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essexboyinwales ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: April 27 2015 Location: Bridgend Status: Offline Points: 4584 |
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I voted Floyd, due to The Wall when I was a teenager.....but maybe it was actually Jeff Wayne..... Or, perhaps it was Genesis, as when I got The Platinum Collection it REALLY opened my ears.....
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Gentle and Giant ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 3884 |
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Always a Rush fan, but the band that ultimately got me into progressive music was Camel
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Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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The Anders ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 02 2019 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 3529 |
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Floyd. My sister had Wish You Were Here on LP.
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Sacro_Porgo ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 15 2019 Location: Cygnus Status: Offline Points: 2052 |
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It was Queen followed closely by Rush. Since Rush are the first of those I really identified as "progressive" I voted for them.
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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jamesbaldwin ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 25 2015 Location: Milano Status: Offline Points: 5744 |
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Misplaced Childhood was one of the firsts tape I bought.
It was 1985. The first music I listened to were The Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel, 1984. A friend of mine gave me a tape. Beatles: Red and Blue Collection. Simon & Garfunkel: Greatest hits and the Concert in Central Park. Then, in 1985 I bought the tape of Born in The Usa by Springsteen and was great. So I bought Nebraska, and I wonder: what? How is possible that these two albums are written by the same person? Then I was very impressed by the video of Marillion: Lavander and Heart of Lothian, so I bought Misplaced Childhood... I liked it very much but I was disappointed that the Lavender version on the Lp was shorter than that of the video.... Anyway, then I started to listen to Springsteen, Bryan Adams, U2, Simple Minds... So I cant vote for Misplaced Childhood. The group that introduced me into prog was Van der Graaf Generator. A friend of mine was a fan, and invited me by him to listen to Van der Graaf and Peter Hammill... and then we continue with Gentle Giant, Yes, King Crimson, and so on. I was 24. So I voted for Van Der Graaf. |
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 16583 |
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If I am understanding your post correctly it seems that although Marillion was technically the first prog you listened to you can't vote for them because they didn't really get you into prog. After you first heard them you went back to listening to Springsteen, U2, Simple Minds etc(nothing wrong with them by the way; I actually like Springsteen and U2 but would swap out Simple Minds for Tears for Fears ;) ). So when you first heard VDGG that was really when your prog journey began because they(much more so than Marillion)encouraged you to listen to more prog. Is that about right?
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Snicolette ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 02 2018 Location: OR Status: Offline Points: 5980 |
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Out of the selections, I have to say the Moody Blues, for me. They were the earliest blend of classical and rock that I heard. So goes my vote.
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"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26471 |
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ELP (Fanfare For The Common Man was a big hit in the UK and they looked like 3 Gods!)
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Sean Trane ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 19752 |
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Genesis' SEBTP (though my second album ever bought) wasn't one that got me into it, because I WTF'd on it (the sonic issues were partly responsible) until TOTT was released, an instant click and SABTP became quitye clear for me. |
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jamesbaldwin ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 25 2015 Location: Milano Status: Offline Points: 5744 |
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Yes, you are right. I still like very much Misplaced Childhood but when I was a teenager I have few money to buy tapes or records (or the firsts CD) so I listened to the records of my friends. And my friends didn't listen to prog except one who introduce me to PFM (PFM? PFM), but I didn't like it. In 1985 I listened my first CD: Brothers in arms. Then, Suzanne Vega, I. I love that records. But until I was 24 I didn't listen to prog music, because I continue to listen to Marillion but "Clutching at Straws" and Incommunicado were not so beautiful as Misplaced Childhood and Lavander or Heart of Lothian. When I was 24 I knew a person very well educated about prog, and I went often in his house to listen to Prog, the Prog of the Seventies!
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Rick1 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 14 2020 Location: Loughborough UK Status: Offline Points: 2792 |
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Genesis (Selling England) or Pink Floyd (Dark Side), Yes (Relayer) came a bit later...it was 1974.
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zeuhl1 ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() RPI Team Joined: April 09 2020 Location: Dunwich, Mass Status: Offline Points: 94 |
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Yessongs (given a copy in 12th grade) Genesis Live (found a water damaged Brit copy at Bldg #19) ELP Brain Salad Surgery VDGG Pawn Hearts Magma Attahk I think I had these as five of my first 20 albums, nudging my Zeppelin, Kiss and Aerosmith albums to back of crate
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Cristi ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 41779 |
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I can't say that any band got me into prog because I was listening to this kind of music and did not know it was called "prog"
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M27Barney ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 09 2006 Location: Swinton M27 Status: Offline Points: 3136 |
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Yeah. Genesis in 1977 when I saw them in That there London...when we thought that walkie talkies and casio digital watches were cool...primitive idiots...😎
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geekfreak ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 21 2013 Location: Musical Garden Status: Offline Points: 9872 |
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Ha ha ha great story M27Barny
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Sean Trane ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 19752 |
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yeah, I know... I only heard of "Prog" (that dirty four letter word ![]() ![]() As I understood it, in the 90's Art Rock's definition sort of slid towards bands that were more glammy, where the dress-up was gimmicky (Roxy Music & stuff). I still don't think of Roxy as "prog", despite their second album, which has prog tendencies. |
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Spacegod87 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 16 2019 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1101 |
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Definitely Tull. Thanks to my father, who is not a prog fan, just a big Tull fan.
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chopper ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 19965 |
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For me it was Genesis when my sister borrowed a copy of Nursery Cryme from someone and I had a sneaky listen. I then bought Genesis Live when it came out and that was that. Yes came a bit later via a school friend who was mad on them, then ELP and the rest.
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Cosmiclawnmower ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 09 2010 Location: West Country,UK Status: Offline Points: 3082 |
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Ha! that Genesis 'Live' lp was an 'entry drug' for a lot of people to the world of Progressive rock, I reckon
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Manuel ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12521 |
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Ha ha
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