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David_D
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These are some of the songs listed in the Political Prog thread, and you can vote for as many as you wish (multiple votes allowed). Enjoy! Edited by David_D - September 16 2024 at 04:27 |
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Love all these six. Which means they are all my favorites. So I voted for 50% of the songs in the poll:) "Epitaph" "The Emperor in His War-Room "The Song of Investment Capital Overseas" "Cross-eyed Mary" “Canto Nomade per un Prigioniero Politico" "Proclamation"
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King Crimson - Epitaph
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Great! |
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"Epitaph"
"Lucky Man" "I've Seen All Good People" |
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Marillion - Forgotten Sons
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Psychedelic Paul
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Funnily enough, by pure coincidence, I'm currently reading The Show That Never Ends - The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock, where it just happened to mention a song by Marillion called "Forgotten Sons" - which I'd completely forgotten about until now.
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Yes, Genesis, and The Tulls for this one.
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Good idea to make a poll out of some mentions in the Political Prog thread. Quite a few I love here, but King Crimson's "Epitaph", Art Bears' "The Song of Investment Capital Overseas", and VdGG's "The Emperor in His War-Room" are my top three. I also will give a vote to GG's (which is like VdGG without the VD) "Proclamation". By the way, I only just recently re-realised just how utterly wonderful KC's "Epitaph" is after not returning to In the Court.... for about 20 years. It gives me shivers.
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Very nice to hear about this book, as I haven't heard about it before. So now, I've ordered it from a library to see if it's worth to buy. |
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Gentle Giant, Art Bears, and Marillion. It's the kind of infrastructure you want to put pants on.
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I voted for Jethro Tull, but Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, Gentle Giant, etc, are very close in second place. Great songs in this poll.
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Hi,
I like many of these ... but I'm not sure that some of them had as much as Creedence and even Jefferson Airplane. I am partial, however, to Epitath, even though folks don't like to discuss it or the album as the best snap shot of the time and place! And losing friends to bombs!
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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ELP - Lucky Man Jethro Tull - Cross-Eyed MaryGentle Giant - Proclamation
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I love all these songs:
"Lucky Man" of ELP "Get 'Em Out by Friday" of Genesis "Proclamation" of Gentle Giant "Cross-eyed Mary" of Jethro Tull "Epitaph" of King Crimson "Forgotten Sons" of Marillion "The Emperor in His War-Room" of VDGG "I've Seen All Good People" of Yes
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"PROG IS MY FERRARI".
Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
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Amused to Death - Roger's finest solo work IMO, beautifully building on themes stretching back to Animals, The Wall, The Final Cut... and possibly tracing its ancestry back to songs such as 'Corporal Clegg', 'Fearless', and 'Free Four'
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'We're going to need a bigger swear jar.'
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King Crimson's Epitaph is sublime. The only other I voted for was I've Seen All Good People by Yes. There are many fine songs on this list but these are the two standouts. I would recommend Yes' Gates of Delirium for this topic as well.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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That's a very good comment, and I've just discovered that this side-long epic is about absurdity of the Vietnam war. I'll mention it in the Political Prog thread, as it hasn't been done yet. Edited by David_D - August 14 2024 at 16:58 |
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Most of these songs get my votes.
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Something amazes me much in the result of this poll so far, and which is that Flower Travellin' Band's "Hiroshima" has only got a vote from me. I find it to be a great song, and not least the lyrics: Flower Travellin' Band - "Hiroshima" Once upon a summer day In their midst, a mushroom grew They never saw They never, never knew They're walking on the street Making shadows on the wall They're sitting on the steps Melting into stone Children of the mushroom Aren't we all, aren't we all (from the album Made in Japan (1972)) |
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