If Edgar Alan Poe's The Raven was a song

If the Raven was a song it would have the same lyrics from the poem. This would make about 20-30 Minutes long. It would probably be Neo-prog but which band. The only Neo-Prog i really know is early Marrllion. It can be any band at any point in time. I hope you enjoy my little Thought Experiment   

Bubblemath, Haken, Echolyn, Izz, Big Big Train, Mike Keneally, Marco Minnemann, Frost*, Thank You Scientist, could all pull it off.

SteveG wrote: The Alan Parsons Project, naturally. Not sure that they could stretch it out to 30 minutes but I'd have like to see them try.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - March 18 2020 at 09:16

I would imagine that that Alan Parsons Project song would be the first thing to come to most people's minds when looking at the topic title.

Some others:







The Grateful Dead did a The Raven, and I know Queen did one based on it. And Peter Hammill, the singer in Van der Graaf Generator, did a whole album based on Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher.

As for which Neo-Prog band, I'm not a fan of Neo Prog so I don;t know, I could imagine many taking that one, also could imagine plenty in Prog Folk, Psych, Crossover, Prog Metal, Symphonic Prog, and others. For a 20-30 minutes song, then maybe a Symoh or Neo-Prog band, or jam band.

Edited by Logan - March 18 2020 at 10:49

hmm actually saw a play in New York about 5 years ago called "Nevermore", a musical based on the life of Edgar Allan Poe.  The music and dancing were great as was the credible storyline.  And yes, one of the songs was indeed "The Raven"

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: SteveG wrote: The Alan Parsons Project, naturally. Not sure that they could stretch it out to 30 minutes but I'd have like to see them try. They already did but it's not 30 minutes.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfBpxfRAPo4&list=PLvudnxdw_da0iz7J9kWiG0q6r7uHpojQ8&index=3&t=0s

SteveG wrote: BaldJean wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: SteveG wrote: The Alan Parsons Project, naturally. Not sure that they could stretch it out to 30 minutes but I'd have like to see them try. They already did but it's not 30 minutes.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfBpxfRAPo4&list=PLvudnxdw_da0iz7J9kWiG0q6r7uHpojQ8&index=3&t=0s but the lyrics are not the lyrics of "The Raven". I had to learn the poem by heart back in high school Fair enough Jean, as I only know Poe's works from all those 60s Vincent Price movies, which I'm told were only loosely based on Poe's poems. Let's say APP actually doing the poem with extended music. 40 minutes long would have been bliss. In the meantime, while I'm sequestered in place, I'll check out Mr. Poe's writings, if my compromised eyesight will let me.

BaldJean wrote: I'll just give the first of 18 stanzas: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "’Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door - Only this and nothing more."