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Songs for a Lost Generation

We wanted to identify what makes Generation X different from other generations. Many books that lay bare this question, but the one that informed most of my thoughts about Generation X was the book Generations by Jean M Twenge. Twenge did not make any real statements about the music of the generation. Instead, she identified differences mostly based on how we interacted with different technologies. For instance, Generation X is the last generation to grow up on analog music and the first to experience digital. We were the first generation to experience MTV which changed the face of music as we knew it. There are many more data points that Twenge pointed out that provide the parameters for Generation X. However the questions I wanted to answer were more related to the content we listened to.

What music defined Generation X? When we started creating our music, what were the trends we created? What impact did Generation X have on our beloved prog rock? Some of the answers may be contained here in this episode, in short, the results of my findings in this all-too-brief exploration of generational music were:

Regardless of the generational divide that seems to show up in culture wars, there is no escaping that the music we listened to growing up came from the previous generation.  Progressive rock itself is a Boomer genre of rock music. We grew up on Classic Rock, Punk, and 80s pop.  When Generation X did start speaking musically, we developed Grunge, and Hip-Hop. However, on the prog side, we had prog metal and post-rock. The earliest rock music from Generation X appears to have been Gun's and Roses (although some members just miss the identified cutoff). The earliest band to speak prog that was a Generation X fronted band, was either Majesty (later known as Dream Theater) or Echolyn. 

The episode provided here is not even close to answering all of the questions, but the research and theme did make for some enjoyable listening. We hope you enjoy this all-too-brief dive into this question.

Artist	Title	Duration	Album	Year
Porcupine Tree	Time Flies	11:39	The Incident	2009
Foghat	Slow Ride	8:10	Fool For The City	1975
Kansas	Miracles Out Of Nowhere	6:17	Leftoverture	1976
Styx	Snowblind	4:46	Paradise Theater	1981
Genesis	Land Of Confusion	4:41	Invisible Touch [Remix]	1986
Yes	Our Song	4:07	90125	1983
Rush	Between The Wheels	5:29	Grace Under Pressure	1984
Peter Hammill	Losing Faith In Words	3:35	A Black Box	1980
Adrian Belew	The Lone Rhinoceros	3:56	Lone Rhino	1982
Marillion	Chelsea Monday	8:14	Script for a Jester's Tear	1983
Pendragon	The Black Knight	9:50	The Jewel	1985
Blind Melon	Tones of Home	4:21	Blind Melon	1992
Foo Fighters	Everlong	4:05	The Colour and the Shape	1997
Blind Melon	Tones of Home	4:21	Blind Melon	1992
Foo Fighters	Everlong	4:05	The Colour and the Shape	1997
Radiohead	Exit Music (For a Film)	4:21	OK Computer	1997
Smashing Pumpkins	Porcelina of the Vast Oceans	8:54	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	1995
Muse	Supremacy	4:51	The 2nd Law (Deluxe Edition)	2012
Echolyn	21	5:37	Suffocating the Bloom	1992
Kevin Gilbert	Ghetto Of Beautiful Things	4:48	The Shaming of the True	2000
Phish	Monsters	5:09	Evolve	2024
Big Big Train	Welcome to the Planet	6:30	Welcome to the Planet	2022
Dream Theater	Light Fuse And Get Away	7:15	When Dream And Day Unite	1989
Pain of Salvation	Idiocracy	7:03	Scarsick	2007
Threshold	The Latent Gene	7:57	Clone	1998
Riverside	Friend or Foe?	7:23	ID.Entity (Deluxe Edition)	2023
Moon Safari	198X (Heaven Hill)	3:51	Himlabacken Vol. 2	2023
The Tangent	Paroxetine - 20mg	7:39	Down And Out In Paris And London (Limited First Edition)	2009
Frost*	The Boy Who Stood Still	7:33	Day And Age	2021
Anathema	Summernight Horizon	4:06	We're Here Because We're Here	2010

 

Soundscape #3.5 A Grab Bag of Tunes

This week Soundscape moved to its new time and place. We now broadcast on Wednesday evenings every two weeks at 5-8 pm CST. This episode is not themed at all. It is a grab bag of new music (at least to us). We will return with our Generation X theme in 2 weeks on 6/19.

