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AreYouHuman
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Actually, I found it a little
baffling that on the earlier thread I was practically the only one keeping it
going, and now everyone’s weighing in on this new one .
Anyway, how about I poop these:
Midnight Oil – Arctic World
(the proggiest track on Diesel and Dust; a few earlier ones came close, esp.
Surfing With a Spoon on their first album, circa 1977)
Poco – Crazy Eyes. Surprisingly elaborate piece by a band
usually dismissed as lightweight country-rock.
Quicksilver Messenger Service – The
Fool. Their magnum opus, IMO, and a
surprisingly complex tune full of subtleties and unexpected melodic turns. Neil Young. No less than three tracks from “Harvest” lean
in that direction: There’s a World, A Man Needs a Maid, and Words (Between the
Lines of Age). I always thought that the
arrangement in There’s a World could have inspired Mother Russia by Renaissance. Allman Brothers Band – In Memory of
Elizabeth Reed. Play it back-to-back
with Lady Fantasy by Camel, and tell me what you hear. Several by Stories: Darling, Hey
France, Please,Please, Words, Bridges, Soft Rain, Hard When You’re So Far Away,
Stories Untold, and Earthbound/Freefall. The Church is already on PA as prog
related, but Afterimage, the last track on "Magician Among the
Spirits," wouldn't sound out of place on an Anthony Phillips album. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Rude Awakening
#2. Whoever heard of sustained organ chords
on a CCR album?? Alice Cooper – Titanic Overture from
their first, "Pretties for You."
With mellotron and everything. A
real Get Out of Here song. Shawn Phillips – “L” Ballade. Features beautiful orchestral arrangement by
Paul Buckmaster.
Roy Wood: his first solo record,
“Boulders,” is quirky, idiosyncratic and stylistically all over the place, as
is the norm for him. The two tracks
closest to prog are, IMO, Nancy Sing Me a Song and Dear Elaine, both of which
would have fit in on the first ELO album. Cream: “Wheels of Fire” has several:
As You Said, White Room, Passing the Time, Pressed Rat and Warthog, Those Were
the Days and my single favorite Cream tune, Deserted Cities of the Heart. From “Disraeli Gears”: Dance the Night Away,
World of Pain, Blue Condition. From
“Goodbye”: Badge, What a Bringdown, Anyone for Tennis. Edited by AreYouHuman - December 18 2014 at 23:09 |
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kenethlevine
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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
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kenethlevine
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good one! totall forgot about that song, before they went all trash rock
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kenethlevine
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This one is on one of my mixes and came up yesterday at the gym. awesome work.
of course, he also had this one from the same album. The albvum doesn't have much beyond the first song and those two tracks though Edited by kenethlevine - December 17 2014 at 08:22 |
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prog4evr
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Four excellent choices! Since all of these are circa 1968-1976 (during the hey-day of the "classic" progressive rock arrival), it makes sense that these songs from non-prog bands brand a "progressive" sound to them... |
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Also Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt 2. Dancey but proggy. "Oh, this feeling is wonderful... Don't you ever turn it off!" |
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Dondante by My Morning Jacket
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Technical Difficulties by Racer X
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East-West by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
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ha! I like the prelipupu's guitar already and the tum tek ti tum tek tek tek drumming too! yay!!! bounce, bounce happy bounce
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ha! Just because of the song title, I must go listen now :) white cliffs of dover yes going to listen right now! Hug
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Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson
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This is a band from Ireland, stunning heartfelt song. The piano tunes and vocals especially, very real and heartfelt. If you can please give this a listen. I love this song, since 2011 I have replayed this over and over again, just played this again and got that same special feeling I got first time. A song that to date I cannot get enough of doesn't matter how many times I listen. http://indigoprime.bandcamp.com/track/forget-about-me
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Forget About Me I just can’t forget about you, the way you forgot about me. How hard can this be? I’m going out of my head, This mess that you made, it don’t clean so easy. Ch - Some days I can’t make it of my bed Some days, I spend hours on the things that you said. Over and over and over again Something inside I just can’t defend They say time heals everything, well, that’s just a lie To help you get by And I’m walking round in a daze but these lights never change And the world has stopped turning Ch – And some days I wonder just what I have done I live every day, every day of my life, in a house not a home Over and over and over again Something inside I just can’t defend They say time heals everything, well, that’s just a lie To help you get by I’m drinking whiskey all the time, it’s killing the pain But then you’re sober again Ch – And some days I wish I had never been born I wish I could rip out this heart and the pain would be gone Over and over and over again Something inside I just can’t defend But you forget about me, Forget about me ............. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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The Order of Death - Public Image Limited
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There must be tons of Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple songs, but a song that basically smashes punk and prog together is Fear's Camarillo. The time signatures and arpeggios are pretty adventurous, especially as punk goes:
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“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
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Rednight
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Didn't Britney Spears cover Yes' I've Seen All Good People? She is who she is, but if she sang it, I'd love to hear what her handlers did to (for) it. Anyone else ever hear it. Was it any good?
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Big Wreck--Overemphasizing
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"Halo of Flies" by Alice Cooper, definitely!
"This Kid's" by UFO, for the amazing 8-voice choir Mellotron played by Leo Lyons. "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica is another favorite of mine, great imagery & cool instrumentals. |
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Tom Ozric
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You are one brave man..... |
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