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Posted: May 07 2008 at 20:03

Tarkus Suite, Back in NYC, anything by Planet X

crimson87

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Posted: May 07 2008 at 20:49

JUST PLAY TARKUS , IS A HIT OR MISS

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Posted: May 07 2008 at 22:11

crimson87 wrote:

JUST PLAY TARKUS , IS A HIT OR MISS

The superior "Karn Evil 9" suite is superior... erm *cough*cough*

jammun

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Posted: May 07 2008 at 22:58

Why not go with the way it actually unfolded, more or less. Assuming familiarity with the Beatles, maybe then move to The Yes Album, some early Moody Blues, perhaps ELP's first, a little DSOTM. These are all very accessible albums for a newcomer that will open some doors.

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Posted: May 08 2008 at 15:36

I'm a big fan of modern prog, so I'd probably introduce them to bands I like....but....I've come to realize that people generally have a hard time getting into bands with singers who use high vocal ranges (such as Coheed and Cambria, Circa Survive, Protest the Hero, etc.)

But, I'd probably show them similar bands. I'm extremely hesitant to show newcomers to prog some of the bands I listen to, because I realize it's much more easy to get turned off by modern prog, since some modern prog takes traditional prog and sets it into a different genre of music (prog-metal, electronic prog, mathcore, etc.)

As for older stuff though, I'd probably go with:

Yes - Fragile
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Rush - 2112
Yes - Magnification (even though it's newer, I still think it's a great Yes album)
The Who - Who's Next
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed

For some reason, I like the really orchestral prog stuff, classical music-esque.

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muddoctor

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Posted: May 09 2008 at 03:35

for me i will give a recomendation such as:

1. Genesis - Gabriel era's

2. Marillion - Fish Era's

3. Pink Floyd

4. ELP

5. Yes

6. Caravan

7. Devill Doll

8. Univers Zero

9. Henry Cow

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Posted: May 09 2008 at 04:57

ClassicRocker wrote:

crimson87 wrote:

JUST PLAY TARKUS , IS A HIT OR MISS

The superior "Karn Evil 9" suite is superior... erm *cough*cough*

/cosigned

ebuCube

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Posted: May 09 2008 at 08:19

Radiohead's O'K Computer

Yes' Fragile

Dream Theater's Octavarium

Pink Floyd's Animals

Rush's 2112

Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds of Fire

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Posted: May 12 2008 at 00:58

You have to go with Jethro Tull, to ease them in and they like rock Aqualung. You could shove them knee deep with Thick but its probably too much for most to absorb. Heck, probably not even the music but the fact that there are only 2 20+min songs on the album.

Also on the rock side you could go with Rush, even their less progressive stuff. Ie. Permanent Waves(Spirit of Radio/Freewill), Moving Pictures(Tom Sawyer/Limelight), or even Rush(Working Man/InThe Mood).

Or to go with stuff that everyone knows Pink Floyd, either The Wall or Dark Side. Im pretty sure everyone and their unborn children have heard Time, Money, Another Brick Part 2, and Comfortably Numb.

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Posted: May 12 2008 at 10:24

When I was a kid, my mom used to listen to a lot of Pink Floyd. But I think the true prog introduction started with Yes.

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Posted: May 13 2008 at 16:57

martinprog77 wrote:

I'd go with camel ,yes, pink floyd and genesis

INCREDIBLE !!!:

EXACTLY the four bands I would mention and in the same running order, WOOOW

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Posted: May 24 2008 at 12:43

Thinking back to my early prog listening in the 70s, I started with Yes, ELP, Jethro Tull, and the Moody Blues, and later expanded to include Rush, Pink Floyd, and Genesis. A few years later, I added the likes of Curved Air and Soft Machine. With the exception of the Moody Blues, any of these can be a prime example of the distinctions between prog and other rock genres. And there are some Moody Blues tracks that depart from mainstream song structures, as well (e.g., Procession from EGBDF).

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Posted: May 24 2008 at 17:29

just one piece of advice: DON'T start with VdGG, the Residents, Magma or anything of the RIO scene

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