top ten overrated prog songs

Just wondering what you guys think of how many overrated prog songs there are

Here's a list of songs/pieces that I believe are very highly regarded by many prog fans but leave me completely cold
(I guess it's my loss c/f nacrissistic w***kery)

1 - Close to the Edge Yes - the string of pearls that dreamed of being a diamond tiara
2 - Thick As a Brick Tull - the parody that came to represent what is being parodied
3 - Arrow VDGG - the tortured artist bites the hand that feeds him
4 - Moonchild  Crimson - stoned hippy amateurish noodling
5 - Echoes Floyd - stoned hippy professional noodling
6 - Lizard Crimson - how to stretch going from straight to swung time in 20 minutes
7 - In My Time of Dying Zep - gives 'interminable dirges' a bad name
8 - Interstellar Overdrive Floyd - good loving home required for affectionate little orphan riff
9 - Formentera Lady Crimson - stoned hippy semi pro noodling
10 - Elektrolurch Mutation Guru Guru - smug hippy garbage

If anyone feels sufficiently narcissistic today, head over to the Rogues Gallery thread and indulge yourselves.

Get the hand lotion ready fellas....

Edited by ExittheLemming - June 29 2011 at 04:26

Have to think about it. A few songs come to my mind immediately, so I place these on top of my list:

• A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - Van der Graaf Generator
• 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
• Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

(likely to be cont'd)

Edited by someone_else - June 29 2011 at 06:44

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dr prog wrote: genesis-musical box jethro tull-my god pink floyd-any colour you like camel-lady fantasy gentle giant-a cry for everyone magma-mdk yes-awaken van der graaf-lighthouse keepers king crimson-easy money king crimson-fracture

"Supper's Ready"

Seriously.  It's just seven or so small song strung together.  No cohesion.

No tracks come to mind - personally can't stand the entire Metallica tracklist or Tool's so any 10 from those 2 artists. Sorry to those who enjoy them - just personal preference.

I have never been fond of Epitaph from the ITCOTCK, which seems to be a fan fave around these parts. Too sugary for my tastes perhaps.

Frederik wrote: I can't quite get my head around A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers... I've only heard it a couple of times but I keep coming back to it, cuz despite disliking some of the parts, I adore some others... It's confusing Oo I'm still a pretty recent prog fan so I still dunno which songs will stand the test of time. Even so, I think The Cinema Show is A LITTLE BIT overrated,

It took a me a while to fully warm up to "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" (I also only like parts of it at first), but after a while I loved it.  I think you'll probably love the whole thing at some time (and then maybe not love it later on).  After having taken a  break from Pawn hearts for a few years, I returned to it and really fell for the whole album (I loved Man Erg from first listen).  A year ago I was playing A Plague incessantly, but then I got tired of it (and then I got rather tired of VdGG generally).

As for Cinema Show, I used to ador that but mostly went off Genesis.

Anyway, I migth say Deep Purple's Child in Time.  I like it, but much prefer It's a Beautiful Day's Bombay Calling, and prefer Vince Wallace's Bombay Calling to that.

I think a fair amount of Renaiisance overrated because the group lifted from composers (and some of the best themes comes from others).  "Hamburger Concerto" is another that lifted and is less great because of it.

For nme the most overrated are often those which are unoriginal (themes were taken from others) yet get praise for their greatness.