Artist	Title	Duration	Album	Year
Van Morrison	Caravan	4:52	Moondance	1970
Arild Brøter	On Her Majesty's Secret Service Suite - Part 1	5:07	On Her Majesty's Secret Service Suite: Part 1	2024
Big Big Train	Beneath the Masts	17:10	The Likes of Us	2024
Peter Gabriel	Father, Son (Daniel Lanois & Richard Chappell Mix)	4:20	Flotsam and Jetsam	2019
Papadosio & Ram Dass	Who You Are	9:51		2024
Perilymph	Un Instant Ou Deux	6:25	Progressions Imaginaires	2024
Goose	Yeti (12.21.19)	8:53	Alive And Well	2020
Nosound	Dogs (Pink Floyd)	7:16		2024
The Dear Hunter	Light	4:01	Act V: Hymns With the Devil in Confessional	2016
Karfagen	Into the Kaleidoscope	11:41	Land of Chameleons	2024
Crowded House	All That I Can Ever Own	3:00	Gravity Stairs	2024
Legacy Pilots	Don't Chase the Rainbows	8:39	Thru the Lens	2024
Amarok	Perfect Run	5:44	Hope	2024
Alan Parsons	Uroboros (ft. Tommy Shaw)	4:02	From The New World	2022
Alan Parsons	Uroboros (ft. Tommy Shaw)	4:02	From The New World	2022
Leprous	Atonement	4:46	Melodies Of Atonement	2024
A Perfect Circle	Hourglass	5:09	Eat The Elephant	2018
Porcupine Tree	Rats Return	5:22	Closure / Continuation	2022
The Pineapple Thief	It Leads to This	4:38	It Leads to This	2024
David Gilmour	The Piper's Call	5:11	Luck and Strange	2024
Barock Project	An Ordinary Day's Odyssey	5:58	Time Voyager	2024
Phish	Oblivion	6:03	Evolve	2024
Yes	Real Love (Live)	10:21	Talk (30th Anniversary Edition)	1994
The Band	Where Do We Go From Here (2021 Remix)	3:52	Cahoots (50Th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)	2021

Soundscape #3.4 Mindbending Psyche Trip

Wow, what a journey! Over the last few weeks, I perused and listened to bunches of albums. I was seeking a particular sound, a psychedelic sound. When I started I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I even had extreme stress in trying to curate what was right for this show. I wanted to both offer some ethereal journeys and yet still provide enough landing spaces that it wouldn't overwhelm the passenger. Amidst chuggernauts, cosmic tinged distortions, and typical psychedelic poetry, I found the path. If there are bumpy moments I apologize. Most flights have some level of turbulence. I just know that we seem to have landed safely. Enjoy the ride and look out for the next exciting adventure in the Soundscape. 

Artist	Title	Time	Album	Year
	Soundscape 3.0 Opener	1:38		2024
Nektar	A Tab In The Ocean	16:12	A Tab In The Ocean	1972
Monkey3	Ignition	10:33	Welcome To The Machine	2024
My Brother The Wind	The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart	5:33	I Was My Soul In The Stream Of Infinity	2011
Thee Oh Sees	Sticky Hulks	6:44	Mutilator Defeated At Last	2015
Mammatus	Expanding Majesty	15:14	Expanding Majesty	2023
Maserati	Pyramid of the Moon (Live at Radio K, SXSW Music Conference, 3/19/2009)	7:16	Pyramid of the Sun – Anniversary Edition	2024
The Third Mind	Groovin' Is Easy	7:56	The Third Mind 2	2023
Somali Yacht Club	Pulsar	9:01	The Space	2022
Hoodoo Lord	A Longing for Existence	11:52	Realm of Sleep	2024
The Dukes Of Stratosphear	What In The World??...	5:00	Chips From The Chocolate Fireball	1987
Phish	First Tube	8:10	2010/07/04 II Alpharetta, GA	2010
Hypnos 69	The Empty Hourglass	10:27	Legacy	2010
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	Satan Speeds Up	3:38	I'm In Your Mind Fuzz	2014
Sugar Candy Mountain	Windows	3:08	666	2016
Perilymph	Aventure	8:03	Progressions Imaginaires	2024
Widespread Panic	Ain't Life Grand	4:42	Ain't Life Grand	1994
Crippled Black Phoenix	Time Of Ye Life / Born For Nothing / Paranoid Arm Of Narcoleptic Empire	18:34	Night Raider	2009
Ignu	It’s always 4:20 somewhere	4:18	Unity III	2023
First Band From Outer Space	Impressionable Sounds Of The Subsonic	10:07	Impressionable Sounds Of The Subsonic	2006
Jerry Garcia	Eep Hour	5:05	Garcia	1972
Violeta De Outono	Tomorrow Never Knows	3:54	Violeta De Outono	1987

