In school, I was "the who" guy. They occupied every cell of my existence. There was other music, but there was no more important music than theirs. I learned those songs on guitar, studied Pete Townshend like he was a guru, and pretty much initiated permanent damage to my hearing blasting those albums in a pair of very heavy and brutally effective headphones. I may have outgrown my fanaticism, but those songs still mean everything to me.
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Yes, Genesis, and Gentle Giant were my bands.
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I remember that the week I first heard the Close to the Edge album I had come into some cash. I think i was 17 or 18. I took the train to J&R Music World (near City Hall in NYC), which was then the "mecca" record store. I bought The Yes Album, CTTE, Topographic, Going For The One, and Drama.