Sunday, March 8, 2015

Prog around the world

It's interesting to see how different genres of music were interpreted all over the world.  Where did Prog Rock start?  Easier to read the Wikipedia article.  In short, King Crimson may have the earliest full-on prog rock album with In The Court Of The Crimson King, in 1969.  Within five years, there were bands all over the world experimenting with long, multi-faceted, mult-layered, symphonic rock music, infusing it with unique nuances drawn from local flavors.

Example:  Osamu Kitajima's album Benzaiten:


It has such a great opening.  I'm thinking if Gilly Frank has a sequel that this song would be good 'tone setting' music.  Or not.

Side note:  Psychedelic folk music from Korea in 1973:



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