 

Soundscape 3.3 Cinco De Progo

As you may recall, in our last episode Suzi suggested we do something special to celebrate Cinco De Mayo. We chose to do this by playing a whole set of Mexican prog rock. For us, it was an enlightening journey and we found quite a few gems that we will keep in our listening queues. We hope that you will do the same.

Artist	Title	Time	Album	Year
	Soundscape 3.0 Opener	1:38		2024
Nirgal Vallis	Memorias De Un Cometa	12:05	Y Murio La Tarde	1995
Electro Compulsive Therapy	In through the light	7:35	Electro Compulsive Therapy	2021
Cruz De Hierro	Chameleon 177	4:47	Cruz De Hierro	2000
Tangerine Circus	Neohuman	6:40	The Conspiracy Chronicles	2015
Delirium	Primer Dialogo	7:22	Delirium (Vinyl)	1985
Cronofonia	There Is Life	8:37	Cronofonia	2021
Decibel	Fakma	3:29	EL POETA DEL RUIDO	2021
Xavier Asali	Unusual Love Song	5:58	Perspectives	2018
Austin TV	Ella No Me Conoce	4:43	La Última Noche Del Mundo	2003
Ledesma & M. Botello	Sol Central: El Avatar	4:06	Sol Central	2000
Ekos	Rostro Oculto	8:36	Luz Interna	2012
Cast	Crossing	9:59	Vigesimus	2021
Galie	Capitulos	5:39	Galie II (Vinyl)	1986
Chac Mool	Salamandra	7:36	Nadie En Especial	1980
Greco Bastián	Oniontown	5:41	With A Little Hell From My Friends	2022
Santana	Transmutation/Industrial	6:01	Brothers	1995
Rostro Del Sol	Effect Of Creation	8:47	Rostro del Sol	2021
Jose Luis Fernandez Ledesma	Punta Cometa	8:06	Designios	2003

Soundscape #3.2 Dental Prog

Who knows why I would dare myself to develop a show based on dentistry in prog, but I did! Now lovely listeners I invite you to enjoy one of the stranger musical journeys we have done. Regardless of the strangeness, I think we created something here that is worth your perusal. Let us know what you think. 

