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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AreYouHuman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2014 at 22:20
Originally posted by AreYouHuman AreYouHuman wrote:

I’m not one of the mods, but this topic isn’t exactly new:

 

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=74557&KW=Prog+songs+non%2Dprog+bands&PN=4

 

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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^Now now, don't be a party-pooper.......LOL

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 Confused.

 

Anyway, how about I poop these: Tongue

 

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
Caption: We tend to take ourselves a little too seriously.

Silly human race! Yes is for everybody!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote kenethlevine Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2014 at 08:20
Originally posted by David64T David64T wrote:

Originally posted by someone_else 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.

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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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote kenethlevine Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2014 at 08:14
Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Journey of the Sorcerer - The Eagles (aka The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy theme)

good one!  totall forgot about that song, before they went all trash rock
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote kenethlevine Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2014 at 08:11
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





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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote prog4evr Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2014 at 07:40
Originally posted by Skullhead Skullhead wrote:

I think some of the best Prog songs has come from non prog bands...
Funeral for a Friend - Elton John Band
Long Time - Boston
Beware of Darkness - George Harrison
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Introduction - Chicago
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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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Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

Dondante by My Morning Jacket
Love!
Also Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt 2.
Dancey but proggy.

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Dondante by My Morning Jacket
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East-West  by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kati Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2014 at 22:05
Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson
ha! Just because of the song title, I must go listen now :) white cliffs of dover Wink yes going to listen right now! Hug Hug
ha! I like the prelipupu's guitar already and the tum tek ti tum tek tek tek drumming too! yay!!! bounce, bounce happy bounce Big smileThumbs Up
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kati Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2014 at 22:03
Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson
ha! Just because of the song title, I must go listen now :) white cliffs of dover Wink yes going to listen right now! Hug 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. HeartThumbs Up
 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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Xonty Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2014 at 15:15
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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Rednight Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2014 at 10:42
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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cstack3 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2014 at 00:09
"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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tom Ozric Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2014 at 19:52
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

?persformace? Don't try to pass this one off as a typo, Master Bamsen....



No typo I guess, but I have zero recollection of posting thatLOL 
What!???!!! was my first thought when I read it back just now.....and then suddenly remembered the blank space from Fridays, which I don't remember at all. Too much of the ol lager and snaps, and waaaaay to little to eat beforehand. I should've learned that by now. Never go out drinking on an empty stomach - especially if it entails hard liquor like snapsWacko
Woke up with the sound system on and this album in the cd player
I instinctively pushed play and was nearly blasted out of the room! My neighbours must truly hate me at the momentEmbarrassed 
At least I'm moving away from Cappy Beefy, who usually is the one I reach for after a night out on the town.

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