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Which one do you hate less? Tongue
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I really like 'Guilty' - and what about Soft Machine's 'Soft Space'?
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Summer Lightning has a great guitar solo at the end. When it comes to 'prog disco' nothing beats this:
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I don't remember any of those
As for prog disco I very much recommend COS' Greeneldo. Disco meets zeuhl and Canterbury.
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I like Summer Lightning quite a bit. Brilliant guitar solo and nice melody and singing. Also the supposedly "disco" rhythm works pretty well in this one. One could actually even call using this a minor innovation in prog. 
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Speaking of disco; am I the only one to have purchased Todd Rundgren's collab with Lindström and Emil Nikolaisen called Runddans? Such a headscratcher of an album - almost on the verge of becoming avant disco with the same sort of ebb and flow feel as the Atom Heart Mother Suite.
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Camel gets my vote, but I like both.
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There's nothing disco to Summer Lightning. Excellent groove (wich Saga and Rush uses a lot in the 80's). Steller guitarsolo and great vocals.
Also an excellent album.
 
Nothing wrong with a good disco song though. Actually Miss You is the only Rolling Stones song I really like....
And Earth Wind & Fire is very, very progressive.
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The War of the Worlds
            
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No mention of "Cup Of Wonder" and "Hunting Girl" (both from Jethro Tull's Songs From The Wood)?
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Guilty.
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I love Summer Lightning.
Shake & bake.
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Originally posted by gr8dane gr8dane wrote:

I love Summer Lightning.

Me too.
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

My favorite:
The War of the Worlds

I intended to suggest that as soon as I saw the thread title. Big smile

I can't participate in the poll, since I'm only familiar with Camel's first four albums. However, I dislike Guilty, so my vote would probably go to Summer Lightning.

Oldfield's Platinum Part 4 - North Style (which I actually like) recorded at the same time also has a disco beat.

To me, Tangerine Dream's Force Majeure has also has prog disco feel during the guitar, piano, drums section lasting between 4:20-6:40.
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

My favorite:



The War of the Worlds

Yes, the original album is an absolute masterpiece! Big smile
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There any many suggestions I never heard, but I'm quite curious about.

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

I like Summer Lightning quite a bit. Brilliant guitar solo and nice melody and singing. Also the supposedly "disco" rhythm works pretty well in this one. One could actually even call using this a minor innovation in prog. 
Totally agree Thumbs Up

Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

There's nothing disco to Summer Lightning. Excellent groove (wich Saga and Rush uses a lot in the 80's). Steller guitarsolo and great vocals.
Also an excellent album.
 
Nothing wrong with a good disco song though. Actually Miss You is the only Rolling Stones song I really like....
And Earth Wind & Fire is very, very progressive.
I think there's plenty of Disco in it, without resorting to the obvious clichés, unlike "Guilty". I do enjoy the album more than the average progger as well, except for the last track, I think it's one of their absolutely worst.

I agree and I have some EW&F in my collection, which I spin occasionally.

Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

What about Another Brick In The Wall and Run Like Hell?
I'm really tired of these Ermm

Originally posted by Replayer Replayer wrote:


Oldfield's Platinum Part 4 - North Style (which I actually like) recorded at the same time also has a disco beat.
I think Part 3 is even more, it reminds me more specifically of Italo Disco.
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Sympathy vote for Oldfield, the live version on Exposed is pretty great.
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