Progmas 2011 - The 12 Days of Christmas, Progressive Rock style (again)

[alexm92300]

Thx for the 13th day ... that made me laught so much ... :'D

[ThroughRock]

Don't hate on rock and pop rock. Just because it's not prog, doesn't mean it's not bad music.

[teaflax]

@MrTanookiMario Yep.

[Gnorfblath]

Maybe Roger Dean could produce those Fragile Christmas tree ornaments...for the sake of copyright. And while we are at it I´d like an inflatable Yes logo for the beach next summer.

[pkfiya]

at 3:19 i want a tree ornament of the "fragile" earth

[BruderSeth]

absolutely brilliant!

I just don't get the "spaceship in heaven for time" part, are there relations to "close to the edge"?

[teaflax]

@BruderSeth It's just meant to be the kind of nonsense that Jon peppers his lyrics with.

[BruderSeth]

@teaflax thx, that's what I assumed but I wasn't sure :)

[littlefunginny]

You Sir/s are pure genius/es.Best wishes for a seriously proggy new year!!! :) I'm very impressed for the choice of the pictures btw...

[rudess84]

Jordan rudess sent me here!

[SpaceDyeDream]

Jizzed in my pants.

[jetpromys]

Where can I get the Fragile christmas tree ornaments?

[teaflax]

@jetpromys You'll have to make them. The images, however, can be found at Somewhere's web site.

[DreamerEasy831]

Love it! Merry Progmas man! Peace out!

[OrbWeaver]

Brilliant! 

[maximtrickett]

no king crimson reference tut tut tut

[MrMikej413]

Only a prog fan would understand most of these references. Everyone else would be like a mello what?

[leproghead]

website .beyondrock.nl brought me here. And i love it.

[leproghead]

nice.

[LiteracyLabyrinth2]

Truly Progressive and A Spaceship in Heaven for Time....

[tapkae]

Hilarious. And I don't even get it all!

[originalzag]

That was hilarious, thanks for the good laugh !

[kevin4peace]

Loving the two Chapman Stick Players... Hilarious.

[teaflax]

@kevin4peace Well, to be fair, both our guitarist and our bass player do own and play Chapman sticks (as mentioned in last year's Progmas video). That's actually one being played for the backing on days 13 and 14.

[NostalgicProcrast]

Go listen to the new single "Lullaby For The Common Man"!

[realtimeprogress]

Pat Mastelotto brought me here

[MrAdrianbelew]

Mike Portnoy didn't bring me here, but Pat Mastelotto did.

[Gnorfblath]

OK, anybody who is curious about our own songs (un-christmas songs :-)) can look for

Lullaby for the Common man here on Youtube.

[Gnorfblath]

There is only some video work to be concluded, then our next song will be posted.

[Gnorfblath]

There will be more very soon, indeed....not a X-mas song though.

[zeldamex]

Man, I fucking love this song!!! Hope hearing moar from you soon...

[Meteorotaki]

Love that Aqualung riff

[Diontjuhz]

Epic

[tapediskmagic]

Wow. It's nice to see the Unfolded Like Staircase album in here. My friend Chris Dale contributed his Mellotron for that album. He'll be happy to hear this.

[robinsnest6]

Very Creative!!! I love it!!!!

[FelipeMassuia]

OMG, very nice! Thanks!

"12 structural, contrapuntal and harmonic complexities of the kind you dont hear in most modern pop/rock, because that stuff is just directed at the lowest common denominator, whereas prog ais higher and dares to challenge the listener in ways that mainstream music rarely if ever manager to".

[willregnier]

How prog is that? - Steven Wilson

[larockeramenor]

This is absolutely brilliant! It's making my Progmas a whole lotta of fun!!!!

[KLezlie]

Postscript - For years I thought I maybe I was the only one still listing to Yes & Genesis & Tarkus & even ELP ... and... and ...and... Still constantly seeking new artists with that glorious musical spirit of experimentation - wondering if any other "ladies dancing" still listened to Fragile & got all teary-eyed with "Soon" ...  Thanks for posting this. Laughed out loud and made my day so much sweeter. (Just one more mellotron...please...?)

[KLezlie]

Wonderful! (I got a lot of them ... OMG ... that so dates me.) And, yes, a little of the most poetical Jon is in all of us.

[EmiGuabeT]

Great broken crystals at the end... :D

[dgolden99]

Um yeah...I've noticed the "no ladies dancing." Sausage fest'd.

[loreizzle395]

@dgolden99 most obvious at any prog concert man.

[lilquiz1301]

this made my Christmas season! Loved the Tarkus, Roger Dean and Rick Wakeman parts!

[TheAkselJ]

This is fantastic.

[moodybluejays]

Just brilliant. Pure genius !

[112sje]

Just think yourself lucky your true love doesn't like boy bands!

[Steedonline]

BRILLIANT!!! Just brilliant! congratz! you really put a smile on my face today... and the "no ladies dancing" bit had me laughing my arse off :D

[spamystyle]

Randy George brought me here

[Gooseberry51]

I would be verrrrry happy with only ONE Mellotron....:)

[mvunit3]

You have actually accomplished in making EVERY Prog fan in the World Happy this Season :D The Tarkus Tank hiding behind the Tree made me laugh out loud :p And thanks for the Roger Dean reference, he influences my (Band) Logo work and was VERY blessed to have met him :). May YOU get some "rare" Prog CD's or LP's this Christmas! You deserve it! (I posted this at Progulus Internet Radio on FB too ;).

[35104gs]

Got the iProg shirt yesterday. In bottlegreen. Awesome design. Only downside is that the black (mellotron on the front and "Play different" does not come out very well. So if you plan on getting a shirt like that, I'd recommend a lighter color.

[teaflax]

@35104gs I'm genuinely sorry that it didn't come out right. But that is why I picked a lighter default color in diva blue. Sadly, Spreadshirt either lets you do ONE color or a free selection. I would have locked it down to only lighter ones if I could.

[GrezH]

From an old prog-head.... this is the business. Thanks so much! You made me laugh out loud.

[Gnorfblath]

Make no mistake.We adore Prog! That is why we did this. All the stuff that is referenced is my favourite music. If I had not stumbled upon it I would probably be a plumber or something...

[DisgruntledPorcupine]

"Unfolded Like Wrapping Paper"? xD I love Unfolded Like Staircase Though.

[spencewhiting]

@DisgruntledPorcupine Best part of the whole movie, haha.

[teaflax]

@DisgruntledPorcupine IMNHO Unfolded... is one of very, very few prog albums released in the 90s to actually rank right up there with the great classics of the genre. That's why I included it.

[LinhoFernando]

The "bass riff in 7/4 time" of this song is actually in 7/8

[teaflax]

@LinhoFernando Indeed it is. Unless you change the BPM of those particular bars, of course.

[KLezlie]

@LinhoFernando LOL! -- Of course this would be a prog-fan comment. How wonderful!

[Gnorfblath]

mikelasquetty7 : That´s a good idea! Use the bass line from Money instead and see how stuff developes when you try to squeeze it in there :-)

[drumming365]

i think you managed to point out every prog cliche in existence regardless i really enjoyed this

[mikelasquetty7]

Bass Riff in 7/4 = Money - Pink Floyd! \m/

[frqncymntr]

Once again, MP's Twitter

[gryphonavocatio]

This is fucking brilliant. Motherfucking brilliant.

[DomValela]

Can you tell me where my Progmas lies, cried the teenage fan to his true love's eyes

[RareMusic42]

@DomValela lol Genesis reference. The Aqualung part at 0:14 cracked me up! XD

[DomValela]

Mike Portnoy sent me here, and it was right of him. This is as good as gold. :P

[C0DPLAY3R69]

Utorak

[djgcruz]

remarkable

[TheTOXICmahem]

utorak

[LSxGHoST]

Utorak? :D

[kinnegadkillers]

URTORAK SENT ME

[Jack9488]

Utorak?

