Favorite guilty pleasure prog songs
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Topic: Favorite guilty pleasure prog songs
Posted By: SilverEclipse
Subject: Favorite guilty pleasure prog songs
Date Posted: July 08 2008 at 14:15
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...c'mon, you know that every prog band has had that moment where they either delved to far into pop or went way too excessive with a idea. And to most it sounded horrible but you know you like some of them... I would have to pick "Arriving UFO" by Yes. Every time I hear it I cannot get over how cheesy and awful it is (considering that the same band had done Awaken a year earlier), but I still listen to it on a regular basis and can't help but smile. ------------- "and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" |
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Posted By: Treasure
Date Posted: July 08 2008 at 19:18
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I don't have a guilty pleasure for prog, but non prog would be Meat Loaf. I absolutely love him. ------------- 
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Posted By: Weston
Date Posted: July 08 2008 at 20:18
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Stands up -- shuffles feet nervously. "Hello. My name is Weston, and I -- I ---well . . .I sort of like Starcastle." |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: July 08 2008 at 20:30
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I love: Yes's "Tormato" Gentle Giant's "The Missing Piece" ALL of King Crimson and Rush's albums There might be others, but I can't think of them at the moment. ------------- 
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Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: July 08 2008 at 23:14
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Owner of a lonely heart - Yes
I can't dance - Genesis just generally 80's genesis and yes lol ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: July 08 2008 at 23:29
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80's Rush..."I Walk Beside You" and "The Answer Lies Within" (DT), as for non prog..........I'd say Trivium ------------- 
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: July 08 2008 at 23:42
No guilt pleasure in that! Bat Out Of Hell I and II are two of my favorite non-prog records! Lesse... guily prog pleasures... I suppose In The Presence Of Enemies by Dream Theater because I know it word by word and everyone else in the world hates the lyrics for being cheesy  |
Treasure wrote:Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: July 08 2008 at 23:59
ITPOE is one of the better lyrical songs on the album......that's saying something  . Don't think of DT as a guilty pleasure...everyone who hates them can keep it to themselves, their opinions haven't altered mine a bit...I still think they're the best damn band on earth, ITPOE is EPIC.-------------
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 00:57
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okay, well, I know every lyric on the album, how about that? It's
a fun one to drive with shouting it at the top of your lungs, that's
for sure. yeah don't worry, I've never been phased by the haters (<- make sure you read that with a gangsta 'accent') since I've been here 
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 00:59
You shouldve spelled it Hatas! lawl, It might've taken me a bit though ..Yeah I'm pretty sure I know every DT lyric ever...maybe even some WDADU  -------------
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Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 02:39
80s Genesis. I like all of the songs except one or two on Abacab, Duke, s/t and Invisible Touch, and some I love. Especially Dodo/Lurker, the Duke Suite, Mama, Home by the Sea and Domino. 
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 02:46
| has anyone heard Shingetsu's self-titled album? it's full of sweet, simple, Camel-like prog-almost-rock songs but despite it being nowhere near my tastes I love every song on it. I just can't work out why ;P |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 13:25
"I louk at wot I've done... I am the keeling haaaAAAAAAAAaaaAAaaAAAaAaAaAaaaaAAAAaaaAAAaaand!". Oh Dominici, you slay me 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 13:51
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Genesis - We Can't Dance (entire album, except few songs)
Yes - Talk (while not loving it, it's quite catchy and I like it) Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason (really like it) Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave, Catfish, "A" Gentle Giant - Civilian Supertramp - Famous Last Words Songs: Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart Yes - Leave it Yes - Big Generator Yes - Finally Yes - The Messenger Yes - Don't Kill the Whale Genesis - Mama Genesis - That's All ELP - Love Beach some many others, I suppose. |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 13:57
lol attack-------------
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 14:37
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Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 15:01
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Oh, I can't stand We Can't Dance. It's like Genesis going... country, or something. I was disappointed that they chose that for their encore last tour. I can understand putting it in the middle of the setlist just because people do like the song. But encore? It's like Rush choosing A Passage to Bangkok and YYZ as their encore songs. Maybe good songs, but definitely not good closers. Oh wait, they did. :/ Yay, tangents. |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 15:06
 - I'd say YYZ is the ultimate closer! Besides, after that song I'm
usually on the verge of passing out from jumping and head banging so
I'm kind of glad they end the set on that one[/fanboyism] |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 16:04
5 days! I cannot wait for YYZ...well actually I can..I don't want the show to be over quickly at all  -------------
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Posted By: preqT0THEseq7
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 22:37
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Dream Theater - The Silent Man ------------- Idk, My BFF Steve. http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 22:43
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^^^ The first time I listened to that album was in my discman (before
the days of iPods ) and a friend of mine asked if he could
have a listen since I had said "man, this is heavy!", when he listened
The Silent Man came on and he was like, "man, these guys are
lame..."
