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Beeindruckt hatte SP wohl schon:
Robert Fripp: “… Then I put on the radio (Radio Luxemborg) and I heard this music. It was terrifying. I had no idea what it was. Then it kept going. Then there was this enormous whine note of strings. Then there was this a collosal piano chord. I discovered later that I’d come in half-way through Sgt. Pepper, played continuously. My life was never the same again. …“
Greg Lake: “…And the best of progressive music, I would say for example is Sgt. Pepper. I would call that a progressive album. It involves the imagination and there is a kind of a universal truth about a lot of things that are said in there, and almost anyone can identify with. And there just not literal they can also be impressionistic, it is an art form I think. It’s not just an attempt to sell a commercial record. There is sort of an artistic contingent in there which I rather personally like.”
Steve Hackett: “I remember when I heard ‘Sgt. Pepper’ for the first time and I was blown away by the Beatles,” he says. “The Indian influence on the Beatles was right there and what they did with it was so extraordinary. I remember hearing ‘I Am The Walrus’ and it was just amazing….There were no limits during that era and it carried over to us with Genesis. …”
“It was felt after Sgt. Pepper anybody could do anything in music,” said Yes/King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford in a 1994 interview. “It seemed the wilder the idea musically the better.”
RS: You’ve said in the past that your direct style of lyric-writing on Dark Side of the Moon was influenced by 1970’s John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album.
Roger Waters: “…There are a number of records that, when one’s young, knock you into a different place and give you the will to go on trying to do something. That record is one of them. Another one was the Band’s first album. That completely changed everything about records for me. Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper, too.“
Nick Mason: …And after Sgt. Pepper, everything changed. Before that, the Kinks were booked in for three hours to make a record. Whereas, post-’67, we had unlimited studio time. And so it was going to be on an LP, which had a far higher quality of audio. It was high-quality audio, so everyone paid a lot more attention. Drum sounds, drum tracks and so on. …”
Jon Anderson: I think Frank Zappa started [progressive rock] and there were other bands, … … if you listen to Revolver and obviously Sgt Pepper [’s Lonely Hearts Club Band] it is very, very, beautifully put together progressive. But when you get in to the early ‘70s who was going to carry on that? Well Pink Floyd were way, way, way ahead. So I wouldn’t say that we started anything, I think we just followed through …
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