Unexpected headbanging moments in prog
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Topic: Unexpected headbanging moments in prog
Posted By: stonebeard
Subject: Unexpected headbanging moments in prog
Date Posted: April 13 2008 at 15:58
 I think the top one for me would be the finale to "Sphynx Lightning" by Tangerine Dream ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: April 13 2008 at 16:13
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Let me think.... (In no particular order) In 2112 after Geddy says "And the meek shall inherit the earth)
After the acustic introduction in "A farewell to kings"
ANTHEM
In "Dancing with the moonlit knight"
King crimsons "red" "21 century..." "Larks part 2" "Level 5"
I suppose prog metal has many of those
At Rothery solos in Mispaced chilhood (Is not like headbanging exacly is more like a moment when you raise your fist and use the lighter)
at the finale of "Nine feet underground"
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Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: April 13 2008 at 16:23
| Peter Gabriel's "Down the Dolce Vita"! |
Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: April 13 2008 at 16:40
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I use to headbang every time I listen to the "heavy" parts of "The Musical Box" ------------- 
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Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: April 13 2008 at 16:47
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The HEAVY Guitar in The Knife, by Genesis
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Posted By: unforgivable74
Date Posted: April 13 2008 at 16:58
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'Fly on a Windshield' from 'The Lamb....' by Genesis 'Running Shoes' and 'Arabs With Knives' from Roger's 'Pro's and Cons' 'Murder' from Gilmour's 'About Face' 'Kashmir' (from start to finsh!), No Quarter and 'When the Levee Breakes' Just a few that spring to mind..... ------------- Laughs as I clean my teeth, laughs as I rub at my eyes. |
Posted By: Imadofus
Date Posted: April 13 2008 at 17:03
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There are several of these moments in The Wall.
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: April 13 2008 at 19:03
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these all invoke some form of head-movement. Fly On A Windshield 21st Century Schizoid Man Sleepwalkers Lady Fantasy (final section's opening) Time Lament (Colosseum, it's the drum thing that gets me) Down The Dolce Vita, certainly Dancing With The Moonlit Knight Gypsy, when everything comes back together after the organ break Toccata, sometimes, depending on my mood Soliloquy (from 2112, at the exact moment 'Just think of what my life might be, in a world like I have seen!') Larks' Tongues In Aspic pt. 1 with the powerchords occasionally gets me. Depends on how I'm listening, though. All the ones I can think of at the moment. Hardly unexpected, though. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: April 13 2008 at 23:01
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doin' alright by Queen, it seems a harmless little ballad, and sudenly al registers open and everything's ablaze.
phenomenal.
which suddenly reminds me of Pride and Joy from Coverdale-Page album, pretty much the same actually ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Squonkman
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 00:12
| I can only hope this thread will lead to a "unexpected more cow bell clanging moments" thread. |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 00:14
| Green-Bubble-Raincoated-Man by Amon Duul II. Almost the entire second half of the song. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 00:22
Roundabout is pretty headbanging ... but it really is------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: April 14 2008 at 02:13
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Future Sound of Music - ULVER. i am tripping out to this right now, perdition city is marvelous.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: Roskisdyykkari
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 11:25
Yea, that IS heavy, indeed. It even reminds me of Iron Maiden. But then again, Iron Maiden WAS heavily influenced by Genesis and other prog bands, so it's not really that surprising. The riff in Lady Fantasy is also quite cool, not to mention 21st Century Schizoid Man which is a total headbanging-song anyway. Also the beginning of Heart of the Sunrise by Yes is quite heavy. Rush has plenty of these headbanging moments, but Rush is also quite heavy metal in general. ------------- And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away in the tidal destruction the moral melee. |
JROCHA wrote:Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: April 16 2008 at 13:04
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a nice one is "Burundi Drummer's Nightmare" by the British Amon Düül; by far the best track on "Meetings With Men-Machines"
-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 11:36
At the rock club I frequented in the 1980s, whenever it came to that line, there was a huge "ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR" Before a mass onset of headbanging (and air drumming  ) ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: jme
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 12:20
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i think that bands like BEHOLD THE ARCTOPUS and CO-CONSPIRATOR sort of put the whole METAL and PROG thing together.
