Prog Rock Cover Songs You Like

richardh wrote: ^ I love the second half of A Change Of Seasons which features covers of Carry On Wayward Sun and Achilles Last Stand. Probably my favourite DT album actually , the title piece is massively underated imo.

I do like the A Change of Seasons very well, though there are Epics from DT that I like even more. As for the covers side, it is interesting, but I think they did better covers later on. One disappointing thing for me is that I almost never like medleys (it frustrates me to have the songs incomplete). I would much rather they had played the whole Achilles Last Stand song with full metal guitars... I don't think that song woul have needed much upgrading in the prog aspect. And there's a few songs within the medley last track that I wish they had played whole.

Squonk19 wrote: Barbu wrote: Big Train cover of Master of Time is pretty strong too. Yes - forgot to mention that one. Big Big Train turned a thoughtful, acoustic-driven song by Ant into something bigger and even more memorable. Covers seem to work best when lesser known songs are reinvented. I agree that many covers by established bands covering their peers tend to be quite safe - it's the old argument, I suppose - if you are going to cover a classic track, do something different with it, otherwise why are you really bothering. I understand tribute/covers bands trying to recreate them as precisely as possible when played live - but popular prog bands in their own right should try more - as the examples above show. Otherwise, stick to creating your own music - which must be artistically more interesting and challenging.

I didn't know Big Big Train played this song. I really wish they would do a whole Genesis tribute album... perhaps in collaboration with Steve Hackett (I feel their sound would work very nicely with those Genesis classics, and it's obvious Genesis were one of their most important influences). But I guess this song would will have to do.

I always loved the cover tunes Yes did on their early albums, including the Beatles song "Every Little Thing" (with some amazing guitar work by Peter Banks).  Yes did a lot of covers to fill up their shows in the early days from what I've read.  

Edited by cstack3 - August 30 2018 at 23:03

Frequent cover artist Circe Link handles a couple Yes classics fairly well, one low key and acoustic, the other more rockin'.  

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - August 31 2018 at 20:32

I'm pretty sure Phish covered the entire White album by the Beatles at one of their shows. Always loved that band; it's pure improv and each concert is different. Are they even on the site?

SonomaComa1999 wrote: I'm pretty sure Phish covered the entire White album by the Beatles at one of their shows. Always loved that band; it's pure improv and each concert is different. Are they even on the site?

Hi,

Interesting, since without The Grateful Dead there'd be no Phish.