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Stool Man 
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Posted: April 29 2008 at 11:39 |
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I was just listening to The Wall (again) and hearing the song "Stop" made me wonder how many prog songs there are which are very short. I realise "Stop" is part of a longer concept piece, so perhaps let's disallow such linking material, and just name very short prog songs (under two minutes) which are not part of a longer concept piece.
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Posted: April 29 2008 at 11:44 |
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Aksak Maboul, Fantomas and Look de Bouk spring to mind as bands notable for writing short pieces of music, but they're not conventional prog bands as such.
Art Bears' "Law" is well under a minute but still a functional and great song. there's also National Health's "Phlakaton" which is a twelve-second vocal rendition of a drum solo o:)
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mrcozdude
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Posted: April 29 2008 at 11:59 |
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Naked City have a lot
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SilverEclipse
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Posted: April 29 2008 at 13:58 |
Three that immediately come to mind are...
Still...You Turn Me On - ELP
Wonderous Stories - Yes
Seven Seas Of Rhye - Queen (Queen II is PROG)
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"and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"
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Stool Man
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Posted: April 29 2008 at 14:11 |
 SilverEclipse wrote:
Three that immediately come to mind are...
Still...You Turn Me On - ELP
Wonderous Stories - Yes
Seven Seas Of Rhye - Queen (Queen II is PROG) |
WS is 3.45, That's hardly short, really.
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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A B Negative
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Posted: April 29 2008 at 14:11 |
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First Inaugural Address to the IACE Sherborne House on Robert Fripp's Exposure album only lasts a couple of seconds.
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"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: April 29 2008 at 16:39 |
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Madrigal - Rush
Acquiring The Taste - Gentle Giant
Only Solitaire - Jethro Tull
there's three
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 03:42 |
Supertwister -- Camel has more prog packed into three and a half minutes than most epics do.
Of couirse if it's length that you are concerned about solely, then there is For Absent Friends -- Genesis that come in under a minute and a half. And Five Percent for Nothing -- Yes does an awful lot in 38 seconds.
Edited by ghost_of_morphy - April 30 2008 at 03:48
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Rocktopus
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 03:49 |
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The Residents: Lizard Lady (1:57)
After Dinner: Sepia Tune (1:37)
The Residents: Medicine man (1:04)
The Residents: Easter Woman (1:04)
Aksak Maboul: The Mooche (1:35)
Jono El Grande: Ms Bezerra (1:46)
Julverne: Le Rose Aux Joues 1:34)
The Residents: The Coming of the Crow (1:04)
The Residents: Suburban Bathers (1:04)
Samla Mammas Manna: Kom Lite Närmare (1:29)
The Residents: Loss of Innocence (1:04)
Volapük: Meldola (1:44)
Jono El Grande: Finnish Dance of Cysts (1:16)
Gong: A P H.P's Advice (1:47)
Look De Bouk: Inte Quanta (1:59)
+ the rest of Residents Commercial Album.
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Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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Yukorin
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 06:37 |
'Reguhon' Le*Silo (7 seconds). Not sure if it qualifies as a song though. Also I spotted their debut cd at my local record-store in the bargain bins. For shame, Japan, for shame
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Yukorin
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 07:25 |
And how the fark did I forget about this 39 second restrained epic:
'The Sweeney' (opening credits)
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spookytooth
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 07:36 |
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"Cans and Brahms" and "We Have Heaven" both on Fragile are around a
minute and a half, and both are amazing. But then again, it's Yes
performing these songs, so it's not surprising that they can make two
one and a half minute songs prog...
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Would you like some Bailey's?
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Yukorin
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 07:52 |
Might as well lob this 47" classic into the stew. Insane snare
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BaldJean
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 08:21 |
Rocktopus wrote:
The Residents: Lizard Lady (1:57)
After Dinner: Sepia Tune (1:37)
The Residents: Medicine man (1:04)
The Residents: Easter Woman (1:04)
Aksak Maboul: The Mooche (1:35)
Jono El Grande: Ms Bezerra (1:46)
Julverne: Le Rose Aux Joues 1:34)
The Residents: The Coming of the Crow (1:04)
The Residents: Suburban Bathers (1:04)
Samla Mammas Manna: Kom Lite Närmare (1:29)
The Residents: Loss of Innocence (1:04)
Volapük: Meldola (1:44)
Jono El Grande: Finnish Dance of Cysts (1:16)
Gong: A P H.P's Advice (1:47)
Look De Bouk: Inte Quanta (1:59)
+ the rest of Residents Commercial Album.
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since you mention the Residents: how about their "Commercial Album", which has 40 songs, all of which are exactly 1 minute long?
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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Yukorin
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 09:03 |
Bottom of post, clue, find, you will
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clarke2001
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 09:12 |
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Jethro Tull deserves a honorable mention with Cheap Day Return, Round, Nothing @ All, Slipstream and a jewel of beauty: Grace.
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TheRocinanteKid
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 12:42 |
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A New Machine (Part 2) by Pink Floyd is like 40 seconds long.
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Finnforest
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 12:48 |
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White Car - Yes
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 15:40 |
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Dream Theater's "Wait for Sleep" and "Vacant"
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el böthy
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 20:59 |
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Aristillus by Camel!!! not even 2 min long and by far my favorite piece by them!
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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