What songs are the most beautiful prog songs?
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Topic: What songs are the most beautiful prog songs?
Posted By: soldaninn
Subject: What songs are the most beautiful prog songs?
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 19:45
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What songs in youre opinion are the most beautiful/sad prog rock songs? I was just thinking about this right now and the only songs I could think of were: think of me with kindneness - Gentle Giant The Lie - Peter Hammill Firth of fith - Genesis Man erg - Van Der Graaf Generator Stagnation - Genesis Wind up - Jethro Tull If everyone was listening - Supertramp Cadance and Cascade - King Crimson I talk to the wind - King Crimson Focus II - Focus Focus III - Focus Btw. This is my first post ever. |
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 20:05
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Excerpt from 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before the First, or, the Revisitation of the Blue Ghost - Maudlin of the Well The End - The Doors Carpet Crawlers - Genesis Sometime - Gavin Harrison and 05Ric Islands - King Crimson Lizard - King Crimson Thank You - Led Zeppelin Sky Blue - Peter Gabriel Buying New Soul - Porcupine Tree Sky Moves Sideways (album) - Porcupine Tree Moon in June - Soft Machine House With No Door - Van Der Graaf Generator Love Reign O'er Me - The Who Soon - Yes To Be Over - Yes Was bored so i got quite a few songs that i like.
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Posted By: soldaninn
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 20:37
| Thanks for the reply. Nice songs (the ones that I know). Started listening to buying new soul by porcupine tree and moon in june by soft machine after I read your post. Good introduction to both bands. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 20:40
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"Turn of the Century" - Yes "Never the Same" - Echolyn "Lost in November" - Ritual ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 20:41
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Glad you like them, surprised you haven't heard of those bands. If you're interested them Private Message me and i'll give you some album names.
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 20:52
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The one that comes to my head right now is: Starlfur by Sigur Ros Shadow Song by Supertramp
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Posted By: soldaninn
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 21:01
| Nice! I love sigur rós. If you hadn't noticed I'm from Iceland also (just like they are). We're very proud of them :) |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 21:10
Oh right, you are!  Great band, great music.Do check out that rather forgotten Supertramp song, one of my favorites. And here's something from my country: |
soldaninn wrote:Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 21:29
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Posted By: soldaninn
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 21:37
| Great supertramp song. I've only listened to crime of the century, crisis, Even in the quietest moments and breakfast. All awesome albums. I didn't find shadow song on youtube (which proves your point about it being forgotten). I liked the Spinetta song :). Thanks for the reply |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 21:58
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I don't like Genesis much, but their short acoustic songs are so beautiful. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: adace1
Date Posted: October 05 2011 at 01:02
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anything by Mono anything by Hammock anything by Alcest anything by Sigur Ros anything by EitS anything by GIAA Devin Townsend- all of Ghost, Deep Peace Dream Theater- Another Day, Disappear Agalloch- Odal, The Misshapen Steed Katatonia- Idle Blood Mogwai- Take Me Somewhere Nice Muse- Blackout, Endlessly, Sing for Absolution, Exogenesis, Ruled by Secrecy Nightwish- Sleeping Sun, Eva, Walking in the Air, Nemo Opeth- Harvest, all of Damnation, Coil, Credence Orphaned Land- Mi Pelican- Final Breath Pink Floyd- High Hopes, Shine On Porcupine Tree- Lazarus, Collapse the Light, Light Mass Prayers, Moon Touches Your Shoulder Radiohead- too many to list Riverside- Conceiving You, Ok, The Same River, Loose Heart Rush- Tears Ulver- Eos, Blinded by Blood, It is Not Sound, All the Love ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/adace/?chartstyle=lastfmblue"> 
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 13:21
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Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 14:33
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This right here. ------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 14:48
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ELP - From The Beginning
Genesis - Afterglow
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (for the sentiment as well as the music)
Jon and Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home
Colosseum II - Castles (late great Gary Moore showing how well he can sing)
IQ - The Last Human Gateway (middle section from Forever Live)
Yes - Wonderous Stories
Kayak - Life Of Gold
..ok I know there is some reallly cheesey stuff in there but I still think these are beautifull songs by prog bands if not 'prog songs' as such
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Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 14:51
