Love songs by Prog bands
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Topic: Love songs by Prog bands
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: Love songs by Prog bands
Date Posted: March 11 2022 at 15:59
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Which ones do you know? Which ones do you love? No limitations in terms of length or number of songs you post, I am more than curious to see what the fellow forum users will suggest.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 11 2022 at 16:57
| Pat Metheny Group - Are You Going With Me? |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 11 2022 at 20:46
| My two favourite ones would be And You And I by Yes, and Lady Fantasy by Camel. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 01:23
| Genesis For absent friends |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 02:15
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Tull.... ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 04:07
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As I said in the other thread, Peter Hammill has more than his fair share of love songs. Here's a playlist containing eight songs indicated as "Peter Hammill - Love Songs": I know most but not all of these songs. ------------- 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. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 04:17
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^ As for Van der Graaf Generator love songs, a few that could be considered love songs come to mind such as: Lost: The Dance In Sand And Sea / The Dance In The Frost When She Comes Lizard Play ------------- 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. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 09:27
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I prophesy disaster wrote: Van der Graaf Generator - "Lost" .............. .............. At some point I lost you, I don't know quite how it was; The wonderland lay in a coat of white, chilling frost I looked around and I found I was truly lost: Without your hand in mine I am dead Reality is unreal and games I've tried just aren't the same: Without your smile there's nowhere to hide And deep inside I know I've never cried as I'm about to If I could just frame the words that would make your fire burn All this water now around me could be the love that Should surround me. Looking out through the tears that bind me My heart bleeds that you may find me .. or at least that I can Forget and be numb, but I can't stop, the words still come: I LOVE YOU (from the album H to He Who Am the Only One (1970)) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 10:36
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[ Agree with both of You and add the following one : Peter Hammill A Way out from his eponym 1990 CD Out of joint, out of true, out of love, Out of the blue, out of order, out of orbit, Out of control, Out of touch, out of line, out of sync And out of time, out of gas, out of tread, Out of road. Out of date, out of stock, out of use - Out, out dammed spot! You want out, you want out of it for good. Out of the running, out of the game, Out on your feet, clear out of range, Out of context, out of contact, Out of the woods. Out, out, looking for a way out, No straws are left to cling to; Out, out, going for the fade-out... but what do you fade into? Out on the town, out for laughs, Out of service, out to grass, Out of mourning, our of purdah, Out of bail, Out of kilter, out grace, Out to get out of this place, Out of this world, out and out Beyond the plae. Right out of character, out of sympathy, So far out upon a limb you're out of your tree.... Out of breath, out of tune, out of your head And out of view, down and out, Out for the count, or is it just for revenge? Out of sight, out of mind, leave it out, Leave it behind out of reach Of all family, all friends Out, out, going for the bale-out, No parachute above you. Out, out, you'll not feel the fall-out ...I wish I'd said "I love you |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 10:37
Where repetition is an art not a fault 
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 12:42
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I think 2 obvious ones are From The Beginning and Still You Turn Me On by ELP.....at least I think they are 'love songs'....as well as these two that seem like love songs to me. Wondering Aloud-Tull Autumn- Strawbs ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 13:10
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I'm partial to 'Love songs' aren't always happy, happy, joy, joy songs. ELP - Trilogy ELP - Taste Of My Love ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 13:14
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This is a bit special love song but anyway:  Frank Zappa - "Dinah-Moe Humm" I couldn't say where she's coming' from, But I just met a lady named Dinah-Moe Humm She stroll on over, say look here, bum, I got a forty dollar bill say you can't make me cum (Y'jes can't do it) She made a bet with her sister who's a little bit dumb She could prove it any time all men was scum I don't mind that she called me a bum, But I knew right away she was really gonna cum (So I got down to it) I whipped off her bloomers 'n stiffened my thumb An' applied rotation on her sugar plum I poked 'n stroked till my wrist got numb But I still didn't hear no Dinah-Moe Humm, ................. ................. (from the album Over-nite Sensation (1973))
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 13:29
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Other notables... Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley Peter Gabriel - Kiss That Frog ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 14:13
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Couple of favorites: Peter Hammill - Alice (Letting Go) - one of the most intense breakup songs I’ve heard Yes - Give Love Each Day - a sincere and happy love song from the Magnification album. I could see someone having this as their wedding song if it wasn’t 7 1/2 minutes long. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 14:34
Todd Rundgren has a lot of love songs. Here's a few.  Parallel Lines Hello It's Me Love In Action Love is the Answer Izzat Love? Couldn't I Just Tell You I Saw the Light Love Science Does Anybody Love You Hungry For Love |
A Crimson Mellotron wrote:Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 14:55
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Hands down, my favourite prog love song is "Blue Angel," by David Cousins. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 15:31
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 16:47
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Wondr'ing Aloud was already mentioned, so here's another Tull love song... And perhaps the most ambiguous love song ever sung in 37 seconds... ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: March 12 2022 at 17:46
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Excellent choices Dark Elf. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 13 2022 at 06:22
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Greenslade - "Sunkissed You're Not" You know you're getting very hard to please help me find the way I'll whip right out and get the things you need and let the devil pay I need you you need pain. I want you but you want pain You know I'm not a Mr. Universe so what do you expect I do my exercises every day no wonder I feel wrecked I need you, you need pain. I want you but you want pain And I don't want to lose what I've found again, no Sunkissed you're not, devilkissed you are I've tried to reach you but you're out too far Sunkissed you're not, masochist you are I'd like to make you but you're out too far I'd like to reach you but you're out too far I've tried to make you but you're out too far ....................... (from the album Bedside Manners are Extra (1973))
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 13 2022 at 07:38
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And of course, before prog was prog, the granddaddy of them all by the Moody Blues.... ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: March 13 2022 at 08:27
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Date Posted: March 13 2022 at 08:28
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Date Posted: March 13 2022 at 08:31
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Date Posted: March 13 2022 at 08:51
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 13 2022 at 09:58
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Caravan - "Love to Love You" I dreamed of all the magic things that be When we'd ride to a dock on bended kneeBut you'd just smile and gently shake your head And put a hole through me so I was dead Oh, I'd fall down and I was left alone With a feeling of you still that was my own ................... A man came through the wall and stood by me Complete with bag of nuts and fancy free He said without a tonal fleeting glance "I'd like to get deep down inside your pants" How you opened up his head and smiled And rubbish from your mouth you ticked inside .................. (from the album In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: March 13 2022 at 11:17
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 14 2022 at 00:50
Indeed. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 14 2022 at 03:51
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Genesis - "The Musical Box" ............... ............... She's a lady, she's got time Brush back your hair and let me get to know your face She's a lady, she is mine Oh, brush back your hair and let me get to know your flesh I've been waiting here for so long And all this time that passed me by It doesn't seem to matter now You stand there with your fixed expression Casting doubt on all I have to say Why don't you touch me, touch me Why don't you touch me, touch me Touch me now, now, now, now, now (from the album Nursery Cryme (1971)) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Greenmist
Date Posted: March 14 2022 at 04:55
| I can only name one off the top of my head, and thats Changes by Yes. I rather love that song. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 14 2022 at 05:52
| Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: March 14 2022 at 06:07
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This was our first dance song at our wedding. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 14 2022 at 08:19
Hi, Better yet ... A WAY OUT from "Out of Water" ... much more to the point! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: March 15 2022 at 04:35
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As promised, here are some suggestions from me (taking a look at modern prog): |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: March 15 2022 at 04:52
Perhaps... but "Lost" has the more interesting music. ------------- 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. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 15 2022 at 06:16
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Uriah Heep - "Shadows of Grief" You're looking at me Like I must be mad But I've been through all this before You'll kick and kick until I'm down So don't think you're Comin' past my door, oh no You think that love is such a pain So the more it hurts The more you laugh Just take it and Shake it up and down Till you think you've had enough But you won't get enough of my love ..................... (from the album Look at Yourself (1971)) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 15 2022 at 10:26
 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 15 2022 at 10:27
One of my all time favorite albums ............. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 15 2022 at 10:45
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Moody Blues...Threshold has To Share Our Love...So Deep Within You...and Never Comes the Day... but this one by Spirit always felt like a 'love song' to me as well........another one of my all time favorite LPs. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 15 2022 at 11:03
Posted By: Ronstein
Date Posted: March 15 2022 at 11:09
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Anthony Phillips - God, If I Saw Her Now |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 16 2022 at 15:02
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Another one of troublesome love, and that looks almost to be the only kind of love I can find in my collection which might indicate that this kind of love has been much in focus in Progressive Rock - even okay, my own taste has been mostly to the more dark Prog, so that could be the explanation, as well. Catapilla - "Promises" ................... Promises you made to me, of freedom love and luxury, are now part of an history's back numbers. The liberties that you are taking Ensure that people's shaking, would eventually whip us from this slumber. And nobody says, and no one's secure, and within I just crashed the lights out, any fool's a madness, that's for sure, and tellin' the silence of life, has been falling to the ground. I'll see you around. This soul I see, you think you're clever, living in your vile endeavour, the promises you did to me were never ending. The blood of us is yet unborn, the body's smashed and bruised and torn. These answers went when you just keep on sending. Now you try to justify, you keep things to me. I write you with a mind too of humanity, but something in the context of your life, that deadly cuts off every power. ....................... (from the selftitled debut album (1971))
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 16 2022 at 15:19
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Probably not a traditional love song. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 16 2022 at 15:26
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Marillion - "Script for a Jester's Tear" So here I am once more In the playground of the broken hearts One more experience, one more entry In a diary, self penned Yet another emotional suicide Overdosed on sentiments and pride Too late to say I love you Too late to restage the play Abandoning the relics In my playground of yesterday ................... (from the album Script for a Jester's Tear (1983))
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 16 2022 at 20:06
| ^ Oh yes, Script for a Jester's Tear should have been my third song mentioned, besides And You And I, and Lady Fantasy. |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: March 18 2022 at 04:42
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I just mentioned this Marillion tune in another thread (poll). This is a beautiful love song, tinged with melancholy: ------------- Z |