Artist	Title	Duration	Album	Year	Composer	Record Label	ISRC	Listeners
Soundscape & CS Brown	Soundscape 3.0 Opener	1:38	Soundscape 3	2024				66
Galahad	Dentist Song	3:59	Sleepers	2003		Avalon UK		66
Procosmian Fannyfiddlers	Dental Breakdown	7:43	Astonishing Tales Of Cod And Plankton	2021				58
Free	Sweet Tooth	4:52	Tons of Sobs	1968				59
Simeon Soul Charger	Tooth	2:11	Meet Me In The Afterlife	2011		Soulfood		53
And So I Watch You From Afar	Clench Fists, Grit Teeth... Go!	6:14	And So I Watch You From Afar	2009				52
Alan Menken	Dentist!	2:25	Little Shop Of Horrors	1986				52
Phish	N02	7:37	The White Tape	1986				51
Lunatic Soul	Crumbling Teeth and the Owl Eyes	6:37	Fractured	2017				53
Malcolm Smith	Cavity Research	6:10	We Were Here	2014	Malcolm Smith			57
Seven Impale	Extraction	6:30	City of the Sun	2014		Karisma Records		54
The Beatles	Savoy Truffle	2:53	The Beatles (White Album) [Disc 2]	1968	Starkey	Apple		54
Rik Emmett & Resolution 9	Sweet Tooth	2:05	Res9	2016				55
Fearful Symmetry	Damn, Braces, Bless Relaxes''	4:02	Louder Than Words	2019				53
Steve Vai	Teeth of the Hydra	5:09	Inviolate	2022		Favored Nations		56
Teeth of the Sea	All Human Is Error	4:44	Master	2013				59
Nine Inch Nails	With Teeth	5:38	With Teeth	2005				53
Giraffes? Giraffes!	Curse Of The Tooth Nightmare	4:44	Pink Magick	2011				56
Frank Zappa	Montana	6:16	Apostrophe' - Overnite Sensation	1973				57
Isotope	Spanish Sun	7:39	Illusion (Vinyl)	1974				58
Zello	Anthem of the Long Forgotten Loss	8:21	Quodlibet	1999				61
Derev	Slipping Down Again	5:50	Leap of Faith	2021				53
Kenso	Inutsu Na Nikki	5:47	Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis	2002		Vinyl Magic Records		53
Linda Perhacs	Prisms Of Glass	4:12	The Soul Of All Natural Things	2014				51
Queen	The Prophet's Song	8:07	A Night At The Opera	1975				51
Miles Davis	Sanctuary	10:53	Bitches Brew	2010				52

Hornier Than We Were Before

Hello fellow music lovers!..... We are back!! It feels exciting to be broadcasting again. I have missed sharing music and researching great music. There are of course some key differences to our previous iteration of Soundscape. The most obvious is that the show is shorter and will only show up every other week (schedule allowing). This shorter time means we will focus on the theme for the entire show instead of having sections as we did before. What that means in terms of content is that we will not likely have as much new music, but that's ok because there are plenty of outlets for that stuff. You need only to turn your dials to progrock.com to get your new prog fix on with a wonderful array of prog rock radio podcasts. We will of course still incorporate new songs and bands as they impact the theme.

 

This episode is appropriately titled in that the theme this week is horns in prog. There were a few moments that brought the podcast back but the running theme of those moments was based on the use of horns in the music I was listening to. It was somewhat uncertain what the show would look like but I think we got a lot of good stuff in the mix. While we did not get all of the requests, I will make a short list of those available at the bottom so that you guys can check them out as well. Where a song was more well-known or expected, I opted for lesser-known material.

• Soundscape Intro
• Gryphon- Opening Move
• Chuck Mangione- Children of Sanchez (Overture)
• Dreams- Holli Be Home
• Blood, Sweat & Tears- I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
• Marbin- Aggressive Hippies
• Haikara- Yksi Kansa -One Land & One Nation
• Thank You Scientist- Rube Goldberg Variations
• Steve Thorne- The White Dove Song
• Abel Ganz- Recuerdos
• The Mars Volta- The Widow
• Methexis- Chapter III- Suiciety
• The United Jazz & Rock Ensemble- To An Elfin Princess
• Ekseption- B 612
• Colosseum- Those About to Die
• Lighthouse- No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
• Peter Gabriel- Olive Tree
• Yes- Almost Like Love
• Genesis- No Reply At All
• Rewiring Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
• Big Big Train- Miramare
• Big Big Train- Victorian Brickwork

This was a wonderful set of music but we missed many and here is the short list of the ones that were culled:

• Procol Harum- Playmate of the Mouth
• Phish- Julius
• Chicago- There was no Chicago in this mix....all of that early stuff would have been excellent
• Rainbow Theatre- Eagle Odyssey- This one really should have made it. It was previously unknown to me and I found it to be wonderful.
• King Crimson- Lizard
• Osibisa- Y Sharp
• Jade Warrior- Barazinbar
• Jody Grind- Paint it Black
• Pekka Pohjola- Image of a Passing Smile
• Demon Fuzz- Hymn to Mother Earth
• Audience- Trombone Gulch
• Diagonal- Voyage/Paralysis
• The Soft Machine- Many options here could have been used
• After Crying- The Entire Farewell to the 20th century suite
• Billy Cobham- Lunarputians
• Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother and The Trial
• Uriah Heep- Sallisbury
• Caravan- Golf Girl
• Mirthkon

There are many more and I encourage you to come and talk about them in the chat over at Soundscape on Facebook.

