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    Posted: September 22 2005 at 23:18
Hi. This is my first post, so I guess I should introduce myself a bit. I am not a fan of prog. Normally, I'd be the guy making fun of the silly stories and weird music.

But the impossible has transpired: I like a prog rock album. And not just any prog rock album ...a Genesis album as old as I am, "A Trick of the Tail."

I do not normally like prog rock. I do not normally like '80s Howard Jones-style synth pop. Yet this album has both in hefty helpings and I've fallen in love with it. When it's not around, I miss it. I've downloaded what is probably only quasi-legal MP3s of Ripples and Los Endos so I can have a little taste of it while I'm stuck here at night school.

This is strange. I live in the same place, I inhabit the same body, but I am not the same person I was. By all rights, I shouldn't even be here. I came in search of a support group, but something tells me you're just going to be a bunch of enablers.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2005 at 23:26

welcome....i guess....

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2005 at 23:30

Originally posted by Bizarro #1 Bizarro #1 wrote:

Hi. This is my first post, so I guess I should introduce myself a bit. I am not a fan of prog. Normally, I'd be the guy making fun of the silly stories and weird music.

But the impossible has transpired: I like a prog rock album. And not just any prog rock album ...a Genesis album as old as I am, "A Trick of the Tail."

I do not normally like prog rock. I do not normally like '80s Howard Jones-style synth pop. Yet this album has both in hefty helpings and I've fallen in love with it. When it's not around, I miss it. I've downloaded what is probably only quasi-legal MP3s of Ripples and Los Endos so I can have a little taste of it while I'm stuck here at night school.

This is strange. I live in the same place, I inhabit the same body, but I am not the same person I was. By all rights, I shouldn't even be here. I came in search of a support group, but something tells me you're just going to be a bunch of enablers.

That must be some awesome bud you are smoking

And this belongs in the "Welcome Newbies" section.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 01:49
Ah, pardon me. I didn't notice the Welcome Newbies section. I'm sure this thread will get moved there at some point.

What did I say to imply that I imbibe marijuana?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 05:22
Welcome whatever. Now get Close to the Edge.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 05:32
Trick of the Tail has Howard Jones-style 80s synth pop on it - how did they manage that as it was made in 1976?

You are stomping over my first treasured introduction to one of the three best prog bands ever

Howard Jones style synth pop???? pah !!

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Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 05:57
Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Welcome whatever. Now get Close to the Edge.
Did I hear that right? What happened to Gentle Giant?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:00
Originally posted by goose goose wrote:

Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Welcome whatever. Now get Close to the Edge.

Did I hear that right? What happened to Gentle Giant?


Maybe they don't have Howard Jones synth pop 80s style??
Originally posted by darkshade:

Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:08

Howard Jones 

Howard Jones influenced 70's Genesis?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:10
Originally posted by Bob Greece Bob Greece wrote:

Howard Jones 


Howard Jones influenced 70's Genesis?




Whaaaaaaat????   
Originally posted by darkshade:

Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:11
Originally posted by goose goose wrote:

Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Welcome whatever. Now get Close to the Edge.
Did I hear that right? What happened to Gentle Giant?


You've got to ease the lad in, Goosey! CTTE is THE progressive rock album that's acted as a gateway to the wider world of prog for I'd say at least 50% of prog fans, myself included. Gentle Giant aren't a band to get into immediately, you've got to know some prog basics first. Gentle Giant are the times tables to Yes' ABC's.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:19
I didn't say that Howard Jones was an influence on 1976 Genesis. I was merely trying to say that the tonal qualities of the synthesizers being used were similar.

I chose my words very poorly.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:21
Originally posted by Bizarro #1 Bizarro #1 wrote:

I didn't say that Howard Jones was an influence on 1976 Genesis. I was merely trying to say that the tonal qualities of the synthesizers being used were similar.

I chose my words very poorly.


Don't fret about it. You're new to the genre, you'll say absurd things. Now get Close to the Edge.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:22
Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Originally posted by goose goose wrote:

Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Welcome whatever. Now get Close to the Edge.
Did I hear that right? What happened to Gentle Giant?


You've got to ease the lad in, Goosey! CTTE is THE progressive rock album that's acted as a gateway to the wider world of prog for I'd say at least 50% of prog fans, myself included. Gentle Giant aren't a band to get into immediately, you've got to know some prog basics first. Gentle Giant are the times tables to Yes' ABC's.

and Henry Cow and the Art Bears are the logarithm and trigonometric function tables of prog 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:22
Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Originally posted by goose goose wrote:

Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Welcome whatever. Now get Close to the Edge.
Did I hear that right? What happened to Gentle Giant?


You've got to ease the lad in, Goosey! CTTE is THE progressive rock album that's acted as a gateway to the wider world of prog for I'd say at least 50% of prog fans, myself included. Gentle Giant aren't a band to get into immediately, you've got to know some prog basics first. Gentle Giant are the times tables to Yes' ABC's.

and Henry Cow and the Art Bears are the logarithm and trigonometric function tables of prog 


Indeed!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:23

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

and Henry Cow and the Art Bears are the logarithm and trigonometric function tables of prog 

What about Magma?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:24
Originally posted by Bob Greece Bob Greece wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

and Henry Cow and the Art Bears are the logarithm and trigonometric function tables of prog 

What about Magma?

What about the residents?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:26
Magma and the Residents are the tables for complicated and weird functions like the Bessel function


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:27
Welcome to Extended Metaphor Archives!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:29
Neo prog colouring in?
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