Favourite Prog "Moments"

Actually, there are too many favorite bits, and it may change every day!

Some which come to mind:

Probably Trick of the tail has the most numerous perfect moments, with Oldfield's Amarok:

robbery assault & battery: the prog part

entangled: the end

ripples: the instrumental bit

los endos: after the extreme drums & bass intro: the floating keyboards.

mad man moon: after collind say: "sun & sand"

dance on a volcano: the part where the bass is at its highest speed, just before the end.

Collage: moonshine @ 10:30 the hackett-esque guitar sound (spectral mornings)!

the many changes on "in your eyes"

Many parts on Oldfield's Amarok.

Camel's nude: the keybords part on beached or docks (I do not remember which one)

Gilmour's solo on Supertramp's Brother were you bound.

Banco's Traccia 2.

Triumvirat's spartacus: the second part of this track.

The prog part od Rush's circunstances, after the small bells.

the jazz part on villa strangiato

the electrifying guitar solos on rush's power windows.

the piano on wakeman's statue of justice.

many many keyboards parts on eddie jobson's green album

zappa's redunzl, bogus pomp, drowning witch and inca roads

IQ: the beginning of fading senses & further away including the fretless bass

on further away, @ 8:25: this rutherford's smallcreep's day keyboards, followed by crystal clean melodic acoustic guitars & keyboards.

leap of faith: when the keyboards enter after 3  minutes, till the end

the mellow end of darkest hour.

seventh house: when nichols says "cathedral the man created"..., and from 6:35 to 11:30: absolutely delightful!

wrong side of weird: from 8:50 to 9:45: a great prog moment!

narrow margin: from 5:15 to 8:00; from 9:05 to 12:00; from 13:00 to 15:35: it is a watcher of the shy-esque prog part; from 18:00 till the end: an amazing mellow & emotional end!

failsafe: from 3:15 to 4:25; from 5:57 to 6:30;

speak my name: the fretless bass + piano on sleepless incidental

tunnel vision: the new age keyboards + bass from  5:00 to 7:10

intelligence quotient: from 5:15 till 6:50, it is one of my favorite moment of IQ!

capital letters: from 1:35 to 2:17: the bass is outstanding!

about lake 5: from 2:20 till the end: this Camel-esque bit is absolutely wonderful: listen to this wonderful fretless bass and the bluesy guitars!

I should add many bits on wake, lush attic, nomzamo and sitting comfortably!

Actually, every time there are fretless bass, I really enjoy it at its maximum!

So, i also like Eloy's fretless bass on at the gates of dawn (planets)

Ows about Never Comes they days by the Moody Blues, the bit as he sings "..if only you knew what's inside of me nooow", or the closing bit on Starless (KC), the bit after the fusiony bit where the Mellotron kicks back in and the original theme starts again to the end, this requires serious volume for maximum effect.

A couple of non proggy ones if you're familar;

Zombie Eaters (Faith No More), toward the end where Mike Patton shouts "WOOW".  Also Sowing The Seeds of Love (Tears For Fears) where he sings "read it in the books, in the crannies and the the nooks, there are books to read". 

Although I've probably got hundreds of these moments I aint got nearly enough so please post more.  Be as obscure (or not) as you like, I'll probably follow some up.  Anyone got any of these by the Italian prog bands?

• THe moog solo at the end of "Lucky Man"
• Carl Palmer's percussion synths on "Toccata"
• THe battle between man & machine - KE9 - 3
• I agree with the CN solo.. actually both of them...
• The opening solo to "Coming Back to Life".. and when David comes in with "Where were you...."
• THe beginning of SOYCD
• Greg Lake's acoustic solo at the beginning of "From the Beginning"
• Both choruses of Pete Sinfield's solo song:  "Still"
• The section of "I Get Up, I Get Down" from Close to the Edge
• Greg Lake's pronunciation and vocal tone on "ITCOTKC"
• Greg singing "Silent Night" on stage with a gospel choir behind him and fake snow falling - Dec. 1973- NYC
• The beginning of "A Venture" on the Yes Album
• "Ghosts" the Strawbs..
• The bassoon on "Lament" - Gryphon

PsychoDad wrote: Paco Fox wrote: Favourite prog moment: - Almost any 'Oldfield Climax (tm)'. Specially in 'Amarok' and 'Ommadawn Pt 1'. Nobody does this things like this guy. - As almost everybody in this world the 'Firth of Filth' solo - The start of ''Hero and Heroine' by Strawbs. - Many, many more... Good choices! I would just like to add Camel - Airborn.

Yeeeesssss! Specially the end of the song.

Dark Side of the Moon - The opening "Speak to Me" and the way it rolls into "Breath"; the buildup of "Time" with the pendulum and bass; "Great Gig in the Sky"; the climax of "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse" Wish You Were Here - The beginning of "SOYCD Part 2 (of the 9); most of the title track Animals - The opening of "Dogs"; the mid part of "Pigs"; most of "Sheep" The Wall - "In the Flesh?"; "Another Brick in the Wall (parts 1-3) and "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"; the shattering TV's at the end of "Don't Leave Me Now"; the "bum ba BUM bum..." repeated riff in "Hey You"; all of "Is there anybody out there?"; the intro to the live version of "Run Like Hell"; the climax in "Waiting for the Worms"; the tearing down of the Wall Meddle - the climax of "One of theses Days"; the intro of "Echoes" and the movement from air to land (reprise-type section)

The Yes Album - The solo on "Yours is No Disgrace"; the Wurm section of "Starship Trooper" Fragile - "Roundabout"; the soft piano solo in "South Side of the Sky"; all of "Heart of the Sunrise" Close to the Edge - the intro; the "I get up I get down" climax; the ending Relayer - most of "Gates of Delirium"

A Change of Seasons - the "Crimson Sunrise" and "Sunset" Scenes from a Memory - "Overture 1928"; the climax of "Fatal Tradgedy"

More Later...

The Wurm section to Starship Trooper is good but obvious and a deliberate climax, I much prefer the vocal harmony bit, similar to what Queen did most famously on Bohemian Rhapsody, predates it by about 4 years an all. 

The guitar solo at the end of Falling Apart at the seems (IQ) on the Forever Live CD (not heard the studio version yet).

And the bits when they sing:

"And I fear tomorrow I'll be crying"  (Epitaph)

"Varicose, comatose, senile"  (Faith No More, Land of Sunshine)

"Last night you said I was cold..." (Misplaced Childhood)

"In with a left hook came the Bethnal Green Butcher..." (Battle of Epping Forest).

The guitar/keyboard joust between Howe and Wakeman on Starship Trooper,from the live Keys To Ascension CD and DVD,is very satisfying.