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    Quote Originally Posted by nearfest View Post
    FM "Phasors on Stun"
    Was in constant rotation with FM stations in Canada in the 1970s.

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    Porcupine Tree - Halo is dance-y and poppy enough to have been a huge radio hit had it ever been released as one and properly promoted as such

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    Isn't radio friendly and prog an oxymoron? I think it's why you rarely hear 70's YES(or Genesis from the same era)on the radio much anymore. And let's be totally honest here songs like "I know what I like" and "wonderous stories" etc aren't really prog. They are from prog albums but other than the keyboard solos or whatever there really isn't much to differentiate most of the short prog songs that you do or did hear on the radio from any other standard pop song. Not that there's anything wrong with short songs(I actually think it's important for prog bands to mix it up from time to time if possible).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Digital_Man View Post
    Isn't radio friendly and prog an oxymoron? I think it's why you rarely hear 70's YES(or Genesis from the same era)on the radio much anymore. And let's be totally honest here songs like "I know what I like" and "wonderous stories" etc aren't really prog. They are from prog albums but other than the keyboard solos or whatever there really isn't much to differentiate most of the short prog songs that you do or did hear on the radio from any other standard pop song. Not that there's anything wrong with short songs(I actually think it's important for prog bands to mix it up from time to time if possible).
    Oh dear: "not prog, not prog."

    If people (not necessarily you, Digital) are going to claim that Black Sabbath and Deep Purple are/were prog, then I think "I Know What I Like" and "Wondrous Stories" certainly qualify.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rarebird View Post
    I think some Valensia stuff could be considered radio-friendly, though I wonder if it could be considered prog. Well, I reviewed it for a prog magazine.
    first I've heard of this....Valensia seems to be a cross between current Enid (Joe Paine & co.) and early Kate Bush... kind of neat..

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    Quote Originally Posted by andrey View Post
    Not of these songs, but some other of Gentle Giant I'm ready to hear on Classic Rock FM:

    VALEDICTORY - not too complex and great riff!
    IT'S ONLY GOODBYE - ideal for airplay, but... not prog
    For me, some radio friendly GG songs would be "Think of Me With Kindness," "I'm Turning Around" and "Words From the Wise."
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    A bit more than lesser known, but any of ELP's shorter numbers: Tiger in a Spotlight, I Believe in Father Christmas, C'est la Vie, Still You Turn Me On, etc. Lucky Man was a fairly decent hit in the top 40 when I was in high school in Providence.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lopez View Post
    Lucky Man was a fairly decent hit in the top 40 when I was in high school in Providence.
    Still You Turn Me On was too.

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    Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (the song)

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    Quote Originally Posted by bob_32_116 View Post
    Oh dear: "not prog, not prog."

    If people (not necessarily you, Digital) are going to claim that Black Sabbath and Deep Purple are/were prog, then I think "I Know hat I Like" and "Wondrous Stories" certainly qualify.
    It depends on the songs by Deep Purple and Black Sabbath just like it does for Jethro Tull, Styx, Queen, or any other band. Some bands played mostly in the style and that's fine but even those bands had songs that don't fit the strictest definition of prog(not that there's anything wrong with that). I think of DP and BS as heavy rock or proto metal not really prog. But yeah some of their songs(both bands)were proto prog metal.

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    Prog fans sure have a rose-tinted view of their own music. I’d like to know on what planet these songs are “radio friendly.”
    FAIK, the one G G song that got mainstream radio play was "Underground" from Citizen

    -Couple more that come to mind
    Marillion - Beautiful
    Flower Kings - Chicken Farmer Song

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    I'd add to the list:
    Quartar - Conqueror
    Ann Too Much - 8 Days In April
    Contracorriente - Ad Honorem
    Sally The Green - Anyone's Daughter
    Distance - Asturias
    Blue Moon - Beardfish
    Old Air Head - Castanarc
    I Can Only Wonder - Cirrus Bay
    Be Free - D Project
    Standing At The Corner - Fax Ignis
    King's Mischief - Hands
    Take The Road Across The Bridge - Junipher Greene
    Destruction - Message
    Days when we are free - Mashmakan
    Honoris Causae - Opale
    Stardust and Dreams - Water Garden

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    Rather than commercial tracks by Prog Bands I was thinking of actual hits from the 70's that had proggy elements:

    Queen - Bo Rhap
    10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me
    Wings - Band On The Run
    The Eagles - Hotel California
    John Miles - Music
    Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good
    Rush - Spirit Of Radio (yes this was an actual minor hit here in the UK)
    Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son
    Boston - More Than A Feeling
    Styx - Come Sail Away

    I'll post more when they come to mind.

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    I'm struggling to bring to mind the "proggy elements" in Hotel California...

    ...the double-neck guitar in the video maybe?

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    I'm struggling to bring to mind the "proggy elements" in Hotel California...

    ...the double-neck guitar in the video maybe?
    Partly written by Ian Anderson?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve983 View Post
    Rather than commercial tracks by Prog Bands I was thinking of actual hits from the 70's that had proggy elements:

    Wings - Band On The Run.
    More to add - "With A Little Luck" - Wings....

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    I think 'Blue Moon' by Beardfish, from "The Sane Day' is a great blend of progginess and radio friendliness.

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    I always thought that "Toys" by Frost* could've caught on with the right exposure.

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