Favorite progressive rock song(s)

eclein · « **on:** 24 Jul 2010, 11:05 pm »

I just sat down and listened to "Close To The Edge"...what a great, great timeless classic...the whole album just blows me away and I've heard it 100's of times. Had YES posters, Roger Dean books....anyway, got a favorite progressive rock Song(s), Album????

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #1 on:** 24 Jul 2010, 11:12 pm »

Money - Pink Floyd
Stay - Pink Floyd
Cimbaline - Pink Floyd
Arnold Layne - Pi...

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #2 on:** 25 Jul 2010, 04:46 am »

King Crimson - "In The Court of the Crimson King"

http://www.amazon.com/Court-Crimson-King-30th-Anniversary/dp/B000003S09

satfrat · « **Reply #3 on:** 25 Jul 2010, 05:43 am »

Camel
Breathless
Raindance
Nude

ELO
Eldorado
Face The Music

Focus
Moving Waves
Focus III

Hawkwind
Space Ritual
Electric Tepee
Hall of the Mountain Grill
Quark, Strangeness, and Charm

John Cale
Hobosapiens
Black Acetate

Little Atlas
Hollow

Mindgames
Actors in a Play
MMX

Neal Morse
Testimony
Neal Morse
Sola Scriptura
From The Cutting Floor

Ozric Tentacles
~all their albums, I have 12~

Renaissance
Ashes Are Burning
Turn of the Cards
Scheherazade And Other Stories

Steve Hackett
Voyage Of The Acolyte
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Steve Hillage
Open
L
Modivation Radio
Green

Umphrey's Mcgee
The Bottom Half
Anchor Drops
Local Band Does O.K.

All these albums aughta keep ya busy for awhile.

Cheers,
Robin

vinyl_guy · « **Reply #4 on:** 25 Jul 2010, 06:08 am »

Ford Theatre- Trilogy for the Masses

Yes - The Yes Album

Any Pink Floyd album

tesseract · « **Reply #5 on:** 25 Jul 2010, 09:10 am »

I don't have a favorite song, my favorite lyrics come from this progressive rock trio. Soon I will see the album played live in it's entirety!

Rush: Moving Pictures "Witch Hunt" http://www.elyrics.net/read/r/rush-lyrics/witch-hunt-lyrics.html

Anything from Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Rush, Tool, and, and.....

BobM · « **Reply #6 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 01:47 pm »

Damn, there are so many over so many years. First, it is impossible to just pick single songs with prog-rock - it must be albums. The funny part is do I post the tried and true prog-rock standards that I grew up with over the years, but really don't listen to that much anymore ...

. Close to the Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes
. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Suppers Ready, etc. - Genesis
. Remember the Future - Nektar
. Pink Floyd, et al
. Karn Evil 9, Tarkus - ELP
. Masque, Unorthodox Behaviour - Brand X
. King Crimson, in it's many forms
. Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever
. Live Sky - Crack the Sky
. Renaissance, et al
. Live - Happy The Man
. Gentle Giant, et al
. UK - UK
. Amarok - Mike Oldfield
. Time and Chance - Caldera
. Ambrosia (st)

Or do I post the newer modern prog that I find amazing and uplifting, and that I listen to a lot these days?

. Porcupine Tree, et al
. Posthumous Silence, Force of Gravity - Sylvan
. Moth Vellum - ST
. Fragments - Parzival's Eye
. Kevin Gilbert, et al
. Mantis - Umphreys McGee
. Transatlantic, et al
. The Flower Kings, et al
. Spocks Beard (the older stuff)
. Wake Pig, The End is Begun - 3

And where do I separate prog from fusion or from Prog-Jazz, like Tribal Tech, John McLaughlin, Chic Corea, Weather Report, etc.?

This is not a simple question.

Bob

simoon · « **Reply #7 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 06:18 pm »

Way too many to list by individual songs.

Progressive music (its long since outgrown the 'progressive rock' label) is such a deep well of incredible music to chose 'favorite songs'.

