70s ITALIAN PROG
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Topic: 70s ITALIAN PROG
Posted By: DallasBryan
Subject: 70s ITALIAN PROG
Date Posted: December 22 2004 at 17:46
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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ALBUM COVER TOO?
mine is SEMIRAMIS my favorite songs by Italian band PFM - Is my face on straight? the perfect Pete meets the Romans (almost Lamb Lies Down Stuff!) New Trolls - tempo never heard anything like that before or after! |
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Posted By: maani
Date Posted: December 22 2004 at 17:49
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Dallas: I would strongly suggest changing it to one vote only. I would like to vote, and will not do so on multiple vote polls, since they really aren't of any value. Peace. |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: December 22 2004 at 17:55
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maani,
dont know how to change it, can you advise |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: December 24 2004 at 14:31
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banco 1975 ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Batts
Date Posted: December 27 2004 at 13:09
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I just had to go for Maxophone. The ones that haven't heard it, buy it and listen to some incredible tunes ------------- marching on together!! |
Posted By: Kashmir
Date Posted: December 27 2004 at 13:11
I voted for Le Orme - Felona E Sorona but i still want to vote for Darwin by Banco also 
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Posted By: Wizard/TRueStar
Date Posted: December 27 2004 at 13:15
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Osanna. I downloaded a long cut from Palepoli appreciate it very much In second: PFM - Per un Amico In third: Locanda delle Fate - Forse le dfasdg dfsghadfg rtyardgh abla bal sdretarae bla |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: December 27 2004 at 15:06
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and the winners are
Banco/ Darwin - 8 Le Orme/ Felona e Sorona - 7 Il Volo / Essere, o non essere - 5 PFM/ Per Un Amico - 4 I of course voted 5 times for Il Volo because I know it is the easiest to get into if you aint a wop! Hey, everybody else does!!! |
Posted By: Alucard
Date Posted: December 28 2004 at 11:40
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Locanda delle Fate - Forse le dfasdg dfsghadfg rtyardgh abla bal sdretarae bla [/QUOTE] It's my favourite... you should improve your italian a little bit. |
Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: December 28 2004 at 12:25
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For me it is definitely Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra, second would be Locanda Delle Fate - Forse le Lucciole non si Amano
 Two of my all time fovorites ------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |
Posted By: mirco
Date Posted: January 05 2005 at 15:43
My personal choice is PFM Storia di un minuto. It has great songs like "Impressioni di settembre" and "dove? Quando?". Also it is the first prog album I ever heard and brings lots of memories to me. What, sentimentality isn´t allowed?
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Posted By: mirco
Date Posted: January 05 2005 at 15:47
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Also, I resent the absence of Il rovescio della medaglia. Perhaps they have made only one good album, but some album!
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: January 05 2005 at 16:17
| I haven't heard "Per Un Amico", but I've got 3 other PFM albums, and they're all superb - so it has to be PFM whatever! |
Posted By: slipperman
Date Posted: January 05 2005 at 18:22
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Best album cover...hmm...definitely not self-title 'Banco', yikes! Probably Le Orme's Uomo di Pezza or Storia O Leggenda...they look like they sound, especially Uomo... ------------- ...it is real...it is Rael... |
Posted By: Lunarscape
Date Posted: January 05 2005 at 19:19
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PFM was the most "stylish" prog band in Italy. Their "Impressione Di Settembro" live in Tokyo 2000 is beautiful... Photos Of Ghost is fantastic, but Micro is right, Istoria Di Un Minuto bring back memories...
Lunar ------------- Music Is The Soul Bird That Flies In The Immense Heart Of The Listener . . . |
mirco wrote:Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: January 06 2005 at 13:22
| Il rovescio della medaglia is RDM ! |
Posted By: mirco
Date Posted: January 06 2005 at 13:45
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Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: January 14 2005 at 23:51
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If you havent heard anything but the top three bands
PFM, Banco, and Le Orme from Italy I would like to make some suggestions beyond those bands Il Volo / Essere, o non essere New Trolls/ Concerto Grosso no. 1 Locanda della Fate/ Forse le Lucciole non si Amano Semiramis/ Dedecado A Frazz Osanna/ Palepoli Biglietto per L’Inferno/ same Museo Rosenbach/ Zarathustra Maxophone/ same Il Balletto di Bronzo/ Ys the italian versions are the best as the english is kinda lame Il Volo is the only one that only has one track with italian vocals the rest is great! 1st side of New Trolls is the best suite in Italian prog and Semiramis musically is unbelievable, different album everytime you play it Locanda is beautiful you should at least give these four a try! harder rock - Biglietto and Museo jazzy -Osanna and Maxo complex - Balletto |
Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: January 15 2005 at 03:20
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I don't have any of those albums .... am I missing a lot? PS: My favourite bands would be: King Crimson, GY!BE, Camel, Yes, Genesis, Camel, Rush, Soft Machine, Gong, Caravan, Anglagard, Pink Floyd & nbsp; which of those could you compare the italian style to? |
Posted By: chorus of one
Date Posted: January 15 2005 at 05:03
Try the mp3s on their band pages in the archives, there's one for almost all of the albums mentioned here. |
Posted By: Wrath_of_Ninian
Date Posted: January 15 2005 at 05:57
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BebieM, Yes, especially if your favourite band is Crimson - most Italian bands owe them a debt of some sort. PFM actually covered 21st Century Schizoid Man live, whilst Pete Sinfield wrote some of their lyrics for their English album releases. For the others see: Godspeed - try Algarnas Tradgard (actually Swedish, but hey...) - my friend actually mistook them for Godspeed the other day. There's a download on this site. For Yes, try Banco Del Mutuo's first 3 albums - Francesco sings more operatically than JA, but its in his range! For Genesis (<1974) see Acqua Fragile, and MAYBE the OCCASIONAL PFM For Genesis (>1974) what do you want something that sounds like that for? For Soft Machine/Caravan see Picchio Dal Pozzo (who dedicated their first amazing album to Roberto Viatti). For Camel there's a good French band called Carpe Diem ('En Regardant....') who have similar tendencies. For Gong - again there are elements in Algarnas Tradgard. Unfortunately, the Italians dont seem to have been as tripped out as the Gong collective.
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, and Celeste.Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: January 15 2005 at 14:31
| I couldn't vote in this poll. I adore so many of those albums, it was impossible to choose. |
Posted By: Beau Heem
Date Posted: January 15 2005 at 14:35
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It was hard indeed, to vote for one... Locanda delle Fate got my vote. I haven't actually heard (or, at least, not in a long time) all of these albums. I have to do some intensive listening for a couple of days/weeks/months/years/lifetimes...  -Beau ------------- --No enemy but time-- |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: January 15 2005 at 14:42
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I have quite a few of PFM's albums.. and I've seen them live a few times in the 70s. Out of all the Italian prog bands, I think I prefer them because they've always seemed more versatile to me. I've also a few Banco and Le Orme albums... but altho I like them, I don't play them often. Unlike most devout PFM fans however, I prefer their English lyrics albums. Not just because I'm a fan of Pete Sinfields... but because I just prefer understanding the words.... ------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: January 15 2005 at 14:50
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Like Trouserpress, I couldn't vote either: it's just too difficult to choose between such good albums. Actually it's a good (but far from complete) list of Italian albums that Prog fans should check out. Much superb Prog music originates from Italy.
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Posted By: Wrath_of_Ninian
Date Posted: January 15 2005 at 19:13
Although some people say they cant understand the English!!!! The lyrics to Chocolate Kings are the most poigant and prophetic I've ever heard - and beautifully delivered by Lanzetti. Of course Threefates, you know Lake performed on stage with them in Italy just after they signed for Manticore (apparently did 21st Century Schizoid Man and some others) - I would sell my house to buy a bootleg of that show....know ye of such a recording? ------------- "Now all the seasons run together, and the middle days are gone..." |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: January 15 2005 at 19:39
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You and me both Ninian... nope don't know anyone whos ever shown up with a bootleg.. however I do have this picture...
------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: January 16 2005 at 03:28
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Thanks a lot Wrath I'm looking forward to listening to that Algarnas Tradgard song, GYBE and Gong has to be a nice combination |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 16 2005 at 15:19
| So glad Melos by Cervello was included - if anyone's looking for a new Italian prog LP to try they could do worse than this ASTONISHING COLOSSUS!!!!!! |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: June 04 2005 at 03:29
| this is an old one! |
Posted By: abyssyinfinity
Date Posted: June 04 2005 at 05:21
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Biglietto per l'Inferno, I recommend their new 3cds box...
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Posted By: Possessed
Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 00:57
| Il Balletto Di Bronzo - Ys |
Posted By: geezer
Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 02:59
| This is a very good list of the best Italian prog. Many of those albums are my favourites and every single of them is at least excellent. I voted for Zarathustra. |
Posted By: Progranger
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 22:15
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The original Italian releases are great, but I still like the
collaborative English language albums they did with Pete Sinfield
lyrics. "Chocolate Kings" and "Jet Lag" also rate pretty
highly with me. I've managed to see PFM live twice - the Felt Foum in MSG, NYC with John Sebastian and Poco in '73 and Massey Hall, Toronto in '74. Absolootely amazing!! They still bring back fond memories Probably two of the best shows of the 70's I've ever seen. Phenomenal energy and concentration in their playing. "Cook" barely manages to convey the feeling. Got to get their "Live in Japan" set which I've heard is outstanding, sometime soon... and relive some of those fond memories. ------------- 
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Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 02:29
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I personally think that PFM's song "Is My Face on
Straight?" is the best english lyric italian progressive song from the 70's. Sounds like an italian version of a song that should be on Genesis "Trick of the Tale" a year or two before that album was released. Brilliant lyrics! |
Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 06:56
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PFM - "Per un amico"
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Posted By: silvertree
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 08:35
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Voted for Campo Di Marte just because it didn't have any votes yet. All are great albums. I must say I very much prefer the songs that are sung in the native language even if I don't understand the lyrics. I try to make an effort to translate sometimes but the music (including the vocals) is enough for me. I hate it when non-English speaking bands sing in English... we all know it is for commercial reasons. |