he thinks prog is pretentious"
To my mind, Springsteen defines pretentious. And I'm of your dad's generation, maybe older.
I could never warm up to "the boss" and his grunting and grimacing. But that's just me, my brother thinks he walks on water.
Maybe in New Jersey, he can. 
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