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Points: 1485 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2005 at 09:34
Carry on Wayward Son? Ha I'm not sure if you can consider that song prog
(though Kansas is) but it did introduce me to prog. The first real prog song I
heard than would have to be Roundabout.
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Supertramp - School

Others:

  • Genesis - Mama
  • Supertramp - The Logical Song
  • Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene 4
  • Pink Floyd - Take it Back

That's all I can remember.

 
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It must be something from Pink Floyd, because it's one of the rare prog band to play on radio stations. I'm remember when I was a kid in the begining of 80's, me and my cousin we used to listen often to DSOTM (The vinyl record belung to my aunt)

 
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The Happiest Days Of Our Lives/Another Brick in The Wall Part 2 by Pink Floyd.
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Not counting the Pink Floyd or Rush I might have heard on the radio,

Yes - Roundabout
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The first truly proggy piece of music I consciously listened to was Cygnus X-1 Book II by Rush, nearly two years ago. The percussion work in particular was something of a revelation for me!

I just knew I had to have more of this stuff.  



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Without thinking, it'd no doubt be something by Tool, but I actually think my brother used to listen to some Pink Floyd when I was younger, so it would truly be one of their songs, albeit I don't know which.
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I was quite young and it was close people to me that were playing this stuff. The first prog rock I'd probably ever heard was when my dad played Pink Floyd and Rush.
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URIAH HEEP "Sunrise"

If thats not prog enought then YES "America" (from Yesterdays)
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Bohemian Rhapsody off of Queen's Greatest Hits ... first prog song (albeit by a band not widely known for prog) ... around about 1986

First song by band known for prog, although it wasn't a prog song ... Genesis' Invisible Touch  ... also around 1986

First prog tune by widely-recognised prog band ... Aqualung by Jethro Tull in either late 1989 or early 1990 ...
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Except Pink Floyd and Radiohead (I didn't know they were prog at that time)... "Kick Muck" [Ozric Tentacles].

A friend of mine made me listen to it to introduce me into the progressive world.. Luckly, he soon switched to Tool and Porcupine Tree or I'd have given up listening to prog music before starting!


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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

I don't know what I first heard, but the first song I remember is "Carpet Crawlers". I must have been 5 or 6 when I first heard it and loved it.

The same for me (I was slightly older ...) it was Number One on a german Radio poll for over a year (SWF Frank Lauffenberg) and I loved the song. 'The lamb' is still my favourite Genesis record.
Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear
"Hey there! Rotter's Club!
Explain the meaning of this song and share it"

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Maybe I herd some Pink Floyd when I was very young from my dad, but I do not remember anything. The first I discovered was Change of Season, I think.
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Well, my dad is in a Pink Floyd Cover band so I've been hearing it all my life, but I think the first I ever listend to was Pink Floyd: Dark Side of The Moon.
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i think it was the whole album SFAM by Dream Theater.

but i am far from dream theater now...
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21st Century Schizoid man followed by about a year half later I heard The Three Fates by ELP.  I had also heard some Zappa but I couldn't tell you the song tiltles. 



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