Most beautiful/romantic/sentimental prog moments
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Topic: Most beautiful/romantic/sentimental prog moments
Posted By: Thandrus
Subject: Most beautiful/romantic/sentimental prog moments
Date Posted: October 19 2008 at 08:56
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Wanted to make a poll about it long ago, but it didn't work out... Mainly because everyone will have their own opinion about this, I think. So the question is: What is most beautiful / romantic / sentimental moment in prog? Your opinions please... For me there are some: Marillion - The ending of The Script Of The Jester's Tear, Camel - that guitar melody of Lady Fantasy... Klaus Schulze - Wahnfried 1883 Anthony Phillips -The main theme of Slow Dance there are some more for me but I can't think at the moment  |
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 19 2008 at 09:38
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The Cinema Show - Genesis King Crimson - Formentera Lady & Starless Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond & Wish You Were Here |
Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: October 19 2008 at 09:49
| Perhaps my favorite Prog Moment ever, or music moment ever: And You And I, Yes. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: October 19 2008 at 09:50
| The ending of "Starless" (for personal reasons as well as musical) comes immediately to my mind when thinking of such moments in prog. Another song that simply oozes romance to me is Caravan's "Winter Wine" - just listen to the lyrics, and Richard Sinclair's peerless vocal delivery of them. |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: October 19 2008 at 09:56
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Lost - Van Der Graaf Generator and Lady Of The Dancing Water - King Crimson Are the two most romantic and touching songs I've yet heard. My deep love for Ocean Gypsy, C'est La Vie and Robert Wyatt's incredible Sea Song shouldn't surprise anyone, either. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: October 19 2008 at 10:07
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Roxy Music- My Only Love, Song for Europe and Beauty Queen.
KC- Epitath and Sailor's Tale
Moody Blues- Nights in White Satin
Camel- Ice
P Floyd- The Great Gig
B Ferry- The Name of the Game, Love Me madly again
Strawbs- all of Hero & Heroine
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Posted By: omri
Date Posted: October 19 2008 at 10:52
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Beautiful - Starless - KC, Song of Sheherezade - Renaissance, Before the storm - Discipline, Shine on your crazy diamond - PF, We were a happy crew - Spirogyra, The hangman and the papist - Strawbs, Henrieta Krotenshwanz - Amon duul II.
Romantic - You do it right - Can, She said - BJH, The duel - Esperanto, Birth - Focus, Love is how 'y' make it - Gong, Histories sans parole - Harmonium.
Emotional - Alifib - Robert Wyatt, Red - KC, Pioneers over C - VDGG, Legend of a mind - The moody blues, Cogwheels, crutches and cyanide - Spirogyra, Time heals - Peter Hamill, Get'em out by friday - Genesis, Drip drip - Comus.
You see, not all emotions are romantic. ------------- omri |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: October 19 2008 at 12:50
I seem to take after these acquatic prog epics a lot  so it's:Ripples - Genesis Sounds of the Sea, Ocean Gypsy - Renaissance Echoes - Pink Floyd |
Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: October 19 2008 at 13:04
| Not your typical answer, but for me, the last 5 minutes of "The Antique" by Kayo Dot are the most beautiful 5 minutes of music I've ever heard... |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 19 2008 at 13:04
| "Turn of the Century" by Yes is one of the most beautiful songs. I also have a soft spot for "Lazarus" by Porcupine Tree. |
Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: October 20 2008 at 00:38
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King Crimson- "Walking on Air" Steve Hackett- "Hands of the Priestess, Part 1" Caravan- "Love to Love You" Camel- "Spirit of the Water" Genesis- Ripples ------------- 
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Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: October 20 2008 at 08:30
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eloy - the apocalypse (second electric gutiar solo with female vocal)
pf - echoes (introduction part, especially live at pompeii version)
camel - lady fantasy
novalis - sommerabend
raw material - sun god
light shine - nightmare
minotaurus - fly away
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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: October 20 2008 at 12:38
Very beautiful, indeed!
For me, a lot of beautiful moments come from post-rock. There are so many beautiful songs under that banner that I don't want to bother listing any. Outside of that, here are a few:
"Collapse the Light into Earth" - Porcupine Tree
"Immortelle and Paper Caravelle" - Kayo Dot
"The Great Escape" - Marillion
"Hours of Wealth" - Opeth
As far as sentimental moments go, there are also many of those. The first one that pops into my mind is the end of Bridge Across Forever when Neal sings that last verse climaxing with "AWAAAAAKE" and the music that follows (naturally, the music leading up to it as well). Gets me everytime. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph  
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Sckxyss wrote:Posted By: souio
Date Posted: October 24 2008 at 05:40
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Genesis: Firth of Fifth - The first, as I call it, "Whale's Cry" string bend during the solo. Supper's Ready - The whole As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs section. King Crimson: Epitaph: From "Between the iron gates of fate" on I'll edit this post to put more in later on - it's 6:40AM and I've yet to sleep! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 24 2008 at 06:11
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Mad Man Moon - Genesis
Afterglow - Genesis Chamber of 32 Doors - Genesis Undertow - Genesis Fading Lights - Genesis
Ghost of a chance - Rush Panacea (from The Fountain of Lamneth) - Rush The Pass - Rush Different Strings - Rush Turn of the Century - Yes Revealing Science of God ('They move fast, they tell me..etc...that bit) - Yes Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues New Horizons - Moody Blues Watching & Waiting - Moody Blues Land of Make Believe - Moody Blues Epitaph - King Crimson Starless - King Crimson Matte Kudasai - King Crimson Northern Lights - Renaissance Things I dont Understand (especially the closing section) - Renaissance The Lovers - The Enid Script for a Jesters Tear - Marillion Trains - Porcupine Tree Jumbo - Curved Air Refugees - VDGG Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett |
Posted By: cobb2
Date Posted: October 24 2008 at 06:38
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I agree with epignosis. Though not prog, if you are talking about romanticism and beauty, it's hard to beat Jeff Buckley. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 24 2008 at 07:16
Agreed. I'm just getting into Jeff Buckley. What a voice! I'm really into 'Sketches for my sweetheart the drunk' right now. |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: October 24 2008 at 07:33
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King Crimson - The Night Watch/Cadence and Cascade
Robert Wyatt - At Last I am Free Steve Hackett - Star of Sirius Genesis - Carpet CrawlERS/Suppers Ready (Closing section)/Absent Friends Curved Air - Puppets/Piece of Mind Peter Gabriel - White Shadow/Here Comes the Flood/Mother of Violence VdGG - Pilgrims/Refugees/House With No Door/w Peter Hammill - Birds/Wilhemina/(On Tuesdays)She Used to do Yoga Chris Squire - Silently Falling/Safe (Canon Song) There's loads more but that's all I can remember for now... ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: October 24 2008 at 09:03
I can't see any mention of Buckley in epignosis's post or am I missing something, but I agree wholeheartedly, what an incredibly beautiful voice he had! |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: October 25 2008 at 21:04
Tim Buckley too, come to that.. "Once I Was" is a one of those real goose-bump songs that's guaranteed to melt any woman's heart.
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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: October 25 2008 at 21:17
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Romance is not, perhaps the theme that is normally associated with Prog Rock but there are many moments of great beauty.
For instance:
Refugees by Van der Graaf Generator
Beware the Ides of March - Colosseum
And You and I - Yes
After the Ordeal - Genesis
She Walked Thro the Fair - Trees
Holy Ground - Traffic
Fantasia Lindum - Amazing Blondel
The Tide Rushes In - Moody Blues
Autumn - Strawbs
Song for Europe - Roxy Music
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