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    Posted: August 24 2006 at 18:17
I find that there are many bands or artists who are not usually classed as 'prog' who have, at some point in their catalogues, produced a 'one-off' that I would regard as progressive. Examples that spring to mind are

Queen - The whole of 'A Night At The Opera'
Extreme - 'Everything Under The Sun' from '3 Sides to Every Story'
Roy Harper - Work Of Heart (For me, as good as any Floyd album).
This might divide a few people but I regard  the track 'Vienna' by Ultravox as quite progressive - apologies if I offend.

Anyone have any others that spring to mind?
 
 
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mmm...what about Led Zeppelin "proggy" songs?
Achilles last stand...Carruselamba, No Quarter...to name just three
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Stargazer-Rainbow
Gates of Babylon-Rainbow
Battle of Evermore-Led Zeppelin
Icarus Dream Suite-Malmsteen
 
Just some that come to mind at the moment.
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The Who: A Quick One While He's Away. LOL Really, it has 6 styles of music within eight minutes, and is quite inventive! (1968)
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Originally posted by Penumbra Penumbra wrote:

The Who: A Quick One While He's Away. LOL Really, it has 6 styles of music within eight minutes, and is quite inventive! (1968)



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American country rock pioneers Poco with their 11 minute epic "Crazy Eyes".

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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Penumbra Penumbra wrote:

The Who: A Quick One While He's Away. LOL Really, it has 6 styles of music within eight minutes, and is quite inventive! (1968)



cello cello cello cello cello cello ........  best cello solo EVER in the history of rock music LOL


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Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Penumbra Penumbra wrote:

The Who: A Quick One While He's Away. LOL Really, it has 6 styles of music within eight minutes, and is quite inventive! (1968)



cello cello cello cello cello cello ........  best cello solo EVER in the history of rock music LOL


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My little sister is listening to alot of bad music at the moment: She showed me a song by Green Day entitled "Jesus of Suburbia". It sucks, but it's pretty proggy.


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Here is my list of some favorites:
  1. Their Satanic Majesties Request: A Psyche/Proto Prog by the Rolling Stones, heavilly influenced by Sgt Peppers but IMO superior to The Beatles release.
  2. Tommy & Quadrophenia: No need to talk about this masterpieces by The Who.
  3. Jesus Christ Superstar: No, I would never ask for the inclusion of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, but this is a very Proggy album.
  4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: If Iron Maiden is not considered a Prog band (Don't get why yet), this album is absolutely Prog, add also the song Ryme of the Ancient Mariner.
  5. Toto: The antithesis of Prog IMO, but at least Child Anthem is 100% Prog track

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Tom Waits later albums are brilliant avant-garde blues with a lot of Beefheart influence.
I was surprised to not see him included on this site. Swordfishtrombones and The Black Rider are very "proggy" albums.
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anything by Dream Theater Thumbs Up
 
 
 
haha only a joke, but i know some ppl here will take offense and some will agree whole-heartedly. lol
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Here is my list of some favorites:
  1. Their Satanic Majesties Request: A Psyche/Proto Prog by the Rolling Stones, heavilly influenced by Sgt Peppers but IMO superior to The Beatles release.
  2. Tommy & Quadrophenia: No need to talk about this masterpieces by The Who.
  3. Jesus Christ Superstar: No, I would never ask for the inclusion of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, but this is a very Proggy album.
  4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: If Iron Maiden is not considered a Prog band (Don't get why yet), this album is absolutely Prog, add also the song Ryme of the Ancient Mariner.
  5. Toto: The antithesis of Prog IMO, but at least Child Anthem is 100% Prog track

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Maiden's new album is very proggy too. makes sense too since it's their 14th album and Seventh Son is their 7th. oh and Alexander the Great is a dead-up prog metal song
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'maidens milk' by the meat puppets

 
everyone on this website should here this song
its off of 'Up on the sun', which is my favorite album from the 80's. it has so many good songs that proggers should appreciate.
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Apart from some moments from groups which are not included in this site but, nevertheless, are considered Prog by many site visitors -- such as Led Zeppelin, Rainbow, Iron Maiden, Steeleye Span, The Doors.., I would mention the song "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers -- a band which is not considered Prog by common consent.
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Originally posted by Fassbinder Fassbinder wrote:

Apart from some moments from groups which are not included in this site but, nevertheless, are considered Prog by many site visitors -- such as Led Zeppelin, Rainbow, Iron Maiden, Steeleye Span, The Doors.., I would mention the song "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers -- a band which is not considered Prog by common consent.




For The Doors (who may be included on PA, as Jefferson Airplane were some weeks ago), I'd mention "The End", "When the Music's Over" and my personal favourite, "Riders on the Storm" (and "Golden Brown", which is a great song, sounds very Doorsy too). For Steeleye Span, the first that comes to my mind is "Tam Lin" (and I love the story too... traditional English ballad on a theme  I have been researching lately).

As to the mighty Maiden... I can't wait to have their latest CD in my hands! I think they are as prog as many other bands included here, and their proggy efforts are too many to mention here (listen to "Dance of Death" and "Paschendale", and tell me it's not prog...). And of course there's pre-Black AlbumDead Metallica, and Megadeth...

I'll add another personal favourite of mine (cue my avvy and sig), the even more mighty Blue Oyster Cult, with proggy masterpieces such as "Seven Screamin' Dizbusters", "Astronomy", "Monsters" and the sublime "Veteran of the Psychic Wars"Heart.

Originally posted by WaywardSon WaywardSon wrote:


Stargazer-Rainbow
Gates of Babylon-Rainbow
Battle of Evermore-Led Zeppelin
Icarus Dream Suite-Malmsteen
 
Just some that come to mind at the moment.


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I would also add "No Quarter", especially the cracking live version from "The Song Remains the Same" - one of my all-time favourite musical moments.
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Modest Mouse have some very proggy moments, especially on their albums Lonesome Crowdest West and The Moon and Antarctica.

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Ghost Rider:
 
I didn't want even to begin to mention songs from LZ, The Doors, Steeleye Span etc. because: a) they're too many; b) these groups are Prog in my opinion.
 
I'm not acquainted with the "Tam Lin" version of Steeleye Span, but I have only first seven their albums. I'm acquainted with the one from Fairport Convention instead (Liege and Lief album).
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Originally posted by Penumbra Penumbra wrote:

The Who: A Quick One While He's Away. LOL Really, it has 6 styles of music within eight minutes, and is quite inventive! (1968)
 
Read Townshend's line notes of the remastered CD, and discover this tune was cobbled together from several far from complete tunes never intended to be joined together, under pressure from Who management, so as to meet a recording deadline for an otherwise incomplete album. What was the mother of invention???? Desperation......?
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Originally posted by Fassbinder Fassbinder wrote:

Ghost Rider:
  
I'm not acquainted with the "Tam Lin" version of Steeleye Span, but I have only first seven their albums. I'm acquainted with the one from Fairport Convention instead (Liege and Lief album).


They are different: the Steeleye Span version is much longer, and the music is different too. They are both great songs though.
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