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    Posted: December 19 2007 at 01:30
It doesn't have to be the very first song you heard from them (as sometimes first impressions can sound like crap) but a song that was made you think "Wow.. these guys are actually pretty good!" And had you seek out more from them.

1. Genesis - The Knife (I bought all their albums in order until W&W)
2. Yes - Roundabout or I've Seen All Good People
3. Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick
4. Marillion - Garden Party (He Knows you Know the next day)
5. Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance
6. ELP - Hoedown
7. Frank Zappa - Catholic Girls
8. Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (not really prog but meh)
9. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet

It's 2:30 AM  and I can't think outside of the Major prog bands but I'll edit this once I get a good nights sleep..

But now for yours!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2007 at 01:35

..."Bungle in the Jungle"...

(hangs head in SHAME)
 
Although, twas "Bungle" that made me buy the Tull, but twas "Hunting Girl" that kept me there. And, conincidentally, got me here.
"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2007 at 01:40
Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

..."Bungle in the Jungle"...

(hangs head in SHAME)
 
Although, twas "Bungle" that made me buy the Tull, but twas "Hunting Girl" that kept me there. And, conincidentally, got me here.


You gain an extra point in my book for having Hunting Girl as one of their favourite all time Tull songs. That and the Whistler (Hangs head in shame) are my two most-listened to songs on that album and a couple of my all-time favourite songs by them.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2007 at 01:46
Originally posted by souio souio wrote:

Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

..."Bungle in the Jungle"...

(hangs head in SHAME)
 
Although, twas "Bungle" that made me buy the Tull, but twas "Hunting Girl" that kept me there. And, conincidentally, got me here.


You gain an extra point in my book for having Hunting Girl as one of their favourite all time Tull songs. That and the Whistler (Hangs head in shame) are my two most-listened to songs on that album and a couple of my all-time favourite songs by them.
 
Yeah, gotta love that pipe organ/poisonous metal guitar riff. And "The Wizzler" takes the stand as one of my all time favorite Tull-tunes. Not my absolute favorite though, that'd still be "Minstrel."
 
Which has always amused me...I was not supposed to be named The Whistler! But there was some jerk here who never posts who beat to the other title. Of course, by now, it'd be strange to be called something else...


Edited by The Whistler - December 19 2007 at 01:46
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2007 at 02:25
Cardiacs - Dirty Boy
Faith No More - Evidence
Mr Bungle - Squeeze Me Macaroni
Pink Floyd - In the Flesh
Genesis - Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
Yes - Long Distance Runaround
Marillion - Hotel Hobbies
Jethro Tull - Hunting Girl
Tool - The Grudge
A Perfect Circle - The Hollow
Kansas - Carry On... (don't listen to them very often any more though)
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2007 at 04:23
Yes - Roundabout
King Crimson - Red
Rush - YYZ
Genesis - Watcher of the Skies
Jethro Tull - Cross-Eyed Mary
Marillion - Jigsaw
Camel - Lady Fantasy
Curved Air - Back Street Luv
Van der Graaf Generator - Man-Erg
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2007 at 07:18
Hearing Rush's "Spirit of Radio" changed my musical direction dramatically - albeit that I go off on tangents quite often.  Discovery of Porcupine Tree through "Waiting" and "Even Less" reinvigorated my interest in modern Prog (and got the wife hooked!). 

Funny thing is that my two brothers and I were all into Camel, Steve Hackett and Rick Wakeman in the mid 70's and have deviated from one another by picking up different strands from the music.  One went for Jethro Tull then Fairport Convention and became increasingly "folky" (not quite open-toed sandals but close).  The other went for keyboards and became a big Tangerine Dream/Kraftwerk fan.  I went heavier via Rush into mainstream hard rock/AOR, dabbled with some jazz, pop/rock and guitar gods like Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani, but also like their Jethro Tull/Tangerine Dream stuff.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2007 at 14:15
Blackest Eyes - Porcupine Tree
The Drapery Falls - Opeth
21st Century ... - King Crimson
CTTE - Yes
Moonlit Knight - Genesis

Actually  mostly openers... the rest just flows
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2007 at 14:30
Rush - Bastille Day and A Passage to Bangkok were the two songs that I initially enjoyed the most and led me to explore more Rush.  I didn't initally like Tom Sawyer or Limelight when they were originally released and played on the radio.  They are two of my favorites from them now however, although that is relatively speaking since I probably have a hundred "favorites" from Rush.
 
Yes - probably Rhythm of Love or Owner of a Lonely Heart; later learned of classic rock songs that I had heard on the radio but never really connected with Yes.
 
Genesis - probably something from Invisible Touch; didn't discover prog years until much later.
 
ELP - Karn Evil 9 - I've always liked this song; also, probably Lucky Man.
 
Jethro Tull - Aqualung; radio played; decided to investigate further.
 
Pink Floyd - Probably Another Brick on the Wall, but by that point both the Wall and DSOTM were heavily played on the radio so any of those songs would have led me to Pink Floyd.
 
