A Sorta Young Person’s Guide to Prog Rock
Progressive Rock was a revolutionary music genre that emphasized flashy musicianship and wild experimentation. In the wake of the psychedelic 60s, Prog Rock would scale the heights of commercial and critical success. Its star burned brightly, but only five years later it was in terminal decline, destined to be lost to the sands of time. Join your host Ian Prise and his guests each week as we trace the rise and fall of Prog Rock, album by album.
Episodes
This week, we get down to business and - very reverently and seriously - discuss ELO's 1977 masterpiece Out of the Blue
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I was joined by Joe and Paul from Progressive Palaver to discuss ELO's 1977 masterpiece, Out of the Blue
But passion has a way of derailing even the best laid plans and we ended up discussing ELO the concept more broadly
So enjoy this 53 min prelude and we'll try again next time
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Ian is finally put to the test, facing the hardest question he's ever been asked
"Why is Foxtrot ONLY your 41st favourite prog album?"
Tara, Cody and Ann join him in the caverns of his soul to find answers
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and if you've ever wondered about Whimsy in Prog
We offer some final thoughts on how much we loved this album
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We finish the second half Fairport Convention's 1969 Album Liege and Lief
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We talk about the music, the myths and the talents behind Fairport Convention's 1969 Album Liege and Lief
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It began with the recording of a Great Album. But some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for most of the 80s, the Album passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, it ensnared a new bearer. The Album came to the creature, Ed, who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains. And there it consumed him. And in the gloom of Ed's cave, it waited. Darkn...
King Crimson rounds out their jazz metal trilogy as a trio
This is the clearest, heaviest and arguably most King Crimson that King Crimson will ever be
Join us for 1974's Red
King Crimson takes it to the stage and improvises some surprisingly enjoyable music.
Also some unsurprisingly unenjoyable music
Join us for 1974s Starless and Bible Black
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We drop in on a newly reformed King Crimson as they embark on a trilogy of jazz metal classics with 1973's Lark's Tongue in Aspic
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We continue through to the stormy seas of Jazz Fusion with Relayer and return to our island home with Going for the One.
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Like the Greeks of Olde, we embark on Yes embarking on a 90 min odyssey with Tales from Topographic Oceans
Join us this week as we are delighted and perplexed by Mid-1970s yes
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We welcome back Prog Spawn, a showcase for any bands making 70s prog inspired rock
Ian sits down with Prog Scholars and Prog Rockers Arcane Atlas for the rerelease of their debut. We get into their musical friendship, their philosophy on making music and their unbridled passion for arpeggios
In our Progmas finale, we let our Nick-spiration flow
Mang finally rebels
And we’re all glad to see Ed
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Songs in this Episode:
1. Terrapin Station - Grateful Dead
2. Fat Old Sun - Pink Floyd
3. Catch the Rainbow - Rainbow
4. Rainbow in the Dark - Dio
5. To Be Over - Yes
6. Am I Glad to See You - Tomorrow
We’re back! It’s Ryan’s happening and its freaking him out
Later, Ann refuses to participate in any of your light fandangos
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Songs in this Episode:
1. Sweet Dreams - Yes
2. Pirates- ELP
3. Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
4. Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
5. Caribbean Blue - Enya
Ian helps some friendly spectres spread Progmas cheer
Brian comes forth from love’s spire
Rufus revs up his deuce
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Songs in this Episode:
1. Time and Word - Yes
2. Great Gates of Kiev - ELP
3. Blinded by the Light - Mannfred Mann’s Earth Band
4. Amazing Journey - The Who
If you thought ELP couldn't get more Emerson-y, Lake-y and Palmer-y.
Guess again
Join us as we enter classic Prog Rock's final phase with ELP's 1973 synth eruption Brain Salad Surgery
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Join us this week
As we rejoin the Feckless Momes
And we all join Jethro Tull
In the woods
For some more songs
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