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Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - "One Red Rose That I Mean"
Cheer-Accident - "Failure" and "Post Premature" 
Gentle Giant - "Think of Me With Kindness" (I used to think it was cheesy) and "A Reunion"  
Frank Zappa - "Watermelon in Easter Hay" and "Blessed Relief"  




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Damn I loved UK.....they broke up way too soon...might have saved us from ASIA....Danger Money, Night After Night, Ceasar Palace Blues,  As Long as You Want Me Here all great stuff.....I hated it when Ian Anderson grabbed Eddie Jobson for his "A" album (after Jethro Tull/UK 79 tour). It gave John Wetton too much time on his hands...the first ASIA was good (the rest were crap), but no where near as good as UK.....glad you mentioned them
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2011 at 20:56
Good choices....add Tull's "Witch's Promise" and "To Cry You A Song", Yes"s "Soon" and Crimson"s "Epitaph" and "Fallen Angel" and maybe Genesis "Watcher of the Sky"
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Sigur Rσs - () entire album
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Genesis - "Firth of Fifth"
Mainly most of King Crimson songs but but to pick some -  "Starless", "Fallen Angel", "Epitaph", Islands".
Banco Del Mutuo Socorsso - "750.000 Anni Fa... L'amore"
Camel - "Harbour of tears"
Camel - "The Snow Goose" Whole album.
Porcupine Tree - "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here"
Pink Foyd - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Renaissance - "Ocean Gypsy", "Cold Is Being"
Marillion - "Neverland"
VDGG - "Man Erg"
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Definitely And You and I and Stagnation
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King Crimson - Exiles
Pink Floyd - Fearless
Yes - And You and I
Camel - Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider
King Crimson - Formentera Lady / Sailor's Tale
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I can't believe I forgot about this prog song:
 
 
 
A very nice song if I do say so.
 
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Space-Dye Vest springs to mind instantly. Ironically, I'd say it's the only successfully "beautiful" song DT ever made.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 13 2012 at 15:08
Hey!Look:
Steve Hackett - The Fundamentals Of Brainwashing
Steve Hackett ~ Icarus Ascending
Rush-Natural Science
My Dying Bride - Roads
Fates Warning - Left Here
Psychotic Waltz - Drift
Queensryche - Anybody Listening?
Black Label Society - Blood Is Thicker Than Water
Tool - The Pot
Rishloo - Diamond Eyes
Jex Thoth - Warrior Woman
Votum - Me In The Dark
Callisto - Pathos
Gazpacho Upside Down
Redemption - What Will You Say
Winter - The Devin Townsend Project
Pain Of Salvation - This Heart Of Mine (I Pledge)

P.S. Sorry is some of it aren*t prog!Ouch

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 13 2012 at 15:15
Close to the Edge is beyond beautiful
Stranger in Your Soul by Transatlantic
Other Half of the Sky by Moon Safari
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gazpacho....winter is never
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Gentle Giant - Aspirations

Kayak - Life of Gold (saw this mentioned on a prior page and agree agree agree!)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 14 2012 at 01:41
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VDGG - "Man Erg"
Beautiful? Well at parts yes but mostly that song scares me.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 14 2012 at 02:04
Since there are a lot i will pick one that hasn't been mentioned.
LUCIFER'S FRIEND - THUS SPOKE OBERON.
One of the most beautiful no doubt! 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 14 2012 at 02:54
I don't think anyone mentioned Beautiful by Marillion, also Estonia.
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 14 2012 at 03:25

Go ahead and sue me if the list is wrong and too long:


Most beautiful and sad ones:

 

PF - Paint Box (sad musically, ... maybe even lyrically)

PF - Burning Bridges

PF - Mudmen

PF - Shine on You Crazy Diamond, pt. 2

Genesis – After the Ordeal

Genesis – Blood on the Rooftops

King Crimson – Trio

King Crimson – Night Watch

King Crimson – The Sheltering Sky

PF – Vera

 

Most emotional ones (more than just beautiful, mayhaps sad ones):

 

PF - Time (I wouldn't call it particularly sad)

PF - The Great Gig in the Sky

PF - Welcome to the Machine (dramatic, but not really depressing)

Genesis – For Absent Friends (also not particularly sad)

David Gilmour – So Far Away (emotional, but not really depressing)

King Crimson – Starless (well, the first half of it, actually)

ELO – Shangri-La

King Crimson – I Talk to the Wind

Robert Wyatt – Sea Song (again, don’t confuse depressing with emotional)

Robert Wyatt – Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road

 

Most beautiful ones:

 

PF - Cirrus Minor

PF - Cymbaline

PF - Julia Dream

PF - Remember a Day

PF - See-Saw

PF - Crying Song (not exactly sad in a genuine way, I think)

PF - A Pillow of Winds

PF - Wot's ... Uh the Deal

Genesis – Fireside Song

Genesis – In Hiding

Genesis – Visions of Angels

Genesis – Looking for Someone

Genesis – Seven Stones (hel-lo-o)

Genesis – Harlequin

Genesis – Supper’s Ready (like I had a reason not to put it here)

Genesis – More Fool Me

King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King

King Crimson – Lizard

King Crimson – Islands

King Crimson – Prelude: Song of the Gulls (also an instrumental composition, not a song)

King Crimson – Exiles

Matching Mole – Signed Curtain

Matching Mole – Immediate Curtain (for the psychologically disturbed ones; there’s a whole lot of beauty than emotion)

Soft Machine – Carol Ann (again, partly sad, partly sweet; and I wouldn’t gamble)

Yes – Heart of the Sunrise (oh, God, again, partly sad, partly sweet; and I wouldn’t gamble)

Yes – Close to the Edge (well, it is beautiful for the most part)

Yes – And You And I (emotional, not sad)

ELO – Telephone Line

Radiohead – Everything is in the Right Place

The Beatles – Fixing a Hole

The Bealtes – She’s Leaving Home (hel-lo-o)

Led Zeppelin – The Rain Song

 

Honorable Mentions:

 

PF - Green is the Colour

PF – Is There Anybody Out There (corny sad, I’d say)

The Mothers of Invention – Go Cry on Somebody Else’s Shoulder

The Mothers of Invention – How Could I Be Such a Fool

Yes – We Have Heaven

Genesis – Lamia

Genesis – Horizons (but it’s really an instrumental composition, not a song)

Genesis – In the Rapids

Genesis – Dusk

Soft Machine – Moon in June

Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin – A Lotus on Irish Streams

Rick Wright – Mediterranean C

Rick Wright – Against the Odds (just introspective)

Robert Wyatt – Alifib (partly sad, partly sweet; I wouldn’t gamble)



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