Prog moments by usually non-prog bands/ar
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Topic: Prog moments by usually non-prog bands/ar
Posted By: unforgivable74
Subject: Prog moments by usually non-prog bands/ar
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 18:17
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I find that there are many bands or artists who are not usually classed as 'prog' who have, at some point in their catalogues, produced a 'one-off' that I would regard as progressive. Examples that spring to mind are Queen - The whole of 'A Night At The Opera' Extreme - 'Everything Under The Sun' from '3 Sides to Every Story' Roy Harper - Work Of Heart (For me, as good as any Floyd album). This might divide a few people but I regard the track 'Vienna' by Ultravox as quite progressive - apologies if I offend. Anyone have any others that spring to mind? ------------- Laughs as I clean my teeth, laughs as I rub at my eyes. |
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 18:26
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mmm...what about Led Zeppelin "proggy" songs? Achilles last stand...Carruselamba, No Quarter...to name just three ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 18:26
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Stargazer-Rainbow
Gates of Babylon-Rainbow
Battle of Evermore-Led Zeppelin
Icarus Dream Suite-Malmsteen
Just some that come to mind at the moment.
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Posted By: Penumbra
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 19:00
The Who: A Quick One While He's Away.  Really, it has 6 styles of music within eight minutes, and is quite inventive! (1968)
------------- The Holy Trinity of Symphonic Progressive Rock 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 19:07
cello cello cello cello cello cello ........ best cello solo EVER in the history of rock music ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Penumbra wrote:Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 19:13
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American country rock pioneers Poco with their 11 minute epic "Crazy Eyes".
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 19:21
Absolute brillance! -------------  
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 19:45
 ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 21:24
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My little sister is listening to alot of bad music at the moment: She showed me a song by Green Day entitled "Jesus of Suburbia". It sucks, but it's pretty proggy. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 21:31
Here is my list of some favorites:
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 21:51
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Tom Waits later albums are brilliant avant-garde blues with a lot of Beefheart influence.
I was surprised to not see him included on this site. Swordfishtrombones and The Black Rider are very "proggy" albums. ------------- 
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 21:54
anything by Dream Theater 
haha only a joke, but i know some ppl here will take offense and some will agree whole-heartedly. lol
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 23:22
Maiden's new album is very proggy too. makes sense too since it's their 14th album and Seventh Son is their 7th. oh and Alexander the Great is a dead-up prog metal song |
Posted By: kebjourman
Date Posted: August 24 2006 at 23:26
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'maidens milk' by the meat puppets everyone on this website should here this song
its off of 'Up on the sun', which is my favorite album from the 80's. it has so many good songs that proggers should appreciate.
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: August 25 2006 at 02:08
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Apart from some moments from groups which are not included in this site but, nevertheless, are considered Prog by many site visitors -- such as Led Zeppelin, Rainbow, Iron Maiden, Steeleye Span, The Doors.., I would mention the song "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers -- a band which is not considered Prog by common consent. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 25 2006 at 02:41
For The Doors (who may be included on PA, as Jefferson Airplane were some weeks ago), I'd mention "The End", "When the Music's Over" and my personal favourite, "Riders on the Storm" (and "Golden Brown", which is a great song, sounds very Doorsy too). For Steeleye Span, the first that comes to my mind is "Tam Lin" (and I love the story too... traditional English ballad on a theme I have been researching lately). As to the mighty Maiden... I can't wait to have their latest CD in my hands! I think they are as prog as many other bands included here, and their proggy efforts are too many to mention here (listen to "Dance of Death" and "Paschendale", and tell me it's not prog...). And of course there's pre-Black Album  Metallica, and Megadeth...I'll add another personal favourite of mine (cue my avvy and sig), the even more mighty Blue Oyster Cult, with proggy masterpieces such as "Seven Screamin' Dizbusters", "Astronomy", "Monsters" and the sublime "Veteran of the Psychic Wars"  .
 I would also add "No Quarter", especially the cracking live version from "The Song Remains the Same" - one of my all-time favourite musical moments. |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: August 25 2006 at 09:23
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Modest Mouse have some very proggy moments, especially on their albums Lonesome Crowdest West and The Moon and Antarctica. -------------
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: August 25 2006 at 11:09
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Ghost Rider:
I didn't want even to begin to mention songs from LZ, The Doors, Steeleye Span etc. because: a) they're too many; b) these groups are Prog in my opinion.
I'm not acquainted with the "Tam Lin" version of Steeleye Span, but I have only first seven their albums. I'm acquainted with the one from Fairport Convention instead (Liege and Lief album).
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: August 25 2006 at 12:44
Read Townshend's line notes of the remastered CD, and discover this tune was cobbled together from several far from complete tunes never intended to be joined together, under pressure from Who management, so as to meet a recording deadline for an otherwise incomplete album. What was the mother of invention???? Desperation......?
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 25 2006 at 12:49
They are different: the Steeleye Span version is much longer, and the music is different too. They are both great songs though. |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: August 25 2006 at 13:01
I like the Fairport Convention version. Never heard the Steeleye Span one. Which Steeleye Span album this version is from?
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Posted By: man@arms
Date Posted: August 25 2006 at 15:58
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Posted By: sean
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 11:23
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seventh son of a seventh son, brave new world, by iron maiden
achilles last stand by led zeppelin
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Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: August 27 2006 at 11:39
I'm a huge fan of both bands, but Fairport's version is far better than Steeleye's. ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |