Favorite Prog Songs by non Prog Bands

^Queen's categorization as Prog-related could be considered disqualifying. Nevertheless, some good songs on this mostly-overlooked release.

someone_else wrote: Tom Ozric wrote: There is a 9:30 version of Steven Stills' Chicago track, performed by Aussie Glam-band SHERBET. The keyboardist, Garth Porter, launches into some cool Emerson-esque Hammond whirlings (ala Rondo), and throws in a massive wall of Mellotron too !! Most Prog workout they've done. Wish I could post the track here..... That's a good one ! But it was written by Graham Nash, not by Stephen Stills. Here it is:

Indeed - I forgot.......and I have a little 'Programme' included with the LP with the credits......
Thanks heaps for placing a clip up for those that are curious. Their take does follow 'Prog' criteria.

Tom Ozric wrote: There is a 9:30 version of Steven Stills' Chicago track, performed by Aussie Glam-band SHERBET. The keyboardist, Garth Porter, launches into some cool Emerson-esque Hammond whirlings (ala Rondo), and throws in a massive wall of Mellotron too !! Most Prog workout they've done. Wish I could post the track here.....

There is a 9:30 version of Steven Stills' Chicago track, performed by Aussie Glam-band SHERBET. The keyboardist, Garth Porter, launches into some cool Emerson-esque Hammond whirlings (ala Rondo), and throws in a massive wall of Mellotron too !! Most Prog workout they've done. Wish I could post the track here.....

Fly Like An Eagle by Steve Miller Band (1976)

Edited by Svetonio - January 28 2015 at 19:45

Down in the Sewer by The Stranglers from IV Rattus Norvegicus
Astradyne by Ultravox from Vienna
Marquee Moon by Television from the album of the same name
Most of Real Life by Magazine
The title track of Monkey Island by Geils
In Every Dream Home a Heartache by Roxy Music from For Your Pleasure
Out of Blue Comes Green by A-ha from Stay On These Roads

Tom Waits - "Hold On" (ANTI-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPnOEiehONQ

I think it is interesting that some of the non prog bands would choose to show they could do prog if they wanted to.. but in general they chose not to. 

But most if not all successful rock bands did write great songs (otherwise they would not be considered great bands?), and when they applied prog concepts, could possibly have been great prog bands.

It might be similar to a band just doing something out of character for artistic reasons.. or just for fun.  I remember The Scorpions doing a Reggae song on Lovedrive.  Zeppelin did very folksy stuff particularly on their 3rd album, and The Stones were all over the place also.

Not sure what the dividing line between prog and prog associated is.  Maybe 50%?
Had Yes focused on Jon's ambient soundscapes and Steve's acoustic playing but then side four of their album being The Revealing Science of God or Close to the Edge, would we consider them Prog?  or just another band toying with the idea like Elton John did with Funeral for a Friend?

The Confessor - Joe Walsh

someone_else wrote: kenethlevine wrote: David64T wrote: someone_else wrote: Gladstone Pier - Redgum Nice pick!  And from a band, close to home, whose name I would never have associated with PA too. ok here's a question for either of you who know Redgum, because so few do. They had a live album with a long title track called "Caught in the Act".  The main melody of the sung part is identical to that of Lindisfarne's "Caught in the Act" but it appeared years later.  Did they acknowledge this or was it a total ripoff? Speaking of which, Lindisfarne has been rejected before but they had their share of prog songs.  I'll have to post a few but "Dingley Dell" comes to mind As a matter of fact I am neither familiar with Redgum nor with Lindisfarne. I remember Lindisfarne from songs I heard on the radio, such as Meet Me on the Corner, when I was a 13yo laddie. I heard Gladstone Pier once on the radio, on a Sunday afternoon back in 1985. I loved this song at first hearing and decided that I would hear it again, though most music from Australian bands did not make it to the Dutch record stores. So it would be 2012 or 2013 when I heard it again. In the meantime I got a job, met my wife, got married, became father of a daughter, waited patiently for the rise of the internet with utilities and websites like Spotify, Grooveshark, progstreaming and bandcamp, giving me free rides which I highly appreciate, including the opportunity to renew the acquaintance with some old loves (like Gladstone Pier, which I still remembered after 27 years), and grew twice as old. Now I could easily find Lindisfarne's Court in the Act (this is the actual title of the song) from 1972 and Redgum's Caught in the Act  from 1981. The main melody is identical, but the lyrics are somewhat different. I don't know and I cannot tell in what degree Redgum is familiar with the catalog of Lindisfarne.