Your favourite magical moments

- The '5s' section near the end of 'The Trees' by Rush - one of their finest moments

- The main riff in Awaken by Yes particluarly when it first comes in, that's what makes it their finest song for me and it's one that lasts and is repeated, a unique quality in prog I think (so many songs in other genres have great moments that are never revisited)

- The intro to And You And I is pure magician's work

- The first time you get the progressive bassline in Wigwam's Planetist, can't get enough of it

- The first time you hear the chorus of 'Time To Kill' by U.K.  It's a perfect change in tempo and key change

- Bruford's beat over the opening of 'One More Red Nightmare'

- When Rutherford's bassline properly sits down in the first verse of 'Watcher In the Skies'

- The 'fast' section in Brand X's Disco Suicide.....Mr Collins and Mr Jones were perhaps siamese twins at birth?

- The building section in the middle of Cygnus by The Mars Volta is sublime and probably their finest moment for me

- The intro to Erotomania by DT is pure genius use of timing and guitar/keyboard chords

- The vocals on the first verse of 'Somebody's Nobody' by Babe Ruth are spellbounding and gritty, sound like they could have been improvised

- When the drums properly come in on the Brain Salad Surgery single - Mr Palmer to you...

- The chord progression about a third the way through Freefall by Camel, it's goosebump time!

- When the driving section returns in Can You Understand by Renaissance...like an orchestra decided to going into and art rock section

- The very first vocal line in 'Aqualung' does it for me

- When the bass first greets you in 'Acres Wild' by Tull is also instant addiction

and...

- Theme 1 by Van Der Graaf is a 'magic moment' in it's entirety

Oops I forgot these...

- Circus' Loveless Time from Movin' On: The section where it breaks down in the middle with lyric 'Changing hours' building...sublime

- On Act Of Will from Do They Hurt by Brand X - never heard anything quite like this, not sure how they made it work but it does, the way the vocal effect works with the groove, bassline and keyboards in the verse...evocative in a baffling way

- That opening guitar lick/line/riff whatever from Mr Howe on Don't Kill The Whale just get's you!

- Ian Anderson's acoustic guitar at the start of Salamander, always refreshing

- Geddy Lee's bass solo at the end of Middletown Dreams...soooooo satisfying, notes and length

- Mr Fripp's guitar playing on the song Red and to be honest pretty much the whole of Discipline, what a style! heavy yet held back.  Character in the vocals on that album are standout too

- The groove that Phil Collins lays down on Squonk is just ahead of it's time but then Genesis were I think, groove cleverly reflected in Hackett's lines too

- The lead line and doubled up vocal by Lifeson & Lee on the live version of Resist from Rush in Rio is simply beautiful

- Peart's solo on the above live album has to have a mention too

- Also not that they're prog (apart from Achilles Last Stand of course which is their best song) but Led Zep's Mr Bonham doing his solo on the DVD is quite something to watch...

My magical moments have to be the following:

• The battle between Howe and Moraz on Gates of Delerium
• The very start of a Song Within A Song by Camel on Moonmadness
• Howe's guitar line on Don't Kill The Whale a lick and a half that one
• The final suite of the Necromancer by Rush on Caress of Steel some of the most uplifting prog i've ever heard especially empahsised by the phat section which comes before it
• The Soon section at the end of Gates of Delerium
• The whole of the Ritual by Yes on TOTTO "Nous Somme Du Soleiul" we are of the sun whoa goosebump city
• The opening riff on Achilles Last Stand by Zepelin and the way Plant rips in with Bonhams customary BIG bass pedal sound.
• The building section on Cynus on Frances The Mute by Mars Volta makes my afro go wild - some of the best vocals from Cedric so far
• The middle section on Freefall by Camel
• The start of the break down in Nektar's Remember The Future Part I at about 5 mins. But is an amazing album from start to finish in my top 10.
• Geddy Lee's opening bass notes on Ghostrider off of Vapour Trails.

That's all i can think of for now!

P.S....where is Stormy Teacup!?

Yep me again....sorry it's just this is what I call a 'proper' topic.....nice one Moogtron III

I just wanted to mention the first track on Hybris by Anglagard....truly 70's style prog with modern production now that's a treat!  what a fantastically well structured song too

Also I am very new to them but i just picked up the latest release by Thinking Plague (name escapes me at the mo) and the first track is rather jaw dropping...

City Life by Camel and generally the whole flow and concept of Nude is definitely somewhere to escape to...

and Scenes From A Memory by Dream Theater is one long magical moment

So many Yes, Rush and Tull moments popping up in my mind....masters of 'magical moments'

City Life by Camel is defo a treat to behold no cymbals for the first half of the tune either?!

Also another moment for me is Starship trooper the first section with Squire's bass line pumping through more so on Yessongs.

Freewill by Rush one of their most complete tunes.

There are so many moments some which just don't spring immediately to mind at the mo i will no doubt be back later.

A lot of Marillion moments have already been posted, but these spring to mind:

As already mentioned, the Fidra Lighthouse section of "Warm Wet Circles":

She nervously undressed in the dancing beams of the Fidra lighthouse
Giving it all away before it's too late
She'll let a lovers tongue move in a warm wet circle
Giving it all away and showing no shame
She'll take a mother's kiss on her first broken heart a warm wet circle
She'll realise that she played her part in a warm wet circle

Two different bits in "After Me":

the middle verse -

There's a stray dog she feeds that she found in the street
And he loves her to hold him, but he won't let her keep him
And he claws at the door to be let out at night
And she makes do without him, and she worries about him
She named him after me

and the moment when the band kicks in after the line:

'Cause if I ever hold that golden dream again
I want to tell you
I'm gonna name it after you

And the other (for the moment) is the "Blue Angel" section of "Bitter Suite":

The sky was Bible black in Lyon
When I met the Magdalene
She was paralysed in a streetlight
She refused to give her name

And a ring of violet bruises
They were pinned upon her arm.
Two hundred francs for sanctuary and she led me by the hand
To a room of dancing shadows where all the heartache disappears
And from glowing tongues of candles I heard her whisper in my ear
"'J'entend ton coeur"
I can hear your heart

This last section was also previously mentioned, but (no offense intended) I'm not sure I'd characterize it as a beautiful song about a whore...more like the observations of a man seeking redemption.

ELP: Second part of the 'Three Fates' (Lachesis), Jerusalem (the whole part when Lake starts with 'Give me my bow'), Closer to Believing (the choir movement after 'it blinds us all'), the last part of Great Gates Kiev when Greg sings 'to be'.......

Pink Floyd: One of these days (especially the middle), Echoes (the crescendo part), Time (the rototoms with the clocks), Wish You Were Here chorus 'How I wish, how I wish you where here (Pulse '94)

Yes: Heart of the Sunrise (drum/bass duet), Starship Trooper (Wurm or something), Close to the edge (seasons of man part), And you and I (Eclipse melody), Awaken (the part when Jon comes in with 'Master of light'),  the ending of 'the Remembering'

King Crimson: the chorus of In the Court of the Crimson King, outro of In the Wake of Poseidon, the start of Level 5

Moby: Everloving (the climax at 2.20)

This is it for now........

I like:

Yes::Relayer::Gates of Delirium::7:45-8:15 time slot
Pink Floyd::DSOTM::Eclipse::beginning organ overture thingy
Rush::Power Windows::Marathon::chorus music
King Crimson::ITCOTCK:21st Century Schizoid man::jazzy ending music
King Crimson::Red::Starless::slow-time percussion and jam music (hell yeah!!)
Rush>Permanent Waves>Natural Science>first guitar solo with eerie minor synth vamp
Rush>Permanent Waves>Jacob's Ladder>guitar solo
ELP>BSS>Toccatta>prototype electric drums and organ growls (woo hoo!! GETS ME PUMPED!!)

Yeah, gotta listen to Misplaced Childhood once again myself. And Clutching, and Script... I neglected them...

It's funny, when it comes to Yes I also like the moment on Beyond and before (1st album) where Peter Banks uses the tremolo effect. It's funny, he does nothing special with it, except using the effect, but that touches me anytime I hear it. I found that a bit strange, but I got a friend who experienced exactly the same thing. Goosebumps any time.

Talking 'bout goosebumps: the opening moment of Camel's Snowgoose is great indeed. The Barden keyboards and the "aaa-haa's". I love to dream away on that music...