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erik neuteboom 
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 05:36 |
Hello progheads.
A book entitled Hit Dossier 1939-1994 (Holland) was my inspiration to this thread because I am very curious to your opinion which progrock single is your most appreciated one?
Between brackets I have named the highest chart position and number of weeks in the Duch Top 40. Remarkable is the success of Dutch progrock bands like Earth Of Fire with Memories: #1 and 14 weeks in the charts and Ekseption with Air #2 and 16 weeks in the charts!
Best foreign acts are Owner Of A Lonely Heart by Yes (#2/9 weeks) and Pink Floyd with Another Brick In The Wall (#3/11 weeks).
So what's your most appreciated progrock single and what can you say about it?
By the way, multiple votes are allowed in this poll (I voted Deep Purple with Child In Time).
Edited by erik neuteboom - June 01 2006 at 05:38
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Rocktopus
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 05:50 |
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Not crazy about any of the songs except for Love is the Drug, and I can't believe anyone would call that a prog song?
Maybe PFM Celebration, but there's about 20 PFM songs I like more.
Didn't Supersister ever chart with She Was Naked or Radio? The former is a perfect, quirky and cathy progpop/rock single.
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WaywardSon
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 05:57 |
I voted for Child in Time (For the musicianship) and Dust in the wind (For a song that trancended all the charts, be it pop, country, rock etc.
Dust in the wind is a timeless classic and will probably be remembered by most in fifty years time.
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 05:58 |
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Kayleigh is one of my top 5 songs ever.
Other songs in this list that score high in my taste:
ELP-Lucky Man (9/10)
Yes-Owner Of A Lonely Heart (9/10)
Genesis-Follow You, Follow Me (9/10)
Manfred Mann's Eart Band-Spirits In The Night (9/10)
Uriah Heep-Easy Livin' (10/10)
Earth & Fire-Memories (9/10)
Kansas-Dust In The Wind (9/10)
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Blog this:
http://artrock2006.blogspot.com
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 06:07 |
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Right Rocktopus, Supersister with She Was Naked reached #11 and remained 7 weeks in the Dutch Top 40 charts!
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 06:23 |
I love the song Lady from Styx.
As many singles mentioned in your poll, once I loved them (Follow you, follow me or Kayleigh or Owner of a Lonely heart) but now the songs do not inspire me anymore.
The only reasons for prog bands to make singles are money and to communicate to the public that a new album is out.
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 06:33 |
What about 'Not Now John' by Pink Floyd ? ... Or should I say Roger Waters!
Great commentry on Thatchers Britain
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 06:34 |
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I was hoping "I know what I Like" would be a choice.
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WaywardSon
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 06:39 |
What about Bohemian Rhapsody?
Also Styx-Babe?
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 07:24 |
I was thinking about an inclusion of I Know What I Like by Genesis, when this single was released in the UK it reached a #17 position but I read stories that this could have been higher, due to logistic problems in the record stores this went wrong?
I have given the opportunity 'Others' so everybody is free to mention songs like Bohemian Rhapsody, Babe, ...
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Rocktopus
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 07:36 |
Zappa's Bobby Brown was # 1. for eleven weeks in Norway in '79! 
(Mars Volta album Frances the Mute # 1 here in January '05 is also pretty unbelivable)
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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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micky
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 08:43 |
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most appreciated.... hahahhah.. easy .....
Cat Food.... Cat Food... Cat Food..... AGAIN!!!!
that they released that as a single... amazing hahahah
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Gog/Magog
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 08:47 |
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The Widow by The Mars Volta
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Some swear they see me weeping in the poppy fields of France 
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Chicapah
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 08:59 |
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Where's "Roundabout"?
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micky
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 09:03 |
 Chicapah wrote:
Where's "Roundabout"? |
it must have never made/ or most likely not released as a single for
the Dutch charts.... sort of a hard one to overlook if it did make the
charts.
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The Wizard
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 09:36 |
Of all those songs the best is Deep Purple-Child in Time. 
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 09:40 |
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I think the fact that King Crimson even had a single is cool enough.
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micky
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 09:50 |
Arsillus wrote:
I think the fact that King Crimson even had a single is cool enough. |
hahah yeah Cat Food with Groon as a B-side.. I am sure the kiddies were dancing to that one.
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 10:12 |
Well, The Knife by Genesis was a single too, if you own it you can almost buy a new house  !
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Tasartir
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 10:34 |
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Kayleigh! My favorite hit single! If not Punch and Judy.
Edited by Tasartir - June 01 2006 at 10:35
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