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UndercoverBoy 
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 Posted: November 26 2009 at 12:12 |
"Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best..."
-Frank Zappa
So true!  These are probably are the three albums I have the greatest emotional attachment to, and never fail to cheer me up or put me on such a high that cannot be described by words:
"Nursery Cryme" by Genesis
"Storia Di Un Minuto" by Premiata Forneria Marconi
"Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquième Saison" by Harmonium
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Mellotron Storm
Prog Reviewer
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Posted: November 26 2009 at 12:29 |
I'm sure we all can remember discovering the "hidden world of prog" as i call it and feeling as high as a kite. Music can be a moving and powerful thing.
The sad part is when music fails to bring this kind of excitement anymore. Not there yet,hard to imagine that ever happening.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Logan
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Posted: November 26 2009 at 12:59 |
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Petrovsk Mizinski -- I won't accuse you of being a negative nancy as I often find such rants hilarious, and is one of things about this site I take least seriously. It's just a message board, and sometimes I think some of us take things far too seriously around here.
Anyway, I was losing interest in rock-based and rock-related music generally, and so losing interest in music covered at this site to quite an extent. I also felt a little burned out on the categories here, but really delving into Jazz-Rock Fusion invigorated my Prog interest. Digging deeper into Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, and then discovering related acts, and then more and more Fusion music, had a big effect on me. That said, I'm discovering lots of great music that wouldn't be considered any kind of prog.... More jazz, and more academic music. I've been picking up more Ligeti of late as well as many others. Rediscovering William Sheller's Lux Aeterna (an album I consider Prog) had a big effect on me too. And music such as Egisto Macchi's. I kind of feel musically spiritually re-invigorated.
After getting married, I moved away from music to a large extent (though I still got by watching films and hearing the soundtracks), Back then I wasn't really a rock buff, more classical, jazz, electronic, and world music, but my wife didn't appreciate the music so I stepped back from it. The last five years have been so eye-opening, though for a long time I found myself neglecting pure jazz and academic music more than, perhaps, was good for me.
It has been quite a trip as I've delved deeply into the various categories here: getting to know Comus, or Art Zoyd, John Greaves, Wyatt, Heldon, Art Bears, Volapuk, Bubu, Henry Cow, or Magma. I've had some wrong turns along the way (particularly when I was re-discovering so-called Prog some years ago), but discovered such a wealth of music that was joy-inducing and altered my musical directions.
Edited by Logan - November 26 2009 at 13:00
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Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
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The T
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Posted: November 26 2009 at 14:04 |
It will pass. It will be a momentary relief and joy. Eventually, you'll need something more...
But for a moment, yes, it's a great distraction.
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timothy leary
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Posted: November 26 2009 at 15:21 |
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To the guy who practices all the guitar, bass and audio engineering.....sounds like you want some recognition.......I will look for your #1 certifiable smash
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SergiUriah
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 00:16 |
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Edited by SergiUriah - November 27 2009 at 00:19
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SergiUriah
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 00:17 |
Well, I´d like us not being belligerent with anybody, please. We´re all prog brothers and I opened this thread just only for sharing experiences, joys and space journeys through the hearts.
Please, there´s violence enough in the world, let´s do an alternative option and follow up with the original plot of this beautiful story.
Thank U very much.
Would like to confess here I have a soul illness, I´m in love yet with my ex-wife. And she is in love with me too, but we decided to separate our lives after 10.000 problems with her serious depression, the paradise turned into a hell, and well. It´s very sad for me trying to express this. I sail over the madness seas sometimes. Sure we´ll be together anyday.
Meanwhile, I listen Reinassance, Oscar and Ruphus. Thanks, and life is hapiness, love and stars are falling from the sky.
Bless you. 
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 04:37 |
 timothy leary wrote:
To the guy who practices all the guitar, bass and audio engineering.....sounds like you want some recognition.......I will look for your #1 certifiable smash
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I will look for poop
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npjnpj
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 04:58 |
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Don't you mean proog or roock?
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 06:39 |
SergiUriah wrote:
Well, I´d like us not being belligerent with anybody, please. We´re all prog brothers and I opened this thread just only for sharing experiences, joys and space journeys through the hearts.
Please, there´s violence enough in the world, let´s do an alternative option and follow up with the original plot of this beautiful story.
