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Joined: April 05 2006
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Posted: July 15 2011 at 11:48
Wanted to mention some mostly instrumentals, but I'll stick with songs.
Here is Magma's "The Night We Died" off the much reviled Merci (I love it).
And if Comus can be considered a popular "prog" band:
Comus' "Winter is a Coloured Bird" (I love this which is a bonus track on Song to Comus and I haven't seen get much attention) :
And, for a really big name, I think this by Van der Graaf Generator (okay, an instrumental, but so great and a terrific bonus track on my Pawn hearts CD: This is theme One and Dimunitions:
I would have liked to mention some largely, I think, overlooked Can and Area tracks too which are instrumentals rather than songs: Aumgn and Mirage!
Joined: June 19 2011
Location: Portugal
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Posted: July 15 2011 at 17:23
I'm not sure if this song is exactly underlooked, but when I listen to people talk about The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway they almost never mention "In The Cage" which I think is a fantastic song.
Other than that, maybe Stagnation, also by Genesis, and Matilda Mother by Floyd ^^
Joined: June 12 2011
Location: Croatia
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Posted: July 18 2011 at 09:14
Pink Floyd - Have a cigar from Wish you were here, Roy Harper voice and Gilmou guitar fantastic.
Yes - Mood for a day - beautiful instrumental, Howe plays with so much emotions
"I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do: I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it — you've got to go sometime"
Joined: July 13 2005
Location: Essex, UK
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Posted: July 19 2011 at 07:31
Frederik wrote:
I'm not sure if this song is exactly underlooked, but when I listen to people talk about The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway they almost never mention "In The Cage" which I think is a fantastic song.
I'd have to dispute that. I've seen "In The Cage" win polls for the best song on the album.
Pink Floyd Embryo. Great track, that never got its place on a studio album, which is a real shame. It was however a live favorite during the start of the 70s, and you can get on the BBC sessions in two different versions.
“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
Lady Nina & Cinderella Search by Fish era Marillion. They always released classy B-sides, and these two are the best.
Add 'Tux On' to that and I'm with you.
Yes to all three!
Being that I do not know any other "real people" who listen to progressive rock (and all the close cousins) - meaning none of my friends do (so sad), I really cannot say what is overlooked. I have found bands through sites such as this, or by randomly buying records/CDs based solely on the covers and getting lucky, or stumbling upon them in some other manner. None of the radio stations in my area have played much that I would consider in the progressive umbrella. And, I am just young enough to have not been alive and/or aware of the releases in the 60s and 70s until much, much later.
Basically I am saying I have no idea what is or was overlooked.
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