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Marillion - Neverland Mostly Autumn - Shrinking Violet Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond Genesis - Firth of Fifth ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 15:03
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"Victorian Brickwork" and "Summer's Lease" by Big Big Train "The Death of Music" by Devin Townsend Any track from The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place by Explosions in the Sky "Sylvia" by Focus "Storm" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor "Lamplight Symphony" and "Nobody's Home" by Kansas "Biaxident" by Liquid Tension Experiment "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd "My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)" by Van der Graaf Generator ...to name just a few.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 15:11
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a Salty Dog and Hotel Grand - Procol Harum the Sparrow - Mastodon Epitaph - by you know who Say its alright Joe - Genesis -------------
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 15:15
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Could think of quite a few, some already mentioned, but I find this one hauntingly beautiful: Comus - "The Herald" |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 15:31
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There are so many, but beautiful in the truest sense of the word? Popol Vuh just might do the trick: ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 16:07
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Good one. And how about Magma's The Night We Died off the much reviled (I think rather unfairly) album, Merci. |
Posted By: JS19
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 16:13
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Oh hundreds and hundreds.... Dredg - Bug Eyes Anathema - Dreaming Light The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned) Dirty Three - Authentic Celestial Music Explosions In The Sky - First Breath After Coma Gazpacho - Winter Is Never Godspeed You Black Emperor - BBF3 Iona - Woven Cord Karnivool - New Day Moon Safari - Southern Belle Pendragon - Masters Of Illusion Pendragon - Am I Really Losing You? Phideaux - Crumble (either one) Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Porcupine Tree - Collapse Light Into Earth Rush - Different Strings Rush - Losing It Sigur Ros - Vaka (Untitled 1) Talk Talk - Wealth Symphony X - Paradise Lost Sylvan - A Kind Of Eden Sylvan - Posthumous SIlence Transatlantic - We All Need Some Light Ulver - Eos Vanden Plas - Quicksilver Yes - Wondrous Stories Yndi Halda - Illuminate My Heart, My Darling (As you can see, me and beautiful music get on pretty damn well :P) |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 17:44
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How could i forget Different Strings! Ahhh
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: October 06 2011 at 21:32
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One not mentioned yet that I love is Pallas, "Violet Sky". ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: King Manuel
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 01:09
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 04:08
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The Musical Box - Genesis Carpet Crawlers - Genesis Gomorrah - Can Starless - King Crimson Living In The Past - Jethro Tull The Emperor in His War Room - VDGG Heart-attack in a Lay-by - Porcupine Tree Gravity Eyelids - Porcupine Tree Terrapin - Syd Barrett Here Comes the Flood - Peter Gabriel/Robert Fripp Think of me with Kindness - Gentle Giant Fritha - Camel Sylvia - Focus Oh Wot a Dream - Kevin Ayers Halfway between Heaven and Earth - Hatfield & the North Pocket Full of Change - Rain Tree Crow My Work Is So Behind - Residents Remember a Day - Pink Floyd Come and Buy - Crazy World of Arthur Brown A Small Plot of Land - David Bowie Buffalo Ballet - John Cale (the list goes on) ------------- 
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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 06:29
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The two that come to mind for me first are Turn Of The Century by Yes, and Rendezvous 6:02 by UK. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 15:06
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Renaissance- Northern Lights
..has to be worth a mention
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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 17:20
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Anathema - Everything Radiohead - Lucky Yes - Ritual Godspeed You... - Rockets Fall, on Rocket Falls Sun Kil Moon - Duk Koo Kim. (not prog, but something being 15 minutes got plenty of bands in the archives before  )Kayo Dot - The Manifold Curiosity. A heavy and ambient track but has a lot of beauty to me. Genesis - Supper's Ready. -------------  
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 09 2011 at 10:49
| thought i'd add, from Banco's 1975 English sung album "Banco" the last song "Traccia 2" especially the piano intro-wonderous! |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 16:14
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Much of the Anthony Phillip's album, The Geese and the Ghost" would qualify for me. Steve Hackett's "Jacuzzi" and "Spectral Mornings." Genesis "Time Table," "Harlequin" and "For Absent Friends." ELP's "Jerusalem," "Fugue" and "Piano Concerto 1st Movement." Peter Hammill's "Casteways." King Crimson's "Cadence and Cascade" and "I Talk to the Wind." Steve Hackett - Jacuzzi------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 19:33
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Genesis - Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats, Mad Man Moon.
