favorite epics of non PA artists! You can pick >1
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Topic: favorite epics of non PA artists! You can pick >1
Posted By: kenethlevine
Subject: favorite epics of non PA artists! You can pick >1
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 13:55
| During the prog era and beyond, many non prog artists released epics. I am only listing artists not on PA in any category, even prog related. Many of these epics could arguably be considered prog, but they aren't on PA. That's the criterion, that and being lengthy. You can pick as many as you want from this list. And please comment or rank if you like. I limited the list to 1 per artist, and the ones I chose are not necessarily my favourites. If you choose other please list the epic(s) and artist(s). |
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 14:03
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if I hadn’t read your post, I would have queried the absence of Bowie. I can think of some epics I love by Lou Reed and Neil Young more than most on this list, but from this list, it’s hard to look past Elton John. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 14:31
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I am going with Loreena McKennitt. I love the way she blended electric with acoustic instruments, esp when she went into a more Middle Eastern realm. Also, a beautiful melody for this poem by Tennyson. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 14:43
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Oh well, Telegraph for a Funeral  ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 14:47
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What a great line-up! 1. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla 2. David Gates - Clouds Suite 3. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding 4. Dire Straits - Telegraph Road 5. Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 14:55
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CSN. Suite:Judy Blue Eyes. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 15:50
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Cat Stevens, Al Stewart, Dire Straits. There are many I don't know and should probably check out. |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 17:21
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Great concept for a poll! Voted for Fleetwood Mac, Elton, and David Gates. From outside the list: America - Hat Trick and James Taylor - Suite for 20G. From Argentina: Pescado Rabioso - Cantata De Puentes Amarillos ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTksi_VXGCk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTksi_VXGCk ) |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 17:26
| Sun Ra "Atlantis" |
Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 17:40
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Loreena McKennitt from the list, although if we could choose songs outside the list, I would have gone with Dante's Inferno by Iced Earth ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 18:00
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And the answer is...not in this poll. Alice Cooper's "Halo of Flies". ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 19:53
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Thanks everyone for the interest. There are a lot of "others" people have mentioned that I don't know. For instance, I love America but only know their hits, so it's great to learn that they too had an epic. Most of my ideas came from my own collection. I'm really glad to know a lot of people seem to like the David Gates piece, which is a fine blend of the Bread sound and prog. And Cat Stevens' Foreigner, while a bit draggy in parts, has some stunning passages including reggae and calypso that had barely seeped into popular music outside of the islands at the time Here are some also rans I could have picked by the listed artists Chris De Burgh - Revolution (sometimes listed as 3 separate tracks) Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind, Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts Fleetwood Mac - Sands of Time, Future Games Garfield - Play it Again Boys Loreena McKennitt - The Highwayman Mr Fox - The Gypsy Runrig - Nothing But the Sun |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 20:08
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Oh Well > Telegraph Road ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 20:25
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First vote for Porrohman. Big Country were pretty awesome for a while. Also voted with many others for Telegraph & Mac. Since others are throwing additional songs in there too, I’ll suggest “From the Cradle to the Grave”, a 16 minute multi-part punk song by the classic British band Subhumans. A pretty well-constructed and complex (for punk) epic if you’ve got any tolerance for that kinda thing. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 20:28
 Great lp overall......killer track,,, ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
The Dark Elf wrote:Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 20:33
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Not an epic per se but one of my favorite longer tracks..... Ten Years After- 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain from the poll went with Oh Well......... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 20:42
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uhh, Cat Stevens from the list ... but actually the Dead, 'Blues for Allah' suite ~ ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 20:44
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This one is for Micky....we miss you around here....best of the best of the best.....ladies and gentlemen the Allman Bothers.... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 21 2022 at 20:59
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^ I was just thinking about that hoodlum - ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 22 2022 at 00:18
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Oh Well…… ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 22 2022 at 00:30
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From this list I picked: 1. Loggins & Messina 2. Fleetwood Mac 3. Dire Straits Honourable mention: David Gates ------------- 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 22 2022 at 01:33
| Toto and Dire Straits |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 22 2022 at 03:41
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Went with Elton. Another one not mentioned: Grateful Dead - Terrapin Part 1 ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 22 2022 at 06:19
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Grace Slick's "Theme from the Movie 'Manhole'" comes to my mind. -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 22 2022 at 06:30
Oh, that's a good call!
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 22 2022 at 06:40
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Hi, You might not realize this ... but in essence, this was a typical playlist for the station in Santa Barbara that brought us Guy Guden and Space Pirate Radio (1974) ... in those days, the DJ's pretty much did their thing, and unlike today, THEY WERE LIVE ... where today, the DJ is basically a nobody and he/she has no say in the material played! FM ruled then, and then some!!!! Here's a small listing of things, and it doesn't matter if PA has them or not! Elton John: Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding Cat Stevens: Foreigner David Gates: Suite Clouds and Rain Al Stewart: Love Chronicles Chris De Burgh: Crusader Loggins and Messina: Pathway to Glory Loreena McKennitt: Lady of Shallot Don McLean: American Pie Van Morrison: You don't pull no punches but... Michael Stanley Band: Let's Get this Show on the Road Toto: Hydra George Winston: Longing/Love Derek and the Dominoes: Layla Fleetwood Mac: Oh Well Dire Straits: Telegraph Road Bob Dylan: Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues... Alice Cooper: Halo of Flies The Allman Brothers Band: Whipping Post Grateful Dead: (Various things) Pink Floyd: (Various things) ... some others Montrose Frank Zappa Jefferson Airplane Spirit Quicksilver Messenger Service Hot Tuna Boz Scaggs Chicago Small Faces James Gang Yes ELP Jethro Tull Kinks ... and a lot more!!!! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: February 22 2022 at 08:01
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Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage Bathory - Twilight of the Gods Monster Magnet - Tab... Venom - At War with SatanThe Orb - A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld Most of these bands (I don't know for Bathory?) are fan of prog. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf2srRfppHAslEmHBn8QP6d_eoanh0eW" rel="nofollow - My compositions |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 23 2022 at 14:44
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Only know about a third, but of those...American Pie. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: February 24 2022 at 22:56
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Glad to see Foreigner by Cat Stevens and Porrohman by Big Country on the list. Big Country's first 2 albums were masterpieces IMHO. But yes, they did fall away after that in the mid to late '80s, but surprisingly their 90s albums are consistently good and especially their last studio album "Driving To Damascus" in 1999, before Stuart Adamson's tragic death in 2001. Also an honorable mention to Mick Abraham's ~15 minute "Seasons"(see below) from his 1971 album Mick Abrahams https://www.discogs.com/release/1501920-Mick-Abrahams-Mick-Abrahams%20" rel="nofollow - https://www.discogs.com/release/1501920-Mick-Abrahams-Mick-Abrahams |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 07:10
| Wonderland (12" Mix) is a Big Country sort of epic I like a lot (great bass & drums). |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: February 25 2022 at 16:55
Spine tingling stuff....yes! I used to play that 12" Wonderland Mix as loud as possible. Very progressive indeed. Tony Butler and Mark Brzezicki; a brilliant bass and drum combination. Before they joined Big Country they both played together on Pete Townshend's 1980 album Empty Glass.
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