Your Ideal Prog Rock Concert!

I read in www.procolharum.com  that Procol Harum celebrated in 1997 the 30th Anniversary of the release of the  "A Whiter Shade of Pale" single and the start of the band. In that concert, Gary Brooker played several songs with different line-ups of the band in every song.

I think that YES and Genesis last year had things to celebrate:

YES: "The 35th Anniversary Concert of the release of their first album".

In this "imaginary concert", I think that YES could play the best songs of their career (IMO) with the original players in the albums (+ some extra musicians):

1. Harold Land (played by Anderson, Banks, Bruford, Kaye, Squire)

2. Starship Trooper (played by Anderson, Howe, Squire, Bruford, White, Kaye, Wakeman)

3. Close to the Edge (played by Anderson, Howe, Squire, Wakeman, Bruford)

4. The Gates of Delirium (played by Anderson, Squire, Howe, Moraz, White)

5. Awaken (played by Anderson, White, Bruford, Howe, Squire, Wakeman, Kaye, Rabin:The Union Tour Line-up, the best live version of this song).

6. Machine Messiah (played by Horn, Howe, Squire, White, Downes)

7. Endless Dream (played by Anderson, Rabin, White, Squire, Kaye, Wakeman on additional keyboards, Billy sherwood on additional guitars)

8. It Will Be a Good Day (played by Anderson, Khoroshev, Sherwood, Howe, Squire, White)

9. In the Presence of (played by Anderson, Howe, Squire, White, Wakeman, Tom Brislin on additional  keyboards)

10. Lift Me Up (played by the Union Tour  line-up)

11. Shock to the System (played by the Union Tour  line-up)

12. Brother of Mine (played by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe, Sherwood, Tony Levin, Khoroshev)

13. Encore: Roundabout (played by the Union Tour line-up plus Horn on backing vocals)

GENESIS` "35th Anniversary Concert" since the release of their first album.

Line-up(s):

Tony Banks.

Phil Collins.

Peter Gabriel.

Steve Hackett.

Mike Rutherford.

Chester Thompson-playing drums in the quartet and trio era songs, and in the CAS songs.

Daryl Stuermer-playing guitar or bass in the trio era songs, and in the CAS songs.

Ray Wilson-vocals in the CAS songs.

Anthony Phillips-guitar in the "FGTR" and "Trespass" songs.

Songs:

1. In Limbo/Silent Sun.

2. The Knife.

3. The Fountain of Salmacis.

4. Supper`s Ready.

5. Firth of Fifth.

6. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway/In the Cage/It.

7. Dance on a Volcano.

8. Ripples.

9. Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers/In that quiet earth/Afterglow.

10. Inside and Out.

11. Deep in the Motherlode.

12. Behind the Lines/Duchess/Guide Vocal.

13. Me & Sarah Jane.

14. That`s all.

15. Domino.

16. Fading Lights.

17. Alien Afternoon /One Man`s Fool.

18. Encore: I know What I like.

I know that both concerts are only "imaginary", maybe even "impossible"  for the "40th Anniversary".

I would say I would have  2 good acts.

Rush: Set One

1. Bastille Day
2. Anthem/In the Mood
3. 2112
4. Cygnus X-1
5. Limelight
6. Leave that thing Alone!
7. The Rythym Method
8. Tom Sawyer

Intermission

The Who:

1. Quadrophenia in it's entirety
2. Tommy in it's entirety

Intermission

Rush: Set Two

1. Hemispheres
2. La Villa Strangiato
3. Red Barchetta 
4. Red Sector A
5. Fly By Night
6. Xanadu
7. Jacob's Ladder
8. The Trees
9. Closer to the Heart
10. Freewill
11. Working Man

Encore:

1. YYZ
2. Between the Wheels
3. Passage to Bangkok
4. Natural Science

Man that would be a sweet concert...

Live at Pompei 1972 (Pink Floyd) with some aditional bands like:

King Crimson, Gong, Focus, Gentle giant, Soft machine, Deep purple, Hendrix, VDGG, early Santana.

For about 3-4 days

 The setlist of theYesSymhonic DVD is quite close to ideal. I would add Rick Wakeman to the lineup and Awaken to the setlist.

Van der Graaf Generator :I wish I could hear A Plague of Ligthouse Keepers live. Pawn Hearts and Godbluff could be done entirely.

Pink Floyd: they shoul dplay Echoes, and DSOTM and WYWH entirely.

Pain of Salvation: firtst half Be entirely.

                          second half: People Passing By,Stress,Revival, New Year's Eve, Shore Serenity, Idioglossia, Her Voices, King of Loss, The Perfect Element, Fandango,This Heart of MineBeyond the Pale

Psychotic Waltz reunited with great new songs and the classic stuff.

Even less realistic:

Genesis in the classic line up with glorius new tracks and lot of classics.