Most progressive song?

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   I must say that I like the question in this thread. It's a good way to sample prog by listening to each person's choice.
To me what makes prog prog is complexity, changes, strange-sounding, and difficulty to understand.
I don't have a whole lot of experience and the question is subjective but I'd nominate the following:

Slapp Happy by Henry Cow from In the Heart of the Beast
In a Glass House by Gentle Giant from In a Glass House
Cancer of the Band by Yezda Urfa from Sacred Baboon (incredible "lyrics"...)
A Louse is not a Home by Peter Hammill from Silent Corner and Empty Stage

Edited by Jay Klmnop

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Jay Klmnop Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: November 24 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 26	Posted: January 29 2006 at 08:18
	I must say that I like the question in this thread. It's a good way to sample prog by listening to each person's choice. To me what makes prog prog is complexity, changes, strange-sounding, and difficulty to understand. I don't have a whole lot of experience and the question is subjective but I'd nominate the following: Slapp Happy by Henry Cow from In the Heart of the Beast In a Glass House by Gentle Giant from In a Glass House Cancer of the Band by Yezda Urfa from Sacred Baboon (incredible "lyrics"...) A Louse is not a Home by Peter Hammill from Silent Corner and Empty Stage Edited by Jay Klmnop
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R_DeNIRO Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2005 Location: Spain Status: Offline Points: 431	Posted: January 29 2006 at 08:31
	Octavarium it's a compilation about prog rock is.
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Rosescar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 07 2005 Status: Offline Points: 715	Posted: January 29 2006 at 09:18
	Supper's Ready. Taking the points from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock , it contains about 8/12 of them (three of those points were ment for albums anyway): A long composition divided in several pieces Bizarre lyrics covering themes as fantasy, history, religion, science fiction (prayer capsule), madness (wonderful potion because I can't contain my emotion), religion (angel), war (black skinned people waiting for battle). Unusual Vocal Styles (mum to mud to mad to dad, dad diddley office, dad diddley office) Instruments unusual in rock (oboe) Unusual time signatures (Apocalypse in 9/8) wide dynamic range Solo passages for virtually every instrument Sound Effects (a whistle and a bang) Edited by Rosescar
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