Drive your caravan over the Canterbury bridge, past the Roger Dean landscape to the realm of classic Prog...?

Mar 23, 2010 by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf | Posted in Rock and Pop

Great afternoon R&P :)

Having just watched "Prog Rock Britannia" on BBC4 {still at one's fingertips on the iPlayer for 3 days, though might not be viewable outside the UK}, a fascinating programme that looked at and interviewed members of a whole file of Prog bands {but not Pink Floyd, for some reason}, I feel the need to see just how many fans of prototype Prog-Rock bands we have here in R&P...
{By 'classic' I mean the bands who originated from the late 60s - mid-late 70s}

Who are your favourites?
Do you recollect who Roger Dean is? Favourite work of his?
Favourite Prog instrument? Favourite musician?

What sort of Prog lyrics do you be inclined ~ 'ordinary' or 'mystical'?
Have you ever tried to write any?
Lyric BQ: Can anyone else see similarites between some of the lyrics of Stevie Nicks / Blackmore's Shades of night / Rainbow and the classic Prog rockers?


Know any Prog-Rock trivia?

Trivia flash :
In the programme, Ian Anderson revealed that Jethro Tull started out making fun of Prog, but then fans hailed "Aqualung" as a concept album which was never the company's intention, so they decided to give the audience what they wanted and recorded "Thick As a Brick" as a SPOOF concept album!
BQ: Blue-eyed boy Jethro Tull song?
Favourite Mike Oldfield song / track?


BQ2: Is Prog-Astonish due for a resurgence?
Does it have a place in the current / modern musical world and if so, could it survive in its original 'design' or would its 'sound' need to change drastically?
Would you agree that the type with the most potential {given the current Populace revival} could possibly be 'Renaissance-Prog', as heard in the old days by bands like Gryphon, or the 'Society-Prog' shown on 3 mid-70s Jethro Tull albums...?


On a side note :
If you can, please recommend some excellent albums or tracks by Yes {pre-80s} / Rick Wakeman / ELP


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Some champion answers here - too good to choose!
So, much as I dislike putting Qs to vote, for this I have to.

Thank you all for your answers :)

hi burnished!

although i'm as fond of a bit of prog as the next hippie, i was/am very selective in my tastes.
i showcased my favourite a couple of days ago, but let's have some more anyway.

galadriel - barclay james gather
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r_oTyqEpjA - more tolkein reference...

a band i came to later, more because of the population inclinations, was jethro tull
velvet green - jethro tull
http://www.youtube.com/to?v=HxpcSKqlies - folk through and through...

i'm partial to a little bit of pink floyd, but not as much as i used to be, and only own 3 or 4 albums, the most played of which is 'fob off on you were here'
wish you were here - pink floyd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXdNnw99-Ic

and i came to king crimson overdue, too, and although 'in the court of...' is a landmark classic, the early 80s output was thoroughly enjoyed
thela hun ginjeet - ruler crimson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnN0OTijYyw

do i know who roger dean is? of course
favourite extend over? none really, hipgnosis all the way
favourite instrument? depends, but i love a good drum
musician? mr. fripp

lyrically, not uncommonly bothered. writing? nah

trivia? hmm...

mike oldfield? tubular bells is a masterpiece i'm extremely empty of, but i also really enjoyed this album
five miles out - mike oldfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNYuuPEio4A

prog-poverty-stricken resurgence? i think it's doing quite nicely for itself. we may never hear much on sad fm, when you've immersed yourself in mordor, slain a few dragons, ravished the good-looking princess (or prince), you ain't got time for the radio...
a selection of my favourites:
o fortuna - amplifier
http://www.youtube.com/pocket watch?v=66v-eevWwyY
twycyn / trembling willows - pure reason revolution
http://www.youtube.com/on the qui vive for?v=aRpMqUZihxQ
savant - oceansize
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAc5JCKfgZ0
radiologue - o.s.i
http://www.youtube.com/be prepared?v=5eYHTsTm9fQ

here's a rick wakeman track for ya...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDDy6qXIWC8

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