Favorite Prog Songs by non Prog Bands

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richardh wrote: Propaganda - Dream Within A Dream

Yes definitely.  Astounding track.
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It always will be a kind of mistery to me why Steve Miller Band is not listed in the Prog Archives as a proto-prog act regarding SMB's very important first two albums from 1968  - Nick Logan in The illustrated New Musical Express Encyclopedia of Rock (released in 1976 / 1977, Salamander Books Ltd.)  called them "the hoarstones of progressive rock" -  and the songs as Song For Our Ancestors

Edited by Svetonio - December 11 2014 at 14:53

Ratcity in Blue by Good Rats 

In Another Land, The Latern, Gomper and 2000 Years From Home from amazing early prog / psych album Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) by The Rolling Stones. 

I think some of the non prog bands have written some of the best prog, because the bigger rock bands became big because they had a greater ability to understand song crafting than many of the prog bands that focused more on chops and or just pursuing weirdness and experimental.

Riders on the Storm - The Doors
Don't fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Achilles Last Stand -
In the Light - Led Zeppelin

Band on the Run
Maybe I'm Amazed - Wings


The prog songs by these bands often became some of their best know works.

Who was the most prog Beatle?

Something from my country: Gaja by ex-Yugoslavia New Wave band called Kozmetika who were active 1978 - 1983, and Neverne Bebe (1982) by ex-Yugoslavia Pop singer-songwriter Oliver Mandić.

Japan's current metal scene (of the non-extreme kind) is chock full of shred-monsters with oodles of talent, but usually either go full-on speed power metal that makes Dragonforce sound like amateurs or throw in lot's of poppiness. Light Bringer is one of the best of the power metal bands combining aggression with poppish hooks, and sometimes they can bring in the prog influences big-time, such as this tune "ARK". Yes, the lyrics ar Japanese, but she's better than almost any prog metal singer out there talentwise and the band combines ridiculous virtuosity with this peculiar jubilent poppiness that seems almost regulated to Japan.

As I've seen people pointing out music by Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, there is plenty of their music fitting in this thread, as well as from others mentioned here:

Edited by Rick Robson - December 11 2014 at 16:53

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