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OK, instrumental, so no dramatic story, but...
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Hi,

One last comment ... all of this stuff, at the time I was hearing it was considered "art rock", a lot of which became known as "progressive" ... it's kinda strange seeing it considered "dramatic" since the main feature of the artistic movements in the arts was a strong dramatic effect, and that did not mean ... LOUD ... which is all folks show these days, it could be said.

Let's look at a few things ... so 2001, was not dramatic? With its huge opening and some other moments? SW had a massive opening with huge sound all over the venues, including under your seat. "HAIR" featured some ... nudity, though it was not like Hustler or Penthouse ... it was more like Playboy covered. So both the concert in Monterey and Woodstock were not "dramatic" ... the film tried to add to it some, but it was all there, especially in the Bay Area concert with Jimmy going nuts and Jefferson Airplane asked to play again.

I kinda thought the point of it all was ... make it strong ... and loud was not exactly the main thing, then ... though it became a few years later about how loud one could get ... already The Rolling Stones and Deep Purple owned the honor! 


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Originally posted by Starshiper Starshiper wrote:

King Crimson – Starless



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I like this version a lot, the original when I first got the album a few months after it was out ... I got into them on Lark's Tongues in Aspic, which I liked and this album was even better then ... 

The one thing ... that version of this piece with the 3 drummers in the toob is also fantastic ... and what a treat for Mel Collins to still be there to do it ... far out ... but one thing in these three albums ... Bill Bruford is very good and far out. 
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King Crimson – Starless
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Originally posted by Starshiper Starshiper wrote:

Ange – Les Longues nuits d'Isaac



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So happy to see ANGE represented here ... it has been one of my favorite bands for more than 40 years ... outstanding stuff ... made me cry.

More: 
Epitath ... For me one of the most dramatic ever........ such a beautiful piece ... and so with it, even today with so many wars.


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Yes – Heart of the Sunrise
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Genesis – Supper's Ready
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This surely qualifies as dramatic; the battle between gladiator Spartacus and his "Slave army" against  "the forces of Rome"-a tour de force, both musically and lyrically...
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despite the paintroller TongueWink


Edited by Sean Trane - October 29 2024 at 15:55
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
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Genesis - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight

I suppose anything by Van Der Graaf Generator also especially La Rossa.

Good call on that Banco. You can't get much more dramatic than Francesco's vocals. I suppose a lot of 70s RPI was pretty dramatic though. 


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Mellotronwave mentioned Strawbs and I had to post this one..........




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BJH : The great 1974 mining disaster
BJH : Suicide ? (terrific final)
The Strawbs : Ghosts (globally dark LP and an all times fav of mine)

Just echoing Thyroidglands ( if I may say so ;-))

Peter Hammill : Out of Water
Peter Hammill : Handicap and Equality
Peter Hammill : The Lie

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^ indeed
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For me one of the most dramatic ever........
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Originally posted by Starshiper Starshiper wrote:

Van Der Graaf Generator – Lemmings (Including Cog)

Well... Any song with Peter's voice is inevitably dramatic. Or with Francesco's voice.
Bloody bloody racket and rumpus
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^ Thank you. The First was the full Long Live Man Dead-suite including Skull by Gnidrolog:)

maybe this song works?




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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by MortSahlFan MortSahlFan wrote:

Dramatic 1970s Prog Songs?
Drama, melodrama... in many ways the essence of 1970's prog, isn't it (maybe less in Canterbury and jazzy fusion etc...)? For me discovering that there existed songs like The Musical Box, In the Court of the Crimson King - and I might as well add Nights in White Satin and Aqualung... I could go on forever. The sense of drama and... I don't know a sense of grand feelings and urgency, was part of the attraction. But here's a few very different suggestions:





-love all of these but a very random/top of my head selection from my early days.


The first link says unavailable (must be a regional thing). Can I have the title please?

I'm a huge fan of Curved Air. Great selection. And speaking of underrated songs, "The Prisoner". I like some Comus, too, but don't know that last song - I'll check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition

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A Passion Play starts with the death of a ballerina, and her journey through the other side.
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Originally posted by MortSahlFan MortSahlFan wrote:

Dramatic 1970s Prog Songs?
Drama, melodrama... in many ways the essence of 1970's prog, isn't it (maybe less in Canterbury and jazzy fusion etc...)? For me discovering that there existed songs like The Musical Box, In the Court of the Crimson King - and I might as well add Nights in White Satin and Aqualung... I could go on forever. The sense of drama and... I don't know a sense of grand feelings and urgency, was part of the attraction. But here's a few very different suggestions:











-love all of these but a very random/top of my head selection from my early days.


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Magma - Mëkanïk zaïn (Live, 1975)
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