Thanks for listening and please feel free to contact us at soundscape@progrock.com

Catching up on Soundscape

The system I use to broadcast Soundscape has never been the most reliable at doing its job. This episode took a while to put out because I was aware of the problems in the mix. During the live broadcast, the levels would change on every song. So I did not want to put it out as it was. I have done my best to equalize the volume across the episode. Hopefully, this will sate those thirst for a new show. 

The mix itself is mostly a gathering of newer music, tempered with the usual spices of older stuff. I hope you enjoy it. There were some really stand-out moments I thought. Share and Enjoy!

• Tony Levin- Welcome
• Shawn Bishop- Light the Day
• Pure Reason Revolution- Ghosts & Typhoons
• Electric Light Orchestra- Mama
• Blackfield- Summer's Gone
• Deep Purple- The Long Way Round
• Magenta- The Rose
• Fish- Garden of Rememberance
• Dukes of the Orient- The Last Time Traveler
• Legacy Pilots- Immortal 
• Yes- Soundchaser
• The Tangent- The Tower of Babel
• Kimmo Porsti- Cruz Del Sur
• Lonely Robot- Life is a Sine Wave
• Tiger Moth Tales- Whistle Along
• Quantum Fantay- Astral Projection
• Porcupine Tree- Sky Moves Sideways (Phase Two)
• Presto Ballet- You're Alive
• Dave Brons- Awakened by Starlight
• Steve Howe- Love is a River
• Apogee- Endurance of the Obsolete
• Roger Waters- Deja Vu
• Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets- Fearless
• Pink Floyd- Hey You
• David Gilmour- Comfortably Numb
• David Bowie- My Death
• The Flower Kings- Cinema Show
• Dukes of the Orient- A Quest for Knowledge

Prog-cation

The title may be a little cheesy, but when I was putting this one together, I was needing a vacation. I still need one actually. At any rate, if there is music that can take you away from here, it's prog. In this case, the focus was on bouncy and inviting sounds. Summer prog- if that's a thing. We attempted, at times unsuccessfully, to stay away from the political stuff. So it is my hope that you enjoy this set of mostly upbeat and fun prog rock. Happy Progcation!

 

Progcation

• The Beatles- I've Got a Feeling
• Cheeto's Magazine- Outflow
• My Morning Jacket- One Big Holiday
• Moron Police- Isn't It Easy
• Echolyn- American Vacation Tune
• Franck Carducci- Superstar
• Long Distance Calling- Curiosity
• Thank You Scientist- Everyday Ghosts
• Cosmosquad- Pugs in Central Park
• Jean Michel Jarre- Zoolook
• Rikard Sjoblom's Gungfly- Happy Somewhere in Between
• Beardfish- South of the Border
• Morglbl- Crime Minister
• Puscifer- Holiday on the Moon
• Guthrie Govan- Wonderful Slippery Thing
• Caligula's Horse- Turntail
• Steve Vai- Little Green Men
• Frost*- Exhibit A
• Lonely Robot- Spiders
• Simon Collins- Becoming Human
• Steven WIlson- King Ghost
• Gazpacho- Fireworker
• A Perfect Circle- Hourglass
• Subsignal- The Trick is to Keep Breathing
• Yogi Lang- The Sound of the Ocean
• Rick Wakeman- Valles Marineris
• Big Big Train- The Second Brightest Star
• Denni De Young- To the Good Old Days
• Led Zeppelin- Down by the Seaside

 

Revolution?

