For Old Farts only

[bhaexpress]

There's a couple of programs featuring Prog Rock tonight on BBC 4, I'll be watching.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Maybe I am not as old as I thought, hurrah!

 

[Icy Gull]

There was quite a good Blues one last week as well, thanks for the heads up

f***ing Far Out Man

 

[Mellotron]

*Can hear Kosh ambling towards this thread...*

 

[Easy 10]

"Prog Rock"

Mmmmm. Nope. Never heard of it.

*wanders off to enjoy remainder of my youth*

 

[Icy Gull]

"Prog Rock"

Mmmmm. Nope. Never heard of it.

*wanders off to enjoy remainder of my youth*

Did your parents bring you up in a cave? How can you not have heard of these bands, featured tonight??

Compilation of some of the greatest names in progressive rock, filmed live in the BBC studios in the 1970s. Includes Yes, Genesis, ELP, Caravan, Barclay James Harvest, Gentle Giant, Family, Atomic Rooster and more

 

[bhaexpress]

Sorry Dave I don't think that either Tull or King Crimson are featured.

 

[Gritt23]

Ooohhh, yes. He came, he saw, he realised he's not yet an Old Fart.

 

[Easy 10]

Did your parents bring you up in a cave? How can you not have heard of these bands, featured tonight??

Compilation of some of the greatest names in progressive rock, filmed live in the BBC studios in the 1970s. Includes Yes, Genesis, ELP, Caravan, Barclay James Harvest, Gentle Giant, Family, Atomic Rooster and more

I was raised in the rusting hull of a beached discarded oil tanker off the coast of Anguilla, and only allowed to emerge blinking into the Caribbean sunlight once a week, to hunt guillemots and their young.

Out of that list, I'd heard of Genesis.

 

[skipper734]

I still have LP's with most of those bands. It's called Prog. Rock is it? Just ordinary music in my day. Nice!

 

[Gwylan]

Did your parents bring you up in a cave? How can you not have heard of these bands, featured tonight??

Compilation of some of the greatest names in progressive rock, filmed live in the BBC studios in the 1970s. Includes Yes, Genesis, ELP, Caravan, Barclay James Harvest, Gentle Giant, Family, Atomic Rooster and more

Thanks for the heads-up. I shall make sure that I steer well clear of that this evening.

I shall be catching the Simon Russell Beale programme on religious music earlier though.

 

[bhaexpress]

I still have LP's with most of those bands. It's called Prog. Rock is it? Just ordinary music in my day. Nice!

It was still called Prog Rock. There were really only three genres of music back then, Pop, Soul and Prog Rock.

 

[rool]

Any ELO?

 

[Icy Gull]

Any ELO?

I think they feature under POP music don't they?

 

[rool]

I think they feature under POP music don't they?

After 1976 maybe, but previous to that might be prog rock

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

ELO not prog rock (or pomp rock as some people disparagingly called it)

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Maybe Atilla will get some ideas.

Oh sorry its just punk isnt it.

 

[rool]

ELO not prog rock (or pomp rock as some people disparagingly called it)

No?, It wasn't pop, so what was it (don't say shit )

Shame though, another fix of embarrassing bodies for me then tonight.

 

[bhaexpress]

After 1976 maybe, but previous to that might be prog rock

So were ELP but generally the name 'Prog Rock' applied to all.

 

[Mellotron]

Pink Floyd are the best thing in existence that could be even loosely associated with Prog Rock.