Clearly my prog education is not completed, I only own 12 of those...Originally Posted by strawberrybrick
Clearly my prog education is not completed, I only own 12 of those...
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I wouldn't sweat it... there are some odd choices in that list, let alone in the choice of album for a group... (Trilogy?? Ballerman?? Cyclone?? Photo Of Ghosts??)
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Hawkwind - In Search of Space
Plastic People of the Universe - Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Faust - Faust (1971)
My top 5 from the top 5 prog bands as defined by history, not my personal top 5 mind is"
ELP - BSS
Yes -The Yes Album
Genesis - W & W
KC - Red
PF - WYWH
I was born in '66, the year of... (favourite albums from my birth year):
The Beatles - Revolver
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
Sun Ra - The Magic City
Oscar Peterson - Blues Etude
I was born in '63 (for a brief shining moment JFK and I were on the planet at the same time). My pick of that stellar year in order:
Dylan, Freewheelin'
Solti, Wagner: Siegfried
Mingus, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Bohn, Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
Ellington, Afro-Bossa
the Deutsche Grammophon issue of Stockhausen, Gesang der junglinge / Kontakte
Karajan, Beethoven Symphonies w/- Berlin Philharmonic (still my reference for these)
Judy Henske, Judy Henske
and two nostalgia trips: records I remember my mother playing when I was pre-school:
Joan Baez, In Concert, Vol. 2
Peter, Paul and Mary, In the Wind
Does it matter that this waste of time is what makes a life for you?
Five albums from the 70s that I would recommend to a new listener of Prog that define the genre:
1) Ethos - Open Up
2) Yes - Close To The Edge
3) Nektar - A Tab in the Ocean
4) King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black OR Lark's Tongue In Aspic
5) Rush - Hemispheres
Don't ask me why, but I am very partial to Ethos "Open Up" album (1976 I think)
The whole thing is available on YouTube...here are the first two songs
Last edited by klothos; 07-07-2013 at 03:32 AM.
I would argue anyone born before 1970 doesn't consider Rush progressive rock. They were ten years too late, and rather more of a 'stadium band.'
This is a real odd choice. I think it's ok, but I prefer their first album, even though there are some cringe worthy moments (Everyman). I'll have to pull out the vinyl again.
Have you heard the thrid album "Relics"? It's basically pre-Ardour recordings. An early version of Pimp City is on it.
Top Ten Anton Bruckner Symphony Recordings
9th-Bruno Walter-Columbia Symphony Orchestra
4th-Bruno Walter-Columbia Symphony Orchestra
8th-Bruno Walter-NYPO
2nd-GL Jochum-Linz Reich Bruckner Orchestra
6th-GL Jochum-Linz Reich Bruckner Orchestra
7th-Arturo Toscanini-NYPO
7th-Sir Thomas Beecham-RPO
5th-Eugen Jochum-Hamburg Phil.
4th-Hermann Abendroth-Leipzig Radio Orch.
3rd-Eugen Jochum-Hamburg Symphony
"and what music unites, man should not take apart"-Helmut Koellen
I'll have to have a look now when I get home & see what versions of the Bruckner symphs. I've got.
Favorites from the '70s ....
Virgin
Ohr
KK
Brain
TAKRL
Wizardo
Top 10 reasons for choosing to be an anal-retentive Asperger's Syndrome person obsessed with lists.
j/k (sort of)
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I was born in 1962 and first saw Rush in 1976. At that time, they were definitely progressive rock. Rush did evolve away from this style over time.
What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
Cobra
Egg
Gull
Deram
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I was born before 1970. Rush is definitely prog. If Rush isn't prog, there's loads of stuff mentioned here that IMO is definitely prog but no one ever questions. Most Kansas, Genesis albums like ATTWT and ATOTT. If Rush is only a "stadium band," then are you saying Rush is no more prog than Winger, or Journey, or Def Leppard?
Top Three Bands that Phil Collins Ruined:
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What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
All About Eve
Bauhaus
Combichrist
Depeche Mode
Einsturzende Neubauten
Frontline Assembly
Grendel
Human League
In Strict Confidence
Kraftwerk
The Leather Nun
The Mission
Nitzer Ebb
OMD
Project Pitchfork
Rotersand
Sisters of Mercy
Tiamat
Ultravox
Visage
Xmal Deutschland
The Young Gods
Zeromancer
If I were Sarah Palin, I'd shoot a mother-humping moose 8 days of the week.
My defining prog albums include.....
Yes/Close to the Edge
Pink Floyd/Animals
Rush/Hemispheres(just Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres)
King Crimson/In the Court of the Crimson King
Genesis/Selling England by the Pound
Jethro Tull/Thick as a Brick
Transatlantic/SMPTe(a personal favorite of mine)
You don't like bands starting with J or Q????
My favorite list on this thread!Thanks for saving me a bit of time.
'The smell of strange colours are heard everywhere'- Threshold
First time i heard them. I like it. Thanks.
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