How To Get Your Wife Into Prog

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  • @mohamedsaaber6234
    @mohamedsaaber6234 Рік тому +1

    There's 20 y old adult here man!! I was listening to prog since i was 15 yes camel jethro tull king crimson genesis pink floyd cream velvet underground as psychedelic and so much more and i become a huge fan day by day everyday i discover new bands i dont know how i will look like in the 70s of my age

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Рік тому

      Awesome!!!! I’m 60 so there is hope. There is life after 40. Man, when I was 20 I never thought I’d make it this far!!! Prog on!!! ❤️👍

  • @minsterhill
    @minsterhill 5 місяців тому +1

    Dig the change from chill to insane!

  • @NathanOnShuffle
    @NathanOnShuffle 2 роки тому +10

    Step 11: start a UA-cam channel and convince your wife it would be fun to react to random Prog songs as part of the channel! 😉
    This was a super fun video, I really enjoyed it! And great channel overall, I will definitely be keeping up with it and wish you the best of luck!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому

      Unlike you, my wife will NEVER get in front of the camera. Sadly, I am on my own!!! Hope you’re feeling better!!!

    • @deanwolfechannel
      @deanwolfechannel 2 роки тому

      @@TheProgCorner mine is the same Scot

  • @markmaxwell1013
    @markmaxwell1013 2 роки тому +4

    "You probably don't want to start with Magma."😁 This cracks me up every time and I've watched this video three or four times. Magma is a great band but still a tough listen for me even. Best experienced live because Christian Vander is an absolute BEAST on the drums! It doesn't completely come off in their studio albums. This is such an important video for keeping everyone in your life happy and knowing when to put the headphones on🙂 You are a blessed man to have found a woman who doesn't give you grief for spending too much time with prog!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +3

      I enjoy Magma and Vander is an amazing drummer although I really liked the last one, Zess, with Morgan Ägren on drums.

    • @alaskatoburningmen4549
      @alaskatoburningmen4549 Рік тому

      @@TheProgCorner Ah yes, Morgan Ågren, one of the best drummers around (ditto for Vander of course!) !

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Рік тому +2

      He’s a monster.

  • @johnb7931
    @johnb7931 2 роки тому +4

    The way I did it was suggest that we go on a 5 day cruise (Cruise to the Edge) with Yes, Steve Hackett, Nektar and a bunch of other Prog giants in 2013. I had her (a country music fan) at "cruise". We met and talked with many of the musicians out on deck during the cruise and subsequently did 5 more. Can't say she's a Prog fan, but she is somewhat familiar with Supper's Ready now...

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +4

      I want to go on that Cruise To The Edge so bad. I think my wife is almost ready!!!

    • @johnb7931
      @johnb7931 2 роки тому +3

      @@TheProgCorner It has been an AMAZING experience! The seventh CTTE was due to sail in April 2020 and I was booked...but the Pandemic put it on hold and I could read between the lines and sold my cabin. They finally rescheduled it for April 2022 but in the meantime, many of the bands including the former headliner, Yes cancelled. A few others have followed suit so not sure where that is heading. If it does ever happen again and you get to experience it, you will love the music and the new Prog Rock friends that you will make. On the cruises, I met and made friends with a lot of Prog fans from around the world. Honestly, that has been as incredible as the cruises and music have been. Best of luck!

    • @christiantoma5917
      @christiantoma5917 2 роки тому +2

      yeah! my step mom is comming with me and my father to the toapp camp and i think she will definitely start to enjoy it more! she already loves matte kudisai!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +2

      See!!! It’s already happening!!! Keep up the good work!!!

  • @funkynothingness
    @funkynothingness 2 роки тому +11

    I guess I’m in the minority for prog because I’m actually nonbinary in hs. This will definitely be useful to get my girlfriend into prog because it’s one of my favorites haha. Yes and rush rule!!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +7

      Awesome!!! I hope you like what I’m doing here in Boomer Land!!! 👍❤️🤘

  • @SPAZZYok
    @SPAZZYok 2 роки тому +6

    Get her into The Moody Blues. The first seven albums. "Days of Future Past" though "Seventh Sojourn". The Moodies on these albums were very proggy mixed with beautiful songs your wife or gf will enjoy for sure. (and yes the Moody Blues were prog and were featured several times on Prog magazine's front cover)

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +4

      They most certainly are Prog and that’s an excellent suggestion!!! I was also going to mention ELO but kinda spaced out…
      Thank you!!!

    • @jefflevinson669
      @jefflevinson669 Рік тому +1

      Moody Blues is gateway prog music for women

  • @Z-eb
    @Z-eb 2 роки тому +2

    you should do a "10 insane and obscure" progrock LPs !!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      That’s a great topic for a future episode!!!

  • @jefflevinson669
    @jefflevinson669 Рік тому

    Omg Scott your so funny . Did I just have a conservation about this recently

  • @bryanwchambers9734
    @bryanwchambers9734 2 роки тому +4

    Great video. Luckily, my wife was familiar with hearing some prog songs on the radio in the 70's. She was the type of person that didn't really know the artists names of songs. So thru me playing some music we both found out together she liked some prog bands such as Yes, Pink Floyd, Rush and the gateway bands like Styx, Queen and Kansas. While we were dating, I made hear two mixed CDs of Yes and Genesis. Sort of a "best of" compilations of each band. One I wrote Yes Camp and Genesis Camp on the other. Needless to say she favored the Yes CD. Over the years she has been exposed to the modern prog bands such The Flower Kings, Glass Hammer and Big Big Train and she really likes them as well. Like your content man. Keep up the good work.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you!!! I’m just getting started. (I miss making mix tapes/CDs.)

  • @jasonshort1437
    @jasonshort1437 Рік тому

    Great video, Scott.
    First of all, my wife is a huge GBV fan and I totally get Bob and the gang being a good gateway into prog. I would include Circus Devils in there as well.
    I would say that my better half tolerates everything I play, but I also know to avoid certain things: Zappa, Genesis is a big one as well haha.
    She digs the Moodies, Yes-Fragile, early Tull, CARDIACS. Prefers 80s Rush to 70's, etc. Oh yeah and Magma is fine too!
    Saw Crimson with me at the Ryman, on her birthday and loved It.
    I don't get the feeling she likes Japan as much as me though, haha.
    Her favorite music is Bob, Coltrane, Bowie, Eno, Sabbath, Talking Heads, Roxy.
    Hopefully we bump into you guys at a GBV show/event some day.

  • @stukevideo
    @stukevideo 2 роки тому

    Outstanding!

  • @tombell3653
    @tombell3653 Рік тому

    Bravo Jess! That‘s the way! 😀

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Рік тому

      She’s the best wife ever and today is her Birthday!!!!

    • @tombell3653
      @tombell3653 Рік тому

      @@TheProgCorner Oh! Great! Happy Birthday from 🇨🇭🥂🎉🥂

  • @TheHarold1966
    @TheHarold1966 2 роки тому +1

    What an original idea this episode. My wife was luckely easy to get into prog. Great new channel. Greetings from a prog guy from the Netherlands.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you!!! You’re the best!!! Prog On!!!

    • @TONE11111
      @TONE11111 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/wChtk8W759Y/v-deo.html

  • @joemartucci4786
    @joemartucci4786 2 роки тому +2

    I lucked out my beautiful wife whom I’ve been married to for 8 plus years, loves prog..old Genesis Yes even the fusion stuff I listen to like Return to Forever. Moreover she prefers deep cuts to hits which is even better. I’ve been a musician for about 35 of my 63 years I’m a bass player..sorry lol...but I did end up with pretty girl not the best friend lol. When we first started talking I was amazed at the stuff she liked...Yes shoot high aim low etc. Then she said she liked Fleetwood Mac I was like ok we’re done lol...then she said she loved bare trees album etc....wow..she meant the Peter Green Bob Welsh era Mac....true love. We got together in 2013 unfortunately after the band I was in had already opened for Kiss & Queensryche. But it’s been great.

  • @FeloniusMonkInGSharp
    @FeloniusMonkInGSharp 2 роки тому +1

    Post rock bands may be a good way to introduce denser prog bands

  • @elecrocity
    @elecrocity 2 роки тому

    Great video! I'd add a couple:
    - I think the first thing that we need to avoid (oh lord have I been guilty of this) is being snobby about her tastes. That is the path to failure. That's true with wives, friends, you name it. If you have a genuinely open mind to her taste, she'll reciprocate.
    - Don't TELL her how great prog is. Especially about how great the musicianship is or how amazing the writing is. Lead with how moving the music is. Listen to the music together and let her witness how the music impacts you! "And You And I" and "Firth of Fifth" are unambiguously beautiful pieces of music.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому

      Are you in the therapy business because you are spot on!!! Very well thought out and I truly appreciate your input!!! 👍👍👍

  • @alaskatoburningmen4549
    @alaskatoburningmen4549 Рік тому

    Oh!!
    Yet again you shoehorn GBV into your prog-show.Truly, prog fans really would do themselves well to crawl into the GBV/Pollard wormhole!
    Love it!

