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Epic songs that might be not considered prog |
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POTA 
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Another awesome example of what OP is asking for. Joe Walsh’s “Decades” is over 12 minutes with a lot of what makes an epic prog song epic (without being prog). I highly recommend listening to it all.
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POTA
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 16:01 |
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Loggins & Messina had some tracks that were close to folk prog. This is a great example for this thread.
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lazland
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 14:14 |
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I think that 'Papa Was a Rolling Stone' is superb, especially the killer of a bass line. Isaac Hayes did some long tracks which were quite epic ' Do Your Thing ' took up a whole side of the original double album of the 'Shaft ' soundtrack. Rare Earth's version of 'Get Ready' also took up the whole side of an album, with the respective members of the band taking it in turns to showcase their own playing. EDIT Just seen that Isaac Hayes has already been mentioned in this discussion !
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Hi, As do I ... they helped bring about and define what we call "progressive music" ... Listing some of this stuff is just insane and amazing ... some folks have no idea how valuable and important the expression of these early acts was, and how it helped "progressive music" become so important ... unless of course, the only thing that some folks can think is the stupid design of keyboard, drums, guitar and bass ... and of course a lousy singer that "defines" progressive music!
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 12:58 |
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Not quite 10 minutes, but my go-to for these prog/not prog conversations:
From the same band... |
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
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Are you saying...you can never leave? As far as that album goes, I think "The Last Resort" constitutes an epic. But of all their work, "Journey of the Sorcerer" is kind of the lunch snack of epics. Edited by Tapfret - June 30 2020 at 12:05 |
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At over 11 minutes, my favorite is still the album version of Black No. 1. |
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 11:16 |
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Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to.
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 11:09 |
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How about Hotel California?
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I disagree about The Doors.
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"In my Time of Dying" and "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida" are in my opinion full fledged prog songs.
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Not quite 10 minutes, but Green Day's Jesus Of Suburbia has a very low chance of being called prog on this website despite being part of a concept album and having multiple distinct movements.
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 10:26 |
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Grateful Dead - Terrapin .... a 16 minute, multi-part suite which many consider the most progressive track they did and it wasn't even a jam really.
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Posted: June 30 2020 at 10:04 |
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Type-O Negative kind of mastered the non-prog epic.
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Great choices!
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There are some here and there.. Neil Young -Cowgirl In The Sand Grand Funk- I'm Your Captain The Doors- The End, When The Music's Over.. Butterfield Blues Band- East West ... |
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Madness: the Liberty of Norton Folgate title track
of their 2009 album is > 10 mins long and plots the history of how
immigration has shaped London's multiculture in an entirely positive
way. It's also split into disparate sections where the musical style
changes. Brilliant yes, but Prog? Nah
the Damned Curtain Call from 1980s the Black Album
is > 17 mins long and also consists of contrasting sections that
range from Gothic crooner ballad, faux classical bravura to aggressive
Punky irreverence. The singer drove a hearse and used to work as a grave digger. Tells you all you need to know
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Mascodagama wrote:
Probably the most famous example I can think of though is "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly. It's 20 minutes long but usually considered psych and not prog(not even really proto prog imo).