Thank U very much.
Would like to confess here I have a soul illness, I´m in love yet with my ex-wife. And she is in love with me too, but we decided to separate our lives after 10.000 problems with her serious depression, the paradise turned into a hell, and well. It´s very sad for me trying to express this. I sail over the madness seas sometimes. Sure we´ll be together anyday.
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Well look, I'm not trying to a dick or anything, but no offense or anything, but I tend to think the Prog Music Lounge should be reserved for more serious, more meaningful topics than the one you posted. Apologies for my first post btw, I wasn't in the best mood and I have a problem of my posts reflecting my mood at a point in time. I've been through serious depression myself and absolutely crippling anxiety, it's not easy at all and I alienated people close to me in a way that your ex wife may have alienated you. Yes, to an extent, music has helped me, but I can assure you, you will be a lot better off in the long run if you try to find the whole picture, a wider of range of things to make you happy. I know maybe I might be coming across as being "anti prog spirit" in nature to you (I can assure you, I listen to music that constitutes as prog rock daily though), but it's just how it is dude. There's only so much music listening you can do before you gotta realize you gotta go out and enjoy real life friends, and other experiences that just have little to do or nothing to do with sitting around and listening to music. You can probably see my absurdly large post count. All I used to do for a while was post on here and listen to music pretty much all day. It effectively just made my life get stuck in 2nd gear. Once I started to recover and starting getting out more and getting stuff done in my life I should have done ages ago, finally everything kick started again and now I don't have anywhere near as much time for this forum anymore and I listen to half, if probably less than the amount of music I used to listen to 18 months or so ago. In another 5 years, chances are I'll have 1/4 of the time for listening to music as I do now, but I've learnt to accept that.
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Proggy Pogo
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 07:31 |
Petrovsk Mizinski wrote:
I mean, geezus, I play guitar 2 hours a day minimum, bass guitar an hour a day
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Lucky you! I've done well if I get quarter of an hour on my drums each day, what with pesky work and domestic chores getting in the way!! Good luck to you though!
& The Truth, I love your Avatar! 
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jampa17
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Joined: July 04 2009
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 09:06 |
Well... sure I cannot put out "only" 3 albums that change my life tastes of music but I can put the ones who convert me to prog... in order...
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Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 09:25 |
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Guru Guru - Dance Of The Flames
Guru Guru - UFO
Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live
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SergiUriah
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Joined: May 03 2009
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 13:47 |
Petrovsk Mizinski wrote:
SergiUriah wrote:
Well, I´d like us not being belligerent with anybody, please. We´re all prog brothers and I opened this thread just only for sharing experiences, joys and space journeys through the hearts.
Please, there´s violence enough in the world, let´s do an alternative option and follow up with the original plot of this beautiful story.
Thank U very much.
Would like to confess here I have a soul illness, I´m in love yet with my ex-wife. And she is in love with me too, but we decided to separate our lives after 10.000 problems with her serious depression, the paradise turned into a hell, and well. It´s very sad for me trying to express this. I sail over the madness seas sometimes. Sure we´ll be together anyday.
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Well look, I'm not trying to a dick or anything, but no offense or anything, but I tend to think the Prog Music Lounge should be reserved for more serious, more meaningful topics than the one you posted.
Apologies for my first post btw, I wasn't in the best mood and I have a problem of my posts reflecting my mood at a point in time.
I've been through serious depression myself and absolutely crippling anxiety, it's not easy at all and I alienated people close to me in a way that your ex wife may have alienated you.
Yes, to an extent, music has helped me, but I can assure you, you will be a lot better off in the long run if you try to find the whole picture, a wider of range of things to make you happy.
I know maybe I might be coming across as being "anti prog spirit" in nature to you (I can assure you, I listen to music that constitutes as prog rock daily though), but it's just how it is dude.
There's only so much music listening you can do before you gotta realize you gotta go out and enjoy real life friends, and other experiences that just have little to do or nothing to do with sitting around and listening to music.
You can probably see my absurdly large post count. All I used to do for a while was post on here and listen to music pretty much all day.
It effectively just made my life get stuck in 2nd gear.
Once I started to recover and starting getting out more and getting stuff done in my life I should have done ages ago, finally everything kick started again and now I don't have anywhere near as much time for this forum anymore and I listen to half, if probably less than the amount of music I used to listen to 18 months or so ago.
