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    Posted: January 21 2012 at 16:54
Do you ever hear a song on the radio by pop or mainstream rock band and think, "That sounds proggy..."?
What are the "proggiest" songs you know by bands that aren't considered prog?
"Foreplay" by Boston (the intro to "Long Time") sounds like it could have been made by a symphonic prog band.  And I almost consider "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay to be a crossover prog record (even though none of their other music qualifies).
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Edited by Slartibartfast - January 21 2012 at 20:04
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Not sure how you can mention The Police without mentioning "Synchronicity II"...

The Police could have been such a fine prog band, if they'd wanted to!  Wink
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The Devil's Blood has a few of these, albeit a little more psychedelic than proggy
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Slartibartfast: Those are all good songs by great artists, but how would they be defined as prog? I don't hear it.

Plus, I didn't know Elton John was the singer for XTC!


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Speaking of Elton John



And honestly, much of his early 70's material (or Bernie Taupan's to be more accurate) was at least prog-related.

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Great band.

Good stuff! Fun band.
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When I first heard this the xylophone solo really pricked my ears.
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:




If I were to make the argument that Tears for Fears had proggy sounding stuff, I wouldn't use anything off the first album...I'd go with their more adventurous stuff on their third album, like Badman's Song:


Who'd guess those synth boys would release such a soulsy, jazzy, Beatles-y record - they really grew their sound by Seeds of Love.

This one is perhaps not proggy but definitely adventurous, while being closer to their original sound:
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I feel like some tracks by the Allman Brothers Band could qualify here. 
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Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:


Great band.

Good stuff! Fun band.

Indeed, my favorites are Waiter: You Vultures! and Church Mouth. 
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One I can't find on YouBoob right now is Elton John's "Out Of The Blue" Great song!
 
 
 
 
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Originally posted by zravkapt zravkapt wrote:



Good track that one. 
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http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385
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Freebird?
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Originally posted by AlexDOM AlexDOM wrote:

Freebird?

Certainly not in my opinion. 
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Originally posted by irrelevant irrelevant wrote:

Originally posted by AlexDOM AlexDOM wrote:

Freebird?

Certainly not in my opinion. 


Maybe?

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