You know you're a prog rock fan when...

[Flavia2112]

Okay, so this is like the "You know you're a Rush fan when" thread, but for prog bands other than Rush. This ought to be interesting. Here goes.

 

You know you're a prog fan when...

 

You dye your wolfhound purple

Your favorite colors are pink and crimson

You always put your drink way too "close to the edge" of the table

[zepphead]

When I drink beer on a Saturday I get too 'close to the edge' and the next day I feel somewhat 'fragile'

[Maverick]

[toymaker]

I've been known to be casually dismissive of a pop song by referring to it as "one of those verse verse chorus verse chorus bridge chorus chorus things."

[Entre_Perpetuo]

"Hey, come listen to the song I just found by this really cool band from the 70s!"

 

"Sure, okay, how long is it?"

 

"Oh it's really short"

 

...six minutes later...

 

"I thought you said it was short?"

 

"Oh...yeah well, short is relative."

[driventotheedge]

When you think Roger Dean's artwork is on par with say, Jackson Pollack's.

[Flavia2112]

When you were disappointed by the first book of the Bible

[Maverick]

When you were disappointed by the first book of the Bible

 

When the hell do the Slippermen get here? :lol:

Edited March 22, 2021 by Maverick

[Flavia2112]

When I drink beer on a Saturday I get too 'close to the edge' and the next day I feel somewhat 'fragile'

When you correct zepphead saying that Fragile comes first :lol:

[Maverick]

When I drink beer on a Saturday I get too 'close to the edge' and the next day I feel somewhat 'fragile'

When you correct zepphead saying that Fragile comes first :lol:

 

You've got a point.

[goose]

"Hey, come listen to the song I just found by this really cool band from the 70s!"

 

"Sure, okay, how long is it?"

 

"Oh it's really short"

 

...six minutes later...

 

"I thought you said it was short?"

 

"Oh...yeah well, short is relative."

6-min? We call that "radio friendly"!

[zepphead]

When I drink beer on a Saturday I get too 'close to the edge' and the next day I feel somewhat 'fragile'

When you correct zepphead saying that Fragile comes first :lol:

 

You've got a point.

I must humbly apologise ...... it was 'a momentary lapse of reason' for which I must be banished to 'the dark side of the moon'

[Maverick]

When I drink beer on a Saturday I get too 'close to the edge' and the next day I feel somewhat 'fragile'

When you correct zepphead saying that Fragile comes first :lol:

 

You've got a point.

I must humbly apologise ...... it was 'a momentary lapse of reason' for which I must be banished to 'the dark side of the moon'

 

Ummm...Dark Side of the Moon was released before A Momentary Lapse of Reason. :lol:

[zepphead]

When I drink beer on a Saturday I get too 'close to the edge' and the next day I feel somewhat 'fragile'

When you correct zepphead saying that Fragile comes first :lol:

 

You've got a point.

I must humbly apologise ...... it was 'a momentary lapse of reason' for which I must be banished to 'the dark side of the moon'

 

Ummm...Dark Side of the Moon was released before A Momentary Lapse of Reason. :lol:

[Entre_Perpetuo]

You're trying to figure out if it's feasible to live till 2112.

[Flavia2112]

You're trying to figure out if it's feasible to live till 2112.

I know some Rush fans who might actually live that long.

[Flavia2112]

(morbid humor alert) You haven't been able to eat fish since 2015

[Relayer2112]

When you refer to 30+ year old albums from one of your favorite progressive bands as "one of their newer albums".

[Relayer2112]

You're impatiently waiting for something and start tapping your feet in 9/8 time.

[Flavia2112]

You're impatiently waiting for something and start tapping your feet in 9/8 time.

oh my gosh that is hilarious

[Entre_Perpetuo]

You're impatiently waiting for something and start tapping your feet in 9/8 time.

oh my gosh that is hilarious

 

Not just hilarious, entirely accurate, lol. I'm not always tapping out weird time signatures, but more often than not I'm trying to weasel some unnecessary complexity into my foot tapping, finger tapping, air drumming repertoire.

[tangy]

When you need time changes for your bunghole!

 

Or how i got my member title.....

[driventotheedge]

When the 21st of December is more important to you than Christmas.

[Flavia2112]

All your friends know that when you ask "what kind of music is it," you're really asking "is it prog?"

[invisible airwave]

The way you get through a long road trip is a set of lengthy prog rock songs.

 

Tried this out one time when I went with my mom on I-15 to St. George, UT 6 years ago this month for my niece's 2nd birthday. I programmed my iPhone to play Echoes and Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd from east of Calico Ghost Town to near the California Nevada border.