Bands that produce music that deserves to be in my favorite category (for many different reasons) are:

Classic era prog:

Yes
ELP
King Crimson
Camel
Gentle Giant
PFM
Banco
Il Balleto di Bronzo'
Arti e Mesteri
Happy the Man
Van der Graph Generator
Magma

Modern prog (post 1990)

Aglagard
Echolyn
Deus ex Machina
After Crying

Avant-garde:

Henry Cow
Thinking Plague
Present
Univers Zero
NeBelNest
5UUs

Progressive metal:

Pain of Salvation
Dream Theater
Prymary
Andromeda
Sun Caged

Technical metal:

Spiral Architect
Aghora
Spastic Ink
Electrocution 250

If I were to think about this 30 minutes longer, there would be dozens more.

eclein · « **Reply #8 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 06:24 pm »

Thanks guys!!! Some great additions to my wish list on the zon...the newer stuff intrigues me because I've never heard most of it, or heard of the bands for that matter....Thanks again!!

vinyl_guy · « **Reply #9 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 06:50 pm »

Quote from: eclein on 26 Jul 2010, 06:24 pm

Thanks guys!!! Some great additions to my wish list on the zon...the newer stuff intrigues me because I've never heard most of it, or heard of the bands for that matter....Thanks again!!

A couple of other new prog rock bands are

Arcade Fire -- Neon Bible
Animal Collective --Merriweather Post Pavillion

and another old prog rock band--Procol Harum

sts9fan · « **Reply #10 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 06:56 pm »

You think Anminal Collective is Prog? Interesting.

Nice with the Umphrey's Satfrat. I have seen them maybe ten times but I do not have any of ther albums. The first time was at the original House of Blues in Boston. Too bad they closed that place down. I do have a bunch of live shows although most of them are AUDs.

BobM · « **Reply #11 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 07:41 pm »

Quote from: eclein on 26 Jul 2010, 06:24 pm

Thanks guys!!! Some great additions to my wish list on the zon...the newer stuff intrigues me because I've never heard most of it, or heard of the bands for that matter....Thanks again!!

If you want prog discussion and introduction to a whole lot of new and old music then you need to hang out at www.progressiveears.com

Good stuff there for prog-heads, for sure.

simoon · « **Reply #12 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 07:41 pm »

Quote from: sts9fan on 26 Jul 2010, 06:56 pm

Nice with the Umphrey's Satfrat

Have you ever heard OHMPhrey?

This is a project that combines Chris Poland (guitar), Robertino Pagliari (bass) from Los Angeles fusion band OHM with Jake Cinninger, Joel Cummins & Kris Myers from Umpheys.

Some great fusion on this one.

simoon · « **Reply #13 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 07:44 pm »

Quote from: BobM on 26 Jul 2010, 07:41 pm

If you want prog discussion and introduction to a whole lot of new and old music then you need to hang out at www.progressiveears.com

Good stuff there for prog-heads, for sure.

Yeah, I post there from time to time.

2 other great sites for research and such are:

www.gnosis2000.net and www.gepr.net

These are more like encyclopedias, gnosis2000 is probably the best there is.

sts9fan · « **Reply #14 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 07:48 pm »

Quote

Have you ever heard OHMPhrey?

This is a project that combines Chris Poland (guitar), Robertino Pagliari (bass) from Los Angeles fusion band OHM with Jake Cinninger, Joel Cummins & Kris Myers from Umpheys.

Some great fusion on this one.

I have not. Sounds very interesting. Do they have an album?

simoon · « **Reply #15 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 08:26 pm »

Quote from: sts9fan on 26 Jul 2010, 07:48 pm

I have not. Sounds very interesting. Do they have an album?

Yeah, it's self tittled.

pumpkinman · « **Reply #16 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 08:47 pm »

This for me is a must have the self titled Caravan My 3 favorite tracks from this LP
1. Policeman
2. Grandma's Lawn
3. Magic Man

Lp and CD 1968

Caravan's - In The Land Of Grey And Pink

Lp and CD
1. Title Track
2. Golf Girl
In the Land of Grey and Pink is an album by progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1971. According to Allmusic, "it is considered by many to be the pinnacle release from Caravan." It has remained in the catalogue ever since its original release in 1971

vinyl_guy · « **Reply #17 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 10:16 pm »

Quote from: sts9fan on 26 Jul 2010, 06:56 pm

You think Anminal Collective is Prog? Interesting.

How would you define them?

To me, Merriweather Post Pavillion sounds a lot more prog rockish than rock or alternative rock or any other variation of rock.

BrassEar · « **Reply #18 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 10:33 pm »

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound.

Classic english prog.

The new Hackett release is his best ever IMHO.

http://www.amazon.com/Out-Tunnels-Mouth-digital-booklet/dp/B003P0L8VW/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1280183585&sr=8-5

Jim N. · « **Reply #19 on:** 26 Jul 2010, 11:23 pm »

http://www.cherryred.co.uk/esoteric/allreleases.php

Some good remasters of vintage prog here, much of it done by Pascal Byrne, including the hard to find SFF releases.

The Camel remasters of Breathless, Rain Dances and I Can See Your House From Here are good. The PFM Photos of Ghosts is to be avoided though.