songs defining neo-prog
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Topic: songs defining neo-prog
Posted By: tuxon
Subject: songs defining neo-prog
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 21:59
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simple topic, just add the song that define the neo-prog sound. no albums allowed, just the most neo-prog sounding songs.
my take:
1. The Poet Sniffs A Flower - Twelfth Night (brilliant song)
2. She Chameleon - Marillion (sweet washing keys)
3. Breaking The Spell - Pendragon (fabulous guitars) 4. The Enemy Smacks - IQ (typical IQ song) many songs to mention but those are the first songs that spring to mind when defining the sound. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:04
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Twelfth Night are my favorite Neo band, so I'll choose a few of theirs: We Are Sane The Poet Sniffs a Flower Encore Une Fois The Cunning Man Love Song ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:17
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"King Of Sunset Town" by Marillion
"Script For A Jester's Tear" by Marillion "Paintbox" by Pendragon "Harvest Of Souls" by IQ "The Seventh House" by IQ "Moviedrome" by Arena E ------------- 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:18
Ehm...
Pendragon - Masters of Illusion
Twelfth Night - We Are Sane
Marillion - Incommunicado
Collage - Hero's Cry (or anything else on Moonshine)
IQ - Leap of Faith
Nice and easy, well-known bands.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:22
| Besides those already mentioned, the song "Evening Wind" by Satellite. |
Posted By: Failcore
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:26
| Man I just read this sites definition of it; they're pretty mean to neo-prog. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:28
So far nice entry's.
some out of place IMO
Marillion's Incommunicado and Arena';s Moviedrome are not typicly neo-prog in my book (the first is a standard melodiced rock song in the Who style, the second is pushing the boundary's of melodic space keyboard/synth metal)
i ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:32
That is an issue just brought up in the Collab Zone, in fact. Most likely will be fixed as soon as the neo team can be arsed into doing it.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Deathrabbit wrote:Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:35
Ya, I suppose Incommunicado might not bethe best of choices.
Hmm...
I'll go with Black Light Machine by Frost*. Most Fish-era Marillion I find to be rather unique. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:49
does this mean you will be writing it
go stoney go  ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 22:51
I've got time. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 23:08
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I'll be waiting for your version Stonebeard.
speaking of out-of-placed songs for the neo-prog list.
how about
Cirkus - King Crimson
Summer Lightning - Camel Robbery Assault and Battery - Genesis Turn Of the Century - Yes back on topic:
Grain Dance - Clepsydra
Heroes Cry - collage (already mentioned I think) Revolution - Saens ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 03:03
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IQ - Further Away
IQ - Widows Peak
IQ - The Seventh House
Arena - Solomon
Marillion - The Uninvited Guest
Genesis - Squonk
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Posted By: iguana
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 03:18
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IQ /// IT ALL STOPS HERE ------------- progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false? |
Posted By: Eat_Paris
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 07:00
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speaking of neo... Marillion IS neo.. take any song from misplaced childhood (i also love other neo progs, like IQ,Arena,Jadis,etc) ------------- "love prog .. simply because its beautiful" .. and lindsay lohan =P~ |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 07:50
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IQ - The Enemy Smacks, Widow's Peak
Twelfth Night - Sequences, Creepshow, After the Eclipse Marillion - Script..., Forgotten Sons, Fugazi, Grendel, and everything else with the Fishy one really. Genesis - Behind The Lines (prior to Duke, Genesis weren't Neo, they were still evolving the old style). I guess you could consider 1980s King Crimson to be part of the Neo movement, as the sound they evolved was completely new. Another band that evolved their sound, but no-one really mentions it - probably because they maintained their identity and integrity - is Camel. "Stationary Traveller" may be plastered with 1980s production gaffes, but it's a kind of Neo-Camel album which separates their older sound from the newer sound. ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: CrazyDiamond
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 08:15
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Pendragon - Paintbx / As good as gold
Arena - The butterfly man / Bedlam Fayre
IQ - Sacred sound / You never will
Pallas - Too close to the sun / Invincible
Marillion - The invisible man / The great escape
I only mentioned two per band, but there's lot more than this ------------- 
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 08:39
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Had a bit of a neo prog splurge lately. It appeals to me a lot more than certain other subgenres of prog, I have to say.
Here's my take on it; Marillion- Script For A Jester's Tear, The Web, Forgotten Sons, Incubus, the first side of 'Misplaced Childhood' IQ- The Last Human Gateway, Awake and Nervous, Outer Limits, The Magic Roundabout, Widow's Peak, Leap Of Faith, Failsafe, Sacred Sound Pendragon- Alaska, Queen Of Hearts, The Last Man On Earth, As Good As Gold, Paintbox, Guardian Of My Soul, The Shadow, Dance Of The Seven Veils Pallas- Shock Treatment, Rise and Fall, The Last Angel, Too Close To The Sun, Towers Of Babble, Midas Touch, Cross and The Crucible Arena- Bedlam Fayre, Opera Fantastica, Solomon, Jericho, The Hanging Tree, Witch Hunt, A Crack In The Ice As for Camel, I think that's an interesting point, actually. I think 'Nude' in particular is quite an influential album to the 'neo prog' boom, especially Pendragon. What I dislike is the snobbiness about neo prog bands and Camel themselves, just because it doesn't have tons of shredding or off kilter dissonance, which personally does little for me anyway. |
Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 09:10
| Marillion is my favourite neo-prog: Script, He knows, Garden party, Forgotten sons, Fugazi, Incubus, Emerald lies, Punch and Judy and the first three songs from Clutching.. (that I feel more like a three part suite than separate songs) |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 09:22
I take it that means that your thinking of doing it, but maybe not.  ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: aprusso
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 11:43
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MARILLION - The web
IQ - Widow's peak PALLAS - Cut and run PENDRAGON - Oh Divineo TWELFTH NIGHT - Sequences COMEDY OF ERRORS - The student prince QUASAR - Fire in the sky DEYSS - Voices in the dark IT BITES - Once around the world |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 16:24
I'll do it, but I don't trust myself to be good at it, so I'm sure revisions will be made. For the record, I don't think the definition is too far off now, but it seems to be from a slightly anti-neo bias, which doesn't help gain converts or followers.------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 22:15
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Typical neo-prog:
Arena - Solomon, The Butterfly Man
Marillion - The Web, Ocean Cloud
Pendragon - The Last Man On Earth, Paintbox
Pallas - Too Close To The Sun, The Cross and the Crucible
Saens - Alone
Satellite - Evening Games
IQ - Sacred Sound
Just a few..note that this are all longer songs. I think neo especially shines in longer tracks...and lots of keyboards..
------------- To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica) |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: December 15 2006 at 00:25
This is true. By all means write it and I'll give you my opinion on it. ------------- 
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: December 15 2006 at 00:29
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My choices would be (one song for each band): Marillion- White Russian IQ- Widow's Peak Arena- Solomon Pendragon- Fish- Big Wedge ( @Stonie)Saens- Alone -------------
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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: December 15 2006 at 07:06
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Collage - Wings in the Night
Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear IQ - Further Away Shadowland - Ring of Roses or Jigsaw or Hall of Mirrors... Pendragon - The Shadow The Watch - Damage Mode(though I don't think THE ATCH is Neo...New Symph is the anwser) Twelfth Night - We're sane Red Sand - Blame La Tulipe Noire - Scent of Spring Pallas - Crown of Thorns I LIKE NEO!!! |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 15 2006 at 07:39
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MOONGARDEN-wounded MARYGOLD-sunflowers THE WATCH-out of the land ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: December 15 2006 at 10:32
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Marillion (Fish) - Script for a Jester's Tear/ Incubus Marillion (Hogarth) - The Space.../ Afraid of Sunlight Pendragon - The Last Man on Earth/ Master of Illusion Fish - Credo/ Raw Meat Arena - Solomon/ The Hanging Tree Twelfth Night - Creepshow IQ - Harvest of Souls Pallas - The Bringer of Dreams/ Too Close to the Sun Red Sand - Blame Violet District - Lustreless Fright/ Anquishes of a Scoundrel Collage - In Your Eyes Satellite - The Evening Wind/ Evening Games Clepsydra - Fear Credo - To the Grave Flamborough Head - Schoolyard Fantasy Epilogue - Swords and Knives/ Living a Lie Iluvatar - Late of Conscience Sylvan - That's Why it Hurts Grey Lady Down - And Finally |