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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Tarquin Underspoon Tarquin Underspoon wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

'Back in NYC' (followed by more Genesis like 'Abacab' or 'Robbery,Assault and Battery')


 
I agree with the last two, but Back in NYC? Pop? Hm...wouldn't have thought that. Perhaps Carpet Crawlers or I Know What I Like. I actually was going to suggest Follow You, Follow Me. But overall, I think it's obvious that Genesis is the master of this prog-pop stuff.
 
Yes, Back in NYC is too long and in too weird a time signature to be prog-pop. Now Carpet Crawlers is a different matter.
 
But Carpet Crawlers is still is by no means a pop song, it has a simple time signature but doesn't sound poppy.  Maybe Counting Out Time LOL
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Solsbury Hill
 
Living In The Past
See Emily Play
Virginia Plain
Northern Lights
Afterglow
Wonderous Stories
Spirit Of Radio
Paranoid
I Hear You Now
Wuthering Heights
Hooks In You
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Originally posted by Nilsen Nilsen wrote:

Comfortably Numb gets my vote.


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Some great entries, particularly the Yes ones. The one I'll chuck into the mix is Solsbury Hill, which is nigh on perfect pop/prog to these ears.
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Comfortably Numb gets my vote.

Edited by Nilsen - June 28 2010 at 12:31
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Another Brick in the Wall pt-2.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Tarquin Underspoon Tarquin Underspoon wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

'Back in NYC' (followed by more Genesis like 'Abacab' or 'Robbery,Assault and Battery')


 
I agree with the last two, but Back in NYC? Pop? Hm...wouldn't have thought that. Perhaps Carpet Crawlers or I Know What I Like. I actually was going to suggest Follow You, Follow Me. But overall, I think it's obvious that Genesis is the master of this prog-pop stuff.
 
Yes, Back in NYC is too long and in too weird a time signature to be prog-pop. Now Carpet Crawlers is a different matter.


Agreed with two of the three, as with first:

None of that Genesis stuff is pop/prog. Maybe Prog/rock with a pop sheen, but NOT really for several you mentioned, particularly back in NYC (genesis' best song)

If you define as Pop that stuff you really are restricting Prog to stupid experimentation. Prog isn't simply about long, stupid experimentation. That's avant-garde, right?

The premise of prog is that it is maximum pop like the Who described themselves in 1965 ("Maximum R&B"), Prog is a really ambitious descendant and close relative of pop.  It is only when the music feeds obviously and purposely back into contemporary pop conventions that it can be described prog-pop. Owner could have been released by any AOR band (even though it would have been the best thing they did), as could Learning to Fly (theoretically). Something like Abacab (the song) was completely in its own stream, though some of the other tracks on that album could be classified as Prog-pop or even pop. etc.
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Basically any song off this:

Dredg El Cielo album cover
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Originally posted by Tarquin Underspoon Tarquin Underspoon wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

'Back in NYC' (followed by more Genesis like 'Abacab' or 'Robbery,Assault and Battery')


 
I agree with the last two, but Back in NYC? Pop? Hm...wouldn't have thought that. Perhaps Carpet Crawlers or I Know What I Like. I actually was going to suggest Follow You, Follow Me. But overall, I think it's obvious that Genesis is the master of this prog-pop stuff.
 
Yes, Back in NYC is too long and in too weird a time signature to be prog-pop. Now Carpet Crawlers is a different matter.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

'Back in NYC' (followed by more Genesis like 'Abacab' or 'Robbery,Assault and Battery')


 
I agree with the last two, but Back in NYC? Pop? Hm...wouldn't have thought that. Perhaps Carpet Crawlers or I Know What I Like. I actually was going to suggest Follow You, Follow Me. But overall, I think it's obvious that Genesis is the master of this prog-pop stuff.
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Rhythm of Love by YesTongue.
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Art Bears' In Two Minds
Les mains, les pieds balancés
Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers,
Un marin mort,
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Points: 1072 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2010 at 23:07
ahhh- that's really hard you know

Owner may be it.

I'd also mention Learning to Fly (PF) and a lot of what APP and ELO did, but they had no singles like the aforementioned singles.
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Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

Probably some solo Peter Gabriel, maybe Biko or Shock the Monkey.


agreed, Monkey is such an awesome tune
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Originally posted by Captain Clutch Captain Clutch wrote:

Anirml that's the greatest f**kin song ever


It's an amazing song!
I played it at a party some days ago and some people loved it! Smile
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Anirml that's the greatest f**kin song ever
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