Prog in unexpected public places.

I once got a friend who was the manager of McDonalds at the time to play maudlin of the well's Part The Second on the PA system while I ate my nuggets. Can you guess how long it was before there were complaints?

Three years ago on Thanksgiving Eve, a New York radio station played "Supper's Ready"!  I first thought I had Foxtrot  in the car playing( yes I still have cassettes), but no it was the radio!  That song probably hasn't been on the radio since the yer it was released.  I could hardly believe my ears!  

Kashmir75 wrote: I don't think Pink Floyd really counts.

It's what played that counts.

When browsing a CD shop in my suburb a few years back, they were blaring DT's then-new album Black Clouds and Silver Linings over the PA.

Now bear with me...

I'm sure I remember seeing Fish on a kiddie's TV show years ago. He was dressed a wizard, and was teaching the lyrics of 'Freaks' to a fraggle.

Now did it happen or did I dream it? Maybe a Fish / Marillion archivist could help!?

i friend of mine that is  living in murcia,spain went to see a street carnaval and told me  about this ''freddie mercury tribute thing ''  that they made .them a couple of days later he sended me this video and . is way too funny  [especially all the old people in the front row have NO IDEA how to react to this!  

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Wonderful how so far away, people can enjoy Pulsar's music: they are from my hometown, Lyon (France) and Gilbert Gandil (vocals & guitars) is a friend.

Don't know if this really counts, but I was sitting in my astronomy class with friends as our teacher was planning on putting a laser light show on for us.  The song was supposed to be "Separate Ways" by Journey, but he selected the wrong song, and it started playing Pink Floyd's "One of These Days."  I was the only one who knew what it was and the only one who didn't want the teacher to play the correct song 

Guldbamsen wrote: purplesnake wrote: Well I'm 15 so last year in grade 9, we had to do this project for french where we had to pick a song (that was french) and make a presentation about it, at first i picked The Strands of the Future by Pulsar but this kid in my group said it hurt his ears :( so i didnt want to argue we went along with some sh*tty song but then at presentations time.. My friend, from a different group, had chosen Harmonium! and I was barely familiar with Prog at that time but they played Harmonium (the song) and after our teacher was like what genre is this (cuz we had to record it on our sheets) and I was like "Prog rock!" And they were like "I think its Folk".I feel like there are lots of people out there who dont know anything about music, but there are many others who could understand and come to like prog if they were seen to it. I'm lucky, I used to listed to just classic rock and stuff, but fortunately alice cooper played Yes and Rush from time to time (on the radio) and with some internet searching I soon got into prog. Now I can't listen to anything else! You should feel blessed by the fact that the world of music and wonders opened up to you at such a young age. Just beware not to fall in the trap, that some proggers do - when they think they´ve suddenly reached some form of higher moral ground - just by listening to a certain type of music. One should always remember that out there in the big wide world, - there´s probably somebody just like you - getting the same kinds of goosebumps, just over Lady Gaga.  I loooooove Strands of the Future by the way

Thanks for the advice, yeah... Music is really hard to explain. The thing is almost everyone I know listens to stuff like lady gaga, and it's so difficult for me to not get angry. But now with people who I like as people who don't understand much about music I just try to change the subject when it comes up. But that's kind of hard to do when the subject is what controls my life (I play guitar, bass, piano, and flute and comepose/write music). But I think when I get into sticky situations I will always think back and remember your post.

And yeah, strands of the future is absolutely beautiful...

Well I'm 15 so last year in grade 9, we had to do this project for french where we had to pick a song (that was french) and make a presentation about it, at first i picked The Strands of the Future by Pulsar but this kid in my group said it hurt his ears :( so i didnt want to argue we went along with some sh*tty song but then at presentations time.. My friend, from a different group, had chosen Harmonium! and I was barely familiar with Prog at that time but they played Harmonium (the song) and after our teacher was like what genre is this (cuz we had to record it on our sheets) and I was like "Prog rock!" And they were like "I think its Folk".

I feel like there are lots of people out there who dont know anything about music, but there are many others who could understand and come to like prog if they were seen to it. I'm lucky, I used to listed to just classic rock and stuff, but fortunately alice cooper played Yes and Rush from time to time (on the radio) and with some internet searching I soon got into prog. Now I can't listen to anything else!