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Probably some solo Peter Gabriel, maybe Biko or Shock the Monkey.
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that's what I'm thinkin, and nice to see you my friend
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2010 at 19:07
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

ELP's 'Lucky Man'




oohhhh..  now perhaps that should be the one.  Great one David.. the moog solo from hell.. and the best drumming bare none that you'll ever hear on a 'pop song' haha.
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Originally posted by desistindo desistindo wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by desistindo desistindo wrote:

I would say "Owner of a lonely heart" by Yes. And you?


not bad.. right album.. wrong song.

Changes..  near letter perfect prog-pop.

Could launch into my thoughts about Yes being the most misunderstood (and incorrectly labelled major group on the site) but won't.

However Yes was a pop band first and foremost.. and their transition to shorter song structure retained enough prog to not lose old fans.. and yet gain scores of new mainstream fans. What prog band made the transition from the 70's to 80's in that way. None..  it was a seemless transition for they didn't change what they had always done.. or become something they were not.  They merely made it more accessible and shorter.

2nd best.. perhaps this gem.

 
Great song. But i think its a little obscure to be a pop song...


obscure???  not if you were alive and listening to the radio in 1983 LOL
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by desistindo desistindo wrote:

I would say "Owner of a lonely heart" by Yes. And you?


not bad.. right album.. wrong song.

Changes..  near letter perfect prog-pop.

Could launch into my thoughts about Yes being the most misunderstood (and incorrectly labelled major group on the site) but won't.

However Yes was a pop band first and foremost.. and their transition to shorter song structure retained enough prog to not lose old fans.. and yet gain scores of new mainstream fans. What prog band made the transition from the 70's to 80's in that way. None..  it was a seemless transition for they didn't change what they had always done.. or become something they were not.  They merely made it more accessible and shorter.

2nd best.. perhaps this gem.

 
Great song. But i think its a little obscure to be a pop song...
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This is more or less pop, right?
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'Back in NYC' (followed by more Genesis like 'Abacab' or 'Robbery,Assault and Battery'), also ELP's 'Lucky Man' and 'Cinema/Leave It' from 90125
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Originally posted by desistindo desistindo wrote:

I would say "Owner of a lonely heart" by Yes. And you?


not bad.. right album.. wrong song.

Changes..  near letter perfect prog-pop.

Could launch into my thoughts about Yes being the most misunderstood (and incorrectly labelled major group on the site) but won't.

However Yes was a pop band first and foremost.. and their transition to shorter song structure retained enough prog to not lose old fans.. and yet gain scores of new mainstream fans. What prog band made the transition from the 70's to 80's in that way. None..  it was a seemless transition for they didn't change what they had always done.. or become something they were not.  They merely made it more accessible and shorter.

2nd best.. perhaps this gem.
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I would say "Owner of a lonely heart" by Yes. And you?
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