10 Great Winter Prog Songs!
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Topic: 10 Great Winter Prog Songs!
Posted By: SteveG
Subject: 10 Great Winter Prog Songs!
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 14:56
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List 10 of your favorite winter prog songs! ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
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Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 14:58
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UK's Alaska is as close as I could get to thinking of one :) ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 15:06
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The Strawbs "Autumn" suite leads into "Winter Long" section. Camel's "Ice" as well as Anathema's "Emotional Winter" figure nicely . More later ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 15:10
Hint, Tull has few (Christmas Song, Solstice Bells)  ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 15:20
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As far as prog goes, Harmonium's "En Pleine Face", for a song. I'd say that Godspeed's F# A# feels a lot like winter, in a way, too. Though to indulge in some non-prog, Bon Iver's Blood Bank is as winter as music gets.
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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 15:30
| Oh! And silly me, I forgot "South Side of The Sky". |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 16:10
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Lena (a.k.a. Russian Winter) by Omega! ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 16:29
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I always give these a listen in wintertime...not much logic to it but I think it's because I bought the album and got into it in the winter... Blood on the Rootops - Genesis Back to the Family - Tull Battle of Epping Forest - Genesis Les Cathedrals - Fireballet Recycled Suite - Nektar Cloudbusting - Kate Bush Sailor's Tale - Crimso To Be Over - Yes Speak My Name - IQ The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch - Eno ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 16:32
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^My type of logic. I enjoy Tull's Arabic sounding Roots to Branches album in the wintertime and I have no idea why. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 16:39
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3yckgRec_o" rel="nofollow - White Mountain by Genesis |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 16:51
Now that you mention White Mountain it reminds me of the greatest wintertime recording I ever had. It was Christmas day 1976 and I had gotten a recordable 8 track deck from Radio Shack that morning. Around 7pm that night I had my local FM "rock" station on and they announced they would begin the live Genesis show in a few minutes. I couldn't believe my ears so scrambled like a maniac to get my 8 track deck hooked up and ready to record. I barely made it, but threw a 90 minute blank 8 track in the deck just in time. What followed was a 90 minute live recording of the Trick of the Tail tour with Bruford on drums. I have no idea when the original concert was recorded (according to my research, the only Genesis '76 tour radio simulcasts were shows in Apr and Jun) but it was fantastic. One of the big setlist surprises was White Mountain. Years later when the 8 track died I never had transferred the show to cassette which was a major screwup I've not recovered from  In the 90's I found a double CD boot of the '76 tour that claimed to be a radio simulcast and I thought I'd recovered a prog holy grail, but the sound quality was horrendous so I passed...still searching
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Svetonio wrote:Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 16:54
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Peter Hammill - The Light Continent Brrr! Beautiful one. ------------- |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 17:17
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Enablers - End Note Evpatoria Report - Taijin Kyofusho Glass Kites - Slowly (Home) Kayo Dot - Wayfarer Porcupine Tree - Buying New Soul One of the best Post-Rock albums of all time. This song is just mind-blowing. Just put this song on when you're not doing anything and you just want your mind to drift. The timing, imagery, textures, everything about this song just evokes a deep guilt, sorrow, and introspection. And to put the music into context, the song title relates to this: is a Japanese culture-specific syndrome. The term taijin kyofusho translates into the disorder (sho) of fear (kyofu) of interpersonal relations (taijin). This culture-bound syndrome is a social phobia dealing with social anxiety. Those who have Taijin Kyofusho are likely to be extremely embarrassed of themselves or displeasing to others when it comes to the functions of their bodies or their appearances. These bodily functions and appearances include their faces, odor, actions, or even looks. They do not want to embarrass other people with their presence. This culture-bound syndrome is based on fear and anxiety. "The symptoms of this disorder include avoiding social outings and activities, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, panic attacks, trembling, and feelings of dread and panic when around people. The causes of this disorder are mainly from emotional trauma or psychological defense mechanism. It is more common in men than women. Lifetime prevalence is estimated at three to 13%." Brilliance.
