History Playlist of ProgSongs.
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Topic: History Playlist of ProgSongs.
Posted By: DasPiano
Subject: History Playlist of ProgSongs.
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 14:34
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Hello. At the moment I'm privately working on a lil project: I wanna put together a playlist of songs that rebuilds the history of the earth and of mankind (in chronological order of course). In other words: I am collecting Songs that relate or about actual historical events. I think this would be a very interesting and enjoyable (and long) list to listen to. As this requires a lot of prog-songs I would like to ask for your help! Any suggestion is highly appreciated. Please post any song you think will contribute to the list. Below you find my list as far as I have come. Feel free to send me stuff or suggest even your own music. If you are interested in any of the songs below, please contact me. The History List: "Darkness" - Van der Graaf Generator "Licht in das Dunkel" - Stern Combo Meissen "The Prophet's Song" - Queen "Watcher of the Skies" - Genesis "Jacob's Ladder" - Rush "After the Flood" - Van der Graaf Generator "Pompei" - Peter Hammill "Jerusalem" - Emerson Lake & Palmer "The Prophet" - Yes "Jesus" - Queen "Time Table" - Genesis "Die Sage" - Stern Combo Meissen "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" - Genesis "White Man" - Queen "Albatross" - Karat "Turn of the Century" - Yes "Der Kampf um den Südpol" - Stern Combo Meissen "Driving the Last Spike" - Genesis "The Inventor's Dream" - McDonalds & Giles "'39" - Queen "The Emperor in His War Room" - Van der Graaf Generator" "The Gates of Delirium" - Yes "South Side of the Sky" - Yes ("America" - Yes) "Future Times" - Yes "Don't Kill the Whale" - Yes "Cage" - King Crimson "Living Forever" - Genesis "21st Century Schizoid Man" - King Crimson "Livin' On the Edge" - Aerosmith "Innuendo" - Queen "Watcher of the Skies" - Steve Hackett to be continued... ;) Please send me further suggestions. they don't have to be all prog, but neither they have to be all metal stuff ;) thanx 4 ur replies  http://www.google.com/search?q=Songs%20that%20re"> |
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Posted By: dpedal1
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 14:49
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Echoes - Pink Floyd
Supper's Ready - Genesis
Imago - Pain of Salvation (actually one of the only two songs on the Be album I can stomach)
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Posted By: dpedal1
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 14:49
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Lateralus - Tool
Disposition, Reflection, Triad - Tool
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Posted By: DasPiano
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 15:02
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thancs for the replies ... - so quick? I got some questions tho... were shud I put "Echoes" or "Supper's Ready"? - to wot historical Events do these songs relate to? |
Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 15:04
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Chain - Reconstruct. The whole album is the story of man coming up from the goo all the way up until today. That ought to cover you. And Henning Pauly is from Germany as well. ------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 15:08
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I would check out some Iced Earth and Iron Maiden. Both have numerous songs dealing with historical ideas. In regards to Chain's Reconstruct, I have been listening to that album often as background music. I must find the time to listen closer in order to catch on the concept. ------------- 
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Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 15:14
Then you will know what I mean when I ask, "Where shall we have lunch?"  ------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
rushfan4 wrote:Posted By: mellors
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 15:15
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As Rushfan said, Maiden do quite a lot in this area Invaders & Run to the Hills - about colonialism The Trooper - Crimean War (loosely based on Charge of the Light Brigade by Tennyson) Aces High - Fighter/Air Combat in WW2 Powerslave - About Egyptian Pharoahs Alexander the Great - Pretty Obvious Montsegur - Catholic Troops vs Cathars Paschendale - WWI Battle of Passchendaele The Longest Day - Dday WWII |
Posted By: khammer99
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 15:41
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Road to Moscow - Al Stewart (German invasion of Russia in WWII) Baba O'riley - The Who - (Vietnam War , you could probably find tons of songs on this subject) Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream ( I can hear the groaning from here... ) Cheyenne Anthem - Kansas (White man take over of the American West) Panic in Detroit - David Bowie (Detroit Race Riots in 68) The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot (Freighter sinking in the Great Lakes) CSN - Ohio - (Kent State shootings) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (Viking raiding song) Midnight Rambler - Rolling Stones (Boston Strangler) It depends if your looking for songs about historical events, or people of locations, and on what scale. ------------- Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up. - Terry Pratchett |
Posted By: khammer99
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 15:45
Crap. I just notice the requirement that they be Prog songs. So my update list would be: Cheyenne Anthem - Kansas (White man take over of the American West) Road to Moscow - Al Stewart (German invasion of Russia in WWII) Baba O'riley - The Who - (Vietnam War , you could probably find tons of songs on this subject) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (Viking raiding song) ------------- Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up. - Terry Pratchett |
Posted By: dpedal1
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 18:36
Echoes for the beginning of time Supper's Ready for the end of time (at least the movement) |
Posted By: ES335
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 19:53
| Bonzo Goes To Bitburg by the Ramones is about "President" Reagan degrading the memory of Holocaust victims and American war heroes by visiting a Nazi cemetary. |
Posted By: tillo
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 05:58
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for the future you can try with the "space metal specialists" Ayreon ------------- please, visit http://roberto-land.myminicity.es/ |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 10 2008 at 17:18
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Hush - Deep Purple
Lazy - Deep Purple Goood Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin War Pigs - Black Sabbath |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 10 2008 at 17:20
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Communication Breakdown - Led Zep
and if you want someting in spanish I recommend you Vox Dei - La Biblia almost all the songs |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 10 2008 at 17:22
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Original Fire - Audioslave
Your Time has Come - Audioslave Sun King - The Beatles Sympton of the Universe - Black Sabbath Highway to Hell - Ac Dc Galaxy - Blind Melon |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 10 2008 at 17:23
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The Trial - Pink Floyd
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