as far as king crimson goes, they have always incorporated a lot of pentatonic minor riffage into their songs from day one, so there is the blues aspect (that almost looked like "blues aspic", LOL!), HAPPY WITH... has a sort of NIN feel, LEVEL FIVE has some metal in there, the different incarnations of POWER TO BELIEVE have organic WORLD elements (power circle, etc). i like how they make the stew, throw in a head of cabbage, a head of lettuce and a head of julius ceasar! lol! and throw out THE RULE BOOK! ------------- "gravity: it's what's for dinner!" |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 12:23
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i was going to say dancing with the moonlit knight,but it isnt really that heavy is it? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: jme
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 12:25
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is that photo of adrian and robert one that tony levin took? ------------- "gravity: it's what's for dinner!" |
Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 12:33
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Düsseldorf.... Düsseldorf....
(La Düsseldorf ) -------------
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Posted By: Gentlegiantprog
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 14:45
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Gentle Giant - A Cry for Everyone and In A Glass House both have a rockin section. Camel- Lady Fantasy, I Agree, loads of King Crimson and Rush. Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery, Cross Eyed Mary, TAAB Live in 1978, Hunting Girl... + loads more, more obvious ones. ELP - Karn Evil 9 and Knifes Edge can get a bit of an oul headbang started sometimes. Yes - Gates of Delerium has some bits. ------------- Let the maps of war be drawn ! 
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: April 17 2008 at 15:47
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I get my headbanging moments from bands like Hawkwind and High Tide. Nothing better than "Death Warmed Up" to wildly bang the head.
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: April 18 2008 at 16:42
| "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight", particularly in that riff by Steve hackett that is made after the first section of lyrics and that is repeated later. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: April 18 2008 at 16:50
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When you're In - Pink Floyd
The Knife - Genesis (the guitar part too) Lazy - Deep Purple (from start to the end) Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin (ending part) King's Prayer - Flower Kings (final solo) Cannonball - Supertramp (last solo, fantastic!) A Passion Play pt1 - Jethro Tull (the hard rock section is freaking superb, I always make air guitar there) many others.. |
Posted By: JOAMdude
Date Posted: April 20 2008 at 20:07
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The Trial- Pink Floyd when the guitars slide in and play the motif thing very heavy |
Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: April 21 2008 at 03:00
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Previously mentioned heavy sections in "The Musical Box", "The Knife", and "Dancing with the Moonlight Knight" are great. I'd also add "Ogre Battle" by Queen. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian |
Posted By: Lilley
Date Posted: April 29 2008 at 00:46
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New Born and Knights of Cydonia by Muse both have fantastic, bombastic guitar riffs to bang your head to.
------------- Thom Yorke is God, and Jonny Greenwood is Jesus |
Posted By: Prof.
Date Posted: April 29 2008 at 01:41
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The Balance - The Moody Blues, I dont know, it just makes me want to rock.
Or more likely, Boys In The Band - Gentle Giant.
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 29 2008 at 10:09
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The ending of Van der Graaf Generators White Hammer
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: April 29 2008 at 10:59
Dreamscape: 5th Season...title track, 11 minutes in...quite a surprise... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 29 2008 at 15:28
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Also, 6 minutes into Transatlantics Stranger in your Soul.
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: Tarkus31
Date Posted: May 02 2008 at 00:05
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Steve Howe's guitar solo on Starship Trooper from Yessongs. That and Rick's keyboard solo right before it. ------------- ~~~Brian~~~ "And if we all did the things we knew to be right, left would be the childish fears of danger in the night." -Graeme Edge |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: May 02 2008 at 03:10
| Heart of the Sunrise |
Posted By: Weston
Date Posted: May 03 2008 at 21:09
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The most unexpected headbanging I can remember was when I first put on the ABWH Cd. I was grooving along kinda bored with "The Order of the Universe", then it suddenly goes into "Rock Gives Courage." After I picked myself up off the floor, I couldn't stop laughing. But, hey, I still crank it when that part comes on. ------------- If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, creativity is the sincerest form of worship. |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: May 04 2008 at 02:42
| The first minute of Echoes. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: May 04 2008 at 09:12
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GG - In A Glass House
Caravan - Nine feet underground
JT - wind-up ------------- 
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Posted By: Grimfurg
Date Posted: May 04 2008 at 09:18
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That little bass slap in the 6th second of Udu Wudu by Magma.