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 17:26
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Here are a couple that are definitely "winter" songs: echolyn - Winterthru Aragon - Solstice ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 17:36
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That Kate Bush album. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 18:49
love that song ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 12 2014 at 18:57
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRQdSmKMaIk" rel="nofollow - White Rock by Rick Wakeman |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 02:49
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PT - Russia On Ice Eddie Jobson - Ice Festival Kayak - Wintertime Mike Oldfield - Mount Tiede Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea Vangelis - Song Of White Kate Bush - Under Ice Al Stewart - Antarctica Anathema - The Storm Before The Calm Genesis - Snowbound |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 03:03
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1q_qRjhlLU" rel="nofollow - Dolazi Zima (engl."Winter Is Coming") by http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4432" rel="nofollow - Doktor Spira & Ljudska Bića |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 04:26
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Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun I always imagine Arctic landscapes whilst listening to this one. ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 04:44
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOQofgZJzOQ" rel="nofollow - Fragments by The Who. |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 05:45
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 06:10
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 07:39
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Winter-Atomic Rooster Winter Day's Nightmare-Libra |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 11:12
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Posted By: aliano
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 11:19
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The whole Winterthrough album by Hostsonaten |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 11:55
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 12:04
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Not quite prog but an old cold classic ! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 12:14
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Oops! Forgot The Winter Tree by Renaissance. Lovely song. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 12:22
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No. I Know. Not Prog. Certainly better than that **** ^^ by Angel! ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 12:38
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Dreamed I was an Eskimo Frozen wind began to blow Under my boots and around my toes The frost that bit the ground below It was a hundred degrees below zero... And my mama cried And my mama cried Nanook, a-no-no Nanook, a-no-no ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 12:43
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Hm, a lot have already been mentioned... Well, I'll add Siberian Khatru by Yes. And hasn't Spock's Beard made an album called "Snow?" I haven't heard it, but there might be a suitable winter song on it. And "The Ice Melts Into Water" by It Bites, but no... that sounds more like a spring song.
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 16:03
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thought of another great one, Budgie-Melt The Ice Away |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 17:19
Oh my.... Thomas. Angel. I loved that band, but haven't heard them in maybe 20 years, because I only had two albums on loan (Angel and Live Without a Net). Should look those up again sometime again.
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 17:35
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So cool... |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 17:49
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLq8KZQ0L_8" rel="nofollow - Snowblind by Black Sabbath |
Posted By: AreYouHuman
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 23:27
Genesis SnowboundGenesis
A Winters Tale
Dave
Cousins October to May (which mainly covers winter)
Spirit
Cold Wind
Spirit
Ice
Midnight
Oil Arctic World (one of their proggier numbers too)
Tyrannosaurus
Rex The Throat of Winter
Jade
Warrior A Winters Tale
Chicago
Song of the Evergreens
Renaissance
Cold Is Being
Simon
& Garfunkel A Hazy Shade of Winter
Strawbs
Hard, Hard Winter
Rare
Bird Iceberg
Durutti
Column Sketch for Winter
Ultravox
Reap the Wild Wind
Yoko
Ono Listen, the Snow Is Falling (orig. b-side of Happy Xmas)
All
About Eve December
Kate
Bush December Will Be Magic Again
Family
Winter
Cressida
Winter Is Coming Again
Anthony
Phillips K2
Anthony
Phillips Ice Flight
Kayak
Wintertime
Sting
The Hounds of Winter
Omega
Russian Winter
Cairo
Silent Winter
Aztec
Camera Walk Out to Winter
Fleet
Foxes White Winter Hymnal
ELP
Footprints in the Snow
Bruford
The Sahara of Snow
Pentangle
The Snows
Jethro
Tull Cold Wind to Valhalla
Harold
Budd Ice Floes in Eden
Klaus
Schulze Bayreuth Return
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 00:23
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfPy8XtbvYA" rel="nofollow - A Smart Kid by Porcupine Tree |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 00:30
| "Sahara of Snow" from Bill Bruford's amazing "One of a Kind" LP! |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 00:47
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMRE4LbDejE" rel="nofollow - Blood On The Snow by Coven |
Posted By: Greg W
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 03:08
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Winter by Atomic Rooster. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 03:28
Wrong kind of snow I'm afraid , the album was based on the 9/11 terrorist attack. The 'snow' that fell was as a result of the attack.
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 03:45
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUucxtv9TsM" rel="nofollow - First Snow At Brooklyn by Jethro Tull |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 04:12
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It's Summer here in the Southern Hemisphere but that's is another topic for you guys up north in 6 months time. Anyway, I did a "Winter" search for songs in my iTunes Library and came up with no less than 64 songs with "Winter" in the title. Possibly the first Prog Christmas album released by any band or artist was Horslips' 1975 offering entitled "Drive The Cold Winter Away" and they had a song of the same title. It's a great Xmas album BTW. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 04:26
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEU891seU7Mg" rel="nofollow - A Winter's Tale and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi3bORf6gi4" rel="nofollow - December Snow by The Moody Blues |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 10:32
And "Cheerio"! It makes one feel as though they're somewhere in winter time England "Along the coast road, by the headland... ." |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 11:50
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 11:57
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The Crane Wife by The Decemberists ------------- |
Posted By: King Only
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 12:04
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Not really prog but I like it: Wintergardens by Killing Joke. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 12:35
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M8vq7TvaUM" rel="nofollow - Winter Time Love by The Doors |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 18:00
| Ring Out Solstice Bells by Tull is my fave. I'm not really into Christmas songs because it strikes me as a commercial motivation, but I guess that's a gross generalisation.... |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 20 2014 at 03:02
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Tm6--XyXQ" rel="nofollow - Snow Theme by Journey |
Posted By: Wakeman's Birotron
Date Posted: January 27 2015 at 12:51
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Caravan - Winter Wine Everything on Opeth's Morningrise |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 28 2015 at 14:17
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