Oddly enough, I got into punk and prog at exactly the same time. I know that's not how you're supposed to do it, but there it is: I did English literature class reports on Crimson, Genesis and ELP lyrics, whilst privately shaking my ass to 'London Calling' (and air-drumming to Kiss 'Alive 2'). In college, I abandoned pretty much all prog except for Crimson, and headed more into the whole SST vibe. I couldn't ever really get down with the Univers Zero/Miriodor crowd, but perversely I have a soft spot for Marillion, lord only knows why. The Canterbury stuff is hit and miss: I appreciate Soft Machine, but I love Hatfield and the North. Of the early prog stuff, it's only ELP that I postively can't abide now (though the first record is about as good as they ever got). Genesis I don't listen to very much but still appreciate much of the early stuff and every now and then consider getting 'Lamb Lies Down'; I liked the first four Gabriel solo discs and the new one's alright as well. Yes I couldn't listen to back then but rather enjoy now. Crimson, well, I still pull out all of those albums and listen to 'em (just a few weeks ago, on the occasion of buying 'Earthbound' and 'USA' on disc, I listened to all of them in order. And I eagerly await each new one, even though the last studio album disapointed me (new EP out on Tuesday Oct. 8). Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of skip Heller Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 1:30 PM To: Kurt Gottschalk; edgaralee@yahoo.com.au; zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: Emerson, Lake and Palmer on 10/4/02 10:19 AM, Kurt Gottschalk at ecstasymule@hotmail.com wrote:
interesting ... i guess many people went on that same journey, although i started a little after you. after a pre-adolescence spent with glam and hard rock, i discovered punk. i've never been able to take elp, genesis, none of those.
me either. that stuff still makes my skin crawl, no matter who pedigrees it. skip h _______________________________________________ zorn-list mailing list zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the webpage below http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zorn-list