------------- http://regulab.bandcamp.com/album/vol-i/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Tarkus31
Date Posted: May 08 2008 at 20:14
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1. Rush's early albums and S&A
2. Greg Lake's distorted bass in The Barbarian
3. The Hut of Baba Yaga on ELP's Pictures at an Exhibition
4. Machine Messiah by Yes. I never quite expected that from Steve Howe
5. Asia's Sole Survivor and Time Again ------------- ~~~Brian~~~ "And if we all did the things we knew to be right, left would be the childish fears of danger in the night." -Graeme Edge |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 08 2008 at 20:20
Certainly!! The final part!! A pitty that Sabbath, in some way, they rip off that riff in their song Dirty Woma(e?)n I am the Sun pt 1 - Flower Kings (when the metalish riff comes) King's Prayer - Flower Kings (final solo, freaking superb) |
Posted By: ebuCube
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 09:08
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Bohemian Rhapsody of course; but maybe now it's been played to death it's no longer UN-expected.
How about Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree. That heavy riff at about 6mins makes me bang my head.
Also Knights of Cydonia by MUSE is another one that immediately springs to mind.
One of These Days...Pink Floyd. I love the version from Live at Pompeii. Truly head banging.
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Posted By: KrakAtack
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 19:26
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The Black Gates Of Death, The Devil's Gloves, 7171-551, Razor Blade and Rattlesnake ..... Deke Leonard (Man, Iceberg) Four Day Louise - Man http://www.thejudge.me.uk/soundbank/Man%20-%20Four_Day_Louise.mp3 - http://www.thejudge.me.uk/soundbank/Man%20-%20Four_Day_Louise.mp3 |
Posted By: Kurpij
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 00:14
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The Knife Unexpected song for a band like Genesis ------------- 
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Posted By: fil karada
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 18:53
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Camel: "Earthrise" "Lady Fantasy"
Genesis: "The Musical Box" "Fly on a Windshield"
King Crimson: "Red" "Larks Tongue in Aspic Pt 2"
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 27 2008 at 19:13
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GATES OF DELIRIUM!!
The moog solo entry, it's f**kingly head banging to death! 
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Posted By: The guy with the axe
Date Posted: August 13 2008 at 14:43
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Quite a few moments on Yes' Magnification album from 2001 (gotta be their best in a long time!). In particular:
I just love the slow build of the title track (it becomes irrestistable rock'n'roll at 1:04, when Alan White comes in on the drums).
"Spirit of Survival", of course, and "Don't Go" into which it segues - I react particularly strongly to that tune 'cos the lyrics include my slogan for life: "Don't take love for granted". I definitely think there are too many people out there who do exactly that - and get fooled again and again! (By the way, has anybody else noticed that "Don't Go" also contains a reference to "Won't Get Fooled Again" in the lyrics? Sweet.)
OK, next up: Chris Squire's vocal spotlight "Can You Imagine" - at about 1:28, it goes from being a gentle piano ballad to full-on hard rock.
The fantastic drumming and killer bass riff at about 2:10 in "Dreamtime", especially after you've heard the ominous horn bits at about 1:09. In fact what's so remarkable about the whole album is that it shows that combining an orchestra with a rock band does not necessarily equal sappy balladry! ("Soft as a Dove", easily the album's weakest link, notwithstanding, of course.) The only other album I've heard which sounds anything like it, in fact, is Chris Squire's 1975 solo release Fish Out of Water - but that album doesn't have enough guitar to be headbanging in the traditional sense.
I'll submit one more example: I'm not sure if this really counts as prog rock but here goes. Roxy Music's "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" (from For Your Pleasure, 1973 - a most apt title!) has a killer guitar solo at 3:07, right after the famous lines "I blew up your body / But you blew my mind".
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: August 13 2008 at 18:07
Oh Yeah! The Phillips monster riff and simmering solo at the end with Rutherford's bass stabbing away is just plain devastating , probably my favorite ending ever. Been like 36 years on and I still get a buzz.
 PTree's Aenesthesize also has a few hair-raising moments ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |