The Prog Rock thread

[captain nemo1701]

Better get prepared, there will be a massive queue outside Woolworths for that.

I miss the £1.99 bargain bucket with all the old CD's they couldn't flog from bands that were famous for longer than the regulation 10 minutes

 

[captain nemo1701]

As regular followers if my inane ramblings, AKA drivel, will know I am a dyed in the wool rocker. However, I have a particular fondness for prog. Rush, Tull, Kansas, Yes...it's such a broad church and it's only right that it has its own thread.

So here we are.

I'll start. the new Rich Wakeman album, Red Planet, is due out in June and judging from the little snatches Wakeman has released it sounds like a belter.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHlB5Z-JO-M


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hGD7EKQv2Rw


Mr Wakeman will be getting my 3 and sixpence when that comes out.

His best ever, IMHO, is Journey to the Centre of the Earth 1974. The original live version recorded in the Albert Hall with David Hemmings narrating.

Not the 'Return to the Centre of the Earth' he did in the 90's or the bloated re-hash of the '74 version that came out a few years ago, the live original. Fantastic.

BTW, rock artists like Jeff Wayne seem to like doing 'updated versions for today's modern audience' which to me, is utter b***cks because they're just really saying 'today's kids can't relate to anything older than they are so we have to update it' which, in turn, translates as; ' We need a new version of an old album to flog for more cash'. Patronising to younger people as its a bit like saying that they can't appreciate classical music. I blame marketing people for that.

Music is about how it makes you feel when you hear it, not when it was recorded etc.

However, good to see on Youtube today's younger generation reacting to Genesis, Floyd, Led Zep etc and it's blowing their minds.

 

[Drago]

Jeff Wayne meant to say "he's updating his wallet for his modern shopping trips!"

 

[Drago]

Brilliant. Some superb bass work from Lee Pomeroy too. It' all kicks off at 0.54s.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpBFoziaKzg

 

[EltonFrog]

No one would have believed, in the early
years of the twenty first century, that human affairs were being
watched from the timeless worlds of the internet...

No one could have dreamed Jeff Wayne as being scrutinised, as
someone with a microscope...

 

[PeteXXX]

I almost want to wear a cape when I listen to Mr. Wakeman, but I resist the urge!! 😂

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

I almost want to wear a cape when I listen to Mr. Wakeman, but I resist the urge!! 😂

Here you go...

 

[Drago]

Never seen him live, but wouldn't mind doing so. My Dad met him once, said he's a very nice bloke, always cracking a joke. Wakeman's a mason and at the time was the chief stonecutter at the Chelsea (?) lodge, the one all the showbiz stars sign up to, and that's how my Dad met him (my Dad's a mason, not a star). i think Mick Abrams was also chief stonecutter at some point - I understand that senior members take it in turns for a year at a time to be the grand kleegle, or whatever they're called.

 

[PeteXXX]

And Quintessence.. Anyone else remember their Prog Rock, Jazz, mystic gigs?
I saw them several times back in my misspent yoof..

 

[PeteXXX]

Never seen him live, but wouldn't mind doing so. My Dad met him once, said he's a very nice bloke, always cracking a joke. Wakeman's a mason and at the time was the chief stonecutter at the Chelsea (?) lodge, the one all the showbiz stars sign up to, and that's how my Dad met him (my Dad's a mason, not a star). i think Mick Abrams was also chief stonecutter at some point - I understand that senior members take it in turns for a year at a time to be the grand kleegle, or whatever they're called.

I saw him several times in Yes, and at Wembley stadium for his Ice Show. Wonderful memories!

 

[PeteXXX]

And..


I think I was there for this gig 🤭

 

[raleighnut]

Never seen him live, but wouldn't mind doing so. My Dad met him once, said he's a very nice bloke, always cracking a joke. Wakeman's a mason and at the time was the chief stonecutter at the Chelsea (?) lodge, the one all the showbiz stars sign up to, and that's how my Dad met him (my Dad's a mason, not a star). i think Mick Abrams was also chief stonecutter at some point - I understand that senior members take it in turns for a year at a time to be the grand kleegle, or whatever they're called.

I suppose the gown gives easy knee access.

 

[matticus]

, and at Wembley stadium for his Ice Show.

THIS is the kind of post we need on a Prog Rock thread.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Prog is not dead.

For those that are interested Airbag, the Norwegian Prog Band not the South American Boy Band of the same name, today released their 5th album A Day at the Beach.

If you are not familiar with Airbag (probably most of you to be fair) I’d suggest dipping your toe into the water by listening to the 17 minute track Homesick or Sounds That I Hear if you prefer a laid-back guitar riff (starts at 4.11).

If you like what you hear I’d check out the albums Identity and All Rights Removed first.

That is all.

 

[newfhouse]

Prog is not dead.

For those that are interested Airbag, the Norwegian Prog Band not the South American Boy Band of the same name, today released their 5th album A Day at the Beach.

If you are not familiar with Airbag (probably most of you to be fair) I’d suggest dipping your toe into the water by listening to the 17 minute track Homesick or Sounds That I Hear if you prefer a laid-back guitar riff (starts at 4.11).

If you like what you hear I’d check out the albums Identity and All Rights Removed first.

That is all.

Agreed. They appeared in my Spotify feed and have been on fairly heavy rotation since