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Topic: Has a prog song ever brought you to tears? Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:53
as a proghead, I have never felt like crying because of a progressive song. I did cry listening to these:
The Who "Won't Be Fooled Again", Guns'N'Roses "Sweet Child Ol'Mine",
A-Ha "Take On Me", Ray Parker "Ghostbusters", Mortal Kombat theme and Commandos soundtrack
DragonForce "Operation Ground And Pound", "Trail Of Broken Hearts"
all of them have simplistic and powerful tunes.
I think this is because: progressive rock is emotionally COMPLEX, like classical music. Popular music is more touching than classical/prog because it's SIMPLE, straight to the point. Of course it's just me; I'm sure the classical fans and some progheads will say the exact opposite.
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Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:58
There are some which ALWAYS bring tears to my eyes. Most notable it is "House with no Door" by Van der Graaf Generator.The line "it doesn't seem right when there's that little dark figure running - won't somebody help me?" never fails to open my tear ducts.
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Posted: February 08 2009 at 12:59
Epitath does it very time! Birth by Focus often reminds me of that strong emotion. The "Soon" section of Yes' Gates of Delerium does me good too. "Sweet Child in Time " by Purple is another. Probably another 2 dozen that can wratchet up the goose bumps.
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Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:04
Epitath
does it very time! Birth by Focus often reminds me of that strong
emotion. The "Soon" section of Yes' Gates of Delerium does me good too.
"Sweet Child in Time " by Purple is another. Probably another 2 dozen
that can wratchet up the goose bumps.
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Definitely Epitaph, but the mother of all tear bringing prog songs is Turn of the Century - the sheer force of the story and a love that never dies, to the extent that it is reborn, gets me every time.
I am, of course, a very old romantic
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Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:21
lazland wrote:
Epitath does it very time! Birth by Focus often reminds me of that strong emotion. The "Soon" section of Yes' Gates of Delerium does me good too. "Sweet Child in Time " by Purple is another. Probably another 2 dozen that can wratchet up the goose bumps.
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Definitely Epitaph, but the mother of all tear bringing prog songs is Turn of the Century - the sheer force of the story and a love that never dies, to the extent that it is reborn, gets me every time.
I am, of course, a very old romantic
Mee too! Which album is Turn of the Century on? I am having aging memory lapses!
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Posted: February 08 2009 at 13:41
paganinio wrote:
as a proghead, I have never felt like crying because of a progressive song. I did cry listening to these:
The Who "Won't Be Fooled Again", Guns'N'Roses "Sweet Child Ol'Mine",
A-Ha "Take On Me", Ray Parker "Ghostbusters", Mortal Kombat theme and Commandos soundtrack
DragonForce "Operation Ground And Pound", "Trail Of Broken Hearts"
all of them have simplistic and powerful tunes.
I think this is because: progressive rock is emotionally COMPLEX, like classical music. Popular music is more touching than classical/prog because it's SIMPLE, straight to the point. Of course it's just me; I'm sure the classical fans and some progheads will say the exact opposite.
yep...they would
Guns and Roses?.. DragonForce??? ... hahhahah. I grab a hankie with those as well
Edited by micky - February 08 2009 at 13:41
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