Prog Rock Abbreviations
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Topic: Prog Rock Abbreviations
Posted By: SuperMetro
Subject: Prog Rock Abbreviations
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 10:55
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Inspired by this: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1768 I am going to give 10 abbreviations of prog albums, and then you guys must answer them. There is also some bonus ones that are not albums, but something different(other music genre, movie tv show, book, etc). 1.IAGH 2.FGWGPAN 3.ANAAW 4.ISNL 5.SAOS 6.ISOTLC 7.SCAME 8.SFTW 9. SOABDCS 10. THOTH *GWTW *MSCL *SWTWC *IAGDV *ASND Hints: # of Seasons, Butterflies, Brando, the bank, and life.
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Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 10:56
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Answers to the one that inspired me: 1) AMLOR - A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd 2) IICDIAOAIDIAOY - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I Do It All Over You - Caravan 3) IIADD - Illusion of A Double Dimple - Triumvirat 4) SFTLC - Songs From The Lion's Cage - Arena 5) SFAJT - Script From A Jester's Tear - Marillion 6) RBB - Royal Bed Bouncer - Kayak 7) FZMTMOP - Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention - Frank Zappa 8) AFTK - A Farewell To Kings - Rush 9) SATLTSADW - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch - Frank Zappa 10) RQTGT - Red Queen To Gryphon Three - Gryphon |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 10:56
| I got nothing, I bet some of them are obvious, right? |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 10:59
| This better fits the "Just for Fun" section of the forum. OK, prog related, but more of a game. |
Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 11:06
Two of these albums are foreign speaking. ISNL is one of them
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Cristi wrote:Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 11:23
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6.ISOTLC = In Search of the Lost Chord |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 11:31
It should be IOADD Illusions On A Double Dimple ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 11:35
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Oh...and : *GWTW = Gone With The Wind *SWTWC - Something Wicked This Way Comes (one of my favourite movies from that era)
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Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 11:37
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*IAGDV = In A Gadda Da Vida |
Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 11:40
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There is two more bonus ones, and both of them are movies and tv shows. ASND. Let me make that ASCND. It stars an actor named in this song by Gentle Giant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2nkmjlYyt0. On of the albums on the list is also by them. Another one is a tv show MSCL. From the 90s and only lasted a season. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 11:54
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*ASCND = A Streetcar Named Desire (your first one was correct) ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 12:01
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I have made fun of this tendency in the past, although I fully understand why people abbreviate. I do it sometimes. Confusion abounds when there is not a clear context. The shorter the abbreviation, the more possible options there are. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 12:04
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JD: 3 wiz_d_kid: 2 Ev'rybody else: 0 1.IAGH 2.FGWGPAN 3.ANAAW 4.ISNL 5.SAOS 7.SCAME 8.SFTW 9. SOABDCS 10. THOTH *MSCL |
Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 12:06
| 9 and 4 are essential albums both in the top 30 that speak foreign languages. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 12:41
| SFTW - Songs From the Wood |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 12:42
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IAGH - In A Glass House ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 12:46
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^ & ^^ nice, I didn't see them though  shame on me
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 12:47
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SOABDCS='Si on Avait Besoin d'une Cinquieme Saison' by Harmonium GWTW=has to be 'Gone With the Wind' but I have no idea which band did such an album IAGH='In a Glass House' by Gentle Giant I have a couple more ideas but I shall come back when I have more. Now give me my points.  |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 12:48
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1. In a glass house 6. In search of the lost chord 8. Songs from the wood I would have to think about the others. These aren't really obvious. Is one of the last ones In a gadda da vida?
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 12:48
IHGAC - I haven't got a clue.  It was hard enough figuring out what CTTE, ITCOTCK & VDGG all meant when I first joined ProgArchives.
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 13:13
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THOTH - Toilet Habit Obsessed Transgender-Hater It could be Houses of the Holy (except there is no "The" to begin the acronym) Ignoring the original intent of the post, seeing as it has run its course.... WYWH SEBTP ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 13:19
those three are among the most obvious TAAB - Thick as a Brick WYWH - Wish you Were Here SEBTP - Selling England by the Pound
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 13:51
| The two most obvious in my opinion are CTTE and ITCOTCK (sometimes referred to as itchy cock ;) ). Then of course there's DSOTM, SPLHCB and the three just mentioned above. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 13:53
SPLHCB ?! I don't see it
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 14:20
A certain Beatles album with a whole bunch of people standing around on the cover (including the Beatles themselves).
