Favorite Prog Songs by non Prog Bands

someone_else wrote: Tom Ozric wrote: There is a 9:30 version of Steven Stills' Chicago track, performed by Aussie Glam-band SHERBET. The keyboardist, Garth Porter, launches into some cool Emerson-esque Hammond whirlings (ala Rondo), and throws in a massive wall of Mellotron too !! Most Prog workout they've done. Wish I could post the track here..... That's a good one ! But it was written by Graham Nash, not by Stephen Stills. Here it is:

Indeed - I forgot.......and I have a little 'Programme' included with the LP with the credits......
Thanks heaps for placing a clip up for those that are curious. Their take does follow 'Prog' criteria.

^Queen's categorization as Prog-related could be considered disqualifying. Nevertheless, some good songs on this mostly-overlooked release.

On the basis on some posts, I'm assuming were talking about "prog" in the sense of song length and more complex song structure than what the band is usually putting out? I have a load of favorites in that regard:

Black Mages - Dancing Mad (one could argue that they are prog though, since the writers main influence is ELP)
Alcest - Là où Naissent les Couleurs Nouvelles
Wintersun - Sons of Winter and Stars
Pathfinder - Beyond Space, Beyond Time
Deep Purple - Child In Time
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Uriah Heep - July Morning
Manowar - Bridge of Death
Moonsorrow - Viides luku hävitetty (Thick as A Brick-esque one song one album)

And probably some others that I missed.


Edited by paragraph7 - February 18 2015 at 13:00

Child in Time- Deep Purple

I always thought BOC's Secret Treaties was very proggish--especially the two strings of songs, "Subhuman-Dominance and Submission" and "Harvester of Eyes-Astronomy" (an effect that was contributed to by the fact that they bled one song into the other).

Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin

Before I even started to listen to prog and more jazz, "Dhafer Youssef - Odd poetry" was one of my favorite tracks and still is. And nowadays, I think it fits very well into prog. I wonder why Dhafer Youssef is not added into the archiv? Because some of the musicians he worked together with are listened at PA.

Here is the song, the live version is better anyway in my opinion:

Just on the Kazoo solo itself I'd go with this.




Edited by JD - March 29 2015 at 07:46

justin4950834-2 wrote: Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin Bohemiam Rhapsody - Queen Astronomy - BOC Foreplay Long Time -Boston Cathedral- CSN The Man Whos Sold The world- David Bowie Frankenstein- Edgar Winter Please Don't Judas Me - Nazareth

Edited by Kati - March 30 2015 at 00:26

Upbeat Tango Monday wrote: Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand