50 Most Important Progressive Rock Songs

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   "Cat Food" is fully prog; it is not jazzy at all. the piano is wild and weird, but even the piano is not jazz. and I love that wild piano

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BaldJean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: May 28 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10387	Posted: May 27 2008 at 12:32
	"Cat Food" is fully prog; it is not jazzy at all. the piano is wild and weird, but even the piano is not jazz. and I love that wild piano
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TGM: Orb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 21 2007 Location: n/a Status: Offline Points: 8052	Posted: May 27 2008 at 12:34
	My mistake, certainly I was employing the not-very-educated guess.

Padraic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31169	Posted: May 27 2008 at 12:47
	It's clear that apart from a few obvious selections, this list appears to miss the mark by any reasonable metric of "important". One would think that ELP was well-known enough to appear here, and as has been said before there are other critical omissions; probably Soft Machine should be there, and there are no representatives from the lesser known but equally important (to many) scenes of Germany and Italy. And Magma was very important whether or not they are your particular cup of tea. Edited by NaturalScience - May 27 2008 at 12:49

laplace Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 06 2005 Location: popupControl(); Status: Offline Points: 7606	Posted: May 27 2008 at 12:52
	certainly more important than bloody Camel. ;P I agree with whichever Baldie that the best lists of these type restrict themselves to one pick per artist, even if that artist is Floyd

Statutory-Mike Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 15 2008 Location: Long Island Status: Offline Points: 3737	Posted: May 27 2008 at 15:24
	I think "Lateralus" should be added, and disagree with parts, but for the most part I think it is pretty acurate.


Rocktopus Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 02 2006 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 4202	Posted: May 27 2008 at 18:53
	Pretty accurate? Only for american ignorants. Q and Uncut has made more accurate proglists than this. 50% american artists, and three tracks from Phish(!!), and two dreadful ones from Dream Theater? Nothing from Germany, Italia, France or Japan? No Canterbury, RIO (Zappa doesn't count) or electronic? What a joke.
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Blackwater Floyd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: September 12 2008 Location: Buenos Aires Status: Offline Points: 39	Posted: September 14 2008 at 15:24
	i noticed the same thing

Blackwater Floyd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: September 12 2008 Location: Buenos Aires Status: Offline Points: 39	Posted: September 14 2008 at 15:25
	i meant the YYZ song is there twice

Cthulu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: February 29 2008 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 37	Posted: September 15 2008 at 03:15
	If The Moodies were not Prog, then what were they? I'd certainly classify them as Proto-Prog in the "Days Of Future Passed" and "In Search Of The Lost Chord" era and full blown Prog by the time "To Our Childrens..." was released. And, I do agree that having a 'tron involved doesn't necessarily make something "Prog", heck look at ABBA!
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DJPuffyLemon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 18 2008 Location: L Status: Offline Points: 520	Posted: September 15 2008 at 10:46
	I'm thinking, just from a quick read of the list, that this list is actually about Progressive Rock, NOT music that is progressive. I think he listed all the bands that were essential in the development of the movement known as (Symphonic) Progressive Rock. The bands that aren't symphonic but were listed (Rush, TMV, King Crimson), were there because their music has the same properties as most other progressive rock. Either the guy's definition of progressive rock isn't as expansive as most people's here and so he doesn't include Canterbury/Krautrock/RIO/van der graaf generator, or he doesn't know about those less popular genres and so mistakenly left them out. (as for including KC or any band twice, I agree with that if the difference between influences and styles is drastic enough....phish though, i have no idea as I haven't heard the songs)