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tuxon 
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 21:59 |
simple topic, just add the song that define the neo-prog sound.
no albums allowed, just the most neo-prog sounding songs.
my take:
1. The Poet Sniffs A Flower - Twelfth Night (brilliant song)
2. She Chameleon - Marillion (sweet washing keys)
3. Breaking The Spell - Pendragon (fabulous guitars)
4. The Enemy Smacks - IQ (typical IQ song)
many songs to mention but those are the first songs that spring to mind when defining the sound.
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:04 |
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Twelfth Night are my favorite Neo band, so I'll choose a few of theirs:
We Are Sane
The Poet Sniffs a Flower
Encore Une Fois
The Cunning Man
Love Song
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:17 |
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"King Of Sunset Town" by Marillion
"Script For A Jester's Tear" by Marillion
"Paintbox" by Pendragon
"Harvest Of Souls" by IQ
"The Seventh House" by IQ
"Moviedrome" by Arena
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stonebeard
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:18 |
Ehm... 
Pendragon - Masters of Illusion
Twelfth Night - We Are Sane
Marillion - Incommunicado
Collage - Hero's Cry (or anything else on Moonshine)
IQ - Leap of Faith
Nice and easy, well-known bands.  |
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:22 |
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Besides those already mentioned, the song "Evening Wind" by Satellite.
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:26 |
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Man I just read this sites definition of it; they're pretty mean to neo-prog.
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tuxon
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:28 |
So far nice entry's. 
some out of place IMO
Marillion's Incommunicado and Arena';s Moviedrome are not typicly neo-prog in my book (the first is a standard melodiced rock song in the Who style, the second is pushing the boundary's of melodic space keyboard/synth metal)
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:32 |
 Deathrabbit wrote:
Man I just read this sites definition of it; they're pretty mean to neo-prog. |
That is an issue just brought up in the Collab Zone, in fact. Most likely will be fixed as soon as the neo team can be arsed into doing it. 
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stonebeard
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:35 |
tuxon wrote:
So far nice entry's.
some out of place IMO
Marillion's Incommunicado and Arena';s Moviedrome are not typicly neo-prog in my book (the first is a standard melodiced rock song in the Who style, the second is pushing the boundary's of melodic space keyboard/synth metal)
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Ya, I suppose Incommunicado might not bethe best of choices.
Hmm...
I'll go with Black Light Machine by Frost*. Most Fish-era Marillion I find to be rather unique.
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tuxon
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:49 |
stonebeard wrote:
Deathrabbit wrote:
Man I just read this sites definition of it; they're pretty mean to neo-prog. |
That is an issue just brought up in the Collab Zone, in fact. Most likely will be fixed as soon as the neo team can be arsed into doing it. |
does this mean you will be writing it
go stoney go 
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stonebeard
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:51 |
tuxon wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Deathrabbit wrote:
Man I just read this sites definition of it; they're pretty mean to neo-prog. |
That is an issue just brought up in the Collab Zone, in fact. Most likely will be fixed as soon as the neo team can be arsed into doing it. |
does this mean you will be writing it
go stoney go |
I've got time.
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tuxon
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Posted: December 13 2006 at 23:08 |
I'll be waiting for your version Stonebeard.
speaking of out-of-placed songs for the neo-prog list.
how about
Cirkus - King Crimson
Summer Lightning - Camel
Robbery Assault and Battery - Genesis
Turn Of the Century - Yes
back on topic:
Grain Dance - Clepsydra
Heroes Cry - collage (already mentioned I think)
Revolution - Saens
Edited by tuxon - December 13 2006 at 23:17
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 03:03 |
IQ - Further Away
IQ - Widows Peak
IQ - The Seventh House
Arena - Solomon
Marillion - The Uninvited Guest
Genesis - Squonk  |
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 03:18 |
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IQ /// IT ALL STOPS HERE
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progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false?
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 07:00 |
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speaking of neo... Marillion IS neo..
take any song from misplaced childhood
(i also love other neo progs, like IQ,Arena,Jadis,etc)
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 07:50 |
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IQ - The Enemy Smacks, Widow's Peak
Twelfth Night - Sequences, Creepshow, After the Eclipse
Marillion - Script..., Forgotten Sons, Fugazi, Grendel, and everything else with the Fishy one really.
Genesis - Behind The Lines (prior to Duke, Genesis weren't Neo, they were still evolving the old style).
I guess you could consider 1980s King Crimson to be part of the Neo movement, as the sound they evolved was completely new.
Another band that evolved their sound, but no-one really mentions it - probably because they maintained their identity and integrity - is Camel. "Stationary Traveller" may be plastered with 1980s production gaffes, but it's a kind of Neo-Camel album which separates their older sound from the newer sound.
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 08:15 |
Pendragon - Paintbx / As good as gold
Arena - The butterfly man / Bedlam Fayre
IQ - Sacred sound / You never will
Pallas - Too close to the sun / Invincible
Marillion - The invisible man / The great escape
I only mentioned two per band, but there's lot more than this |
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salmacis
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 08:39 |
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Had a bit of a neo prog splurge lately. It appeals to me a lot more than certain other subgenres of prog, I have to say.
Here's my take on it;
Marillion- Script For A Jester's Tear, The Web, Forgotten Sons, Incubus, the first side of 'Misplaced Childhood'
IQ- The Last Human Gateway, Awake and Nervous, Outer Limits, The Magic Roundabout, Widow's Peak, Leap Of Faith, Failsafe, Sacred Sound
Pendragon- Alaska, Queen Of Hearts, The Last Man On Earth, As Good As Gold, Paintbox, Guardian Of My Soul, The Shadow, Dance Of The Seven Veils
Pallas- Shock Treatment, Rise and Fall, The Last Angel, Too Close To The Sun, Towers Of Babble, Midas Touch, Cross and The Crucible
Arena- Bedlam Fayre, Opera Fantastica, Solomon, Jericho, The Hanging Tree, Witch Hunt, A Crack In The Ice
As for Camel, I think that's an interesting point, actually. I think 'Nude' in particular is quite an influential album to the 'neo prog' boom, especially Pendragon. What I dislike is the snobbiness about neo prog bands and Camel themselves, just because it doesn't have tons of shredding or off kilter dissonance, which personally does little for me anyway.
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 09:10 |
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Marillion is my favourite neo-prog: Script, He knows, Garden party, Forgotten sons, Fugazi, Incubus, Emerald lies, Punch and Judy and the first three songs from Clutching.. (that I feel more like a three part suite than separate songs)
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Posted: December 14 2006 at 09:22 |
stonebeard wrote:
tuxon wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Deathrabbit wrote:
Man I just read this sites definition of it; they're pretty mean to neo-prog. |
That is an issue just brought up in the Collab Zone, in fact. Most likely will be fixed as soon as the neo team can be arsed into doing it. |
does this mean you will be writing it
go stoney go |
I've got time. |
I take it that means that your thinking of doing it, but maybe not. 
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