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Easy Livin 
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Posted: August 06 2004 at 17:08 |
I was in a Kentucky Fried Chicken last week, when I became aware of the music which was playing. It wasn't the usual recent hits & other muzak, it was actually some good stuff from the 70's. Next minute, I find I'm hearing
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James Lee
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Posted: August 07 2004 at 06:32 |
The soft-rock muzak loop at the Orlando Convention Center conference area included an Alan Parsons Project song...something about floating on a river. When I was working on construction sites, I'd sometimes hear one of the framers&nbs
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Dick Heath
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Posted: August 07 2004 at 20:46 |
The several of the longer instrumental sections of The Who's Quadraphenia were regularly used as the soundtrack for the BBC TV's excellent
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Hibou
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Posted: August 08 2004 at 20:01 |
I was going to work one morning last winter. As I walked down the steps into the Montreal metro (subway), I saw this guy huddled over his guitar playing the tune "Horizon" (Steve HackettĘs very own). I was so mo
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Gene Police: You!! Out of the pool!
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The Prognaut
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Posted: August 15 2004 at 02:58 |
When flicking through the channels on the TV, I came across this series, "Gilmore Girls" (it bites actually, the mom is kinda hot though) and there's this group of kids having a jamming session at this garage and somehow the chords go wrong and this guy
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break the circle
reset my head
wake the sleepwalker
and i'll wake the dead
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Man Erg
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Posted: August 26 2004 at 06:14 |
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Hi Everyone,I'm new to this site so be gentle with me.No pun intended because...
When I was on holiday in Majorca a few years ago,we had
a piped music system in our room.One evening before going ou
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greenback
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Posted: September 08 2004 at 20:51 |
[QUOTE=Hibou] I was going to work one morning last winter. As I walked down the steps into the Montreal metro (subway), I saw this guy huddled over his guitar playing the tune "Horizon" (Steve HackettĘs very own). I
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Carlos
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Posted: September 09 2004 at 20:07 |
Living in this part of south america, is very (and I mean very) strage to hear prog music on the radio. Fortunately, we have a great program that every rock fan would ever dream to hear. It's called "El Museo del Rock" (The Rock Museum) from a Radio cal
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Prog_Bassist
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Posted: September 10 2004 at 23:58 |
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I was watchin tv one day and I saw a preveiw for the movie "Big Fish", and faintly in the background of the preview, the song "I've Seen all good people (Your Move)" by yes was playing. I was happy. Does anyone else notice that when prog is played somewher
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Dick Heath
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Posted: September 14 2004 at 07:38 |
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Really good documentary about the rise and fall of the Sex Pistols on BBC 3 last night - and it included a chunk off a Rick Wakeman album of the period and several minutes of Wakeman talking about how he hadn't in fact got the Sex Pis
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Peter
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Posted: September 14 2004 at 20:19 |
 I think it was the crappy, cheesy American soap "The Young and the Restles
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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James Lee
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Posted: September 15 2004 at 07:07 |
Peter, you're spot on! One of the soaps used Kraftwerk for exactly the same circumstances...I was pretty young when I heard it, but luckily one of my older siblings had already indoctrinated me 
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Hibou
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Posted: September 22 2004 at 21:54 |
 greenback wrote:
[QUOTE=Hibou] Yes, Hibou, I've seen that guy on the PrTfontaine subway station: he plays well! |
Really, Greenback? Is that where he's hiding? I've seen him only once, in the Guy metro station. I thoug
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Prog_Bassist
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Posted: September 23 2004 at 14:40 |
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Oh, I also must add that I was watching "School of Rock" with Jack Black in it, and was surprised when he gave the kids, 2112 by Rush, Fragile by Yes, and there was another one I think, but I forget. Anyway, it made me feel good.
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Petra
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Posted: September 26 2004 at 13:11 |
Prog in ęThe SunĘ newspaper this weekend!
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Don't hate me
I'm not special like you
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Velvetclown
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Posted: September 26 2004 at 13:13 |
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Easy Livin
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Posted: September 26 2004 at 14:44 |
[QUOTE=Petra] Prog in ęThe SunĘ newspaper this weekend!
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Petra
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Posted: September 26 2004 at 18:02 |
Reasonable taste!...Meatloaf! [QUOTE=Easy Livin][QUOTE=Petra] Prog in ęThe SunĘ newspaper this
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Don't hate me
I'm not special like you
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penguindf12
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Posted: September 26 2004 at 21:12 |
[QUOTE=Prog_Bassist]Oh, I also must add that I was watching "School of Rock" with Jack Black in it, and was surprised when he gave the kids, 2112 by Rush, Fragile by Yes, and there was another one I think, but I forget. Anyway, it made me feel good.[/QU
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tuxon
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Posted: September 26 2004 at 23:28 |
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Ive heard a muzak version of the dark side of the moon at a dentalpractise, there I realised what medicine is all about. (for those not familiar with the album: money)
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