What song(s) got you into your favorite band(s)
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Topic: What song(s) got you into your favorite band(s)
Posted By: souio
Subject: What song(s) got you into your favorite band(s)
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 01:30
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It doesn't have to be the very first song you heard from them (as sometimes first impressions can sound like crap) but a song that was made you think "Wow.. these guys are actually pretty good!" And had you seek out more from them. 1. Genesis - The Knife (I bought all their albums in order until W&W) 2. Yes - Roundabout or I've Seen All Good People 3. Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick 4. Marillion - Garden Party (He Knows you Know the next day) 5. Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance 6. ELP - Hoedown 7. Frank Zappa - Catholic Girls 8. Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (not really prog but meh) 9. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet It's 2:30 AM and I can't think outside of the Major prog bands but I'll edit this once I get a good nights sleep.. But now for yours! |
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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 01:35
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..."Bungle in the Jungle"... (hangs head in SHAME)
Although, twas "Bungle" that made me buy the Tull, but twas "Hunting Girl" that kept me there. And, conincidentally, got me here. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: souio
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 01:40
You gain an extra point in my book for having Hunting Girl as one of their favourite all time Tull songs. That and the Whistler (Hangs head in shame) are my two most-listened to songs on that album and a couple of my all-time favourite songs by them. |
The Whistler wrote:Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 01:46
Yeah, gotta love that pipe organ/poisonous metal guitar riff. And "The Wizzler" takes the stand as one of my all time favorite Tull-tunes. Not my absolute favorite though, that'd still be "Minstrel."
Which has always amused me...I was not supposed to be named The Whistler! But there was some jerk here who never posts who beat to the other title. Of course, by now, it'd be strange to be called something else... ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 02:25
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Cardiacs - Dirty Boy
Faith No More - Evidence
Mr Bungle - Squeeze Me Macaroni
Pink Floyd - In the Flesh
Genesis - Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
Yes - Long Distance Runaround
Marillion - Hotel Hobbies
Jethro Tull - Hunting Girl
Tool - The Grudge
A Perfect Circle - The Hollow
Kansas - Carry On... (don't listen to them very often any more though)
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 04:23
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Yes - Roundabout King Crimson - Red Rush - YYZ Genesis - Watcher of the Skies Jethro Tull - Cross-Eyed Mary Marillion - Jigsaw Camel - Lady Fantasy Curved Air - Back Street Luv Van der Graaf Generator - Man-Erg |
Posted By: ozzric
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 07:18
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Hearing Rush's "Spirit of Radio" changed my musical direction dramatically - albeit that I go off on tangents quite often. Discovery of Porcupine Tree through "Waiting" and "Even Less" reinvigorated my interest in modern Prog (and got the wife hooked!). Funny thing is that my two brothers and I were all into Camel, Steve Hackett and Rick Wakeman in the mid 70's and have deviated from one another by picking up different strands from the music. One went for Jethro Tull then Fairport Convention and became increasingly "folky" (not quite open-toed sandals but close). The other went for keyboards and became a big Tangerine Dream/Kraftwerk fan. I went heavier via Rush into mainstream hard rock/AOR, dabbled with some jazz, pop/rock and guitar gods like Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani, but also like their Jethro Tull/Tangerine Dream stuff. |
Posted By: mono
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 14:15
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Blackest Eyes - Porcupine Tree The Drapery Falls - Opeth 21st Century ... - King Crimson CTTE - Yes Moonlit Knight - Genesis Actually mostly openers... the rest just flows |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 14:30
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Rush - Bastille Day and A Passage to Bangkok were the two songs that I initially enjoyed the most and led me to explore more Rush. I didn't initally like Tom Sawyer or Limelight when they were originally released and played on the radio. They are two of my favorites from them now however, although that is relatively speaking since I probably have a hundred "favorites" from Rush.
Yes - probably Rhythm of Love or Owner of a Lonely Heart; later learned of classic rock songs that I had heard on the radio but never really connected with Yes.
Genesis - probably something from Invisible Touch; didn't discover prog years until much later.
ELP - Karn Evil 9 - I've always liked this song; also, probably Lucky Man.
Jethro Tull - Aqualung; radio played; decided to investigate further.
