Am I the only one who's fave prog band is Egg?

Also known as Egg appreciation society thread.

I came into knowing Egg by discovering Symphony No. 2 from their debut through BBC Prog Rock Britannia documentary. I immidietly fell in love with the band.
It is weird to say, but Egg is actually the only band which doesn't have a song in their catalogue that I do not like. For real. I think every song they produced is a true masterpiece and I love every album by bits. They have a certain vibe going on right there that no band managed to reproduce or repeat.
I am still scratching my head over how they didn't reach any more fame. For me personally, they beat ELP by country miles.
Some of my favorite tunes would be Symphony No. 2

Wring Out The Ground (Loosely Now)

Prelude

A Visit to Newport Hospital



LET'S DISCUSS EGG!

Tom Ozric wrote: No !! EGG happen to be but only ONE of my faves........I have many.......

Well, so do I (I don't want to be seen as childish, where only one band can be a favorite), but this one plays a significant role and I just happen to be temporarly rediscovering my love to it. Also, I thought the title was catchy or provoking to discuss.


Edited by ALotOfBottle - February 25 2016 at 07:19

Anything with Dave Stewart on keys wins me over........
Regarding Egg - Dave's solo on Wring Out The Ground is beyond brilliant.
Newport Hospital is amazing, and much of the debut is pure magic.
The most 'difficult' track of them all would have to be the complete Boilk, though I love the weirdo Mellotron work and the Bach organ piece in the last section.

I've never listened to them, but I'll add them to my list. Right now I'm on a space prog kick, but I'll definitely check them out.

I'm on a Tech-Extreme kick but I still love me some Egg.......and Hatfield........or National Health.........or Khan..........or maybe even some Stewart / Gaskin.........

I'm a fan of Egg also....love all 3 of their albums...and all the Canterbury bands.  I also have the live/studio compilation  disc Metronomical Society.

Edited by dr wu23 - February 25 2016 at 13:59

IMHO Egg and the other Canterbury bands: Caravan, Soft Machine, Hatfield, National Health, etc....should find their way into any good prog rock collection.

dr wu23 wrote: I just picked up a used vinyl copy of Bruford's One Of A Kind....and of course Dave Stewart plays keyboards on it. I'm sure ALotOfBottle also owns the related album Arzachel which turned into Egg in time since he also mentioned Khan above.

I listened to Azrachel a lot of times when I was in a psychedelic rock mood, but actually I never got around to buying an actual LP... or a CD for that matter.
I was doing some record shopping this weekend in Warsaw (where all the coolest record stores are) and picked up just two albums: Five Bridges by The Nice and Pictures at an Exhibition by ELP (which I don't know how I hadn't had) at a fairly good price. By the way, I also saw the Bruford album Gradually Going Tornado, which is the one after the album you mentioned. Also features Dave Stewart. In the end, I didn't get it, because I thought the price was a bit to high, even for original pressing. Anyway, The Nice album especially got me thinking that Dave Stewart was influenced by Keith Emerson in the early period, but with his very intelligent, musical influence, he managed to craft it into something that no other musician would ever be able to repeat or reproduce. A true genius! I actually think I like Dave Stewart's playing a bit more than Keith Emerson's. From what I hear, it seems like he has a wider harmonic imagination than Keith and can craft more sophisticated melodies or progressions in a certain musical context.


Edited by ALotOfBottle - February 25 2016 at 14:24

Absolutely love love love 'em.   Favorite?   Could be .. maybe .. on certain days.

I like Egg. I love its Jazzy mood so much. But not my favorite band.
Because their music is a little too much tricky to me.
I love the music that has patterns.
Of course, Egg's music has patterns, but they are a little bit hard to recognize.
That said, I like Egg.
That's all.