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
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!
"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!
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)
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 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!
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!
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…)
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
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.
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.
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….
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.
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!
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 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....
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 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:)
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 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
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,
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!!!
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 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.
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!!!
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
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!!! ❤️👍
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!
Unlike you, my wife will NEVER get in front of the camera. Sadly, I am on my own!!! Hope you’re feeling better!!!
@@TheProgCorner mine is the same Scot
Dig the change from chill to insane!
"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!
I enjoy Magma and Vander is an amazing drummer although I really liked the last one, Zess, with Morgan Ägren on drums.
@@TheProgCorner Ah yes, Morgan Ågren, one of the best drummers around (ditto for Vander of course!) !
He’s a monster.
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)
They most certainly are Prog and that’s an excellent suggestion!!! I was also going to mention ELO but kinda spaced out…
Thank you!!!
Moody Blues is gateway prog music for women
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...
I want to go on that Cruise To The Edge so bad. I think my wife is almost ready!!!
@@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!
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!
See!!! It’s already happening!!! Keep up the good work!!!
you should do a "10 insane and obscure" progrock LPs !!
That’s a great topic for a future episode!!!
Omg Scott your so funny . Did I just have a conservation about this recently
It’s a real thing!!!! 👍👍👍
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!!
Awesome!!! I hope you like what I’m doing here in Boomer Land!!! 👍❤️🤘
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.
Thank you!!! I’m just getting started. (I miss making mix tapes/CDs.)
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.
Sabbath, Bowie, Roxy…she’s a keeper!!!
@@TheProgCorner 23 years!
Post rock bands may be a good way to introduce denser prog bands
Outstanding!
Thank you!!!
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.
Sounds like you found a keeper!!!
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.
Thank you!!! You’re the best!!! Prog On!!!
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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.
Are you in the therapy business because you are spot on!!! Very well thought out and I truly appreciate your input!!! 👍👍👍
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!
There are a few of us around!!!!
Bravo Jess! That‘s the way! 😀
She’s the best wife ever and today is her Birthday!!!!
@@TheProgCorner Oh! Great! Happy Birthday from 🇨🇭🥂🎉🥂
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.
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…)
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
Nice!!!
Nice tutorial but i first need another one - how to get wife?
That’s way above my pay grade!!!
Your Yessongs t-shirt is great! Where did you buy it?
I found it online so I hope it’s licensed…
My wife already loved classic rock/metal and classical music so getting her into prog was easy.
Nice!!! Most guys aren’t so lucky.
@@TheProgCorner So I've seen. We've had a blast at a few shows, especially Rush on the R40 Tour.
Journey
My wife I and I solved this problem by listening to audiobooks when we drive somewhere, cause she hates prog.
That’s a solid solution!!!
@@TheProgCorner She calls all Prog "screechy." We've been married for 30 years, and It's a small price to pay for marital harmony.
Over 45, check. Male, check. No wife. Perhaps the Prog inhibits my dating life.
It is a possibility…
For a good 'light' progressive band, fairly easy to get into, I would suggest CARAVAN ('For Girls who Grow Plump in the Night').
Caravan is a good call.
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.
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.
There is a band that called "Cardiacs" they mixed elements of prog and punk. They can be a good starting point too.
I love Cardiacs!!! They are so whacked out and zany. I love how no one else sounds like them!!!
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.
Yes!!! Good idea!!!
cool t-shirt
I need "how to get your husband into prog" video... 👉👈
Maybe I can get my wife on camera at some point!!!! ❤️👍❤️
My wife likes Steven Wilson whenever I play it
Mine too!!! Especially the last two albums…
My girlfriend got me into prog, not the other way around! .... But I got her into Sparks, and I am still proud of that!
She sounds like a keeper!!!
love beach
That’ll do the trick!!!
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
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)
Hey, it worked for me!! (Sort of.)
@@TheProgCorner My last girlfriend liked only music she could dance to, so maybe some Krautrock? lol
I started my wife with Camel and all went so well from there
Not a bad choice. They emphasize melody and nuance more than the other top tier bands!!!
DON"T START WITH GENTILE GIANT! hahaha
Facts.
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….
It’s one reason my wife agrees to go to Prog shows!!!
I feel like some of these tips could be used for getting your friends into prog :)
Absolutely!!! Some women have commented that they used similar techniques with their husbands!!!
@@TheProgCorner cool lol 😂
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.
Yeah, without that sliver of common ground it’s going to be uphill skiing!!!
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!
Those are great suggestions/additions!!
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."
We love the Lemonheads but Evan Dando refused to share his crack pipe with me.
Hell will freeze over first.
I hear you!!!
Savatage!
MAGNA CARTA
Be gentle with her😙
Be "Gentle Giant" with her...
@@TONE11111 👅
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.
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!
@@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....
Well, she is 94. I guess the real question is: are you already in the will?
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)
It definitely should have been titled “How To Get Your SPOUSE Into Prog!!!”
@@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:)
Yeah!!! I love it.
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
Hell Bent For Leather is my favorite Judas Priest album!!!
@@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
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!!!
@@TheProgCorner Thanks a lot! :D
As a 22 year old it's funny hearing that I'm a complete minority in this audience
I love it!!!
My wife's answer: you don't
There you have it!!!!
i prefer you without your hat this is nice
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,
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!!!
Well if you wanna divorce your wife listen Starless and Bible Black.
Followed by Providence. On repeat. That’ll do the trick!!!
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.
I love Starless and Bible Black. The whole album just SPEAKS to me. It’s KC’s hidden gem.
@@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.
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!!!