Emotional Breakdown

Here's one description of what Prog Rock is all about:

"It's not just ear candy for entertainment's sake, this is music that invites thought, empathy, sympathy or all of these - it compels a response".

An emotional response!

Me? I'm a sucker for Fish-Era Marillion.Even listening to cheesier material like "Sugar Mice",I respond to the plaintive lyric "Your Daddy took a rain check" and the powerful guitar solo.

Sometimes it is just parts of tracks that really excite me like where the "church organ" comes in "Total Mass Retain" on CTTE or the drum roll at the end of "Of The Battle" on the live version of "By-tor & The Snow Dog"

Goosebumps anyone?

Just trying to break the utter tedium of the front page! I know a sensible topic is a bit hard to stomach, these days!

Anybody got anything worthwhile to add?

The sung vocal line in Leaven by Proto-Kaw is the latest one. Although the chorus to Stardust We are by Flower Kings is pretty spine tingling. The Opening to Watcher of the Skies and the Piano solo that starts Firth of Fifth by Genesis.   Metal sounding Guitar line  in Icarus II by Kansas. Overture to 2112 by Rush. The crescindo of the guitar solo in Karn Evil 9 1st impression Pt 1.  The crescendo of Death of Mother Nature Suite by Kansas(and Proto-Kaw).  Opening to Four Holes in the Ground by PFM.  The instrumental break in Mass from Tarkus by ELP. On PFM Cook in Celebration where they break into The World Became the Word.  Many more…..

Trouserpress wrote: Thijs van Leer's second flute solo on Birth sends 1000s of conflicting emotions rippling through me. Incredible moment.

one of my all time favorite instrumentals, its Focus's best piece in my opinion. 

Awesome song.

Ahhh yes, gets me every time.

Nah, but seriously, the most emotional song for me has to be Mad Man Moon.  I love everything about this song. I like to listen to it at night (on my headphones)with dead silence and all the lights off...it touches me like no other song can.  And although this may not be "prog", Rainbow Eyes from Rainbow, what a beautiful song, perfect vocals.

Some others that spring to mind:

• the beginning and closing of 'Fountain of Lamneth' (Rush). It brings tears to my eyes
• The hammond intro and chorus of July Morning (Uriah Heep)
• The closing of The Wall (Outside the Wall) Pink Floyd and Wish You Were Here (song)
• chorus and mellotron section of Seven Stones....and mellotron section of Entangled, Afterglow, etc.(Genesis)....ah hell, most of their songs make me 'emotional'.
• Collapse the Light Into Earth (PT)
• closing of Hide in Your Shell, Two of Us, intro of Fools Overture (Supertramp)
• Soon, first verses of To Be Over (Yes)
• climax of Epitaph (KC)
• opening of Stairway to Heaven, Tangerine, Rain Song, Goin to California (Led Zep)
• Piano Man (Billy Joel)
• Instrumental part of Funeral for a Friend, Mona Lisa's and Mad Hatters, and especially Skyline Pidgeon (Elton John)   don't like him, but he made some great songs with Bernie Taupin

Well the list goes on and on, so I'll stop there for now.

Cheers, and keep on proggin!