[daniellevy22]

Mike Portnoy brought me here

[kfsfkakf]

I was sold at No Ladies Dancing XD

[larockeramenor]

this is absolutely brilliant!

[binary78]

I would be totally psyched to get 5 mellotrons!!

[Gnorfblath]

guyeylon : Spot on! Even the glass house:-) But there is still one more in that section...that should be the hardest to work out, since I swapped some of the contents with our next song.

"Look at that floating mountain...." is not a direct reference, but it could possibly be a case of unconscious theft....I think I was just thinking of typical Yes choir stuff....maybe. Or maybe I did not think at all. It happened really fast.

[Gnorfblath]

Dear old Frank Zappa is one of the influences that forced me into the direction of music. I have to check 'Don't eat the yellow snow'. Maybe there is an unconscious influence, there. I did not think of anything at all.

[bassmanjoe]

Really liked seeing Santa Claus standing on the brain on the Rush Hemisheres album cover....:-)

[HYPEROVERDRIVEN]

a strange little bit in 5/8 xD

[BeardyJinjaNinja]

The bass riff in 7/4 reminds me of 'Don't eat the yellow snow' by Zappa...

[DRockdriguez23]

Absolutely awesome!!! :D

[MrSulfurMustard]

Song's name at 3:53 anyone?

[MrSulfurMustard]

Can anyone be kind enough to enlighten me with 3:57 song's name?

[teaflax]

@MrSulfurMustard If that IS another song, it's not at all deliberate. I'd recorded the lead vocal and in the lyrics I'd written "Look at that floating mountain there!" as directions for an exclamation that I wanted our guitarist (who did the arrangement, recording and mixing) to add, using a voice that wasn't mine. He took the opportunity while our keyboard player was in the studio for the organ solo to write and record that vocal harmony bit with him. He's that good.

[guyeylon]

Oh, and at 3:26, the "Siberian Khatru" Rick Wakeman solo from the middle part! :D

[guyeylon]

I'll add to what Tuvia said with the obvious "Colony of Slippermen" riff at the beginning, and the breaking glass sound off "In a Glass House" by Gentle Giant in the end. That's what I Spotted :)

[Gnorfblath]

Thanx a lot TuiviaGering, for sorting out two of the classical ripoffs! I knew that was Bach but could not find it anywhere. A girlfriend at the time had it on tape when I visited her in Glasgow in-95. I loved it and remembered a short sequence of it. Now I´ll go get it :-)

But there are more references......

[TuviaGering]

that'd what I could find:

0:14 riff is from aqualong by jethro tull

2:26 classical ripoff is sleepers awake by bach and ode to joy by beethoven

[trevoxisssxxx]

This is great, 12th day of Progmas FTW !

[hahaily95]

This is literally the greatest thing ever.

[ThyArtIsMetal]

i need to show this to many, many people

[Maj7mike]

"No ladies dancing.......... huh?!?" Hahahaha

[Fuzorz]

awesome

[Austin4a]

Very clever! Bravo!

[HYPERDISTORTED]

you got me at "seven really wierd key changes".... xD

[himl994]

Eyal Amir brought me here

[MsBkirk]

'There's a little Jon Anderson in all of us' - especially Mrs. Anderson! (Apologies to Mike Harding)

[ThePergament]

...and a bass-riff in 7/4 time =D

[LucretiaBorgia]

This has me laughing every time. No ladies dancing? Heh. Well done, again, and happy holidays all you proggie fans =)

[TheProgFather7]

Brilliant! 

[Gnorfblath]

Unlike last year this version contains some direct references to grand old prog hits. Can anybody spot them?

[johnf852]

.....;-)



[Fogeyspasm]

Brilliant!

[espenstoro]

Just like last year: Brilliant!

[Granaten]

A true halleluljah moment for everyone who's the slightest bit into progressive rock.

Cheers to that!!

:)