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Title: Let's Learn About Prog!
Post by: akaJudge on August 17, 2012, 10:20:46 AM

http://longform.org/2012/08/17/prog-spring/ (http://longform.org/2012/08/17/prog-spring/)

Title: Re: Let's Learn About Prog!
Post by: watercrackers on August 23, 2012, 04:15:05 PM

The part about Rick Wakeman getting Indian food handed up to him while Yes is playing is great. And then Wakeman as Siegfried in that Franz Liszt biopic.

I can't seem to get past Yes' first album. I like them as a Rock (capital "R") band; maybe I'm looking for the wrong thing in the wrong place.

Title: Re: Let's Learn About Prog!
Post by: buffcoat on August 24, 2012, 12:17:17 AM

Quote from: watercrackers on August 23, 2012, 04:15:05 PM

The part about Rick Wakeman getting Indian food handed up to him while Yes is playing is great. And then Wakeman as Siegfried in that Franz Liszt biopic.

I can't seem to get past Yes' first album. I like them as a Rock (capital "R") band; maybe I'm looking for the wrong thing in the wrong place.

That story reminded me of the bass player in Kimmie McCook's boss' "favorite" band Window Pain - the guy who had the sundae bar built into his instrument.

Title: Re: Let's Learn About Prog!
Post by: dave from knoxville on August 24, 2012, 12:23:29 AM

You owe it to yourself to listen to at least one episode of the Yes music podcast: http://www.mulryne.com/yesmusicpodcast/ (http://www.mulryne.com/yesmusicpodcast/) This guy takes fandom to a whole new, albeit low-key level. Not one superlative goes unused in describing "the most advanced band in the history of rock, or perhaps any music".