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Posted By: acelxpro
Date Posted: July 10 2008 at 05:42
| ummmmmm, I Can See Your House From Here.... *RUNS* |
Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: July 10 2008 at 07:19
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I admit to liking That's All by Genesis very very much, though I still don't see it as a bad thing. It's a greal album anyway. If i shoudl say something, then The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star. after all, these guys were in Yes for the Drama -album recording stuff like White Car etc. |
Posted By: Weston
Date Posted: July 13 2008 at 01:09
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A couple more guilty pleasures for me. I like Marillion's "Dry Land" which is a blatant Hogarth era pop song, but epic nonetheless. There's also an incredibly pop sounding Mike Oldfield album I used to have on tape. Can someone help me remember the name of it? It features people like Max Bacon on vocals. Very 80's AOR stuff. But there's a fantastic pop song with Adrian Belew on vocals. It doesn't really sound anything like him somehow. "Holy! To me just one glance is holy. . " As pop songs go this is a five star piece. |
Posted By: preqT0THEseq7
Date Posted: July 13 2008 at 21:20
I like that song because I can't stand James Labrie's attempts at a metal voice. I feel that that song suits him very well. ------------- Idk, My BFF Steve. http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: YesFan72
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 17:53
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Ever hear "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" before? Hehe... well... my brother likes it a lot... and um... it's catchy...
It's not prog (obviously). ------------- 
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: July 16 2008 at 18:02
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Robin Trower's title track "Bridge of Sighs" is very proggy IMHO (only one of his really) for its dreamy atmospherics. Traffic's "the Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" is still a massive pleasure . Talk Talk- Call in the Nightboy is fabulous driving music (especially the piano flourish). Tai Phong's Sister Jane (just for the slowdance memories). Supertramp's Fool's Overture (love that rolling bass). Spooky Tooth's classic the Mirror (wow what a mood). There will be more! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: makulay
Date Posted: July 17 2008 at 17:33
I second this notion! :D ___________________ http://www.djdanweisman.com - |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: July 17 2008 at 17:52
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I like 80s Yes, Genesis, neo prog, n metal.
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: July 17 2008 at 18:06
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The one I seem to get flack for is I Walk Beside You by Dream Theater.
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: July 17 2008 at 20:39
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DAMN RIGHT YOU DO not really, they have far far far worse songs anyway Dream Theater is my favorite band that alone probably breaks some PA rule ------------- 
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: July 19 2008 at 04:10
| Trick of the Tail (the song, not the album) should be WAY too pop for my tases, but I reallly like it. |
Posted By: inrainbows
Date Posted: July 19 2008 at 05:37
I agree ! ------------- 
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Posted By: Mousoleum
Date Posted: July 23 2008 at 01:20
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I really enjoy some Neo-Prog. Anything by IQ, Pendragon, Arena, It Bites and especially Marillion. I'm actually not too guilty about it. And GOD do I love Kino and Frost. Please don't tell anybody. |
Posted By: AmericanKhatru
Date Posted: July 29 2008 at 16:48
Awesome, I'm not alone! I'd have to say Open Your Eyes by Yes is mine. Ugh, it's not prog but I can't stop listening to it. |
Posted By: chuckmusic
Date Posted: January 22 2009 at 17:30
| much respect for Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason |
Posted By: mobby
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 03:04
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love eloy, metromania their most pop-ish album (with performance)''esp nightriders
kansas-in the spirit of things has good songs and can be enjoyed in the sort of 'what can you expect without livgren' way..
and i have to admit ..i did listen a few times to under wraps and er..kind of enjoyed it, (yes guilty as charged me lords..) thinking at least tull are still coming out with new material.
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Posted By: St.Cleve Chronicle
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 10:06
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80's Genesis. I think I actually sang Illegal alien in the shower once (was that a bit too much information?). I also really like Words from the wise and Giant for a day by Gentle Giant. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 10:10
| Turn it on Again, Mama, That's All, most of Abacab, 80% of We Can't Dance(including I Can't Dance), Finally and The Messenger by Yes, Love Beach(song) by ELP(no kidding), Still You Turn Me On by ELP, A Momentary Lapse of Reason in it's entirety as well as The Division Bell... |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 10:13
Wow, I haven't seen this! Glad you're open minded  You don't like Famous Last Words? Do you like Breakfast in America? |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 10:59
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Supertramp - It's Alright
Pop to the max, but I love it! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 11:10
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 12:16
| I don't have any guilty pleasures, which makes me perfect. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 12:21
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Marillion - Kayleigh Yes - Big Generator (whole album) Black Sabbath - No Stranger to Love |
Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 12:25
| I don't know about prog, but otherwise.... In moderation i tend to like some of Styx's better songs....one can see why that would be a guilty pleasure....it's just so cheeseball. |
Posted By: Anaon
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 12:56
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Calling All Stations - Genesis Studiokeys - Yes Tony Martin's Black Sabbath A Passion Play - Jethro Tull ------------- My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/ My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/" rel="nofollow - http://groovesandmemories.com/ |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 13:46
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For prog, all 80's Genesis - I love it all except Whodunnit which I still cannot bear to listen to. Non prog is a band called Tansads from Wigan, who were a punk/folk band in the same vein as Levellers. I was lucky enough to see them a couple of times and have all their LPs (they split up some 10 years ago). Genius, and by far the best band ever to hail from Wigan, certainly miles better than The Verve. Happy days ------------- 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: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 14:19
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I don't really have any "guilty" pleasures per say. But I'm a man that enjoys his Kate Bush. :3 (not prog, I know :D) ------------- 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 15:03
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I love Pablo Honey and Opiate... though both arent prog and I certainly don't feel guilty about it.
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Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: January 26 2009 at 12:51
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Posted: Yesterday at 12:56Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: January 26 2009 at 12:52
| Wow, I don't know what just happened when I tried to copy and paste that, but you get the point. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: January 26 2009 at 13:00
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Use the "quote" feature instead of cut/paste, it'll be a lot easier. |
Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: January 26 2009 at 13:00
| Yeah. Thanks. I got real confused |
Posted By: Anaon
Date Posted: January 26 2009 at 14:24
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That's weird Well maybe I understand badly what is a "guilty pleasure" I admit ;) but A Passion Play is not really appreciated most of the time, but I like it! ------------- My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/ My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/" rel="nofollow - http://groovesandmemories.com/ |
Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: January 26 2009 at 14:52
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I really like Air Supply ballads There you go , finally said it.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: January 26 2009 at 15:11
Kate Bush is in Prog-Related, and as far as I am concerned she could very well be placed in a fully prog category. As to the notion of 'guilty pleasures', it's something I don't buy into at all. I like what I like, and if someone doesn't agree with that, they can turn the other way (and this is an understatement, just to be polite ). |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 26 2009 at 15:29
I thought Micky was your guilty pleasure...
after all, he's usually guilty of something or other... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: fil karada
Date Posted: January 26 2009 at 15:49
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I like an album that even non-prog-lovers say its bad, but hey, it was my first album Hot Space- Queen ------------- 
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Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: January 26 2009 at 21:08
Ah, I didn't know that, don't delve into that category very often. I agree that she could fall into the prog category. -------------
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 26 2009 at 21:22
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'Flower King of Flies' the Nice 'The Mexican' Babe Ruth 'Abacab' Genesis 'Buy' Birth Control |
Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: January 27 2009 at 01:28
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Genesis- "Whodunnit?" Genesis- "Illegal Alien" Yes- "Owner of a Lonely Heart" Emerson, Lake & Palmer- "Tiger in the Spotlight" ------------- 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: February 24 2009 at 21:51
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What can save mankind from man, when the blind, the blind overran, from the scene of unknown devestaaaaaaaaaaaaatioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon, came the great spontaneousssssssssssssss apple creaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaation!
I love it!!!!!!!!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Hootywho
Date Posted: February 24 2009 at 22:07
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Who Dunnit? - Genesis (Wos it choo or wos it me? or Wos it it 'e or she?) Tonight, Tonight, Tonight - Genesis Vapor Trails (Yes, the whole album) - Rush There are more which I know I shouldn't like but I still do. ------------- 
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Posted By: soldham56
Date Posted: April 22 2009 at 15:56
| For me, these 3 bands represent my idea of a "guilty pleasure" in that they don't readily come to me as prog, per se, but are in the prog camp for sure. They are, The Allan Parson's Project, Supertramp and Ambrosia. I unabashedly love these bands, but would shudder to share that fact at a KC convention or Opeth backstage get-together... But there it is... |
Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: April 24 2009 at 07:07
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Have any of you seen the music video for Don't Kill the Whale? It's freaking hilarious. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingboobs/?chartstyle=LastfmSuicjdeGirls" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Harold the Barrel
Date Posted: July 19 2009 at 23:56
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Any of the tracks off Octavarium ---------------- Now playing: http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/ayreon/track/dragon+on+the+sea - Ayreon - Dragon On The Sea via http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/ - FoxyTunes ------------- I f**kING LOVE NARWHALS |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: July 20 2009 at 00:05
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Um...Jeff Wayne I guess. Oh, and, Angra's cover of Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights." Also Rainbow. I have an odd suspicion that anything with Dio would be considered a guilty pleasure. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 20 2009 at 00:14
indeed, for an unattractive dwarf with an ego the size of Utah, the man can sing |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: July 20 2009 at 00:50
South Dakota...I always thought of it as South Dakota... ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: camilleanne
Date Posted: July 20 2009 at 01:06
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Well one of my favorite songs is Another Day by Dream Theater ..
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Posted By: St.Cleve Chronicle
Date Posted: July 20 2009 at 05:56
| Who dunnit? is one of Abacab's highlights for me. |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: July 20 2009 at 06:09
| Invisible Touch =) |
Posted By: PROGMONSTER2008
Date Posted: July 20 2009 at 06:47
cool song. Nothing cheesy about it apart from the synth sound ------------- Jazz/Classical Rock(70's style prog/fusion). Lots of prog keys and melodies(all original ideas) http://www.myspace.com/vigilante2008" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/vigilante2008 |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 20 2009 at 07:00
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Nutrocker - ELP ------------- What? |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: July 20 2009 at 07:48
------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |