Prog in unlikely places

[Vic2012]

I'm in a sports bar in Florida, and I'm hearing Starship Trooper on the house music

[moecurlythanu]

Bringing the thread back to the original observation:



This raised a long-time question in my mind: Are prog fans more intelligent than non-prog-fans? Or do prog fans perceive themselves to be more intelligent than non-prog-fans?

That discussion probably deserves a separate thread (though a discussion of the merits of American late-night talk show hosts certainly does as well, not to mention a separate forum).

I offer the following reminiscence from some time in the early 1970s: an observation by Steve Simels writing in Stereo Review magazine in which he disdained fans of progressive rock and ELP in particular, calling them kids who had recently graduated from Grank Funk Railroad and were overcompensating by their devotion to "good" music.

That hurt at the time, but the fact is that traditional prog (ELP/Yes/Genesis) had been the target of almost everyone: rock fans who believed in the traditional 3-chord Saturday Night function of rock 'n' roll; classical and jazz fans who looked down their noses at rock listeners; and fans of avant-garde rock (Zappa/Beefheart/Canterbury/Henry Cow/etc.) who regarded their personal favorites as the "real" progressive music.

I was glad to come upon this forum as it is populated by fans of both traditional "prog" and avant-garde (as well as encompassing lots of artists on the borderline) and I haven't detected any snobbery or rejection of any of the various forms. In fact, many of us enjoy both traditional and avant-garde prog, as well as authentic classical and jazz.

But do we think we are smarter than the average music listener? Whether that means intellectually, musically or sociologically. Perhaps some of us did so in our youth. But we were so much older then...

1) No

2) Yes (not the band)

[3LockBox]

I can't stand him. He's like a giggling six-year-old with his guests half the time. Maybe it's a generational thing, but I find him totally unfunny, like so many SNL alums from recent decades, especially Adam Sandler.

Ditto

[Digital_Man]

1) No

2) Yes (not the band)

Only on a prog forum would someone feel the need to clarify they were not talking about the band Yes.

[moecurlythanu]

Only on a prog forum would someone feel the need to clarify they were not talking about the band Yes.

I was dishing some low-level snark! 😁

[Digital_Man]

I was dishing some low-level snark! ��

It's ok. I've been known to reply with Genesis when someone says Yes as an answer to something (but only with those who are aware of my musical taste otherwise they would get really confused really fast.

[Batchman]

It's ok. I've been known to reply with Genesis when someone says Yes as an answer to something (but only with those who are aware of my musical taste otherwise they would get really confused really fast.

When I was attending Bible study groups at the church where I was music director, the group leader was discussing upcoming Bible studies and suggested the Book of Genesis as a topic, and asked us how we felt about that. I was sorely tempted to answer that I preferred Genesis before Peter Gabriel left, but didn't have the nerve. She's got a great sense of humor and appreciates mine as well, so it might have gone over.

And then there's this bit I've seen around the 'net, along these lines:

Q: "Who recorded I Can See for Miles?" A: "Yes"
Q: "Who recorded I've Seen All Good People?" A: "Yes"

[Mister Triscuits]

And then there's this bit I've seen around the 'net, along these lines:

Q: "Who recorded I Can See for Miles?" A: "Yes"
Q: "Who recorded I've Seen All Good People?" A: "Yes"

Similar to this updated version of the perennial “Who’s on First?”

[Digital_Man]

The first answer should say "who" not "Yes." Anyway, it reminds me of the cartoon that most of you have seen by now.


https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicRock...weir/#lightbox

[progmatist]

I was dishing some low-level snark! ��

Yes you were.

The first answer should say "who" not "Yes." Anyway, it reminds me of the cartoon that most of you have seen by now.


https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicRock...weir/#lightbox

Who's on first.

[Progbear]

The first answer should say "who" not "Yes." Anyway, it reminds me of the cartoon that most of you have seen by now.


https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicRock...weir/#lightbox

I thought this was going to be the Slappy Squirrel bit.

The Kids in the Hall did a hilarious deconstruction of the "Who's on First" bit:



"You're probably not used to that name because his grandfather was Chinese..."

[progmatist]

In last night's episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, there was a question related to that John Cusack movie. In which he held the boom box over his head, playing Peter Gabriel's In Your Eyes. Contestant comedian John Mulaney was surprised Peter was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame solo. Not just as a member of Genesis.

[MudShark22]

Apologies if up thread; but was catching up on Marvel movies - and watched Guardians of the Galaxy 3 this past weekend.

During the mid credit scene - the team is going around naming their favorite musician. Without additional spoilers, one character (smugly I may add) says "Adrian Belew - both as a solo artist and as a member of King Crimson"

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[Rarebird]

Some prog reference here: https://www.gocomics.com/bobthesquirrel/2024/07/28

[veteranof1000psychicwars]

I just spent a very pleasant 15 minutes at my local Kroger grocery in Jefferson GA, where l heard Trower's Too Rolling Stoned followed by Deep Purple's Lazy. I need to have a chat with the manager.

[GuitarGeek]

I just spent a very pleasant 15 minutes at my local Kroger grocery in Jefferson GA, where l heard Trower's Too Rolling Stoned followed by Deep Purple's Lazy. I need to have a chat with the manager.

The manager probably has nothing to do with it. It's whichever Muzak station they've got piped over the PA system.

[veteranof1000psychicwars]

The manager probably has nothing to do with it. It's whichever Muzak station they've got piped over the PA system.

Yeah l have worked at a couple companies that had a similar system with targeted formats, one l remember was similar to a Deep Tracks station that played everything from Mountain to ELP to Crabby Appleton. I imagine this store manager has a similar system, and is choosing to play that station. They certainly don't have it going during the day.

[mozo-pg]

I heard Ripples at Canadian Tire (large chain in Canada).

[Digital_Man]

Ok, not really prog but I saw a guy in a dollar store today wearing a Goose shirt. For those who don't know they are a jam band. I mentioned Ozric Tentacles, Umphrey's McGee, Hawkwind and a few other bands and he knew all of them. He even mentioned Porcupine Tree to me. He clearly knew more than just jam stuff.

[Rarebird]

Not sure if it really fits the bill, but yesterday I played the Anderson Ponty Band album, which I found in 2016 in a kind of drugstore in Koblenz. Not something I really expected to find there, even if they have a reasonable big selection of CDs on offer.

[Digital_Man]

Not sure if it really fits the bill, but yesterday I played the Anderson Ponty Band album, which I found in 2016 in a kind of drugstore in Koblenz. Not something I really expected to find there, even if they have a reasonable big selection of CDs on offer.

That kind of reminds me of how not too long ago I saw Marillion's Fugazi on vinyl in a best buy store (if you don't know they are an electronics store in the US).

[pb2015]

When the last big batch of Zappa remaster CDs came out in 2012, I remember the Best Buy near my office had some of them, in a music section that otherwise had nothing more adventurous than a Hendrix greatest hits CD. I figured someone pulled strings to get them there.

[Batchman]

I was stunned to find The Residents' "Commercial Album" CD in my local Savers (when I was living in MA) in suburban Framingham.

[Rarebird]

That kind of reminds me of how not too long ago I saw Marillion's Fugazi on vinyl in a best buy store (if you don't know they are an electronics store in the US).

Well, I have to admit that drugstore even sold model trains.

[progmatist]

That kind of reminds me of how not too long ago I saw Marillion's Fugazi on vinyl in a best buy store (if you don't know they are an electronics store in the US).

When the last big batch of Zappa remaster CDs came out in 2012, I remember the Best Buy near my office had some of them, in a music section that otherwise had nothing more adventurous than a Hendrix greatest hits CD. I figured someone pulled strings to get them there.

When Best Buy, and most other stores for that matter had a larger selection, they carried quite a bit of prog. I bought Spock's Beard's Snow there when it first came out. On one occasion I walked into Best Buy to find the Yes Symphonic DVD playing on all the TVs. Also around the time that DVD first came out.