Prog track titles which incorporate names
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Topic: Prog track titles which incorporate names
Posted By: DoobieBrother6
Subject: Prog track titles which incorporate names
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 06:32
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MANY late 60's UK pop/popsikes had tracks including names, like Postman Mike or Rosemary Rose or Mr Small. There does not seem to be much prog doing this. Can you think if such? (We are talking song titles, not band names.) ......... Barclay James Harvest - Vanessa Simmons Fairport Convention - crazy man Micheal Kin Ping Meh - Mrs Holmes Strawbs - Jenny O'Brian Strawbs - Lawrence Brown Streetmark - Eleanor Rigby Al Stewart - Warren Harding (Dylan - John Westly Harding - okay, not prog) Black Widow - Mary Clark Nuova Era - Mr. E. Jones Caravan - Cecil Quiet World - Mr Whittington |
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Posted By: Criswell
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 07:19
| ELP - Jeremy Bender |
Posted By: Lobster77
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 07:26
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Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne
ELP - Benny the Bouncer ELP - Are You Ready Eddy? ------------- "i'm the average height for my time!!! - Napoleon Bonaparte |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 07:38
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The Flower Kings - Elaine ------------- 
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 07:43
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Jethro Tull: One For Johnny Gee For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me Dr. Bogenbroom A Song for Jeffrey Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square (All the Jeffrey songs referring to bassist Jeffrey Hammond) Cross-eyed Mary Jack in the Green King Henry's Madrigal ------------- ...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: verslibre
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 10:30
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Edgar Froese: "Pizarro and Atahuallpa" (Ages) "A Dali-esque Sleep Fuse" (Stuntman) Tangerine Dream: "At Darwin's Motel" (Goblins Club) "Sad Merlin's Sunday" (Goblins Club) "Marmontel Riding on a Clef" (Edgar Allan Poe's The Island of the Fay) "The Silver Boots of Bartlett Green" (The Angel of the West Window) "Finnegans Excessive Wake" (Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)) "Barnabas the Messenger" (Franz Kafka – The Castle) ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 10:36
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Blue Oyster Cult - Joan Crawford Has Risen from the Grave |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 11:11
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Focus - Sylvia ------------- 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 11:51
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Alquin: Mr Barnum Jr's Magnificent and Fabulous City Marc's Occasional Showers Catherine's Wig Amy Genesis: Harold the Barrel Lilywhite Lilith Me and Sarah Jane Big Big Train: Master James of St. George ------------- 
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Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 12:16
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Ursula (The Swansea Song) - Barclay James Harvest Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast - Pink Floyd Vera - Pink Floyd |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 12:20
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King Crimson - Neal and Jack and Me -------------
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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 12:22
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Caravan: For Richard Waterloo Lily Cecil Runs Ferninand Jack and Jill Derek's Long Thing ------------- Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused? |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 14:21
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ELO: Oh No Not Susan The Diary of Horace Wimp Henry Cow: Gretel's Tale Uriah Heep: Sweet Lorraine Yes: Harold Land Porcupine Tree: Linton Samuel Dawson Lazarus Superluminal Pachyderm: An E-mail from Franklin D. RooseveltIt Smells Like Aunt Helen Early Formations of Larry Hair Oof's Diarrhea ------------- ---------- 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: DoobieBrother6
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 15:27
| Jukka Tolonen - Jimi, Sylva the Cat |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 15:44
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A few from Allan Holdsworth... Mr. Berwell Maid Marion Zarabeth The Sixteen Men of Tain Eidolon |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 16:10
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I think it's been pretty common in Prog when it comes to Progressive Psych, Canterbury Scene and Progressive Folk and lots of exmaples scattered throughout PA's categories (which does extend beyond traditional or one might say stereo-typical Prog-as-genre music). Swans is one of my favourite bands in PA with links to experimental rock, folk, and post-rock amongst other things. It's in PA under Post-Rock. Here are tracks with names in the titles: "Mona Lisa, Mother Earth" (The Burning World, 1989) "Jane Mary, Cry One Tear" (The Burning World, 1989) "Jim" (My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky, 2010) "Inside Madeline" (My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky, 2010) "Just a Little Boy (For Chester Burnett)" (To Be Kind, 2014) "Bring the Sun / Toussaint L'Ouverture" (To Be Kind, 2014) "Kirsten Supine" (to be Kind, 2014) "Nathalie Neal" (To Be Kind, 2014) "Frankie M" (The Glowing Man, 2016) "Annaline' (leaving meaning., 2019) "Michael Is Done" (The Beggar, 2023) ------------- "Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967). |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 16:45
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https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=10855" rel="nofollow - Wołanie o Brzęk Szkła by SBB is a unique case. One of its reissues (entitled Slovenian Girls) replaces the tracks' long tongue twistery Polish titles with girls' names. -------------
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 01 2025 at 22:54
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Uriah Heep - Come Away Melinda Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die Beatles - Eleanor Rigby Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Jon and Vangelis - Deborah Pink Floyd - See Emily Play Pink Floyd - Corporal Clegg Beatles - Lucy iin the Sky With Diamonds Kayak - Medea Kinks - Lola Logos - Sadako e le Mille Gru di Carta ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 03:14
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Rick Wakeman - Catherine Parr Ann Of Cleeves Catherine Of Aragon Anne Boleyn Catherine Howard Jane Seymour |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 04:07
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Here's quite a few: Comus - Diana Moving Gelatine Plates - The World of Genius Hans Supersister - Present From Nancy & Judy Goes To Holiday Gnidrolog - Peter Peter Hammill - Wilhelmina, Alice (Letting Go) & The Lie (Bernini's Saint Theresa) Fresh Maggots - Rosemary Hill & Elisabeth R. Trees - In the Garden of Jane Delawny & Murdoch Beggars Opera - Madame Doubtfire Premiata Forneria Marconi - La Carrozza di Hans Spirogyra - Magical Mary East of Eden - Isadora Curved Air - Melinda (More or Less), Marie Antoinette, Vivaldi Zamla Mammaz Manna - Little Karin Robert Wyatt - Alifie, Lullaby for Hamza, Tom Hay's Fox & Brian the Fox Hatfield & the North - (Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology On The Jaw, Van der Graaf Generator - Whatever Would Robert Say? Soft Machine - Chloe And The Pirates Kevin Ayers - The Lady Rachel Caravan - Can't be long now/Francoise/For Richard/Warlock Univers Zero - Jack the Ripper, Docteur Petiot, La Musique d'Erich Zann, The Pentangle - Jack Orion, Lord Franklin, Willy O'Winsbury, Sally Go Round the Roses, Sally Free and Easy |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 05:09
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A few from Pat Metheny... Antonia James Blues For Pat Waltz For Ruth For Alina No Way Jose Yolanda, You Learn Jaco Annie's Bittersweet Cake Marta's Theme |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 06:08
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Pink Floyd: Arnold Layne See Emily Play Lucifer Sam Matilda Mother Corporal Clegg Cymbaline Julia Dream Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast Seamus Vera Not Now John ------------- Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused? |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 07:56
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The entire album "Dancing Maze" by Them Moose Rush. Ray's Dancing Maze Jeff's Transcending Annie's Moles Jerry's Bacon Flavored Vegan Potion Jude's Got Another Dolly's Wedding Song Nigel's Food Fallin' Sonny's Hidden Money Yvonne's Getting On Chris's Cake Crisis Jack's Secret Algorithm |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 13:23
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Genesis : Harold the Barrel ------------- "You must not talk to idiots, it instructs them" (Michel Audiard) " Je ne parle pas aux idiots , cela les instruit" |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 13:25
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Genesis : Say it's allright Joe ------------- "You must not talk to idiots, it instructs them" (Michel Audiard) " Je ne parle pas aux idiots , cela les instruit" |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 13:32
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A few ones from my collection : GNIDROLOG : In spite of Harry's toenail Peter both from their first Lp Sage of Smith and Smythe (bonus track) CARAVAN : For Richard A day in the life of Maurice Haylett Françoise Memory lain, Hugh Nigel Blows a tune ( 9 feet underground) MAN : H. Samuel STACKRIDGE : Mr Mick (LP) Do the Staney Father Frankenstein is bellow your pillow Rufus T. Firefly The Slater's waltz Who's that up there with Bill Stokes Klaus Schulze : Frank Herbert Friedemann Bach Friedrich Nietzsche Georg Trakl Heinrich Von Kleist Ludwig II von Bayern Tangerine Dream Phaedra PAVLOV's DOG : Julia PENDRAGON : Come home Jack Nostradamus Shane PETER GABRIEL : Biko ANTHNOY PHILIPPS : Cantilena Henry Portrait from Tudor times Lindsay Luigi Palta's confession Otto's face Pluto's garden Sir Isaac Song for Andy Tara's Theme Van Runkel's Yorker music  ------------- "You must not talk to idiots, it instructs them" (Michel Audiard) " Je ne parle pas aux idiots , cela les instruit" |
Posted By: DoobieBrother6
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 15:09
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Someone mentioned Holdsworth album, "Men of the Tain". This is not relevant to this thread. The Táin Bó Cúailnge is a mythical history, a hero tale of Pagan Ireland where a war is initiated by a cattle-raid. ............ There is a 70s Italian prog where each track is a woman's name - but damned if I can remember it! Uhh....possibly Infinity "Planetarium"???? |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 15:21
Also Me and Sarah Jane.
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mellotronwave wrote:Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 15:28
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band Captain Bobby Stout Please Mrs. Henry Our Friend George Pluto the Dog Fat Nelly Davy's on the Road Again Martha's Madman The Mighty Quinn Don't Kill It Carol Fritz the Blank The Eyes of Nostradamus Billies Orno Bounce Geronimo's Cadillac Sister Billy's Bounce Telegram to Monica |
Posted By: DoobieBrother6
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 15:36
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If you want to use The Tain then... Horslips "Cú Chulainn's Lament" or "Maeve's Wotsit" |
Posted By: DoobieBrother6
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 15:37
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Rodger McGough "Summer With Monica" I absolutely love this lp. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 15:55
^ I knew a Maeve once, lovely girl, tongue like an electric Eel. If one considers these Prog... The Residents: Hitler Was a Vegetarian Bach Is Dead Elvis and His Boss Weight-Lifting Lulu Margaret Freeman Kula Bocca Says So Current 93 St. Peters Keys All Bloody Ach Golgotha (Maldoror Is Dead) Maldoror Er Daudur From Boyd’s Bunker The Ballad of Bobby Sunshine Hitler as Kalki (SDM) Steven and I in the Field of Stars Diana We Are Lazarus... ------------- "Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967). |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 16:22
The Sixteen Men of Tain in this song brew single malt scotch. 
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 16:23
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Art Zoyd Speedy Gonzalez Les Larmes De Christina L'Agent Renfield Le Voyage De Harker Nosferatu Faust Marthe La Tentation De Saint-Antoine Freder et Josaphat Rotwang L'Inventeur Maria et Feder (and more including Maria on the same album, Metropolis) Le Chat de Schrödinger |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 16:33
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Cardiacs A Balloon for Bertys Party Gina Lollabrigida Hello Mr. Sparrow The Duck and Roger the Horse Arnald Fast Robert Goodbye Grace Helen and Heaven Fairy Mary Mag Susannah's Still Alive ------------- "Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967). |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 16:35
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Art Zoyd - La Musique d'Erich Faes Supertramp - Rosie Had Everything Planned Thinking Plague - Rapture of the Deep (for Leslie) Black Midi - John L Captain Beefheart - Harry Irene, Ella Guru, Bill's Corpse, Dali's Car, Alice in Blunderland Amon Düül II - Henriette Krötenschwanz Brand X - Noddy Goes to Sweden Jean Michel Jarre - Near Djaina Robert Fripp - Mary ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 16:38
| Azrael, 11th Earl of Mar, Salmacis |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 16:52
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Zappa's got a few as well: Big Leg Emma, Uncle Bernie's Farm, Harry You're a Beast, Evelyn a Modified Dog, For Calvin, Andy, Joe's Garage, Charlie's Enormous Mouth, Stevie's Spanking, Adventures of Greggery Peccary, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbeque, Billy the Mountain and more.. also Magma - Köhntarkösz, Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré  ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 16:55
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Rush~Tom Sawyer Marillion~Angelina, Kayleigh Caravan~Jack and Jill Peter Gabriel~Biko Roger Waters~Ballad of Bill Hubbard -------------   
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 02 2025 at 17:46
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Robert Wyatt From End of an Ear: To Mark Everywhere To Saintly Bridget To Oz Alien Daevyd and Gilly To Nick Everyone To Caravan and Brother Jim To Carla, Marsha and Caroline (for Making Everything Beautifuller) From Rock Bottom: Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road Alifib and Alifie (at least based on the name Alfie) Sonia From Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard (side A is Titled Ruth, side B is titled Richard): Song for Che From Shleep: Maryan Blues in Bob Minor From Cuckooland: Mister E (okay, it's abbreviated) Brian the Fox From the collaborative album ..........For the Ghosts Within: Laura Lullaby for Irene Maryan Matching Mole O Caroline Dedicated to Hugh, but You Weren't Listening Brandy as in Benj Gloria Gloom Flora Fidget Waterloo Lily (live Caravan cover) * Instant Pussy if it referred to Goldfinger's Pussy Galore* ------------- "Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967). |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 03 2025 at 00:43
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Manning Dr. Jonathan Anser Fleming Barras(The Year Of Wonders) Jorgen Barras (Revelation Road) William Barras Amelia Fairfax (Black Silk Sheets Of Cairo) James Fairfax (An Average Man) Diana Horden Harriet Horden (A Night At The Savoy, 1933) Prof. Adam Logan David Logan (The Southern Waves) Joshua Logan Margaret Montgomery Amy Quartermaine (A Perfect Childhood) Jack Roberts -------------
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Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: April 03 2025 at 02:33
| Suite Charlotte Pike - Transatlantic |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: April 03 2025 at 07:11
| Could it be also non-person names? Then we would have, for example, Yes' Angkor Vat or Vangelis' Mare Tranquillitatis |
Posted By: DoobieBrother6
Date Posted: April 03 2025 at 14:13
| No. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: April 03 2025 at 16:05
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Brian Eno, "Another Green World" - St. Elmo's Fire ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 03 2025 at 17:17
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'You Need to Get Out More, Bill' by obscure 80s polish prog band Bad Polls. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |