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presdoug 
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 Posted: August 21 2011 at 10:28 |
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just remembered something else
one Sunday morning in 1977, our family stopped at a gas station in Willowdale, just north of Toronto, Canada
Playing inside the station was what must have been a bootleg live Rush recording from maybe a year ago
i knew it was a bootleg, because it featured a song on the recent All The World's A Stage album, which i had at that time and was familiar with, but there was something distinctly different about it, maybe the speed of the track, or a bit of extra instrumental music with it that was not on the official live one
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ergaster
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Posted: August 21 2011 at 10:08 |
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Yep, it happened many years ago but it was so bizarrely unexpected I'll never forget it: I was in some store with muzak playing, and what should come on but a canned orchestral version of "Oh Caroline" by Robert Wyatt.
That stopped me in my tracks, I tell you..... |
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Posted: August 21 2011 at 08:36 |
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No, it's also a King Crimson track. |
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JD
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Posted: August 21 2011 at 08:02 |
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Let's not forget the classic example of NBC (I think, possibly ABC) sports using ELP's version of Fanfare for it's golf broadcasts back in the early 80's. I guess it really pissed off the band because they didn't get any royalty fee for the use as it was considered an arrangement and not their song.
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Posted: August 21 2011 at 06:51 |
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Closest example of this for me is a local sports radio station that uses music for their returns from commercial breaks. They regularly cycle through bits of Hocus Pocus, Frankenstein, Roundabout, and Aqualung. Not entire songs, but good, recognizable bits of them. Once in awhile the dj's even have commented on how much they like a certain song.
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paganinio
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Posted: August 21 2011 at 05:35 |
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Unexpectedly, a public place in Rhode Islands is also called "Providence"!
So I guess it's not just a Godspeed You! Black Emperor track.
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Posted: August 21 2011 at 01:58 |
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As long as it isn't Supper's Ready. And "Pull Me Under" wouldn't be that odd. Its had a lot of mainstream airplay on AOR and Metal radio stations. |
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Posted: August 21 2011 at 00:23 |
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Well a bunch of Yes songs I've heard plenty of times.
On 88 FM in Israel there's a DJ called Boaz Cohen who has many prog specials every once in a while- it's always good fun to listen to him put prog I don't even listen to anymore, brings back memories and such. In Levontin 7- the "experimental" club in Tel Aviv (hipsteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers!) of course there's experimental and avant stuff playing before shows all the time and that's good time. Overall people know their stuff here- definitely still a minority- but a bigger minority than a place like the US.
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Posted: August 20 2011 at 22:54 |
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I will cheat. When my best friend got married, he and I put together a fusion/jazz jukebox for the reception night. Some people actually appreciated the music, so we wondered if they'd like it more if only they weren't told it was prog/complex blah blah.
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Posted: August 20 2011 at 22:05 |
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I forgot to mention, a few weeks ago I was at a heath food store waiting on an order at their restaurant section and once again, something familiar was in the air. I wasn't quite sure whether it was the original band or a cover but it turned out to be a live version of one of my favorites: I Might Be Wrong It was played by the band a bit fast so that caused me to question what I was hearing.
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Posted: August 20 2011 at 20:17 |
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Posted: August 20 2011 at 20:13 |
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A few years back I was sitting in class and the teacher had the radio playing. The Gates of Delirium came on. Sadly, I was the only one who knew what it was.
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Posted: August 20 2011 at 19:29 |
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Not entirely prog, but a couple of years back I was working out at a gym lifting weights, and the radio, as always, was tuned into The Voice, which is one of the most popular radiostations here in DK. They play whatever song is the most popular at the moment - and then play it again and again, so you´ll here the same track at least 4 times within the hour...
I was lying on the bench with a 100 kilos over my chest, when Syd Barret´s No good trying suddenly emerged from the speakers after a Destiny´s Child song, and I just couldn´t contain myself and broke out laughing like the village idiot. NOT a sensible thing to do, when you´re bench pressing I might add. I´ll never forget the look on the lollypop girl´s faces around me!!! They looked like they were in physical pain! One of the funniest work-outs I´ve ever had as well as being one of the most painful...
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Posted: August 20 2011 at 19:16 |
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At a rock climbing place a few miles away, they played Heart of the Sunrise all the way through. It was awesome.
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Posted: August 20 2011 at 19:07 |
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I made the soundenginear at the concert place that i work on play some Gentle Giant from Spotify before the concert started, a aucustic folk music concert, with wine drinkers and nice couples in the audience, i tried to catch glimpses at people when Knots and Inmates Lulebye was playing. they looked like in trance or somehing (might have been shock for all i know)
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Posted: August 20 2011 at 18:03 |
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It never happens....and by "public places" I'm counting in people listening to music with headphones (where you can hear some of the music), and music from cars running by, or music from an open window that you pass by. It's all predictable.
I heard "Tuesday Afternoon" by Moody Blues in a supermarket. 10 years ago. Not a big deal maybe. But the fact that I remember says a lot.
I heard "Get em out by friday" in a tv program about a car exhibition, 12-13 years ago or so. The music played from a Koenigsegg car stereo. But thats tv-program, not a public place.. Edited by wilmon91 - August 20 2011 at 18:04 |
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Posted: August 20 2011 at 17:56 |
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Could've been "Undertow."
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Lark the Starless
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Posted: August 20 2011 at 17:08 |
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Can't think of anything at the moment. sadly...
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Posted: August 20 2011 at 17:02 |
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Strangely appropriate |
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Posted: August 20 2011 at 16:46 |
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They generally try to play something relevant to the guests, even if it's something to do only with a song title. I've heard bits of prog tunes used for outros before; it's often just dependent on the guest. Some of my favorite MST3K bits had to do with prog; they made several Rush, Crimson, and Yes jokes during the show's run. Back in '81/'82-ish, WKRC-TV in Cincinnati used to use the instrumental keyboard/bass showcase at the end of Yes' "Does it Really Happen?" as the music behind the stock-market recap on their 11PM news broadcast.
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