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Frenetic Zetetic
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Hearing CTTE over the PA at your school is legendary status.
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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Eddy
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From my father. I was de-virginfied by second hand listen to my Father listening to Dark side of the moon. Funny thing is i dont even like Pink FLoyd anymore i listened to their stuff to much now i am bored whenever i listen to them. Indeed.
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Gerinski
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I'm born in 66 and I'm the youngest among my brothers and cousins and I grew up hearing all the albums they played at home, Beatles, Stones, The Who, ELP, Yes, PF, Oldfield, Zepp, Purple, Queen... Tarkus used to be my favourite album when I was a kid.
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Snicolette
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Similar to some above, I am lucky to have been an active listener and concert-goer from the early days of progressive music. Introduced to all sorts of music in a musical family with deep roots in San Pedro, CA. My Great Aunt was the music teacher for Los Angeles Schools in the 1920's and 1930's. My mother loved early rock 'n' roll, like Jerry Lee Lewis, R&B and "blue-eyed soul." So we heard lots of classical music and all of the latest rock/popular music and Motown, etc from the time I can remember hearing anything. Then came the British Invasion and the early garage bands....
I can remember seeing The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, although I was but 6. My two older sisters distributed flyers and posters for The Bank in Torrance, CA, where Pink Floyd played during a US tour in 1968. Their involvement piqued my interest in psychedelia, (at one point I was the psychedelic buyer for a used record store in the early 80's). My first concert was The Moody Blues, with Spirit and Trapeze opening at The Forum in 1970. Prog was what all of the most interesting music was morphing into, just a part of my life, as I found my set of music fiends (and friends). I even married a progressive musician and never regretted a minute of it. Still true today, I love all kinds of music, deep roots in progressive, psychedelic, singer/songwriter/folk and world/fusion (not much new age, however, unless it's kind of edgy), classical. I play the harp, so have really enjoyed both the classics on that instrument and what fresh minds have been bringing to the table with it since Alan Stivell and the advent of the electric harp. I'm enjoying the further discoveries from discussions here with so many of like-minded open-minded open-eared progressive fans and creators. |
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"Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp
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Magog2112
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My father introduced me to the classic prog bands as a child.
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progbethyname
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Rush and Metallica.
I honestly discovered the art of serious music listening on my own accord. One of the best discoveries I’ve ever done. 🫶🏼 |
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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David_D
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After hearing friends talking about some bands, and not least by wanted to listen to and buying albums because I liked the artwork.
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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I got into it because of a random youtube recommendation I got of King Crimson's first album.
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A Human Being, Existing.
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Cristi
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I got into prog?!
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Progishness
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Listening to 'Meddle' at a school friend's house (circa 1972) which got me into the Floyd of course, and was my gateway into the wider genre known as prog. At that time there there was no music listening equipment in my parents' home other than a radio, as they had no interest in music whatsoever.
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David_D
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And not least because I became fond of instrumental music which was the first kind of Prog I really got into.
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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