Dream Theater - Pull Me Under; from the first time I saw the video on MTV (of all places).
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2007 at 01:03
Yes: "Owner of a Lonely Heart". I have this song to thank for my introduction to progressive rock.

Genesis: "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)". I remember hearing it on my iPod and thinking "this is the same band that produced 'We Can't Dance'?" I became obsessed with Gabriel-era Genesis.

King Crimson: "21st Century Schizoid Man". After this song reached its climax, I just sat there and thought "WTF?".

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: "Karn Evil 9". When I first heard this, I thought "oh my God, I know now why this band is so revered. THIS is progressive."

Porcupine Tree: "Nil Recurring". A brilliant instrumental, I was hooked instantly.

Pink Floyd: "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"

Rush: "2112"

Jethro Tull: "Cross-Eyed Mary"





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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2007 at 01:10
Radiohead - There There and High and Dry
Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes
The Decemberists - The Engine Driver
The Mars Volta - Inertiatic ESP
Gentle Giant - The Runaway
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Dream Theater - Metropolis
Muse - Time is Running Out
Genesis - Time Table
Yes - I've Seen All Good People

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2007 at 08:48
Frank Zappa - Let's Make The Water Turn Black
Were only in it for the money is the first Zappa album I heard and this song is the first one that I really loved. Now Zappa is my favourite artist and this album is one of my all time best.
 
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
Same thing as Zappa
 
Henry Cow - Living in the heart of the beast
I first heard this song on the Stellar Attraction online radio and I was so impressed that I bought the album right after my work shift Wink
 
Thats it for my top 3 bands/artists!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2007 at 11:00
Echoes - Pink Floyd
A Change of Seasons - Dream Theater
2112 - Rush
Acid Rain - LTE
Interact - Enchant
Africa - Toto
Easter - Marillion
No Son of Mine - Genesis
Thela Hun Ginjeet - King Crimson
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Eye to Eye - Fates Warning...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2007 at 11:04
Genesis-Supper's Ready
Focus-Sylvia
Camel- The Great Marsh
Pink Floyd- Another Brick in The Wall Part II
Marilyn Manson-Disposable Teens
Nick Cave-Hallelujah
David Bowie-Sound And Vision
Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2007 at 12:50
King Crimson-21st Century Schizoid Man
VdGG-Man-Erg
Rush-The Spirit of Radio
Ayreon-Loser
Iron Maiden-Wasted Years
LTE-Acid Rain
Opeth-Ghost of Perdition
PT-The Sound of Muzak
Pink Floyd-Comfortably Numb
DT-Pull Me Under
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2007 at 12:54
Metal:
Opeth - The Drapery Falls
Death - Denial of Life
Atheist - I Deny
 
Prog:
VDGG - Killer
Gentle Giant - Prologue
Eloy - The Midnight Fight
Kebnekaise - Horgalåten
Ozric Tentacles - Feng Shui (i think)
Samla Mammas Manna - Dundrets Fröjder
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2007 at 13:00
Art Bears: "Out of town, my work takes me out of town..." I practically applauded when I heard it for the first time.

comedically I had ignored King Crimson for ages, so having eventually hearing that DGM sampler, the song that broke me into the bandomorphication of Satan himself was... "Cage", from Sometimes God Hides, culled from Vrooom EP and never appearing on an actual album. lol

...and finally in that rare trinity of perfect bands, "Hortz fur den Stechen West" by you-know-who!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2007 at 13:25
Pink Floyd....One of My Turns
Queen....Bohemian Rhapsody
Kate Bush....Wuthering Heights
Peter Gabriel.....Intruder
Peter Hammil.....Four Pails
Jethro Tull.....Cheap Day Return
Yes......Madrigal
Kansas....Dust in the Wind
Rush....Tom Sawyer
Porcupine Tree.....Blackest Eye
Tori Amos.....Precious Things
King Crimson....Epitaph
David Bowie.....Five Years
Marillion.....Chelsea Monday
Genesis.....The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Jane Siberry.....The White Tent, the Raft
Supertramp.....The Logical Song
Alan Parsons Project....Games People Play
Saga.....Don't Be Late
Mike Oldfield...Tubular Bells
Pallas....Midas Touch
Prince....When Doves Cry
Rick wakeman....Sir Lancelot and the Black Knight
Tangerine Dream....Bent Cold Sidewalk
Steve Hackett....Everyday
This Mortal Coil....Acid, Bitter and Sad
Fish...The Company
The Beatles....Strawberry Fields Forever
 
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2007 at 13:38
A Perfect Circle - Orestes/The Package/The Noose
Porcupine Tree - Gravity Eyelids (or most of the other songs from In Absentia)
Riverside - The Same River/Dance with the Shadow

I can't think of any others off the top of my head.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2007 at 14:57
Yes- America, then CTTE
Explosions In The Sky- First Breath After Coma
Led Zeppelin (calling them prog)- Rock and Roll
Porcupine Tree- Waiting sparked my interest, Lazarus hooked me.
Pink Floyd- Money
Kansas- Dust in the Wind
Tangerine Dream- Sequent C'
Rush- Tom Sawyer
 
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