  • @ninamar-bt7rs
    @ninamar-bt7rs Рік тому

    Actually I'm a girl and I found your channel, because I wanted get to know a little about prog. I think that this genre is quite interesting, love the quality of instrumental background. Sometimes it's confusing and I don't know where to start.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Рік тому

      It is a confusing labyrinth!!!! But that’s part of its charm. I would find one band that clicks with you and DIVE IN!!!! That will always lead to more discoveries. Being a huge Yes fan led me to King Crimson. From there , Emerson, Lake and Palmer (and all the rest.) Thank God for women!!!! (I don’t get too many watching this channel so you are SPECIAL - like LIZZO might say…)

  • @toddhill7483
    @toddhill7483 2 роки тому +1

    Over 45, check. Male, check. No wife. Perhaps the Prog inhibits my dating life.

  • @kevinogracia1615
    @kevinogracia1615 2 роки тому

    And vice versa.
    My girlfriends and wife have turned me on to many cool bands.
    Zappa, Bonnie Raitt, Steely Dan, The Sound...
    In the 70's I was a one dimensional prog head
    growing up in the sixties.
    bluegrass, Bulgarian chants and Ande flutes

  • @pinkyfloydyfan1
    @pinkyfloydyfan1 2 роки тому

    Your Yessongs t-shirt is great! Where did you buy it?

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому

      I found it online so I hope it’s licensed…

  • @antoniorosales136
    @antoniorosales136 2 роки тому +1

    I started my wife with Camel and all went so well from there

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      Not a bad choice. They emphasize melody and nuance more than the other top tier bands!!!

  • @jonrael3443
    @jonrael3443 2 роки тому +4

    Nice tutorial but i first need another one - how to get wife?

  • @miccarbo7911
    @miccarbo7911 2 роки тому

    For a good 'light' progressive band, fairly easy to get into, I would suggest CARAVAN ('For Girls who Grow Plump in the Night').

  • @arlekino0792
    @arlekino0792 Рік тому +1

    I need "how to get your husband into prog" video... 👉👈

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Рік тому +1

      Maybe I can get my wife on camera at some point!!!! ❤️👍❤️

  • @greyever7820
    @greyever7820 2 роки тому

    There is a band that called "Cardiacs" they mixed elements of prog and punk. They can be a good starting point too.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому

      I love Cardiacs!!! They are so whacked out and zany. I love how no one else sounds like them!!!

  • @harvesterofstorms4932
    @harvesterofstorms4932 Рік тому

    My wife already loved classic rock/metal and classical music so getting her into prog was easy.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Рік тому

      Nice!!! Most guys aren’t so lucky.

    • @harvesterofstorms4932
      @harvesterofstorms4932 Рік тому

      @@TheProgCorner So I've seen. We've had a blast at a few shows, especially Rush on the R40 Tour.

  • @harryberry474
    @harryberry474 5 місяців тому

    DON"T START WITH GENTILE GIANT! hahaha

  • @SRV2013
    @SRV2013 2 роки тому +2

    My wife I and I solved this problem by listening to audiobooks when we drive somewhere, cause she hates prog.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      That’s a solid solution!!!

    • @SRV2013
      @SRV2013 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheProgCorner She calls all Prog "screechy." We've been married for 30 years, and It's a small price to pay for marital harmony.

  • @RichusRkr
    @RichusRkr Рік тому

    not a fully prog artist but my wife's no no is one of my favorite artists: Jimi Hendrix, So around her I don't play no Hendrix

  • @docbobster
    @docbobster 2 роки тому

    Longest night of my life was taking my wife to see the Double Trio version of King Crimson. She didn't really want to be there but I didn't want to leave, and neither of us had fun. But there's a new gateway drug: Pat Mastelotto and his wife recently put out a great CD called Romantic's Guide To King Crimson, and it would have helped enormously.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому

      My wife struggled during aKC show too. It was maybe too much? And I hadn’t heard about Pat and his wife doing that. Very cool.

  • @robertharvey2604
    @robertharvey2604 2 роки тому

    I recently explained prog to my wife. What intrigued her was the classical influences. Because she knows Phil Collins, I'm going to introduce her to older Genesis by playing Trick of the Tail.

  • @deanwolfechannel
    @deanwolfechannel 2 роки тому

    cool t-shirt

  • @mikaelsvanberg6300
    @mikaelsvanberg6300 Рік тому

    My girlfriend got me into prog, not the other way around! .... But I got her into Sparks, and I am still proud of that!

  • @deanwolfechannel
    @deanwolfechannel 2 роки тому

    My wife likes Steven Wilson whenever I play it

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому

      Mine too!!! Especially the last two albums…

  • @jeffjones1359
    @jeffjones1359 2 роки тому

    Good strategies! I tried to get my last gf into prog and failed miserably. Of course she’s from a different era. I think music for her is background noise as evidenced by her listening to hip hop on the radio…
    I’ve had more than one “lady friend “ remark that, “that stuff you listen to is music for other musicians “. That’s not necessarily true but it does apply. I’m sure you’re familiar with all the jokes about no lines to the women’s room at a prog concert and on and on….

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      It’s one reason my wife agrees to go to Prog shows!!!

  • @arthurmol6875
    @arthurmol6875 2 роки тому

    Journey

  • @MsKalachakra
    @MsKalachakra 2 роки тому +1

    I liked when you said get her into prog from metal, from New Wave, from pop (Supertramp, Styx) and from classic rock (Queen, Led Zepp)

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +2

      Hey, it worked for me!! (Sort of.)

    • @MsKalachakra
      @MsKalachakra 2 роки тому

      @@TheProgCorner My last girlfriend liked only music she could dance to, so maybe some Krautrock? lol

  • @peterstudley1804
    @peterstudley1804 2 роки тому

    Hell will freeze over first.

  • @Iracord
    @Iracord 2 роки тому +1

    Have Yessongs in studio autographed!
    Talking Heads prog??? Barely!
    Start with Fragile, Days & Children's, Brick, Tail, Trilogy, Revolver!, and work into Meddle, Octopus, Ambrosia 1, Leftoverture, Pet Sounds, Surf's Up, Satanic, Court, and THEN...Van der Graaf Generator, 3 Friends, Ummagumma, and Relayer/Brain Salad!

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +2

      Those are great suggestions/additions!!

  • @stuartraybould6433
    @stuartraybould6433 2 роки тому +1

    My wife will never get into prog, I've been married for 22 years and in the first ten years I tried but now I've given up, it's just not going to happen. So I go into my music room and that's OK.
    There's absolutely no intersection at all, lol.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      Yeah, without that sliver of common ground it’s going to be uphill skiing!!!

  • @guitarscatsandmusic7733
    @guitarscatsandmusic7733 2 роки тому

    I feel like some of these tips could be used for getting your friends into prog :)

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      Absolutely!!! Some women have commented that they used similar techniques with their husbands!!!

    • @guitarscatsandmusic7733
      @guitarscatsandmusic7733 2 роки тому

      @@TheProgCorner cool lol 😂

  • @FeloniusMonkInGSharp
    @FeloniusMonkInGSharp 2 роки тому

    Savatage!

  • @FeloniusMonkInGSharp
    @FeloniusMonkInGSharp 2 роки тому

    I dont have to. My wife has prog street cred, as she had a letter pusblished to the editor in Spin Magazine, as they had run a cover article on Evan Dando, instead of covering Frank Zappa's death. Our first conversation included Capt Beefheart's "Trout Mask Replica."

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      We love the Lemonheads but Evan Dando refused to share his crack pipe with me.

  • @vsear5911
    @vsear5911 2 роки тому

    love beach

  • @paulbrookes413
    @paulbrookes413 2 роки тому

    MAGNA CARTA
    Be gentle with her😙

  • @awickedtribe
    @awickedtribe Рік тому

    My GF is into prog but won't admit. She swears she's a DEADHEAD, which is okay, but her favorite album id Terrapin Station, their proggiest album.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Рік тому +1

      Terrapin Station is (oddly enough) the only Dead album I like!!! She’s obviously a closet Prog Head. That’s awesome. But the old stigma persists!

    • @awickedtribe
      @awickedtribe Рік тому

      @@TheProgCorner But I should add that her 94 y.o. mother, who was a classical pianist of some small repute in her day, and has a grand piano in the living room, really digs Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman...
      Should I dump my GF for her mom? That's really why I'm here....

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  Рік тому

      Well, she is 94. I guess the real question is: are you already in the will?

  • @Sammeep02
    @Sammeep02 2 роки тому +1

    I'm not even married, what am I doing watching this? (and don't plan to bc I'm happy single)
    (Ps. This should be how to get ANYBODY into prog....my story is similar, 6 years of Bo Rhap + 4 years of Roundabout = Supper's Ready)

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      It definitely should have been titled “How To Get Your SPOUSE Into Prog!!!”

    • @Sammeep02
      @Sammeep02 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheProgCorner ANYBODY can get into prog by this means. it's not limited to marriages! Anybody can do it. Your friends, strangers, students, even YOURSELF... Textbook example: me. :) A couple years ago I couldn't take anything longer than 6 minutes now I can handle Supper's Ready! Maybe Thick as a Brick next:)

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      Yeah!!! I love it.

  • @greyever7820
    @greyever7820 2 роки тому

    The funny thing is even though i love prog, i hate metal. I can only listen to 1976-1978 period of Judas Priest in the entire metal genre. My metalhead friends tried to convince me so much that i could like metal too but i ended up hating metal much more :D

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому

      Hell Bent For Leather is my favorite Judas Priest album!!!

    • @greyever7820
      @greyever7820 2 роки тому

      @@TheProgCorner Yes but Hell Bent for leather is too american for my ears :D Sad Wings, Sinner and Stained Class are my favorites :D Same goes with Scorpions for me. They lose me in 1979 with Lovedrive :D

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому

      There are four JP records I adore: Sad Wings, Sin After Sin, Stained Class and Killing Machine/ HBFL. After that I 100% agree with you!!!

    • @greyever7820
      @greyever7820 2 роки тому

      @@TheProgCorner Thanks a lot! :D

  • @keithamandahall8548
    @keithamandahall8548 Рік тому

    My wife's answer: you don't

  • @juliemusique-tn4dp
    @juliemusique-tn4dp 11 місяців тому

    i prefer you without your hat this is nice

  • @DaveTheDingus
    @DaveTheDingus 2 роки тому

    As a 22 year old it's funny hearing that I'm a complete minority in this audience

  • @AllMediaReviewsPodcast
    @AllMediaReviewsPodcast 2 роки тому

    I've been with my wife for almost 11 years and trust me..it'll NEVER happen. The closest is she loves Michael Nesmtih and the Monkees..and some Yacht Rock, and there are Prog connections with them, but she is adamant about hating Prog. It needs "Soul" TO HER, or she needs to be able to dance to it.
    It would be a miracle if she ever found a prog band that she viewed as having "Soul."
    Also she appreciates minorities and lgbtq representation..although just because Rob Halford or Dug Pinnick are gay, does not mean she cares for their music.
    But for others..there may still be a chance for their s/o to get into prog.
    On the other side, I do enjoy most of my wife's music: pop, soul, r&b. Mayer Hawthorne, k.d. lang, George Michael,

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому

      The LGBTQ+ community is under represented in Prog!!! Check out Lisa Bella Donna and her band Eye. She is one of the few trans artists in the scene. Maybe that could be an entry point!!!

  • @МаксРогозин-е1ю
    @МаксРогозин-е1ю 2 роки тому

    Well if you wanna divorce your wife listen Starless and Bible Black.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      Followed by Providence. On repeat. That’ll do the trick!!!

    • @МаксРогозин-е1ю
      @МаксРогозин-е1ю 2 роки тому

      And she don't care that The Night Watch and Trio ( melodic stuff) is also on that same album. The music sometimes is so ugly and unpleasant cause guys in the band just wanted intentionally. But that's out of wife's understanding. I love her but that record too. What a torturous dilemma.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому +1

      I love Starless and Bible Black. The whole album just SPEAKS to me. It’s KC’s hidden gem.

    • @МаксРогозин-е1ю
      @МаксРогозин-е1ю 2 роки тому

      @@TheProgCorner yeah, though both Larks and Red are easier to get into (my experience). But we talking about women. They care for melodies, vocal hooks not for unusual structure, rhythmical complexity. SABB, Pawn Hearts, crautrock Faust for instance it's quite dubious that they will ever like such records. Or Spooky Tooth Ceremony. Spooky Tooth not classified as prog but they did that bizarre avantgarde drone album.

    • @TheProgCorner
      @TheProgCorner  2 роки тому

      My wife always asks me about lyrics. That is her number two thing. Number one? A good beat!!! Usually in 4/4 but being my wife she’s becoming accustomed to weird time signatures - even if she doesn’t want to be!!!