if you could pick only 1 song - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Logan wrote:

Song: Van der Graaf Generator's "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers". It covers a range of moods and is, I think, awesome.

Oddly enough, I didn't choose this as my song even though it is my favourite song. I figured that I covered it with my choice of Van der Graaf Generator as the band, and therefore chose a non-VdGG song that is special to me instead.

No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.

Surprised I never saw this thread. Wonder what I was doing in 2019 …

Song: "Awaken" (by Yes)

Band: Bill Evans (jazz pianist) … or Usted Ali Akbar Khan

Edited by BrufordFreak - September 19 2023 at 18:11

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1. Midnight Mushrumps by gryphon
2. Gentle Giant

Song - Ein Kleine Nachtmusik, Mozart

Band - Rush

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1. Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull. I guess after listening to it 30 times in less than a week I'd start to hate it. I'd try to keep "And You And I" from Yessongs stashed away to have at least one alternative.

2. Queen - Rush - Pink Floyd. In music it's impossible to be monogamous. Stern Smile

Héctor Enrique

Song: Grand Hotel by Procol Harum . Only Because it has a little bit of everything and is relaxing and grand!

Band: Stranglers
All lineups. One of those bands that does it all. And a massive discography.

Edited by Valdez1 - February 13 2024 at 20:38

1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict.

Because I would force everybody I meet to listen to it and gauge their reaction. I'd find out who my friends really are.

2. I'll have to think about that for a very, very long time.

The advantage of picking a band like Yes is that there is a fair chance they will continue and produce more albums in the future. The downside is that it could end up with Bill Sherwood running the show. Wink

I picked Vangelis back in 2019 when the thread was new. That will teach me Unhappy

. RIP the great man.

miamiscot wrote:

Song - "Supper's Ready"

Band - Yes

I know I'm boring and predictable...

This just might be the same for me although I'm tempted to put Gates of Delirium or maybe CTTE for the song also.

Jared wrote:

Steve Wyzard wrote:

presdoug wrote:

Bruckner's 9th Symphony, conducted by Bruno Walter

Bruckner's 9th Symphony is definitely in my Top 5, but I would choose Eugen Jochum's 1966 recording with the Berlin Philharmonic.

I think this one has cropped up before; I' ve certainly discussed it with presdoug. If I was to only pick one 'track' then although I think B9 is fantastic, I couldn't play it thru as many times as M9, which I'd opt for.

If I'd had gone for B9, then I could choose any of Jochum, Klemperer, Karajan, Wand, Giulini, Bernstein or Haitink... but I might have settled for Abbado's final, monumental performance in 2014.

My choice for 'one track' however will be M9. I could have gone for many of the same interpreters, but for me, this version with Karajan has always remained my favourite:

'one band'? I think that would have to be Tangerine Dream, given the extent of their discography and the fact that I never get tired of it, these days...

Ah, Mahler's 9th...what a wonderful work. As far as interpretations go, I would want the Bruno Walter recording with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra.....