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    Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:53

as a proghead, I have never felt like crying because of a progressive song. I did cry listening to these:

The Who "Won't Be Fooled Again", Guns'N'Roses "Sweet Child Ol'Mine",

A-Ha "Take On Me", Ray Parker "Ghostbusters", Mortal Kombat theme and Commandos soundtrack

DragonForce "Operation Ground And Pound", "Trail Of Broken Hearts"

all of them have simplistic and powerful tunes.

I think this is because: progressive rock is emotionally COMPLEX,  like classical music.  Popular music is more touching than classical/prog because it's SIMPLE, straight to the point. Of course it's just me; I'm sure the classical fans and some progheads will say the exact opposite.
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No way... that's pussy sh*t. 

Edited by The Miracle - February 08 2009 at 13:14
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There are some which ALWAYS bring tears to my eyes. Most notable it is "House with no Door" by Van der Graaf Generator.The line "it doesn't seem right when there's that little dark figure running - won't somebody help me?" never fails to open my tear ducts.


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I voted 'A few times'.

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Whot be fooled again?... jejeje, ok, what a strange thing that is...


Once! King Crimson´s Starless, but I was very drunk
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Epitath does it very time! Birth by Focus often reminds me of that strong emotion. The "Soon" section of Yes' Gates of Delerium does me good too. "Sweet Child in Time " by Purple is another. Probably another 2 dozen that can wratchet up the goose bumps.
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Nope. But i've been pretty close with these songs:
  • Deep Purple - Soldier of Fortune
  • Pink Floyd - Time, The Great Gig in the Sky
  • Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
  • King Crimson - Epitaph
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Epitath does it very time! Birth by Focus often reminds me of that strong emotion. The "Soon" section of Yes' Gates of Delerium does me good too. "Sweet Child in Time " by Purple is another. Probably another 2 dozen that can wratchet up the goose bumps.

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Definitely Epitaph, but the mother of all tear bringing prog songs is Turn of the Century - the sheer force of the story and a love that never dies, to the extent that it is reborn, gets me every time.

I am, of course, a very old romanticWink
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Many times. If it hasn't I feel sorry for you.

Most recently it was the line in Agalloch's I Am The Wooden Doors

"It is this grandeur that protects the spirit within
From the plight of this broken world"
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Some Rush tracks like Afterimage,The Pass and Time Stand Still. The lyrics are very touching. And  Geddys vocals are just great on these songs.
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The Snow Goose does it every time. The album is just such a mixture of joy and terrible sorrow (provided you know the story).

A few others can do, but never like that.
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The only time I remember was like a year ago, I was reallllllly baked listening to Iter Impius...



a pretty emotional song i guess.




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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Epitath does it very time! Birth by Focus often reminds me of that strong emotion. The "Soon" section of Yes' Gates of Delerium does me good too. "Sweet Child in Time " by Purple is another. Probably another 2 dozen that can wratchet up the goose bumps.

POSTED BY TSZIRMAY

Definitely Epitaph, but the mother of all tear bringing prog songs is Turn of the Century - the sheer force of the story and a love that never dies, to the extent that it is reborn, gets me every time.

I am, of course, a very old romanticWink
 
Mee too!  Which album is Turn of the Century on? I am having aging memory lapses!Sleepy
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                                   "Tears" by Rush due to the violin-Mellotron eruptions Approve
 
 
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Not yet, but I'm heartless. Wink
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A few times, yeah. Like Friede, one song by VDGG never fails to bring a tear to my eye. Pilgrims is amazing
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Originally posted by June June wrote:

Not yet, but I'm heartless. Wink


Same here. It's been close, but I usually react differently when overflowed with emotion.
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Many songs! King Crimson is the winner in bringing tears to my eyes.
Camel, Nektar, VDGG, many italian bands and others I can't remember at the moment, have done it too.


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Originally posted by paganinio paganinio wrote:

as a proghead, I have never felt like crying because of a progressive song. I did cry listening to these:

The Who "Won't Be Fooled Again", Guns'N'Roses "Sweet Child Ol'Mine",

A-Ha "Take On Me", Ray Parker "Ghostbusters", Mortal Kombat theme and Commandos soundtrack

DragonForce "Operation Ground And Pound", "Trail Of Broken Hearts"

all of them have simplistic and powerful tunes.

I think this is because: progressive rock is emotionally COMPLEX,  like classical music.  Popular music is more touching than classical/prog because it's SIMPLE, straight to the point. Of course it's just me; I'm sure the classical fans and some progheads will say the exact opposite.



yep...they would

Guns and Roses?.. DragonForce??? ...  hahhahah.  I grab a hankie with those as well LOL


Edited by micky - February 08 2009 at 13:41
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No....but Jerusalem(ELP)came quite close to it.
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