Prog Song or Albums that Changed Your Life.

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^ Eerie     Sounds almost exactly like the path I took..........

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Tom Ozric Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916	Posted: September 03 2016 at 13:58
	^ Eerie Sounds almost exactly like the path I took..........

BrufordFreak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 25 2008 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 7955	Posted: September 03 2016 at 15:09
	I’m gonna have to go with songs and albums for this one—some songs that I’m going to include despite their not being by prog artists—but, believe me, all of these songs and albums were progressive to me in that they were so far outside the box of usual/typical music that I had been exposed to up to that point. “Bennie and the Jets” - Elton John - the single most unusual, soul-wrenching song I’d ever heard. Every moment of the memory of hearing it on the radio for the very first time is indelibly impressed into my soul. Still, to this day, when people ask, “What’s your favorite song?” or “What is the best song you’ve ever heard?” this is the first song that comes to my mind. Other key songs in my musical evolution: “People Gotta Move” - Gino Vanelli - keyboard oriented music as I’d never heard. “Dominance and Submission” - Blue Öyster Cult - that music could be so chilling, even terrifying. “Blue Collar” - Bachman Turner Overdrive - a guitar sound and vocal that shock me to this day: How was this a radio hit? “Get Out of My House” - Kate Bush - such conviction! “Love” - Art of Noise - such haunting beauty! “Gentle Rain” - Diana Krall - a singer like none before: each and every note comes mysteriously, unpredictably, as if out of The Void. “Omphalos” - Kotebel - opera with prog! “Sunshine” - Bent Knee - emo haunt take on such a seemingly innocent folk classic. Creepy! Demons and Wizards - Uriah Heep - the album that opened my eyes, mind, heart to the concept that “an album can be played/heard for its entirety, not just for a couple of its individual songs”—a concept that then opened my mind to the world of album rock, concept albums, classical music, and experimental jazz. Other key albums in my evolution: Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Fragile - Yes Relayer - Yes Ram - Paul & Linda McCartney The Following Morning - Eberhard Weber Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band Natural Elements - Shakti Boy - U2 Treasure - Cocteau Twins Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian MDK - Magma Part the Second - maudlin of The Well Bar-do Travel - Proghma-C I could write a page on the personal significance of each . . . but I will spare you.
	Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/

Ier Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 20 2013 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 323	Posted: September 03 2016 at 15:32
	Amplifier - Amplifier Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings Porcupine Tree - Signify
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Sinusoid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 07 2007 Location: South Illinois Status: Offline Points: 55	Posted: September 03 2016 at 17:11
	I can narrow it down to Yes's Fragile album. Hearing that for the first time convinced me to pursue more prog rock.

Lewian Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: August 09 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 14110	Posted: September 03 2016 at 17:16
	I didn't in my first posting mentioned Talk Talk's last two albums, Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock; emotionally these are so unique, they played a big role in my life and in my appreciation of music.

hellogoodbye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP member Joined: August 29 2011 Location: Troy Status: Offline Points: 7251	Posted: September 04 2016 at 00:51
	I'm here because of that chaotic song by Alan Sorrenti. Curiously it sets my musical life in order. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYNHgEch9L8

Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 64352	Posted: September 04 2016 at 01:40
	Tark -
	"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy

DrBob806 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: September 03 2016 Location: Cleveland Status: Offline Points: 7	Posted: September 04 2016 at 11:45
	Golden Earring-Moontan Black Sabbath-Sabotage Genesis-Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Yes- Fragile Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door Pink Floyd-Animals Rush-2112 Edited by DrBob806 - September 04 2016 at 11:48

Kingsnake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 03 2006 Location: Rockpommelland Status: Offline Points: 1578	Posted: September 08 2016 at 08:26
	It all started with me with these albums (let's see if I remember the order): Queen - Greatest Hits Queen - Miracle Phil Collins - But Seriously Saga - Behaviour Saga - Heads or Tales Saga - The Works Saga - Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes Saga - Wildest Dreams Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon Barclay James Harvest - Turn of the Tide Camel - Mirage Marillion - The Thieving Magpie Fish - Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors Queen - Queen Queen - Queen II etc. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick King Crimson - Red Eloy - Planets etc. etc. etc. The ones i still play very often: Saga - Behaviour / Heads or Tales Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick BJH - Octoberon Camel - Mirage Eloy - Planets I think that sums it up. Neoprog, pop-prog, spacerock and symphonic prog.

The misanthrope Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: September 07 2016 Location: U.S Status: Offline Points: 42	Posted: September 08 2016 at 09:27
	Jethro Tull s album Thick As A Brick did it for me . I was about 14 or so I went to visit my friend at his house and his father was playing TAB on the record player. I was instantly hooked. that experience opened a whole new world of music for me. Before that I merely heard music, I hadn't listened to it. I fell in love with the strange complexity, and beauty of prog rock. At nearly 40 I never tire of it, and I always hear something new.