Pink Floyd - Probably Another Brick on the Wall, but by that point both the Wall and DSOTM were heavily played on the radio so any of those songs would have led me to Pink Floyd.
Dream Theater - Pull Me Under; from the first time I saw the video on MTV (of all places).
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Posted By: Teh_Slippermenz
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 01:03
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Yes: "Owner of a Lonely Heart". I have this song to thank for my introduction to progressive rock. Genesis: "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)". I remember hearing it on my iPod and thinking "this is the same band that produced 'We Can't Dance'?" I became obsessed with Gabriel-era Genesis. King Crimson: "21st Century Schizoid Man". After this song reached its climax, I just sat there and thought "WTF?". Emerson, Lake & Palmer: "Karn Evil 9". When I first heard this, I thought "oh my God, I know now why this band is so revered. THIS is progressive." Porcupine Tree: "Nil Recurring". A brilliant instrumental, I was hooked instantly. Pink Floyd: "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" Rush: "2112" Jethro Tull: "Cross-Eyed Mary" |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 01:10
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Radiohead - There There and High and Dry Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes The Decemberists - The Engine Driver The Mars Volta - Inertiatic ESP Gentle Giant - The Runaway Jethro Tull - Aqualung Dream Theater - Metropolis Muse - Time is Running Out Genesis - Time Table Yes - I've Seen All Good People -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Astrodomine
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 08:48
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Frank Zappa - Let's Make The Water Turn Black
Were only in it for the money is the first Zappa album I heard and this song is the first one that I really loved. Now Zappa is my favourite artist and this album is one of my all time best.
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
Same thing as Zappa
Henry Cow - Living in the heart of the beast
I first heard this song on the Stellar Attraction online radio and I was so impressed that I bought the album right after my work shift
 Thats it for my top 3 bands/artists!
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 11:00
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Echoes - Pink Floyd A Change of Seasons - Dream Theater 2112 - Rush Acid Rain - LTE Interact - Enchant Africa - Toto Easter - Marillion No Son of Mine - Genesis Thela Hun Ginjeet - King Crimson Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes Eye to Eye - Fates Warning... |
Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 11:04
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Genesis-Supper's Ready Focus-Sylvia Camel- The Great Marsh Pink Floyd- Another Brick in The Wall Part II Marilyn Manson-Disposable Teens Nick Cave-Hallelujah David Bowie-Sound And Vision ------------- Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat? |
Posted By: sean
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 12:50
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King Crimson-21st Century Schizoid Man
VdGG-Man-Erg
Rush-The Spirit of Radio
Ayreon-Loser
Iron Maiden-Wasted Years
LTE-Acid Rain
Opeth-Ghost of Perdition
PT-The Sound of Muzak
Pink Floyd-Comfortably Numb
DT-Pull Me Under
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 12:54
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Metal:
Opeth - The Drapery Falls
Death - Denial of Life
Atheist - I Deny
Prog:
VDGG - Killer
Gentle Giant - Prologue
Eloy - The Midnight Fight
Kebnekaise - Horgalåten
Ozric Tentacles - Feng Shui (i think)
Samla Mammas Manna - Dundrets Fröjder
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 13:00
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Art Bears: "Out of town, my work takes me out of town..." I practically applauded when I heard it for the first time. comedically I had ignored King Crimson for ages, so having eventually hearing that DGM sampler, the song that broke me into the bandomorphication of Satan himself was... "Cage", from Sometimes God Hides, culled from Vrooom EP and never appearing on an actual album. lol ...and finally in that rare trinity of perfect bands, "Hortz fur den Stechen West" by you-know-who! ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: efoman
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 13:25
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Pink Floyd....One of My Turns
Queen....Bohemian Rhapsody
Kate Bush....Wuthering Heights
Peter Gabriel.....Intruder
Peter Hammil.....Four Pails
Jethro Tull.....Cheap Day Return
Yes......Madrigal
Kansas....Dust in the Wind
Rush....Tom Sawyer
Porcupine Tree.....Blackest Eye
Tori Amos.....Precious Things
King Crimson....Epitaph
David Bowie.....Five Years
Marillion.....Chelsea Monday
Genesis.....The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Jane Siberry.....The White Tent, the Raft
Supertramp.....The Logical Song
Alan Parsons Project....Games People Play
Saga.....Don't Be Late
Mike Oldfield...Tubular Bells
Pallas....Midas Touch
Prince....When Doves Cry
Rick wakeman....Sir Lancelot and the Black Knight
Tangerine Dream....Bent Cold Sidewalk
Steve Hackett....Everyday
This Mortal Coil....Acid, Bitter and Sad
Fish...The Company
The Beatles....Strawberry Fields Forever
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Posted By: darkmatter
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 13:38
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A Perfect Circle - Orestes/The Package/The Noose Porcupine Tree - Gravity Eyelids (or most of the other songs from In Absentia) Riverside - The Same River/Dance with the Shadow I can't think of any others off the top of my head. |
Posted By: Nucleus
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 14:57
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Yes- America, then CTTE
Explosions In The Sky- First Breath After Coma
Led Zeppelin (calling them prog)- Rock and Roll
Porcupine Tree- Waiting sparked my interest, Lazarus hooked me.
