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    Posted: August 21 2014 at 13:21
I can't think of any prog examples, at least none that have not already been, but would "Years Ago" by Alice Cooper count?

Oh, I know one! "Meadow Meal" by Faust!



Around 6:10, there's some carousel music that could have been in a children's playground in one of the Silent Hill games.
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Memories of Old Days from Gentle Giant's The Missing Piece starts out with what appears to be sounds from a children's playground.
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A few that include sound backdrops of children playing:

Jon Anderson – Days, which segues into Song of Seven
Alan Gowen – Before a Word Is Said
Allan Holdsworth – Pud Wud
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Smile The first thing I thought of was "This used to be my Playground" but its by MadonnaOuch
 
 
Ayreon's "Playground" is obvious and Jethro tull has a few. Cant think of any else off hand.
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I really identify with XTC's Playground:
"We’re marked by the masters and bruised by the bullies in the
Playground (it’s a playground)
Never stop rehearsing, rehearsing for the big square world
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You may leave school, but it never leaves you" LOL
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Album: The Perfect Element I
Song: Morning on Earth

I like the song so much.... lyrics:

"A relation, so oddly old - bred not to love
Suffers the beaten grounds of Idioglossia
We talk but we do not speak
Together only in our incapability to leave this fallen playground
We rule this Empire merely with these few crippled toys
Rust in our faces
This is what we can share - this is all we can lose
Still
Furiously we will linger to it with our lives
Cling to its rust and pains
Barefoot and torn
Bred not but born to love"


Daniel Gildenlow has a wonderful voice.... best singer ever IMO.

" Hear this voice, see this man standing before you
I'm just a child trapped inside this fallen man
See this child. "
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The Husband and I used to live in a neighborhood with a seedy looking playground. We called it the "post-rock" playground 'cause it had this creepy vibe like a Godspeed album cover. We'd walk there in the middle of the night and listen to Misplaced Childhood together. Good times.

So yeah, Misplaced Childhood. That album is an answer.

The Flower Kings also have a number of songs that depict the innocence of youth in a unique way.
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Originally posted by Progosopher Progosopher wrote:

The ones I thought of have already been mentioned, but I'll add my two cents in support of them:
 

School by Supertramp.

Aqualung and Cross-Eyed Mary by Jethro Tull.  There's also Sparrow on the Schoolyard Wall from Catfish Rising.

Rockpommel's Land by Grobshcnitt.

Another Brick in the Wall Part II by Pink Floyd.

 

Note that many of these are dark and cynical.  On the more positive side, Jon Anderson has had his share: Circus of Heaven and Song of Seven both key into childhood play.

 

One more outside of Prog: Art Lover by The Kinks.


I was just forgetting about Floy'ds "Another Brick" and Yes's "Circus of Heaven". Ofcourse, if we're taliking about The Wall, there are other songs about "Pink's" Childhood, like "Another Brick 1", "Goodbye Blue Sky", "The Thin Ice", "The Happiest Days of our lives".
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Very dark song but does have typical kids playing type sounds as part of the intro.
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The ones I thought of have already been mentioned, but I'll add my two cents in support of them:
 
School by Supertramp.
Aqualung and Cross-Eyed Mary by Jethro Tull.  There's also Sparrow on the Schoolyard Wall from Catfish Rising.
Rockpommel's Land by Grobshcnitt.
Another Brick in the Wall Part II by Pink Floyd.
 
Note that many of these are dark and cynical.  On the more positive side, Jon Anderson has had his share: Circus of Heaven and Song of Seven both key into childhood play.
 
One more outside of Prog: Art Lover by The Kinks.
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Hi,
 
Daevid Allen -- "Good Morning" ... he tells the kids a story ...
 
And probably the finest one in all of these examples, because the kids are involved in it too!
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ShockedI forgot about the Grobschnitt! Their Ballermann indeed have some childish naivety in a good way.
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What about the release of the children on Grobschnit's Rockpommel's Land?
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Points: 3595 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2010 at 00:57
Originally posted by Conor Fynes Conor Fynes wrote:

Ayreons 'Playground?' =P


Seconded, good sir Conor. First thing that popped into me little head, it was.
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Harmonium's "Aujourd'hui je dis bonjour a la vie" starts with the sound of children playing.
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Ayreons 'Playground?' =P
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