In another 5 years, chances are I'll have 1/4 of the time for listening to music as I do now, but I've learnt to accept that.
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Your apologies are very well received, no problem with that at all.
But...I can see you´ve got a serious damage. You think life is whatever you see, wev you feel, what you eat and which taste you relish MUST BE similar in everyone of us, Petrovsk Mizinski.
I work hard just to forget every hole in my universe, I dodge every black hole I watch far away, and have several friends and girls to share experiences. I´m not a proggyfreak, forget this...
In other way of things, I cannot believe how you can not comprehend what PROG MUSIC is really. For me, and for many people here, is MAGIC, in the most varvellous depth of those 5 and simple letters.
Thanks and enjoy a prog movement.
Sergio.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 14:11 |
You are excused, your punishment: go and listen to some more prog music. 
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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gr8dane
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 15:38 |
Roxy Music-Stranded
Styx-Equinox
Kansas-Leftoverture
Golden Earring-Moontan
That's when I took off.
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moshkito
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 16:20 |
Hi,
Gawd ... you guys ... but yeah ... there are a couple of albums that always cheer me up ...
Amon Duul 2 - Wolf City ... in my mind the best rock album ever done.
Can - Future Days and Soon Over Babalooma. The long cuts take away tears in 3 seconds!
Vangelis - Blade Runner Soundtrack
Yes - Tales of Topographic Oceans ... in my mind the most ambitious and most incredible rock work ever done. It's a shame that neo-rockpopulists love to trash it because it is not a bunch of 4 minute radio songs!
Carmen - Fandangos in Space ... 3 LP's later ...
Eberhart Schoenner - Trance-Formation
Focus - Hamburger Concerto
Egberto Gismonti - No Caipira
Jan Garbarek - Eventyr
Terje Rypdal and David Darling - Eos
Guru Guru - Kanguru
Ash Ra Tempel - New Age of Earth
Klaus Schulze - Audentity (specially Sebastian en traum)
There are way too many out there ... choosing is bad ... anyone of these would be just fine with me.
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SergiUriah
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 20:04 |
moshkito wrote:
Hi,
Gawd ... you guys ... but yeah ... there are a couple of albums that always cheer me up ...
Amon Duul 2 - Wolf City ... in my mind the best rock album ever done.
Can - Future Days and Soon Over Babalooma. The long cuts take away tears in 3 seconds!
Vangelis - Blade Runner Soundtrack
Yes - Tales of Topographic Oceans ... in my mind the most ambitious and most incredible rock work ever done. It's a shame that neo-rockpopulists love to trash it because it is not a bunch of 4 minute radio songs!
Carmen - Fandangos in Space ... 3 LP's later ...
Eberhart Schoenner - Trance-Formation
Focus - Hamburger Concerto
Egberto Gismonti - No Caipira
Jan Garbarek - Eventyr
Terje Rypdal and David Darling - Eos
Guru Guru - Kanguru
Ash Ra Tempel - New Age of Earth
Klaus Schulze - Audentity (specially Sebastian en traum)
There are way too many out there ... choosing is bad ... anyone of these would be just fine with me. |
I´m going to learn about some of them, thanks very much.
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 20:38 |
SergiUriah wrote:
The Truth wrote:
^ Great to here someone raised this high by music, God bless you |
Music has always been very important in my whole life. I think I have a musical scale inside me.
God bless to you too and thanks for the reply. 
Annie Haslam is a spiritual goddes. |
No she's not. Annie is a very talented singer/songwriter from Bolton. Is the musical scale you have inside you the catatonic ?
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Birdman
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Posted: November 27 2009 at 20:44 |
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Well look, I'm not trying to a dick or anything, but no offense or anything, but I tend to think the Prog Music Lounge should be reserved for more serious, more meaningful topics than the one you posted.
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It's a bloody LOUNGE, what do you expect. And who are you to decide what deserves to be posted here or not. Ease up on the string-plucking, shut your computer down for a second and enjoy a breath of fresh air. You might see thing through a different light.
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Et je ferme les yeux
Puis je croise les doigts
Pour empêcher
Les souvenirs de fuir.
(KERMESS - Atome d'existence)
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