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Prog hit me in 1979, probably even late 1979, and I think when 1980 started I really only had heard the Manfred Mann's Earth Band albums from Nightingales and Bombers through to Angel Station and a sampler of older material that apparently isn't listed on PA. Pink Floyd should be there with Relics, Wish You Were Here, the first two albums, and The Wall (maybe not quite all of these, but if I remember correctly, I bought Animals on a flea market early 1980 and I think I knew these before or at least most of them). Then there were Trilogy and Welcome Back by ELP, Aqualung by Jethro Tull and Novalis' second album; those I knew from my father's collection, and I loved what I knew from Kate Bush's first album although that isn't really prog. Even earlier I had a Beatles phase so I could also list most of their albums, but by 1979 I had distanced myself from them (not proud of that). I remember it was early 1980 I started to properly explore music.  

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I was 15 in '79 so not a whole lot here maybe

Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Jeff Wayne - War Of The Worlds
ELO - Out Of The Blue


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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I was 15 in '79 so not a whole lot here maybe

Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Jeff Lynn - War Of The Worlds
ELO - Out Of The Blue

Well, quite similar to my progressive acquaintances at the age 15. Smile

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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:


Jeff Lynn - War Of The Worlds


Not Jeff Lynn, but Jeff Wayne. Smile
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"Whoa, take 'er easy there, Pilgrim."

Wasn't Jeff Wayne a star of Westerns?

Or maybe I'm thinking of Clint Wayne.



Seriously speaking, since ELO was mentioned, right after, and that has Jeff Lynne, it is for me a very understandable mistake. That kind of transposition happens to me commonly. I have two things in mind and they get jumbled together. I am aware of the error when I look back on it, but it's just the wires getting crossed. It's a very common occurrence in people.

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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

"Whoa, take 'er easy there, Pilgrim."

Wasn't Jeff Wayne a star of Westerns?

Or maybe I'm thinking of Clint Wayne.



Seriously speaking, since ELO was mentioned, right after, and that has Jeff Lynne, it is for me a very understandable mistake. That kind of transposition happens to me commonly. I have two things in mind and they get jumbled together. I am aware of the error when I look back on it, but it's just the wires getting crossed. It's a very common occurrence in people.

Do Ya think it could have been Jeff Lynne's New War of the World Records? Tongue



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^ Another way the wires could get crossed. That reminds me, I had meant to mention ELO way back on page two of this thread -- ah, the memories, that takes me back to yesterday. Now I'm feeling nostalgic for yesterday, when all my troubles seemed so far away. My older brother, as usual, bought that A New World Record album and I remember hearing it when wee (not when weeing). He also had bought a Simon Says game and the cover had reminded me of that. ELO was one of the first pop/rock bands I remember getting into as a weeing lad.
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^I'm 64, so my list followed your OP.

LOL  A bit late, but I think that I got your point now, meaning, you're one of the old boys, this thread is intended for, so in that way you've followed my OP.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2024 at 17:55
I was one of the young boys in the 70s, and do recall being introduced to and liking music in the late 70s, so thought that would count from my reading of the OP. If not, kindly disregard. :)
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I got ELO's Face the Music (1975) about a year after it's release, but it didn't really hit and today, I don't find it to be particularly progressive.
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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

If someone is insensitive here, it is you, Sean. Yes you. Just, chill out and re-read my messages. I didn't criticize those generations in my post!

Read it carefully, without your default negative prejudice.

I used those terms in a stirctly descriptive manner. I mean, IMHO the generation gaps aren't even as drastics as people lead themselves to believe. I know a lot of boomers (born 1946-1964) and Jonesers (~1958-1963 more/less) who are friendly and easy going people. The constant culture wars really shape cross-generational relations in a negative way. It's a bit of a bummer.

 

YOU don't understand. I have no problems with the use of Baby-Boomers (the terms Jared used) , but the use of the "boomer" diminutive term (that YOU used) is generally  meant/used to be negative. Ouch

I had to look up "Jonesers", because I'd never heard of that bogus concept (gen X is another bogus as well, and so are all the next inventions like Gen Z and now Gen Alpha).

In some ways, yes, I do think that those who were late-teens and in early their early 20's during the late 60's and early 70's are fairly different than the baby-boomers. They participated to summer of  love, civil rights movement fights, Mai 68 in Paris,West  German rebellions, etc...   Early BB rebels were few and generally called Beatnicks, while later BB were more numerous and became Hippies.

In either case, the younger dudes mocking the older generations should really shut up and be respectfull for the fight and price paid in their fight to change the world (at least the western hemisphere), because they would've really resented the established order prior to 67 to be still in application today.

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the PE quote is not relevant anymore and I don't stand by it now. Also, "no personal attacks" is still a rule here. Just saying.
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

In some ways, yes, I do think that those who were late-teens and in early their early 20's during the late 60's and early 70's are fairly different than the baby-boomers. They participated to summer of  love, civil rights movement fights, Mai 68 in Paris,West  German rebellions, etc...   Early BB rebels were few and generally called Beatnicks, while later BB were more numerous and became Hippies.

You're saying here that the period from the late '60s to early '70s was particularly constructive, but I'd extend that to late '70s, as there was a lot of good political fighting in the rest of the '70s. Smile

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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

YOU don't understand. I have no problems with the use of Baby-Boomers (the terms Jared used) , but the use of the "boomer" diminutive term (that YOU used) is generally  meant/used to be negative. Ouch


I must confess, I'm not a fan of the terms either; they are lazy, stereo-typical labels which tend to artificially divide generations, rather than bring them together...

I suppose I used it, because of all the demarcations, 1965 is the DOB year most commonly given for the cut off between Baby-Boomers and Gen X. This seemed to fall perfectly when describing who could take part in David's thread, because someone born in 1965 would have been 14 in 1979 and therefore just old enough to have formulated a rudimentary Prog collection, whereas any Gen Xers (like me) would have found that very difficult.

My apologies to anyone offended by the labelling...  Embarrassed
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About Hrychu's criticism, it's a rather hard one, but I don't think that it's a bad idea to discuss the subject...and yes, without 
personal attacks. Smile







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I used the term "boomer" as a simple abbreviation of "baby boomer". Believe it or not, a lot of people use it in such context online. Also, the generation labels are not strict or scientific nor are they meant to judge people. They're meant to simplify certain generational traits in order to find common grounds between people who grew up during similar time frames. ;)
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^As a boomer, the word does not offend me.
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I find it interesting how so many here discovered prog in the late 70s just as prog was supposedly dying out. Maybe some of you were thinking "hey, this is stuff is cool. Hey wait, it's not popular now? You mean I have to listen to punk and new wave instead?" LOL

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote I prophesy disaster Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2024 at 09:21
Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

I used the term "boomer" as a simple abbreviation of "baby boomer". Believe it or not, a lot of people use it in such context online. Also, the generation labels are not strict or scientific nor are they meant to judge people. They're meant to simplify certain generational traits in order to find common grounds between people who grew up during similar time frames. ;)
 
Also, these generation labels go back to the people born during the late 19th century:

 

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