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 14:21
oh, got it!  I got one: ICSYHFH
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 14:37
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🐪 ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 15:23
| Those are acronyms, not abbreviations. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 15:28
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Oh thank god...I'm not the only one. It was killing me but I try real hard not to be the correction guy. (I already did one at the beginning of this thread)
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 15:33
an acronym is "an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words". So the OP is not wrong.
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Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 15:55
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FOABP MAYH FMTS TDWOT TLLDOB MP2SFAM SDOIT AFTK  ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 15:59
FOABP - Fear of a Blank Planet TLLDOB - The Lamb Lies Down... AFTK - A Farewell to Kings SDOIT - Six Degrees of Inner turbulence MP2SFAM - Metropolis 2: Scenes from a Memory Can't figure out the rest.
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Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 16:11
Yeah, I knew the "2" would be a dead giveaway for Dream Theater MAYH - My Arms, Your Hearse FMTS - From Mars to Sirius TDWOT - The Divine Wings of Tragedy ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 16:13
I know all these albums, but couldn't figure those out I would recognize SFAM, it's been used all the time. Yeah, I need to find some time for some Gojira, it's been a while.
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Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 17:06
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So because Grumpy Prog Fan, A Crimson Mellotron, and Nogbad the Bad each got one, wiz_d_kid got two, and JD got three, I am going to just tell all of you the answers since I assume nobody is going to figure them out. This is an offer you can not refuse if you read any further than this period. The Albums: 1.IAGH - In A Glass House - Gentle Giant 2.FGWGPAN - For Girls Who Grow Plump At Night - Caravan 3.ANAAW - A Nod and A Wink - 🐪 4.ISNL - Io Sono Nato Libero - Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso 5.SAOS - Scheherazade and Other Stories - Renaissance 6.ISOTLC - In Search of The Lost Chord - Moody Blues 7.SCAME - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes - Eloy 8.SFTW - Songs From The Wood - Jethro Tull 9. SOABDCS - Si On Avait Besoin D'une Cinquieme Saison - Harmonium 10. THOTH - The House On The Hill - Audience For the other media: *GWTW - Gone With The Wind - Victor Fleming(Director of Film) Margaret Mitchell(Author of Book) *MSCL - My So Called Life - Winnie Holzman *SWTWC - Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury *IAGDV - In A Gadda-Da-Vida - I. Ron Butterfly *ASND - A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams(Writer of Play) Elia Kazan(Director of Film) Marlon Brando(One of the actors who was also in On The Waterfront and The Godfather) |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 17:15
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^ some famous albums, I just missed it. Nice thread, let's play with some more abbreviations.
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 17:15
FGWGPITN = For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 17:17
| The Dog, The Dog, He's at It Again. |
Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 17:17
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 17:24
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Damn I was just about to guess ISNL correctly ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 17:45
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I really should have gotten ISNL ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 18:39
Camel? I can see your house from here?
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Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 18:45
Banco has some pretty exotic album covers from a piggy bank album that is shaped differently from theregular album, and this one:   |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: January 27 2022 at 19:34
| I got only 5 of them. Shame on me. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 28 2022 at 07:31
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I got a few EITQM FOOW TLWCDIWTEO TFTLA STCBM
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: January 28 2022 at 08:18
Initially Tales from the Thousand Lakes by Amorphis came to my mind. But this is surely Tales from the Lush Attic by IQ. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 28 2022 at 08:18
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Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: January 28 2022 at 08:32
| MMEB (Manfred Mann's Earth Band) |
Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: January 28 2022 at 09:26
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EITQM - Even in the Quietest Moments - Supertramp. FOOW - Fish out of Water - Chris Squire TLWCDIWTEO - The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other - VDGG TFTLA - Tales from the Lush Attic - IQ(Already Taken) STCBM - Sounds That Can't Be Made - Marillion There.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 28 2022 at 09:28
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: January 30 2022 at 06:18
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SSOSFAGTIACAGWAP - it's a song, not an album... ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 30 2022 at 06:19
Roger Waters - Several Species... from Ummagumma
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: January 30 2022 at 06:20
too easy...  ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |