Prog in unexpected public places.

uduwudu wrote: A_Flower wrote: ^It was, I saw it. Only good part of the Grammys. On another reference, yesterday in my history class we learned about the seed drill inventor Jethro Tull. Sadly, my teacher never mentioned the band and when he said "A man named Jethro Tull" I almost yelled "It's a BAND! Not a person!" I recall (I think) that this very thing happened in Independence Day.

oh yeah, Pink Floyd, I have HIS albums..........heard that a few times over the years coming from various ignoramus people........
The other day at work, a shopper overheard me talking to a colleague about Deep Purple and commented, nothing special there, but then he mentioned Uriah Heep, ELP, Yes - O.K. Then on a later day, I served him at the counter and he mentioned Todd 'Rungen' (then corrected himself to say Rundgren) and said " Singring And The Glass Guitar was something special ". Now that was a surprise

During some late night TV the other morning, I caught an ad for a men's fragrance by Paco Rabanne (something about a goddess running around Olympus [?]) that was accompanied by your typical rap song, but with a twist: at the end of the ad the singer croaked the line "21st century schizoid man" in perhaps an homage to the Crimso' classic. Intrigued, I would have liked to have heard the entire song redone by whatever group performed on this commercial.

DDPascalDD wrote: So I just watched TV and then the commercials came, so I didn't pay a lot of attantion to it. I heard some pop song that I'd heard somewhere already and suddenly I heard the lyric: TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SCHIZOID MAAAAAN! This is the ad: Apparently it's from this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53gjP-TtGE

A_Flower wrote: ^^^The song is "Power" by Kanye West

Thanks, A_Flower and DDPascalDD! If it's Kanye West, I don't feel the need to hear him cover 'Schizoid Man in its entirety.

Edited by Rednight - March 15 2016 at 10:01

Speaking of rights did RF give permission for KW to sample 21st C.S.M?

If not (and we know what RF is like) things could be quite entertaining if he becomes that 21st C.S.M. 

I still think KW sounds like Frank (Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em) Spencer fronting Motorhead.

cstack3 wrote:  Didn't expect THIS one!!  I downloaded the "2015 Data Breach Investigations Report" from Verizon, and it opens with:   Welcome (and welcome back), friends, to our annual showcase of security breaches. We’re so glad you could attend; come inside, come inside. ----- Considering the recent loss of Keith Emerson, I thought it was "weird!"  Don't they owe ELP a royalty??  http://www.verizonenterprise.com/DBIR/2015/ It is rather damned interesting reading!!  Have fun, Chuck!

A_Flower wrote: uduwudu wrote: Speaking of rights did RF give permission for KW to sample 21st C.S.M? If not (and we know what RF is like) things could be quite entertaining if he becomes that 21st C.S.M.  I still think KW sounds like Frank (Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em) Spencer fronting Motorhead. I recently read that Kanye did not ask for permission to use Schizoid, and, obviously, Fripp took legal action. However, Greg Lake was excited and really happy to hear his voice on a Kanye West song. Personally, I'm kinda sad that Kanye West used it, because I can't scare my friends at school or my sister with that song. They just go "That's Kanye West! That's not scary!"

OK, so now perhaps you can show them some Il Balleto di Bronzo.   

I was picking up my new Honda recently, and while I was waiting I heard "Hocus Pocus" as well as "Freedom Rider" by Traffic.  I asked the salesperson where the music was coming from and he alluded to some sort of mancave in the basement of the building, but not specifically whether it was somebody's playlist, satellite radio, maybe even a prog radio station

Edited by kenethlevine - April 07 2016 at 08:06

uduwudu wrote: A_Flower wrote: ^It was, I saw it. Only good part of the Grammys. On another reference, yesterday in my history class we learned about the seed drill inventor Jethro Tull. Sadly, my teacher never mentioned the band and when he said "A man named Jethro Tull" I almost yelled "It's a BAND! Not a person!" I recall (I think) that this very thing happened in Independence Day.

I just got a ride home from my friend and heard "Nellie Takes Her Bow" by ELO on the radio