Some Prog Love Songs
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Topic: Some Prog Love Songs
Posted By: Rick1
Subject: Some Prog Love Songs
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 09:11
| Prog and romance are uneasy bedfellows. Anyway, here is a selection of songs that may get you on the right side (I said may). As usual, feel free to insert your own selection. |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 09:15
| Pink Floyd - Stay |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 09:53
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Wondrin' Aloud—Jethro Tull Green is the Colour—Pink Floyd Shout—Camel I Want Your Love—Anthony Phillips
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 09:59
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Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 10:13
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The Moody Blues Was listening to Lovers End by Moon Safari - an album all about love, which I think is quite rare for prog☺️ |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 10:46
| Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 10:59
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Other, 'Julia Dream' - Pink Floyd. ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 11:11
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Not that it takes more than one song to get IN the mood, but I'm gonna need a few more tunes altogether to be quite honest.   ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 11:37
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^ I'd also throw Pink Floyd's 'Pillow of Winds' and 'Biding My Time' into the mix, and possibly even 'Echoes'. ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 12:11
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Voted for the Moodys. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 12:18
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Peter Hammill A way out Here are the last words of this beautiful song " Out of sight, out of mind, leave it out, Leave it behind out of reach Of all family, all friends Out, out, going for the bale-out, No parachute above you. Out, out, you'll not feel the fall-out ...I wish I'd said "I love you" |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 12:28
| Barclay James HArvest She Said |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 13:37
| Peter Hammill Alicia (letting go) from OVER |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 13:37
| I forgot to mention the Beatles. A lot of love songs in their early days, and many on their latest albums as well. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 13:49
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genesis ------------- 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: Neu!mann
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 14:18
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Peter Hammill - Vision Uneasy bedfellows? PH compiled an entire album of Love Songs... ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 15:12
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Palm Trees (Love Guitar) by Steve Hillage is my favorite Proglove song today |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 15:31
"Ladies of the road" is a love song?  Anyway, I'll be a bit predictable and vote for "nights in white satin." Another good one (although admittedly a bit of a guilty pleasure) is "love will find a way." Also, I'm pretty sure "And You And I" is not a love song. I think it's about different nations fighting with each other or something. I don't remember exactly but I remember it being about politics somehow.
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 15:49
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 16:56
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Jethro Tull - Reasons for Waiting. Beautiful song. And an actual love song...unlike several of the tunes in the poll. ------------- ...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: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 19:04
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Quartet |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 19:25
| And You And I is for me the greatest love song ever. Though this poll is missing Lady Fantasy. And I think The Fountain of Salmacis is a weird choice for a love song... though strictly speaking, I guess it's not incorrect. Some sort of horror love story. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 22:20
| I always thought Nights in White Satin was a ballad, not a love song. Guess I should have paid more attention to the lyrics. And I didn't know And You and I was a love song either. That and Heart of the Sunrise (is Heart of the Sunrise a love song too?) are my two favourite Yes songs. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: February 14 2022 at 22:28
| Voted genesis, amazing song |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 15 2022 at 00:27
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Yes > Genesis > Floyd >= ELP ------------- 
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Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: February 15 2022 at 01:27
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Too many goodies in this department. But Cliche by Fish is quite impressive. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 15 2022 at 01:40
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I think Peter Hammill has more than his fair share of love songs for a prog artist. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: February 15 2022 at 02:21
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Wild Love from this list. Though I would consider it and Ladies of the Road more like lust songs than love songs. And Fountain of Salmacis is more of a story song. Though I suppose the moral is a warning of the dangers of too much loving of the self. In any case, fun selection!
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 15 2022 at 03:37
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Robert Wyatt- Just As You Are https://youtu.be/UsOZMy59uEU ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: February 15 2022 at 08:28
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From the list I pick "Stay". ------------- 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: judahbenkenobi
Date Posted: February 15 2022 at 18:23
| ELP this time |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: February 15 2022 at 22:09
| Yes |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: February 15 2022 at 22:28
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Roxy Music- My Only Love ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 16 2022 at 05:17
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I like King Crimson's Heartbeat a lot. Nothing wrong with a love song that is straighter than what many seem to expect from prog. Anyway, And You And I from the list. (Not because of the lyrics but because of the music.)
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 16 2022 at 05:34
I like that song, too
 . I didn't know it was something shameful to enjoy it.  |
Lewian wrote:Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 16 2022 at 20:25
It's lyrics are not so in your face and corny, but it seems to describe some marriage or some other ritual for two people to live together. But in good Jon Anderson fashion, you have to put some effort and imagination to grasp some meaning. However, I find it deeper than your common love song. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 10:52
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It's ELP! ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 12:35
It's the song that I heard on the radio that led me to get Beat. While I still like the song, it is "Neurotica" and "Sartori in Tangier" that are the highlight tracks for me. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 13:00
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Nights in White Satin, although I prefer nights in white cotton sheets to be honest.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 20 2022 at 13:30
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The Fountain of Salmacis pretty hot stuff of the more kinky kind ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 00:40
Saaaaaaaame.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 00:54
I was talking about the song Heartbeat (in the context of this thread) because I saw a surprisingly negative statement about it. You are talking about what songs you like from the album Beat. Two very different things.
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Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 01:03
| Yeah. Conversations sometimes diverge. Disaster was sharing how that song led them to the album. And it's a great album. And a great track Heartbeat is. I think it would fit much better in the poll (though the KC track listed here is certainly fun). |
Posted By: EduTatsumi
Date Posted: February 22 2022 at 11:47
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Twelfth Night - Love Song. Beautiful from start to finish. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: July 10 2022 at 01:56
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Moody Blues ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 30 2024 at 10:31
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But that's the way it goes sometimes, you just might find yourself in the clutches of some Wild love! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: ThyroidGlands
Date Posted: November 30 2024 at 10:41
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Nights in White Satin, definitely. Where Is Think of me With Kindness? ------------- Bloody bloody racket and rumpus |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: November 30 2024 at 11:14
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Voted for ELP, though my vote would have gone to Pink Floyd's 'Biding My Time' had it been there. ------------- 'We're going to need a bigger swear jar.' |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: November 30 2024 at 12:11
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Moody Blues - Knights In White Satin
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