Pink Floyd- Money
Kansas- Dust in the Wind
Tangerine Dream- Sequent C'
Rush- Tom Sawyer
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: December 20 2007 at 16:53
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At the Drive-In: Arcarsenal The Hal al Shedad: Sailor's Song Van der Graaf Generator: Refugees pre-1975 Yes: Five Per Cent for Nothing There are so many other bands popping in and out of my favourites-list all the time. |
Posted By: Wade
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 00:40
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Limelight- Rush- This song got me into Rush, which got me into prog rock in general. I had been listening to Pink Floyd for a while but this got me into the rest of prog. CTTE- Yes
Aqualung- Jethro Tull
Karn Evil 9- ELP
Supper's Ready- Genesis- I didn't see how much depth Genesis had as a band until I heard Supper's Ready.
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Posted By: dholl
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 04:14
Fun idea for a list, nice one! Not all prog tho'  On The Run - Pink Floyd You Can't Kill Me - Gong Six (album version) - Mansun Z.N.S - Einstürzende Neubauten Oh Yeah - Can Street Spirit - Radiohead No Wrong No Right - Soundgarden Brother James - Sonic Youth Deranged - Derango Bitches Brew - Miles Davis |
Posted By: Hat of Truth
Date Posted: December 23 2007 at 05:10
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Genesis - The Knife Pink Floyd - Wish You Where Here (Warning, following 3 aint prog.) Roxy Music - Virginia Plain David Bowie - Life On Mars Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye (You can relax again). Supertramp - The Logical Song Jethro Tull - Aqualung/Thick as a Brick |
Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: December 26 2007 at 14:39
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Mostly Autumn - Shrinking Violet
RPWL - The gentle art of swimming
Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond
Yes - The revealing science of God
The Flower Kings - Stardust we are
Riverside - The same river
Pendragon - The last man on Earth
Magenta - The white witch
Jethro Tull - Thick as a brick
Ayreon - Isis and Osiris
------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: progcabaretdoll
Date Posted: December 26 2007 at 18:15
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Genesis - The Musical Box
Steve Hackett - Every Day
Soft Machine - Why am I so short
Gentle Giant - Knots
Robert Wyatt - Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 17:15
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Going through five favourites, and tacking on my current favourite two songs by that band (just out of curiosity) ELP: Pictures At An Exhibition (Take A Pebble, Tarkus) Genesis: One For The Vine (The Musical Box, Can Utility and the Coastliners) Pink Floyd: Time (Time, Us And Them) Rush: The Necromancer (specifically Into The Darkness) [Xanadu, The Fountain Of Lamneth] King Crimson: Epitaph (21st Century Schizoid Man, Epitaph) And a couple more. Yes: You And I (South Side of the Sky, You And I) Steve Hackett: Shadow of the Hierophant (The Silk Road, Clocks) Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms (Telegraph Road, Brothers In Arms) |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 18:45
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Yes - Heart of the Sunrise Porcupine Tree - The Start of Something Beautiful Pain of Salvation - Rope Ends Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man Opeth - Bleak Riverside - Loose Heart Rush - Time Stands Still |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 07:46
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Most of the songs that hooked me to my favorite bands are usually the ones that made me go "Wow, who are they?"
OK, here goes:
Prog:
Porcupine Tree- Sound of Muzak
Genesis- Watcher of The Skies
Camel- Rhayader
Dream Theater- Pull Me Under/Metropolis Pt I
Yes- Siberian Khatru
Anathema- Fragile Dreams
Tool- Ticks and Leeches/Stinkfist
Mastodon- March of The Fire Ants
Opeth- Deliverance
dredg- Bug Eyes
Oceansize- Amputee
Rush- Anthem/YYZ/2112
Meshuggah- Soulburn
Dead Soul Tribe- Why
Pain of Salvation- People Passing By
The Gathering- Even The Spirits Are Afraid
Riverside- Loose Heart
King Crimson- 21st Century Schizoid Man
Ayreon: Loser
Psychotic Waltz- A Psychotic Waltz
Symphony X- Inferno(Unleash The Fire)/ Orion The Hunter
Shadow Gallery- The Archer of Ben Salem
Enchant- Sinking Sand
Kansas- America/Carry On Wayward Son
Spock's Beard- The Light
Non Prog:
The Cure- Boys Don't Cry (loved thime since day 1)
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Give It Away/ Aeroplane
Megadeth- Hangar 18
Metallica- Lepper Messiah/Blackened
Pantera- Cemetery Gates
Skid Row- Wasted Time
Mr. Big- Green Tinted Sixties Mind/ Addicted To That Rush
Jimi Hendrix- Purple Haze
Rainbow- Long Live Rock N Roll
Iron Maiden- Aces High/ Two Minutes to Midnight/ Hallowed Be Thy Name
Deep Purple- Highway Star
Petra- Midnight Oil
Toto- I'll Be Over You/Ana/ I Will Remember (Yeah, I know, I know)
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to be continued
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Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 15:01
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Genesis - The Return of the Giant Hogweed The Beatles - Blue Jay Way Frank Zappa - Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague King Crimson - Lizard Pink Floyd - Time Yes - Starship Trooper Rush - Freewill Kansas - Hopelessly Human Peter Gabriel - Family Snapshot Kate Bush - Cloudbusting Todd Rundgren - All the Children Sing Scott Walker - Mathilde (  )maudlin of the Well - Ferocious Weights Kayo Dot - The Manifold Curiosity Mastodon - March of the Fire Ants Novembre - Distances Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline) The Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet (I Will be Home Then) Incubus - Nowhere Fast Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) In Flames - Embody the Invisible Cradle of Filth - IV. The Secret Garden - Mannequin Burzum - Dunkelheit Lurker of Chalice - Spectre as Valkerie Is Leviathan - What Fresh Hell Xasthur - The Prison of Mirrors ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian |
Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 02:55
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The Sound of Muzak - Porcupine Tree Beneath the Mire - Opeth |
Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 02:56
| Oops I forgot Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd |
Posted By: Cs1987
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 08:39
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Mine are fairly predictable, since back in the days when free mp3s were more easily accessible, I would download the most popular songs by bands to check them out. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (I wasn't much of a prog fan back then) Genesis - Supper's Ready Jethro Tull - Aqualung King Crimson - Epitaph Yes - Roundabout Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven |
Posted By: nightlamp
Date Posted: January 04 2008 at 16:12
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Gong - Magick Mother Invocation, Master Builder, Sprinkling of Clouds... Heck, the entire You album King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man, One More Red Nightmare Genesis - The Musical Box Iron Maiden - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Can - Spray Tangerine Dream - Atem Tortoise - Glass Museum |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 09:57
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"Easter" by Marillion. I know who Marillion was back in the 80's and heard several songs; however, when my buddy sent me Six Of One, Half Dozen Of The Other, I was completely swept up by this song. Just absolutely beautiful. E ------------- 
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Posted By: SilverSean
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 17:20
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Yes- Machine Messiah
Rush- Freewill
Dream Theater- Overture 1928
Pink Floyd- Time
King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King
Styx- Renegade
Symphony X- Evolution
Steve Vai- For the Love of God ------------- Hold on to the Dream... |