Which is the best "prog-pop song" ever?

There are so many I can think about. Right now I want to say "High Hopes" by Pink Floyd, but then as it was already mentioned, "Comfortably Numb" could also be included as "pop prog"; and then, "Wish you were here" and "Another Brick in the Wall 2" also. And ofcourse Yes's "Owner of a Lonely Heart" is great, but so is "Roundabout". And ELP did lots of pop, even during their most prog era, I particularly like "In the Beginning" from them, and "Touch and Go" is rather cool too. Jethro Tull's got many "pop" things too, I guess "Aqualung" would be the biggest. Genesis is very big with pop, ofcourse, and here I like "I know what I like", as well as "Mama" and "Land of Confusion". From Asia, I never really liked "Heat of the Moment" so much, but I do like "Only Time will Tell" a lot. However, I liked "Never Again" from Phoenix better, and best of all they did for me is "Parallel Worlds / Vortex / Deja", for me that should be the definition of "Pop Prog". Alan Parsons Project has lots of Pop Prog that I completly love, I guess almost all of their good songs should fit this category, one of my favourites is "La Sagrada Familia". And I'm amazed "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas hasn't been mentioned (but then, it might just as well be because that one is a purely pop song played by a Prog group). I think "Le Orme" was very good at this too (as far as I've heard). Ah, and I was forgeting, Dream Theater has done their on share on "Pop Prog Metal", as with Pull me Under, As I Am, The Root of all Evil, Forsaken, A Rite of Passage.

Heat of the Moment.

Breakfast in America (as well as many other Supertamp songs).

I'll think of more good prog pop later.

"I Want More" or "Moonshake" by Can

"See Emily Play" or "Arnold Lane" by Pink Floyd

"This Is A Man's World" by The Residents

Indeed, Drifter!

Atavachron wrote: '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

Back in NYC? A pop song in 7/8?

Henry Plainview wrote: thellama73 wrote: UndercoverBoy wrote: thellama73 wrote: The Final Countdown! Europe is a prog band? No, but the Final Countdown is prog pop song. Listen to those synthesizers in the beginning! And it's about migrating away from earth to a galaxy far far away. It doesn't get any more prog than that. I hadn't really listened to The Final Countdown until Arrested Development, but I have to admit, it's so bad it wraps around and becomes one of the best songs ever. To a less extent, so does Take On Me. And I can't decide whether I like What Is Love ironically or seriously.

Edited by UndercoverBoy - July 02 2010 at 22:55

would u suggest something by Camel?

cstack3 wrote: yanch wrote: Lot's of interesting suggestions. Here's one not yet mentioned: "On the Loose" by Saga. Great song, thanks!

"Hocus Pocus" by Focus was HUGE in Chicago when it first came out!  It was played about 3 times per hour!!

Lot's of interesting suggestions. Here's one not yet mentioned: "On the Loose" by Saga.