I owe it all to Tortoise and Supersilent
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Topic: I owe it all to Tortoise and Supersilent
Posted By: superprog
Subject: I owe it all to Tortoise and Supersilent
Date Posted: September 19 2006 at 23:04
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Yep, they're the main reasons why i ended up here, pple!!!
Tortoise got me into Krautrock and lighter fusion like late-Weather Report, Spyro Gyra(!!) & Pierre Moerlen's Gong
Supersilent got me hooked on King Crimson, most other prog/fusion, Terje Rydal and ECM
So i am a prime example of someone who got into classic 70s stuff through modern bands......
anyone else wanna share their experineces of coming into prog from the outside? which modern or non-prog bands triggered of this interest and obession???
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: September 19 2006 at 23:06
Well, I was a die-hard Zep head before prog. I also heard Roundabout by Yes on the radio and thought it was good. Then I heard about a band named Rush who was like a cross between the two. Rush hooked me on prog forever. Thank you, Rush. 
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Posted By: Speakerfish
Date Posted: September 19 2006 at 23:11
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I've Seen All Good People. I heard it on the radio and I thought, "Now this is what music should strive to be like." I've since broadened my tastes, but it started with that one Yes song. ------------- Dissonance; subtle harmonic dissonance Contemplating and completing the negative space Romantic symphonies left on the floodplains |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: September 19 2006 at 23:12
I watched that on the Songs from Tsongas DVD recently, and, with tears in my eyes, decided that it was probably one of the greatest songs ever written.
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Speakerfish wrote:Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 06:12
My dad handed me Dark Side of the Moon.  Googled "Ummagumma reviews" and ended up here.  ------------- [IMG]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/amorfous/astro-1.jpg"> |
Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 18:31
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Unfourtantly it was Dream Theater for me...
But they led me to Yes...which led me to King Crimson, which led me here and now prog is my favourite genre! ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: I|I|I|I|I
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 20:29
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I started my prog excursions with System of a Down. (In my opinion, certainly a prog-related band) And then I got into Tool, and then The Mars Volta... and then Brian Eno, and Jean-Michel Jarre, and a million other proggy artists. ------------- Go and listen to my music. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31725 |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 22:05
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Phish and The Mars Volta got me into lengthy compositions and extended improv before I even know what prog was. ------------- 
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Posted By: superprog
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 01:35
   
i'm such a standalone!!!!!!!
ok cmon....Radiohead as point of entry?
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