The Song that Screams Prog

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   My top 3 favorite prog songs fit the bill perfectly on the front of both technical and expressive musicianship.
Starless - KC
A Louse is Not a Home - Peter Hammill
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - VDGG

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Neo-Romantic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 09 2013 Status: Offline Points: 928	Posted: April 18 2014 at 18:12
	My top 3 favorite prog songs fit the bill perfectly on the front of both technical and expressive musicianship. Starless - KC A Louse is Not a Home - Peter Hammill A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - VDGG

tboyd1802 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 01 2012 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 898	Posted: April 18 2014 at 17:37
	My first introduction to prog, as I suspect it was for many of my age, was Dark Side of the Moon. The tune that hooked me, however, was Supper's Ready.

dr wu23 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20660	Posted: April 18 2014 at 17:25
	That's easy...first time I heard 21st Century Schizoid man in the spring of 1970.
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JD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 07 2009 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18446	Posted: April 18 2014 at 17:13
	For me it was ELP's The Three Fate. I was 13 at the time. A huge leap from Crimson and Clover and Spirit in the Sky which had occupied my ears previously.
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Catcher10 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 17966	Posted: April 18 2014 at 16:35
	Rush~By Tor & The Snowdog...Xanadu...Cygnus X-1 Book II Genesis~Suppers Ready ELP~Tarkus Edited by Catcher10 - April 18 2014 at 16:38


PROGMAN Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: February 03 2004 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 2664	Posted: April 18 2014 at 16:04
	Pink Floyd when I was 10 and ELP when I 17 I knew I stumbled on different back then
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presdoug Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8740	Posted: April 18 2014 at 15:54
	The two suites on Triumvirat's Illusions On A Double Dimple album. When I first heard them, I knew I had found some of the real thing.

HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26138	Posted: April 18 2014 at 15:45
	Any time I listen to Ayreon I get the immediate thought, "This is what people who aren't prog fans probably assume all prog sounds like!" And that's kind of a good and a bad thing.
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calm_sea Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: September 03 2009 Location: Maine, USA Status: Offline Points: 60	Posted: April 18 2014 at 15:00
	Close to the Edge definitely. Tarkus also come to mind.

Barbu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 09 2005 Location: infinity Status: Offline Points: 30855	Posted: April 18 2014 at 14:46
	Prologue by Gentle Giant

verslibre Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 18578	Posted: April 18 2014 at 14:44
	Anything by pre-Love Beach ELP.
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irrelevant Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 07 2010 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 13382	Posted: April 18 2014 at 14:21
	The ones that start off with a bewildering array of odd time sigs and strange note progressions. A perfect example would be "Enneagram" by Egg.
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Theriver Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 13 2010 Location: Lisbon Portugal Status: Offline Points: 181	Posted: April 18 2014 at 14:19
	Close to the Edge.

Finnforest Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: The Heartland Status: Offline Points: 17304	Posted: April 18 2014 at 13:39
	This was one of the first I brought home and it needed no effort or multiple spins to appreciate. I was pretty much hooked from the start. Song? Any and all.
	...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"

ebil0505 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 08 2012 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 230	Posted: April 18 2014 at 13:33
	In my experience with prog, short as it may be, I have found that some songs for me seemed to just scream "YOU ARE LISTENING TO PROG! THIS IS PURE PROG!" when I heard them for the first time. It happened when I heard: Peaches en Regalia - Frank Zappa Roundabout - Yes Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part 1 - King Crimson among others . . . So I am merely curious to see if this is the same for others and what songs really spoke to them at first listen. Songs that didn't take multiple listens for you to realize that this is what helps define the genre we've come to love so much. Thoughts?
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