Intro To Prog Experiment

This was inspired by the post made earlier about chicks and prog... basically i have a friend (yes a she) that has started showing interest in music with prog influences such as radiohead, battles, muse  , the decemberists, basically shes really into indie music... so i figured why not make her a mix that somehow connects the two genres together... I figured i would ease it in by giving her things shes familiar with and then introducing some of the older prog acts ...here is the list i came up with ... just wondering if anybody had any other suggestions before i present this to her... by t he way it was really hard to get this all to fit in one disk ...


Muse-Take a Bow
New Trolls - Allegro
65DaysofStatic- Climbing on Roofs
Emerson Lake and Palmer - Knife Edge
Bell Orchestre - Throw it on a Fire
Mars Volta - Aberinkula
Frank Zappa - Cletus-Awretus Awrightus
Maudlin of The Well - Sleeping is a Curse
Red Sparrows - We Stood Transfixed...
Radiohead- Morningbell
Yes- Long Distance Turnaround
Porcupine Tree- Sentimental
Genesis - Can-Utility and the Coastliners
Mercury Program - Gently Turned on your Head
King Crimson- 21st Century Schizoid Man

fingers crossed for you. My girlfriend has been exposed to my entire library and she still hasn't come around. She does, however, like some of the bands that your friend seems to like, and also likes stuff like PT, TMV and whatnot. Anyways, either she will or she won't... but don't be too forceful now!

(not saying that girls don't like prog, just that some /people/ will never be able to get into it.)

Seems like a good compilation, even if I havent heard of some of the bands.

King Crimson776 wrote: SpaceMonkey wrote: a mix of The Mars Volta and Panic At the Disco. That's diabolical.

Indie fans usually will be very turned off to older music, be careful buddy.

I've posted this elsewhere, but I forget where it went.

I recommend showing her some post-rock and math rock. They are both identified with indie.

My two cents worth:  Also my wife really digs these discs and she's in her 40's!!

Edited by Darklord55 - February 17 2008 at 07:29

Mine really liked The Trees by Rush, and also Sentimental, but you already have that one.

er...show girls prog? unfortunately, I've tried it some times, and in a bunch of 6 women, only one has liked something of what'ive shown, and I allways had in mind they're musical tastes. For example, one was a metal fan, and didnt knew Riverside, Opeth, or even Sleepytime Gorilla Museum!!!!!!!!! (what a metal fan) and I even don't consider myself a metal fan...she only knew DreamTheather and Tool, but she liked Sleepytime and Opeth (but didn't dig TMV or Yes, showed Close to the Edge, big mistake, never gonna do it again). In another case, I made a girl who didn't even knew that prog existed, and showed her TMV. At first with songs like Tetragrammaton and others more "agressive and psychedelic of theirs, she wasn't turn on, so I showed her the song, Asilos Magdalena and she loved it! And now I've showed her their last album, and she, now, likes TheMarsVolta!!!!! well at least their sound is modern with prog and everyone young(my age) can like them.

Either way, i dont think indie fans don't like that much prog, cause I have a indie friend who listens with me to Genesis, Van der Graaf Generator,  and other 70 groups and she likes it, she likes the lyrics because they're normally very intelligent and deep, and she recognizes that the prog sound and music, is more interesting and more worked, but she doesnt stop being a indie fan.
well at least she didnt bash prog, and listened to entire songs like Man-Erg, Battle of Epping Forest or A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers.

ah, one more thing, luckily, she was the one who wanted me to show her prog. Wich in my opinion, is the only way to someone really liking, in a near future, prog. Because if its you who want to look for new music, its easier than to being me, showing someone else music, normally, this way around, doesnt work (but it isnt any scientifical method)

I would give her a marihuana dosis and then put on her Cd player Piper at the Gates of Dawn alongside Shine on you Crazy Diamond, Careful with that Axe, Eugene. When she starts to get happy their I would put Gates of Delirium after that Close to the Edge. (getting happier) Entire album Lizard. (really happy) Supper's Ready ( gets dizzy) Thick as a Brick part 1 ( calms down) Speed King lol. Hope you liked the list but the most important thing is the marihuana if not there's no use