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Posted By: daslaf
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 20:47
nice selection but I think Spinetta has a lot of better songs than this one... I'm not a really big fan of Artaud to be honest, it has some outstanding songs though... my favorite period is with Invisible, though my fav. album is A 18' del Sol ------------- But now my branches suffer And my leaves don't bear the glow They did so long ago |
Posted By: MoodyRush
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 20:48
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Lazarus - Porcupine Tree My New World - Transatlantic The Crane Wife (All three parts) - The Decemberists Hazards of Love Pt. 4 (The Drowning) - the Decemberists (that song actually makes me tear up) Think of Me With Kindness - Gentle Giant The Court of the Crimson King - KC Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues One More Time to Live - MB Are You Sitting Comfortably - MB Balance - MB Watching and Waiting - MB (I'm a Moody Blues fan if you can't tell!  )San Lorenzo - Pat Metheny Group Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Ros Hide in Your Shell - Supertramp House with no Door - VDGG To Be Over - Yes ------------- Follow me down to the valley below. Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul. -Lazarus |
Posted By: daslaf
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 21:01
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Depuis l'Automne - Harmonium Histoires Sans Paroles - Harmonium Formentera Lady - King Crimson Islands - King Crimson The Letters - King Crimson (Islands' one of the most beautiful albums by KC) Think of Me With Kindness - Gentle Giant Pilgrims - Van der Graaf Generator Les Porches de Notre Dame - Maneige Les Epinettes - Maneige Here - Anekdoten Sea Song - Robert Wyatt Waltz for Nobby - Hugh Hopper and Alan Gowen Waiting - Gilgamesh Message to a Friend - Pat Metheny and John Scofield Geranio - Premiata Forneria Marconi and I could go on all day long...
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 10 2011 at 21:21
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Malicorne - Les Tristes Noces
Le Orme - Breve Immagine King Crimson - Trio Ange - Sur la trace des Fées Marillion - The Great Escape Genesis - Inside & Out Jean-Pierre Ferland - Le Petit Roi Novalis - Wunderschatze Peter Hammill - Ferret & Featherbird Octobre - Survivance ... ------------- |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 11 2011 at 16:12
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from Triumvirat's Spartacus album, three songs stand out as particularly beautiful- The Deadly Dream Of Freedom The Hazy Shades Of Dawn The Sweetest Sound Of Liberty |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 11 2011 at 18:17
I love Spartacus! I haven't heard their other albums because they apparently have a stronger ELP presence. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 11 2011 at 21:18
As well as Spartacus, i also love and highly recommend the first two, Mediterranean Tales and their very best one, 1974s Illusions On A Double Dimple. This is symphonic prog of the old school at it's very best. The ones after Spartacus don't really do as much for me, though some fans find Old Loves Die Hard and Pompeii work wonders. The last two, A La Carte and Russian Roulette are considered pop drivel by most listeners, though oddly i find i like them now. Their one time guitarist-singer-songwriter the late Helmut Koellen recorded a solo album called You Won't See Me which is a beautiful record, and also features Jurgen Fritz. |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: October 11 2011 at 21:21
| I really love Comus' 'So Long Supernova'. |
Posted By: Atoms
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 01:02
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Pretty much anything from Tenhi Prelude: Song of the Gulls - King Crimson Cirkus - King Crimson (at least the first part) Early Birth - Focus Cymbaline - Pink Floyd A Louse Is Not A Home - Peter Hammill Julia - Pavlov's Dog Isn't it Quiet and Cold - Gentle Giant Zero the Hero and the Witches Spell - Gong That's all I can think of now, none of them all really rare and have propably been mentioned by others before. But, I've only been listening to the classics for the past month now. So it's only natural that all my suggestions are made by those.
