The Most Bestest Prog Hits
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Topic: The Most Bestest Prog Hits
Posted By: zravkapt
Subject: The Most Bestest Prog Hits
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 07:31
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These were the winners of the 10 polls. Vote hard! ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 08:03
Wow, this is practically impossible. Narrowed it down to "Dreamer" and "Nights In White Satin" but still clueless 
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 08:48
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The main think it's between Pink Floyd and Yes, followed by Marillion, and I don't know which one to choose... In another brick could have Happiest days...before, I would choose it, so go with Owner...
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Posted By: doctorphil
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 09:02
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Much as I love Kayleigh there's no way I can't vote for Pink Floyd on this poll. ------------- Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 09:06
It's between Aqualung and Hocus Pocus for me. Today I'm going to see Focus in concert (second time) so Hocus Pocus it is  .
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 09:22
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Hocus Pocus because it maintains it's prog credibility (not a bit of pop) and yet is a hit----how'd they do it?
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 09:46
| Tull is are miles ahead of the rest of the list |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 10:27
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The Moody Blues
------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 11:15
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Aqualung by a mile, followed by Focus with Moody Blues off in the distance, and after that I really don't care.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 11:28
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Am I missing something?? Aqualung the track was never released as a single to my knowledge, so how could it be a hit, marvellous though it is. I vote Hocus Pocus, which was a hit, is quite marvellous too and is possibly the most uncommercial track ever to reach the charts.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 11:42
"Some people tell me thoughts they cannot defend; just what you want to be you will be in the end."
 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 11:57
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Nights in White Satin. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 12:30
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Carry On Wayward Son. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Prog 74
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 12:30
| Aqualung followed closely by Hocus Pocus |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 12:35
I concur.
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Prog 74 wrote:Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 13:56
I co-concur and throw in Nights in White Satin as a near third. ------------- ...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: zravkapt
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 14:44
Not an actual charting single but Tull's most well-known track and it gets played more on the radio than an actual single like "Living in The Past." Floyd's "Money" was in the same poll and although it was released as a single, I don't think it did that well. Nonetheless, it was one of the major reasons why DSOTM became so popular. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 15:12
| As much as I love Aqualung, Justin's voice reigns supreme, so Nights In White Satin gets my vote. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 17:29
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Aqualung ------------- |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 17:49
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Silent Lucidity just over Hocus Pocus and Owner of a Lonely Heart.
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Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 19:07
You are correct, Aqualung the song was never a single and therefore never a hit. Living in The Past was Tull's biggest hit. I'm with you with Hocus Pocus.
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Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 19:08
| Hmmm-I nearly voted for Queensryche,but at the last second pulled out & went with Aqualung,after all snot is running down my nose. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 19:09
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JT ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 21:08
| Nights in White Satin |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 21:50
Probably the 2nd most well-known track out of the list, and a staple of classic rock radio now. Close enough to the same thing as a hit. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 06 2014 at 01:05
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Aqualung above all. Special mention to Moody blues and Yes. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 06 2014 at 02:54
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Nights in white Satin. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 06 2014 at 03:50
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Maybe it sounds terribly commercial, but; Owner Of A Lonely Heart. Great guitar riff, very powerful song, lots of elements in the song, many productional details... After many years of listening to the song, I keep turning up the volume when the song comes on the radio.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 06 2014 at 05:33
| Can't leave Supertramp without a vote |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: April 06 2014 at 05:40
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: April 06 2014 at 07:39
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Carry on Wayward Son ------------- 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: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: April 06 2014 at 08:47
| Moody Blues |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: April 06 2014 at 17:07
Jethro Tull Aqualung------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: dave-the-rave
Date Posted: April 06 2014 at 17:21
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You are correct, Aqualung the song was never a single and therefore never a hit. Living in The Past was Tull's biggest hit. I'm with you with Hocus Pocus. [/QUOTE]Hey, what about "Bungle in the Jungle?"  |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: April 06 2014 at 18:25
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Tull! ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: April 07 2014 at 21:41
Hey, what about "Bungle in the Jungle?" [/QUOTE] Yes, it is close between "Living and The Past" and "Bungle In The Jungle" as being their biggest hit. Don't know regarding sales numbers but LITP pips BITJ in terms of chart success. LITP reached No. 3 on the UK charts in 1969 and No. 11 on the Billboard charts in 1973. BITJ did not chart in the UK but reached No.12 on the Billboard charts in 1974. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 07 2014 at 22:08
Actually, the song "Thick as a Brick" went to #1 in the US and #5 in the UK, so technically it's their best selling single. It was a 43:46 minute single, but still...
------------- ...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: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 08 2014 at 22:09
| So many great songs, it's really difficult to vote. However, I guess I'm going with "Nights in White Satin"... lately I've been very much into that song. I was thinking, shouldn't "Dust in the Wind" have been included among Kansas songs? Well, I don't remember if that one was included in the 10 polls, but if not I guess it was a major missing song. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 01:29
| 'Bestest'............really ?? |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 02:07
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OK so Hits wise Pink Floyd ABITW US 1 UK1 Moody Blues NIWS US 2 UK 9 ELO EW US 10 UK 10 Yes OOALH US 1 UK 28 Queensryche SL US 9 UK 18 Focus HP US 9 UK 20 Marillion K US 74 UK 2 KansasCOWS US 11 UK 51 Supertramp D US - UK 13 Jethro Tull A US - UK - So Pink Floyd for me. (Wiki) ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 06:13
fo reelz yo ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 06:32
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 06:46
i'm feelin' it mang ------------- 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: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 07:16
Can I remind people that we're supposed to be discussing stuff in English on these forums...  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 07:22
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: June 26 2016 at 10:00
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bump for the bestest ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 26 2016 at 13:10
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3 tracks there that are a tie for me , but I'll say Nights in White Satin today. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: June 26 2016 at 15:37
| Moody Blues. |
Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: June 26 2016 at 15:49
| There are a lot of songs I can't stand on this list - Another Brick in the Wall, Owner of a Lonely Heart, Aqualung, Dreamer, Evil Woman etc. which makes me think that I just don't like prog when it merges with Top 40. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: June 26 2016 at 20:56
| There's lot's of songs I really love on the list, a few I don't know, but the one I have been most in love with in the last years is "Nights in White Satin", so that's the one I'm going with. By the way, I have the impression the choice for Kansas should have been "Dust in the Wind"... and perhaps that one would have given me a bit more of a fight to choose. |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: June 28 2016 at 09:11
| Aqualung today! |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: April 01 2018 at 14:02
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Yes ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 01 2018 at 14:09
| Aqualung, my friend... |