You see what I did there...revolution with a question mark. I remember stories of how the Beatles had different versions of the song 'Revolution'. Some vesrions said 'you can count me out', others that said 'you can count me in', and one that vacillated saying, "out, in". I think it came down to John knowing a change was called for but being uncertain if destruction or violence were called for under any circumstances. I mean it does not really ring true with the "All You Need is Love" sentiment. I have similar questions. I can see the need for change, but I am also very hesitant to say that my values are worth the sacrifices of the values of others. It's not my job or place to tell other people how to live their lives. Nevertheless, I think some of the things our governments are doing are morally reprehensible, and some people will die for the decisions of a few key players. So what I present here in this episode is neither a call for destruction nor a call for laisez fair tactics. If you get confused, listen to the music play. Perhaps you will hear a call to action, or perhaps you will hear something else that you need to hear. Hopefully, our set will feed some part of you. Hopefully, you will be able to stand for values of peace and care towards others. Maybe a song will turn you. I hope that it does.

Revolution?

• Chris DeBurgh- Revolution>Light a Fire
• Journey- The Journey (Revelation)
• Nick D'Virgilio- Wrong Place, Wrong Time
• Pattern Seeking Animals- Lifeboat
• The Samurai of Prog- The Land of Fools
• Red Bazar- Rocky Bone Runway
• Haken- Invasion
• The Pineapple Thief- Demons
• Led Zeppelin- The Battle of Evermore
• Riversea- Uprising
• RPWL- Masters of War
• It- Revolution
• Krokus- Screaming in the Night
• Kansas- Circus of Illusion
• The Tangent- Life on Hold
• Airbag- Into the Unknown
• Asia- Free
• Nick D'Virgilio- Where's the Passion
• Tiger Moth Tales- Still Alive
• Abel Ganz- Sepia and White
• David Gilmour- Yes, I Have Ghosts
• Caligula's Horse- Don't Give Up
• Jon Davison & Patrick Moraz- On the Silent Wings of Freedom
• AlphaJorge- Halfway to the Light
• Roger Waters- Two Suns in the Sunset
• Public Symphony- Breakthrough

It's Greek To Me

In this episode of Soundscape, we take you through several areas of prog. In the first few sets, we focus on music from 2018. Later we switch over to Greek Progressive Rock, and finally, we drop into new music from 2020. A pretty well-rounded show and I think you will thoroughly enjoy it, though I dare say, your DJ was distracted by a lot of things and may have sounded flighty at times. I think I leaned into it, rather than trying to avoid it. But perhaps I got away with it and you will just listen to the music.

In the midst of all the social upheaval in America and many other countries, I wanted to do an episode featuring black progressive artists. Unfortunately, there is no ready index of these musicians, so it will take some research, but I am determined to get this into the next episode. If you have ideas or input, please send email to soundscape@progrock.com 

It's Greek to Me

2018

• The Tangent- A Few Steps Down the Wrong Rd
• Damanek- The Crawler
• Not a Good Sign- Hidden Smile
• Sunchild- The Division and Illusion of Time
• Daal- Chapter X
• Dewa Budjana- Mahandini
• Far Corner- SUmmit
• Regal Worm- Huge Machine, You Are So Heavy

Grecian Prog

• Ciccada- Around the Fire
• Aphrodite's Child- Aegian Sea
• Playgrounded- In Time with Gravity
• La Tulipe Noire- Castle on the Sand
• Lemonade Influence- Relapse
• Verbal Delirium- The Decayed Reflection ( A Verbal Delirium)
• Elder- In Procession
• Mother Turtle- Zea Mice Part 2- Vermins
• Time Collapse- Night to Day
• No Brain Cell- Take Me Far Away
• Jargon- The Fading Thought

2020

• Pattern Seeking Animals- Raining Hard in Heaven
• Kansas- Jets Overhead
• Chris Quirarte- Floating Through a Dream
• Airbag- Sunsets
• Jon Anderson- Now>Ramalama
• The Lickerish Quartet- There is a Magic Number
• Frost*- Exhibit A
• Mandoki Soulmates & Ian Anderson- We Say Thank You
• Scorpions- Sign of Hope