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Posted By: soldaninn
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 21:05
Funny you should mention Triumvirat because I just heard Spartacus for the first time a week ago after I had been listening to school of instant pain for a couple of days on youtube. Loved it so much that I listened to Illusions on a double dimble today. Both great albums. |
Posted By: soldaninn
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 21:07
It's a great song. Cant figure out why I didn't mention it myself. |
Posted By: mongofa
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 21:44
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Though it wasn't originally it's own song, it was released as a single: "Soon" by Yes
Also some others that may or may not have already been mentioned such as:
I Talk to the Wind-King Crimson
To Be Over- Yes
Nights in White Satin- The Moody Blues
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 22:17
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Jethro Tull - Reasons For Waiting
Jethro Tull - Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day
Moody Blues - Visions of Paradise
Moody Blues - Are You Sitting Comfortably?
Yes - And You and I
ELP - From the Beginning
ELO - Can't Get It Out of My Head
Genesis - The Carpet Crawlers
Genesis - Entangled
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Traffic - Hidden Treasure
Harmonium - Histoire Sans Parole ------------- ...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: thehallway
Date Posted: October 14 2011 at 14:50
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Many that have been said, but also: ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 14:47
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Tortoise - Glass Museum / Charteroak Foundation
King Crimson - Starless Porcupine Tree - Lazarus Radiohead - Exit Music / Let Down Yes - Soon Mogwai - Stanley Kubrick / R U Still In 2 It Supersilent - 7.6 / 6.4 VDGG - Refugees |
Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 14:49
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Talk Talk - After The Flood
Talk Talk - I Believe In You |
Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: October 17 2011 at 07:28
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 17 2011 at 07:58
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New Horizons - The Moody Blues
Watching and waiting - The Moody Blues Eyes of a child (part 1) - The Moody Blues Entangled - Genesis Blood on the rooftops - Genesis Silent sorrow in empty boats - Genesis The Lamia - Genesis Undertow - Genesis Turn of a century - Yes Awaken - Yes Islands - King Crimson At The harbour - Renaissance Merlinda More or less - Curved Air Aspirations - Gentle Giant Panacea - Rush Different Strings - Rush ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: HarbouringTheSoul
Date Posted: October 17 2011 at 08:40
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King Crimson - Starless Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention - Aybe Sea The former is self-explanatory (others have mentioned it as well), but the latter is a sea shanty made in heaven! Odd that something so beautiful comes from an artist who cared so little about beauty. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: October 17 2011 at 08:46
And you'd know, how? - Watermelon In Easter Hay - Blessed Relief - Sofa - Peaches en Regalia All beautiful. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: October 17 2011 at 14:20
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"Aspirations" - Gentle Giant "Storm and Thunder" - Earth and Fire ------------- 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: Tarruta
Date Posted: October 21 2011 at 11:48
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1-Pink Floyd - Echoes
2-King Crimson - Epitaph
3-Camel - AirBorn
4-Genesis - Entangled
5-Le Orme - una dolcezza nuova
For me, this 5 songs have a surreal beautiness
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Posted By: SandCastleVirtue
Date Posted: October 21 2011 at 19:16
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These 3 songs get me choked up. Breathtaking vocals too: And other songs which I really love too |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 21 2011 at 19:16
| Rush-Rivendell and In The End |
Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: October 21 2011 at 20:59
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That Kamelot - Anthem song is a good choice!
But my favorite 'beautiful' song by them would have to be Don't You Cry:
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Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date Posted: October 21 2011 at 22:12
------------- “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 00:07
Beautiful but not necessarily the best:
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 01:44
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REALLY nice suggestions, thanks! I have many bands to track down! I've always been partial to this particular song, Fripp's solos are classic!! |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 18:17
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 09:06
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Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - "One Red Rose That I Mean" Cheer-Accident - "Failure" and "Post Premature" Gentle Giant - "Think of Me With Kindness" (I used to think it was cheesy) and "A Reunion" Frank Zappa - "Watermelon in Easter Hay" and "Blessed Relief" ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: DocurRhodes
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 20:40
| Damn I loved UK.....they broke up way too soon...might have saved us from ASIA....Danger Money, Night After Night, Ceasar Palace Blues, As Long as You Want Me Here all great stuff.....I hated it when Ian Anderson grabbed Eddie Jobson for his "A" album (after Jethro Tull/UK 79 tour). It gave John Wetton too much time on his hands...the first ASIA was good (the rest were crap), but no where near as good as UK.....glad you mentioned them |
Posted By: DocurRhodes
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 20:43
Posted By: DocurRhodes
Date Posted: October 27 2011 at 20:56
| Good choices....add Tull's "Witch's Promise" and "To Cry You A Song", Yes"s "Soon" and Crimson"s "Epitaph" and "Fallen Angel" and maybe Genesis "Watcher of the Sky" |
Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 00:33
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Sigur Rós - () entire album ------------- “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole |
Posted By: Ultrasonic-head
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 11:46
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Genesis - "Firth of Fifth" Mainly most of King Crimson songs but but to pick some - "Starless", "Fallen Angel", "Epitaph", Islands". Banco Del Mutuo Socorsso - "750.000 Anni Fa... L'amore" Camel - "Harbour of tears" Camel - "The Snow Goose" Whole album. Porcupine Tree - "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" Pink Foyd - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" Renaissance - "Ocean Gypsy", "Cold Is Being" Marillion - "Neverland" VDGG - "Man Erg"
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Posted By: robinator7991
Date Posted: November 07 2011 at 16:07
| Definitely And You and I and Stagnation |
Posted By: Phobia14
Date Posted: November 13 2011 at 18:08
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King Crimson - Exiles Pink Floyd - Fearless Yes - And You and I Camel - Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider King Crimson - Formentera Lady / Sailor's Tale |
Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 17:24
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I can't believe I forgot about this prog song:
A very nice song if I do say so.
Hard to believe the bass player plays for Blind Guardian and the drummer plays for Rhapsody (Of Fire)
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: November 17 2011 at 23:20
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Space-Dye Vest springs to mind instantly. Ironically, I'd say it's the only successfully "beautiful" song DT ever made.
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Posted By: silcir
Date Posted: November 18 2011 at 04:42
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And you and I |
Posted By: Lady Steampunk
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 15:08
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Hey!Look: Steve Hackett - The Fundamentals Of Brainwashing Steve Hackett ~ Icarus Ascending Rush-Natural Science My Dying Bride - Roads Fates Warning - Left Here Psychotic Waltz - Drift Queensryche - Anybody Listening? Black Label Society - Blood Is Thicker Than Water Tool - The Pot Rishloo - Diamond Eyes Jex Thoth - Warrior Woman Votum - Me In The Dark Callisto - Pathos Gazpacho Upside Down Redemption - What Will You Say Winter - The Devin Townsend Project Pain Of Salvation - This Heart Of Mine (I Pledge) P.S. Sorry is some of it aren*t prog!  < ="text/" ="" ="/B1D671CF-E532-4481-99AA-19F420D90332etdefender/huidhui.js?0=0&0=0&0=0"> |
Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 15:15
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Close to the Edge is beyond beautiful Stranger in Your Soul by Transatlantic Other Half of the Sky by Moon Safari
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 15:16
| gazpacho....winter is never |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 13 2012 at 19:20
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Gentle Giant - Aspirations Kayak - Life of Gold (saw this mentioned on a prior page and agree agree agree!) ------------- 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: Canterzeuhl
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 01:41
Beautiful? Well at parts yes but mostly that song scares me. 'A killer lives inside me...'
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 02:04
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Since there are a lot i will pick one that hasn't been mentioned. LUCIFER'S FRIEND - THUS SPOKE OBERON. One of the most beautiful no doubt! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 02:54
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I don't think anyone mentioned Beautiful by Marillion, also Estonia.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 03:25
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Go ahead and sue me if the list is wrong and too long: Most beautiful and sad
ones: PF - Paint Box (sad
musically, ... maybe even lyrically) PF - Burning Bridges PF - Mudmen PF - Shine on You Crazy
Diamond, pt. 2 Genesis – After the
Ordeal Genesis – Blood on the
Rooftops King Crimson – Trio King Crimson – Night
Watch King Crimson – The
Sheltering Sky PF – Vera Most emotional ones
(more than just beautiful, mayhaps sad ones): PF - Time (I wouldn't
call it particularly sad) PF - The Great Gig in
the Sky PF - Welcome to the
Machine (dramatic, but not really depressing) Genesis – For Absent
Friends (also not particularly sad) David Gilmour – So Far
Away (emotional, but not really depressing) King Crimson – Starless
(well, the first half of it, actually) ELO – Shangri-La King Crimson – I Talk to
the Wind Robert Wyatt – Sea Song
(again, don’t confuse depressing with emotional) Robert Wyatt – Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road
Most beautiful ones: PF -
Cirrus Minor PF - Cymbaline PF - Julia Dream PF - Remember a Day PF - See-Saw PF - Crying Song (not
exactly sad in a genuine way, I think) PF - A Pillow of Winds PF - Wot's ... Uh the
Deal Genesis – Fireside Song Genesis – In Hiding Genesis – Visions of
Angels Genesis – Looking for
Someone Genesis – Seven Stones (hel-lo-o) Genesis – Harlequin Genesis – Supper’s Ready
(like I had a reason not to put it here) Genesis – More Fool Me King Crimson – In the
Court of the Crimson King King Crimson – Lizard King Crimson – Islands King Crimson – Prelude:
Song of the Gulls (also an instrumental composition, not a song) King Crimson – Exiles Matching Mole – Signed
Curtain Matching Mole –
Immediate Curtain (for the psychologically disturbed ones; there’s a whole lot
of beauty than emotion) Soft Machine – Carol Ann
(again, partly sad, partly sweet; and I wouldn’t gamble) Yes – Heart of the
Sunrise (oh, God, again, partly sad, partly sweet; and I wouldn’t gamble) Yes – Close to the Edge
(well, it is beautiful for the most part) Yes – And You And I
(emotional, not sad) ELO – Telephone Line Radiohead – Everything
is in the Right Place The Beatles – Fixing a
Hole The Bealtes – She’s
Leaving Home (hel-lo-o) Led Zeppelin – The Rain
Song Honorable Mentions: PF - Green is the Colour PF – Is There Anybody
Out There (corny sad, I’d say) The Mothers of Invention
– Go Cry on Somebody Else’s Shoulder The Mothers of Invention
– How Could I Be Such a Fool Yes – We Have Heaven Genesis – Lamia Genesis – Horizons (but
it’s really an instrumental composition, not a song) Genesis – In the Rapids Genesis – Dusk Soft Machine – Moon in
June Mahavishnu Orchestra
with John McLaughlin – A Lotus on Irish Streams Rick Wright –
Mediterranean C Rick Wright – Against
the Odds (just introspective) Robert Wyatt – Alifib (partly sad, partly sweet; I wouldn’t gamble) |
Posted By: progprogprog
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 04:03
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Your taste of music is great my friend, try to add some Yes albums as well if you didn't yet.Also I suggest you to give the 70s RPI scene a chance.
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Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 05:45
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 11:37
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Posted By: DiamondDog
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 21:38
| The word beautiful seems misused here to me; then again, beauty is in the eye and ear of the beholder; for me, not many prog songs qualify. My choices would be 21st Century Schizoid Man and Watercolour Days. Seems you need an element of pop melody to encapsulate beauty. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 22:15
Hmmm...don't get me wrong, "21st Century Schizoid Man" is a great, great song, but I've never considered the purposeful discordance and harshness to be "beautiful". If the song "21st Century Schizoid Man" were a woman, it would be one scary date.
When I think of "beautiful" in regards to music, I think of mellifluousness, symetry, clean lines and a haunting melody. I'll rattle off ten or eleven:
Visions of Paradise - The Moody Blues
Are You Sitting Comfortably - The Moody Blues
Reasons for Waiting - Jethro Tull
Won'dring Aloud - Jethro Tull
A Pillow of Winds - Pink Floyd
And You and I - Yes
Mood for a Day - Yes
Entangled - Genesis
Carpet Crawlers - Genesis
In the Beginning - ELP
C'est La Vie - ELP
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 22:23
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Everything by Iona ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: DiamondDog
Date Posted: March 14 2012 at 22:29
Just proves my point that beauty is in the eye and ear of the beholder. Your description of what constitutes beauty is very well said, but I can't personally hear that description in any of the songs you've listed.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 17:28
As far as I know, Yes haven't really written a lot of stuff that is emotional or sad in almost its entirety - such is my criterion. Maybe they focus on musicianship and diversity too much? And I've never heard of RPI, I think ... at least the abbreviation. I will check it out.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 17:33
Very Genesis- and PF- inspired. I would probably take the drums out of the mix in order for it to be even more beautiful
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 17:48
| I am not thinking in 2006 PFM needed inspiration from Genesis and Pink Floyd, neither of which had the longevity or staying power of PFM |
Posted By: progprogprog
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 18:32
Yes! not emotional! . I was going to make a list of songs here, but you know there's one thing about Yes and it is that either you love them or you don't like them.(This also applies to unique bands such Yes, Gentle Giant, Van Der Graaf Generator and King Crimson too). Obviously when one loves a music it pretty much has things to do with emotional quality of it. ------------- Always thinking in extremes.That's my way to beat boredom. |
Posted By: Gumbojelly
Date Posted: March 15 2012 at 18:36
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Off the top of my head - Cadance and Cascade - King Crimson Sofa no.1 - Frank Zappa. Also the live sax version on Zappa in New York Two Suns in the Sunset - Pink Floyd Perfect Sense - Roger Waters I Talk to the Wind - King Crimson ------------- http://rateyourmusic.com/~MysteryRoach" rel="nofollow - RYM http://www.last.fm/user/wakajawaka36" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 16 2012 at 02:35
I never said that Yes were not emotional, that would be a kind of a blasphemy ; I said "haven't really written a lot of stuff that is emotional or sad in almost its entirety", that is, I don't know a single Yes song that is genuinely sad. Nor do I know a single Yes song that has emotions abound and around and onward and outward, and that's because they were used to writing long things (writing takes time and it's hard to keep something emo for 20 mins.) Cf. Nick Drake's 'River Man'. I just don't know a Yes song that could match up in terms of emo with KC or PF or ... ?Now, let's just stay with the topic.
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Posted By: doribure
Date Posted: March 20 2012 at 04:28
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I Talk to the Wind - King Crimson Rivendell - Rush Space Dye Vest - Dream Theater Ballade de Melody Nelson - Serge Gainsbourg Universal - Anathema White Horses at Sea - Amplifier Hex Omega - Opeth Silent Lucidity - Queensryche My Name is Carnival - Youn Sun Nah  ------------- ■ www.dream-breaker.com ■ www.facebook.com/doribure ■ www.youtube.com/user/doribure |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: March 20 2012 at 04:43
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King Crimson — Islands King Crimson — Inner Garden Porcupine Tree — Lazarus Porcupine Tree — Half-Light Genesis — Watcher of the Skies Genesis — Selling England by the Pound Uriah Heep — The Spell Robert Fripp/Peter Gabriel — Here Comes the Flood Rush — Losing It ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: March 20 2012 at 05:33
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First part of Starless is very beautiful too.
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Posted By: ProgBlog
Date Posted: March 22 2012 at 23:00
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I like this topic... good song ideas. Two beautiful songs that come to mind: "Sleep" by Poets of the Fall "Coming Back to Life" by Pink Floyd ------------- Music is very spiritual — it has the power to bring people together. - Edgar Winter 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 22 2012 at 23:13
Ye-es, Islands
! Why is it that I haven't heard of Inner Garden?
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: March 23 2012 at 10:20
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^Yes, Dancing With The Moonlit Knight. I'm always confusing these two titles How could you miss Inner Garden? They are two short tracks on THRAK. I love them very much 'cause they reminds me of 'Twin Peaks' soundtrack a lot. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 23 2012 at 18:08
I heard a little bit of the stuff from the 90's and I didn't like it. I prefer to keep away from KC's 90's stuff. I'm a paranoid that way. In fact, I stay away from pretty much anything from 90's.
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