Prog from artists not on this site

Firstly, kudos and sincere thanks to all who make this site happen. High quality - ez navitigation, great lay out, comprehensive, self-governing, downloads - best Prog site I've visited.

The following, IMHO, are works of Prog created by artists not listed on this site:

• BEATLES: "Abbey Road" side 2, 'Tomorrow Never Knows', 'A Day in the life'
• BOWIE: 'Sweet Thing'/'Candidate'/Sweet Thing (reprise)'/'Rebel Rebel', 'Station to Station'
• GUNS N' ROSES: 'November Rain'
• LED ZEPPLIN: 'Kashmir', 'Stairway To Heaven'
• 10cc: 'Un Nuit A Paris', 'Don't Hang Up', I'm Mandy Fly Me'
• BRIAN WILSON: 'I Just Wasn't Made For These Times', all of "Smile" (iincl. 'Good Vibrations' - possibly 1st Prog song on Top 40)
• THE WHO: ' Won't Get Fooled Again" (LP version), much of "Quadrophenia"
• SIR ELTON: 'Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding' (once covered by DREAM THEATER, and please, no gay references!)
• GOLDEN EARING: 'Radar Love'
• CHICAGO: 'I'm A Man', '25 Or 6 To 4' (original LP Versions of both)

Which are not Prog? Got any to add to the list? I know some of the above are a real stretch but I'm trying to spark a discussion. No, this isn't a subtle request to include any of these artists on the site (well, maybe 10cc ).

GUNS N' ROSES: 'November Rain'

PROG? Are you MAD???  My god, if you think a string section and 11 minutes of repetitious dreary, pretentious and above all corny "please take us seriously" style rock ballad warbling is prog, then you are sadly mistaken, my friend.

This piece of sh*t is cringeworthy from the "aren't we cultured" grand piano opening to the turgid, clumsy and howlingly predictable coda.

Sorry if this upsets anyone, but come on! The song totally parodies its own genre, yet G'n'R, and it seems, their fans, are utterly oblivious to the humour, which makes them fair game for ridicule in my book. 

And what about OMD? Even though the J.M. Jarre, Kraftwerk and Neu thing were their most notable influences, there were some tracks (specially instrumental tracks) in their first four albums (their namesake debut, Organisation, their master opus Architecture & Morality, and Dazzle Ship) that were clearly inspired by the darkest and most deconstructive side of krautrock (Faust, pre-Phaedra TD, Cluster, the aethereal side or ART).

The Duran Duran offshoot Arcadia displayed a lot of Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream and King Crimson touches amongst their avant-garde techno-pop-funky sound. But again, DD's keyboardsman created some good semi-prog keyboard ambiences in some tracks from DD's first 3 albums (The Chauffeur, Tiger Tiger, The Seventh Stranger would have made a great PF ballad "in a parallel universe").

Regards.

David Sancious : "Just as I thought" and "True stories".

Gordon Giltrap : "Peacock party", "Visionary"

Arbiter wrote: I had no idea Dream Theater was gay

Hopefully their wives don't frequent this site!

Cesar Inca wrote: A band that would be out of place in Prog Archives, but certainly was influenced to a certain degree by 70s art rock and melodic symph prog was ULTRAVOX, specially during the Midge Ure era, which was teh time when keyboardist/violinist Billy Currie assumed the leading role for the band's musical direction. ... somewhere between new age and prog.

Visage would also fall into similar category.

Cesar Inca wrote: And what about OMD?...there were some tracks (specially instrumental tracks) in their first four albums...clearly inspired by the darkest and most deconstructive side of krautrock (Faust, pre-Phaedra TD, Cluster, the aethereal side or ART).

How 'bout 'The Hurting' by TEARS FOR FEARS?