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Raff
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Posted: April 05 2009 at 09:06 | |||
I'm sure you don't know that Amanda (Lear) became a celebrity in Italy in the Eighties... Most of her fame rested on her ambiguous posturing, and very deep voice - the rumour was she had undergone a sex change. I actually used to like her very much - she had oodles of class and humour, and was anything but your typical dumb bimbo. |
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J-Man
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 07 2008 Location: Philadelphia,PA Status: Offline Points: 7826 |
Posted: April 05 2009 at 09:17 | |||
1. Genesis- And Then There Were Three
I bought this on vinyl at a garage sale. The guy there told me it was like The Beatles, which I was hugely into so I checked it out and it opened the doorways to prog. 2. The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band When my uncle gave this to me I was expecting something similar to the early Beatles. I listened the crap out of this one. It got me into more psychedelic rock, which led to prog. 3. Metallica- The Black Album While this is far from the best Metallica album, this is what got me into metal. I remember as a little 8 or 9 year old kid listening to this obsessively. 4. Dream Theater- Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence This was my followup to my Metallica obsession. I listened to the first disc a lot and found it similar to the metal I was listening to, and enjoyed it. When I gave disc 2 a spin, I was blown away. I was already into prog, but I never realized music could be heavy, but still so emotional. 5. Genesis- Selling England By The Pound This was my first true prog classic that I listened to. I wore out And Then There Were Three, so my dad gave me a cassette of this, thinking I would hate it. I remember listening to this at least twice a day for a month. I would sit at my keyboard for hours trying to figure out the keyboard solo. This album brings back a lot of good memories. |
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aapatsos
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Posted: April 05 2009 at 10:37 | |||
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Pekka
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Posted: April 05 2009 at 11:07 | |||
^Is that second last one Smell the Glove by Spinal Tap or should I adjust my brightness settings?
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Dean
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Posted: April 05 2009 at 11:22 | |||
I wouldn't be so sure of what I do and don't know
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What?
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Toaster Mantis
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 12 2008 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 5898 |
Posted: April 05 2009 at 11:26 | |||
I'm sure that's where they got the idea. |
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"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
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lazland
Prog Reviewer Joined: October 28 2008 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 13274 |
Posted: April 05 2009 at 13:44 | |||
This kind of post is always hard, but here goes:
1. Yes - Going for the One. The album that introduced me to prog. 2. Genesis - Nursery Cryme Hearing the mellotron and incredible symphonic pieces for the first time hooked me for life. Plus, of course, THAT cover, which convinced me as a teenager that art and music were intertwined. 3. Genesis - Duke Because prog and commercial do sometimes go together, and this proved it to me. 4. Peter Gabriel - III (Melt) The album that had us all going nuts in the last year of secondary school and proved there was life after a huge legendary band. 5. Marillion - Marbles This album proves to me that the whole genre is in absolutely safe hands as we face the threat of the older, "classic", bands passing into inevitable old age and death. An album that manages commercial, melancholy, scary, touching, and incredible all at the same listen - pushing the boundaries. I could, of course, choose many more, but I think these are the ones that absolutely changed my perception of music and its potential, plus its effect on me as a person. |
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Edmundo
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Posted: April 05 2009 at 16:21 | |||
1) David Sylvian: Secrets of the beehive
2) Mick Karn: Dreams of reason produce monsters 3) Magma: Mercy 4) Hatfield and the north: The rotter's club 5) Robert Wyatt: Rock bottom They're naturally 5 of my all time favourites. Not inconditionally my favourites, but I have heard them in very special moments of my life. Therefore they meant something particular for me. |
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rdtprog
Special Collaborator Heavy, RPI, Symph, JR/F Canterbury Teams Joined: April 04 2009 Location: Mtl, QC Status: Offline Points: 5142 |
Posted: April 06 2009 at 10:06 | |||
PINK FLOYD DARKE SIDE OF THE MOON (DISCOVERY OF THE PROG SCENE)
YES SONGS (MY FIST TRY TO PLAY "AIR GUITAR") GENESIS FOXTROTT (MY FIRST DISCOVERY OF A LONG CONCEPT SONG) RUSH A FAREWELL TO KINGS (DISCOVERY OF MY FAVORITE BAND) LED ZEPPELIN SONGS REMAINS THE SAME (MY FAVORITE ROCK ALBUM, NOT PROGRESSIVE) DREAM THEATER IMAGES AND WORDS (MY FAVORITE METAL BAND) RONNIE STOLT FLOWER KINGS (MY DISCOVERY THAT NEW PROG WAS SIMILAR TO THE 70's) IQ TALES FROME THE...(DISCOVERY THAT PROG WAS STILL ALIVE) MARILLION SCRIPT... (DISCOVERY OF SOMETING AS GOOD AS GENESIS) |
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tszirmay
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Posted: April 06 2009 at 10:37 | |||
Yeah! I know! According to many music fans out there, we proggers are all dumb bimbos!Thank goodness!
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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Roj
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Posted: April 06 2009 at 10:38 | |||
Hmmmm. Just how difficult is this?
1. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery.
Back when I was only 8 years old I liked Slade, T Rex et al. My brother got this and played it to death. I loved it, was hooked, and essentially prog was now in my blood. I still love it!
2. J-M Jarre - Oxygene
My discovery of progressive electronic music. Thanks Jean.
3. Yes - Going For The One
On hearing Awaken for the first time, it was like "Oh my God!!". I still feel the same about it now.
4. The Black Dog - Bytes
After hearing this monumental album, IDM took a different meaning for me. This is really groundbreaking, in parts dark and foreboding, at other times stunningly beautiful. The best electronic band by an absolute country mile IMHO. I probably prefer Spanners, but Bytes was the first.
5. The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are
My first album by TFK, a band that have literally changed my musical life. I never thought it possible another band would ever come close to Floyd, Yes, Genesis and IQ. TFK are now out in front on their own.
Amazingly I've had to leave out some incredible albums; Seconds Out, DSOTM, Ummagumma, Metallica's Kill Em All, Van Halen I and Eddie Jobson's Green Album amongst them.
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fusionfreak
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Posted: April 06 2009 at 11:19 | |||
1 Magma: MDK
2 Mahavishnu Orchestra:Birds of fire
3 Amon Duul 2:Tanz der Lemminge
4 Yes:Tales from Topographic Ocean
5 Genesis:The Musical Box
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progvortex
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Posted: April 06 2009 at 12:33 | |||
1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
I won't try to explain how profound this album is for me, and I know I wouldn't be the first to do so. This album has taught my lessons and gave me insight that are now a part of my everyday life. 2. Close to the Edge - Yes I do not follow any organized religion, I personally believe that spirituality and morality comes from within. This album sparked those things within me. 3. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis My first jazz album when I was 14 years old. This completely changed my outlook on music: There was something beyond the 3 minute, 3 chord pop songs with catchy melodies. I always felt that Miles didn't create licks or riffs with his trumpet, he create large and abstract paintings. 4. Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator This was my first exposure with progressive rock. To be honest, I hated it at first. To me it was uncomfortable to listen to, too dramatic, poorly produced. It would take me a long time to get used to this album, but once I did, I was stunned. I had learned to invest myself in music in order to reap the rewards. 5. In The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson From the hard rock of Schizoid Man to the beautiful I Talk to the Wind, a song that sounded like wind itself, the spacey avant-garde all the way to the triumphant final track. This album is really an amazing journey. |
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Life is like a beanstalk... isn't it?
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Padraic
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Posted: April 06 2009 at 12:37 | |||
As a teen:
Rush - 2112 Yes - Close to the Edge Dream Theater - Images and Words In the past few years (crap, I'm down to two). Henry Cow - Leg End Magma - Retrospektiw I-II |
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micky
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Posted: April 06 2009 at 12:41 | |||
that's a hard one... of course I'm taking it literally... have had NUMEROUS albums that hit me like a ton of bricks... but only a couple I could say that were life changers...
1. college was so much more than babes and booze...it was a real education hahhaha. I knew this woman that supplied my ...ahhh... smoking materials and was a Billie freak and started me down the path of being a lifelong fanatic of jazz and blues. 2. one of the first Italian albums I got... which of course.. was a life changer indeed hahah can't really think of anymore... those were the two that really changed my life... |
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 06 2009 at 13:05 | |||
Micky,
Let me fill in the other 3 for you:
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Padraic
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Posted: April 06 2009 at 13:06 | |||
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easytargets
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 12 2008 Location: Cantabria Status: Offline Points: 843 |
Posted: April 06 2009 at 13:08 | |||
The water rushes over all
cities crash in the mighty wave; the final man is very small, plunging in for his final bathe |
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micky
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Posted: April 06 2009 at 13:08 | |||
hahahhahhahha... oh that's great..... and about right.... just substitute this for Debbie...(she's top 10.. not top 5)
5) |
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easytargets
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Posted: April 06 2009 at 13:10 | |||
Sorry for the covers
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The water rushes over all
cities crash in the mighty wave; the final man is very small, plunging in for his final bathe |
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