Prog Bands Overshadowed By One Song
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Topic: Prog Bands Overshadowed By One Song
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: Prog Bands Overshadowed By One Song
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 10:25
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Hi, can anyone think of some good prog rock bands that have been overshadowed by one of their songs that might turn you off by thinking that you've heard their whole repetoire in one song. For instance:
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells The Nice - America Also, are there are the same with albums that I might have missed that I should hear? Some examples anyway: Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (again) (Anglagard - Hybris) (Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun)
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Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 11:05
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Rush's Tom Sawyer comes to mind first in the songs category. Hemispheres was always vastly superior to that album in my book, and surprisingly distantly related considering how close their releases were. The King Crimson and Anglagard examples you listed are also really good. Red and Viljans Oga are utter masterpieces one would miss out on by assuming these groups didn't have any tricks left in their bags. I'll think on other examples. |
Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 11:59
| I think Floyd is mostly known to a lot of people thanks to the single success of Money and Another Brick in the Wall 2. |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 13:32
I've actually never heard Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues that I know of, but I'm a big fan of "Days of Future Passed" and "In Search of the Lost Chord" Another couple I'd add to the list. Jethro Tull - Aqualung. Everyone knows this song, but the ensuing albums "Thick as a Brick" and "A Passion Play" are common favorites of Tull fans, and their releases in the later 70's aren't shabby either. Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart. Completely different than most of their music, both before and after this release, and liked much less by prog rock fans. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water. This is one of those songs that everyone knows without really even knowing that they know it. However, Machine Head is probably Deep Purple's best album, so it's hard to argue here. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody. Same as Deep Purple, everyone knows the song, but it is on one of their best albums. |
Xonty wrote:Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 13:35
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I'm very certain Deep Purple and Yes both had other hit singles. Highway Star and Roundabout come to mind just off the top of my head.
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: November 30 2013 at 21:07
Sure, but not by comparison. For Yes, there are plenty of songs more popular than Heart of the Sunrise, but none of them came close to the popularity that Owner of a Lonely Heart did. Deep Purple had plenty of hits too, but Smoke on the Water is THE song they are known for. It's got arguably the most popular, recognized guitar riff of all time. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 01 2013 at 00:10
1) As for 70's Yes, Roundabout was the song that got the massive airplay (especially the shortened single radio version). It was always fun to attend Yes concerts in the 70's and watch the people who only knew Roundabout look totally lost when they played Sound Chaser  2) Deep Purple's massive early single was Hush which though really cool, sounded nothing like the rest of their heavy stuff. 3) Jethro Tull's "Living in the Past" or "Bungle in the Jungle" both got massive radio play and obviously sounded little like their usual stuff. 4) Lucky Man was ELP's highest charting single (I think) and I thought it was always perverse of them to play it live in the 70's without Keith's Moog solo at the end  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: iamathousandapples
Date Posted: December 03 2013 at 22:27
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 03 2013 at 23:52
| Possibly Wishbone Ash and Argus. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 03:58
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 12:31
In the UK it was Fanfare For the Common Man (number 2 in 1977).
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:09
Indeed. Fanfare was also the only UK hit for ELP as a band although.. Greg Lake also had a no 2 hit with his Xmas record and.. Keith Emerson had a solo hit (No 21 I think) with Honky Tonk Train Blues in the USA ,ELP's biggest hit was From The Beginning (No 39) .
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:20
Damn, I got Roundabout and HotS confused - turns out the latter was never even released as a single! ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:22
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I think Mike Oldfield is one of the best examples... look at how many times they've made him remake or make a sequel to Tubular Bells. Everyone has heard the intro of Tubular bells without even knowing who he is. Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic. When the album came out it was the big thing and now people are not as interested in the band and most are of the opinion they've never topped that 33+ min song. Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home. Many people (my friends included) seem to have heard this before since its the only radio play they've had, but they don't know anything else about the band. Also they play it in the encore of every concert without fail I'd also agree with Yes, Jethro Tull, and Deep Purple at least from a commercial standpoint. I don't know how it was in the 70's but today they only get one song each on the radio (+Owner of a lonely heart or whaever) ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:25
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DP also had Speed King, Woman from Tokyo and Fireball. And that's just from the Gillain-fronted era. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:27
Ya, looks like you're both right...Lucky Man only got to #48 US. Funny, I only remember hearing From the Beginning occasionally on FM radio whereas it seemed Lucky Man was everywhere.
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Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:28
Actually haven't heard those on the radio. Its only ever smoke on the water and occasionally Hush. When I went to DP concert they only played Woman from Tokyo. But they did play most of machine head including Lazy and Space Truckin which made me verrry happy. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:32
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Totally forgot those two as well. Thing is with a band that long-running, they end up having like 20 signature songs and getting them all into a live set is not always easy... ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:42
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I would have thought Kansas would be an immediate choice for this thread, with both `Carry On Wayward Son' and `Dust In The Wind' being the two singles that get all the attention.
It's a shame if casual listeners dismiss them because of these two, as pretty much their first five albums at least are all mostly superb! 
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Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 16:52
True. I really like those first 5. Also I think for being hits, those songs are both pretty good. I'm just so glad "It takes a woman's love to make a man" never took off. That would have been terrible. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 17:32
I was so disgusted when I bought my 1st Kansas album Masque and dropped the needle and that's what I heard! I almost gave up there and returned it to the store Luckily I kept going and was knocked out by Mysteries & Mayhem/The Pinnacle ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 17:42
Totally agree, guys, that was why I actually went back an edited my post to say `mostly superb' for those first five albums, `Masques' being the `mostly'!
All good once you get into the guts of the album, but the closest to a weaker link in that set of the first five. |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: December 04 2013 at 21:49
Happens to be my favorite thing Kansas has ever done Glad they were able to prove they could get a lot more fans playing what they wanted instead of what the record company wanted.
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 05 2013 at 11:20
Ya, they had amazing chops and could really write great pieces...who knows what an amazing prog band they could have been without cheesy Don Kirschner breathing down their necks ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: December 05 2013 at 12:30
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: December 05 2013 at 19:08
Well there you have it. I never knew that before.
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Posted By: iamathousandapples
Date Posted: December 05 2013 at 21:16
There were a couple other songs(The Suffering got a lot of airplay around 06/07) but Welcome Home got real big and that's all anyone who was a musician around here would play from them  . Maybe that's because all the other songs from that album actually had guitar parts and not power chords ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/thamazingbender" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 07 2013 at 18:37
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Goblin seems to be identified (too) frequently by either title track of Profondo Rosso or (more usually) Suspiria...when they have an entire row of albums to listen to! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: December 07 2013 at 19:40
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Transatlantic's All of the Above is, as the title suggests, as good as all of their other songs combined. It's like, what, 30 minutes vs. 5 hours? And the 30 minutes one wins. ------------- 
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 19:52
| Yes, Kansas is a good example.,, |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: January 09 2014 at 21:59
| Tull with "Locomotive Breath". |