Favorite prog song, anyone?

[lycialive]

Anyone have a favorite prog song that just stays with you forever and ever? Something that moves you into another world, or perhaps a favorite that's endured the ravages of time? I've struggled with a definite favorite There are several serious runners up, but here's my choice: "And You and I" from "Yessongs". I'd love to know what has settled into someone else's soul.

[Mikhael]

"Close to the Edge"

[jgprogbear]

"The Revealing Science Of God"

[julioscissors]

"Entangled" - Genesis

[ItalProgRules]

Only a few hundred of them :)

From this year only, Big Big Train's "Hedgerow" and Rush's "The Garden" will be joining the list.

[MR654]

Suppers Ready

[progman1975]

PF - Dogs

[reztab]

Camel - Echoes

[jt59]

starship trooper-yes

[Sputnik]

AREA - L'elefante bianco. Pretty much sums up what I love about Prog in 4:33.

Bill

[Dana5140]

Kontarkosz

[lycialive]

Progman75: PF "Dogs" is truly exceptional. It was among my runners up, along with the title tune of KC's "In the Wake of Poseidon". Italprogrules: I haven't heard of Big Big Train, so I'm going to youtube them now. I'm afraid I'm a geezer who thought prog died in the 70's. My first prog LP may have been ELP's first when I was 14. I've only recently been happily re-informed, and most of the new stuff is outstanding and thrilling.

[meimjustalawnmower]

I suppose I should yield to the obvious, because of my user name, but I'm gonna go with Watcher Of The Skies only because it was the first Genesis song and the first "prog" song that made an impression on me.

[Progmatic]

I will chime in...of the "cornerstone" acts it would be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uAXTwCXwks

of more recent music I like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L16JWUKx57c

[Kim Olesen]

Close call between Entangled or Dance On A Volcano.

[Facelift]

Wow, it's so impossible to come up with one song I would consider the best. If I went with the song that I played portions of most in my head over the years its probably either 'Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" or "Starless." Both would definitely make a top ten list of my favorite prog songs, but I hesitate to say that either would be No. 1.

[trurl]

Perilous, of course!


:D :D

[sonic]

Da... :roll
21st Century Schizoid Man.

What other prog song it there?

[RobT]

For me two immediately come to mind: "The Gates of Delirium" and "Lizard."

[JKL2000]

Aleuchatistas - Heads Full of Poison

OK, not really, I just wanted to keep Steve F happy.

Actually it's Pink Floyd - SOYCD

[ItalProgRules]

Progman75: PF "Dogs" is truly exceptional. It was among my runners up, along with the title tune of KC's "In the Wake of Poseidon". Italprogrules: I haven't heard of Big Big Train, so I'm going to youtube them now. I'm afraid I'm a geezer who thought prog died in the 70's. My first prog LP may have been ELP's first when I was 14. I've only recently been happily re-informed, and most of the new stuff is outstanding and thrilling.

It's a great tune but even better in context of the album, since it reprises the earlier "Uncle Jack." But it's great on its own too. That chorus just kills me, I cannot remain silent, I have to sing along! "That is where you will find me, out there, waiting O hedgerooooow!"

Enjoy! :)

[progeezer]

You Set The Scene - Love

[Ribo]

If I had to pick, it would be "The Court of the Crimson King" just because it had such a profound influence on me when I first heard it (Italy, 1970). Still does. :)

[lycialive]

I realize that one song is a tough call, but one song can pleasantly haunt a person forever. Since Yessongs' "And You and I" earned me more warnings from apartment managers and makes me tingle to this day, I chose it.

[Adrian]

"The Gates of Delirium." Such an epic journey. Some of Yes' most intense and most beautiful music in one piece. I love Jon's naive hippie idealism -- it captures the spirit of that era so well. But the ending notes, when everything finally comes to a resolution, still give me all-over body chills, even after hundreds of listens. It's the only song that's moved me to tears at a concert (on the Masterworks tour). It transports me to another place.

[Chuck AzEee!]

The Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty-Genesis

[walt]

Tough call.......as of this minute...

Erudite Eyes-Giles Giles & Fripp

[ItalProgRules]

"The Gates of Delirium." Such an epic journey. Some of Yes' most intense and most beautiful music in one piece. I love Jon's naive hippie idealism -- it captures the spirit of that era so well. But the ending notes, when everything finally comes to a resolution, still give me all-over body chills, even after hundreds of listens. It's the only song that's moved me to tears at a concert (on the Masterworks tour). It transports me to another place.

Moraz and Howe entered some kind of magical, mystical place there. That section leading into "Soon" plus "Soon" itself give me the chills as well. Hell, I was moved almost to tears just watching them do it on Yes Symphonic. Rarely does any band approach that kind of magic. One for the ages. :)

[Musitron]

The Court of the Crimson King, Epitaph and Father of Day Father of Night.

[Rufus]

Gates of Delirium & And you and I

[mogrooves]

"A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers". Hammill was my "Dylan"......

[sotdude]

Tough question-toss up between Close to the Edge, Suppers Ready, Watcher of the Skies, The Advent of Panurge, In the Court of the Crimson King, and A Farewell to Kings. Then again, tomorrow I'd probably give you a different set of songs!

[Dave (in MA)]

Right now I'd have to pick KC's Sailor's Tale.

[rickmoraz]

CTTE forever

Ed

[gryphs also]

Depending upon my mood, either La Rossa or Starship Trooper.

[Dodie]

Moon Safari's "A Kid Called Panic", Frost's "Milliontown", or plenty of other such tasty songs that were recorded more recently than 1973.
No reason to automatically prefer the old guard...

[arabicadabra]

The Introduction - the Steve Morse Band (Rod Morgenstein on drums!)

[kristi]

Lark's Tongues in Aspic, part I

[Tangram]

Impossible to pick but TD's Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares is at the top of the heap today. Of course tomorrow I may change my mind

[presdoug]

Triumvirat-Lucky Girl

[Wilton Said...]

I think the best prog song ever is heart of the Sunrise by yes. Listening to this makes me realize the beauty in music when everything is in the right place.

Wilton

[Amy]

"The Gates of Delirium." Such an epic journey. Some of Yes' most intense and most beautiful music in one piece. I love Jon's naive hippie idealism -- it captures the spirit of that era so well. But the ending notes, when everything finally comes to a resolution, still give me all-over body chills, even after hundreds of listens. It's the only song that's moved me to tears at a concert (on the Masterworks tour). It transports me to another place.

I love so many, but I think that's mine "for all time" as well.
I don't listen to it a lot these days, but when I do, it still stuns me. What amazing musical minds Yes had.

[NorthNY Mark]

For me, it is "Starless."

[Jerjo]

CTTE, Supper's Ready, or TaaB. At least for today.

[Octavio Trimmingham]

It is a toss up between "Sound Chaser" & "Tarkus", for me.

[flowerking]

Can Utility and the Coastliners - in 6 minutes, it has everything a prog song should have.

[italprogfan]

Triumvirat-Lucky Girl
great tune!

elp - fanfare from the montreal olympics (long version).
genesis - musical box - wasn't this the cementation of prog after kc? :)
jt - taab
jt - pashion play - you, know, if it wasn't for that damn rabbit....
balletto di bronzo - introduzione (strap in, if you haven't heard it)
bms - 750,000

can i add 20 more tomorrow?

do add the greek taab: kostas tournas - aperanta chorafia

[r2daft2]

Pink Floyd - Echoes

Supper's Ready and CTTE would probably top a sizeable collection of "next bests"

[Garden Dreamer]

"The Gates of Delirium." Such an epic journey. Some of Yes' most intense and most beautiful music in one piece. I love Jon's naive hippie idealism -- it captures the spirit of that era so well. But the ending notes, when everything finally comes to a resolution, still give me all-over body chills, even after hundreds of listens. It's the only song that's moved me to tears at a concert (on the Masterworks tour). It transports me to another place.


This.

[Adrian]

I think the best prog song ever is heart of the Sunrise by yes. Listening to this makes me realize the beauty in music when everything is in the right place.

Wilton

Indeed. Pretty much a perfect composition in every regard. Most definitely in my top 5 all time.

I'm really heartened to see so many votes for Yes compositions in this thread. Just goes to show why Yes continues to get talked about so much here, even to the consternation of those who say we have too many Yes threads, and despite all the silly drama surrounding the lead-singer role over the past several years. Through it all, the music endures. In my opinion, they did this "prog" thing better than anyone else ever has. I imagine they'll always be my favorite band.

[3LockBox]

Once upon a time: Heart Of The Sunrise (Yes)
Up until a couple of years ago:
All Of The Above (Transatlantic)
Currently: Victorian Brickwork (Big Big Train)

[Jymbot]

"Can-utility..." has to be it for Genesis.

They pack, loikes, three songs into those 6 minutes.


Its not feckin' "Safety Dance" and that is for sure.

[Progger58]

I have three:

Camel - Lady Fantasy

Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight

Galleon - Permanent Vacation

:cool

[Nicholas]

Camel: Mystic Queen

It just seems like the greatest progressive song ever in that it has both a cinematic and dream like quality that makes me think of the most beautiful girl and the most wonderful place you could imagine.

[progmatist]

Transatlantic's Whirlwind...a song which fills a CD nearly to capacity.

[bRETT]

Genesis-- Unquiet Slumbers/Afterglow
Utopia-- The Ikon (if that's a "song"...)
PFM-- Out of the Roundabout
Renaissance-- Can You Understand

[Jefferson James]

Transatlantic -- Duel With the Devil
Brian Wilson -- Surf's Up

[Jymbot]

If I ever had a prog radio program - like....grrrrr....Lino has - I would start the very first broadcast off with

Renaissance-- Can You Understand


Now that would be a fine beginning.

[Boceephus]

I grew up in the 70s, so Easy Money from KC and And You & I from Yes are two from my formative years.

Currently, my tops from the new generation are As the World from echolyn and Late Night Salvation from IZZ.

[ajcmixer]

Easy: Thick As A Brick. Forever...;) :D!

Peace,
Alex

[Mr Class & Quality?]

Suppers Ready
Gates Of Delirium

[No Pride]

Watcher Of The Skies
Though I can't possibly pick a favorite prog song, I think that's the one I'd choose to play for somebody (probably young) who has never heard or heard of prog. That or The Advent of Panurge. If I thought they had the attention span for it, I might choose Gates of Delirium.

[Big Ears]

In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky they
Stand there
Twenty four before my love and I'll be
There . . .

[Progbear]

One that always puts a smile on my face:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdc5f6dzyEE

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MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")

"'Thin Thighs For Your Man.' But I don't *like* men with thin thighs" --Daria

N.P.:“Отчуждение / В плену у диких собак / Размышляя о... / В волнах желания / Апогей”-Сепсис/Литургия безумия

[yogibear]

the songs considered for favorite prog song:
and you and i
on reflection
so sincere
firth of fifth
lark's tongue part II
close to the edge

the envelope please. and the winner is "and you and i" followed closely by "on reflection"

[trespass]

Overnight Job

[trespass]

In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky they
Stand there
Twenty four before my love and I'll be
There . . .


can you sing a few more bars, sounds familiar, simply can't place it...

[lycialive]

Mike-progbear: that is wonderful! I'm checking more stuff from them out.

[yogibear]

can you sing a few more bars, sounds familiar, simply can't place it...
Ten true summers we'll be back
And laughing too
Twenty four before my love
You'll see, I'll be there with you

[onward]

Wow that's a tough one. Supper's Ready, CTtE, South Side of the Sky, Gates. Tarkus etc... but i have to say the one that takes me into another place is Awaken.

[Elbon One]

Close to the Edge, followed by Gates, and Heart of the Sunrise.

[PotatoSolution]

Does Thick As A Brick count as a single song?

Otherwise, it's Cinema Show.

[Amy]

There is not a thing shabby about echolyn's "Memoirs From Between", no matter the sentiments of certain members of the band. ;)

[Musitron]

Strawbs - New world

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwMwMawCu0E&feature=player_detailpage

[SteveMac]

Frost -- Black Light Machine
ELP -- Karn Evil 9 (Part 1)
TAAB -- Part ALL! :)
Kansas -- Dust in the Wind (Just kidding!!)

[SteveMac]

I'm listening to Kashmir (the new live version) and not only does it still ROCK, but I have to wonder whether it PROGS! :) Amazing song, even decades later.

[Christopher Henry]

As I read this thread, "Galadriel" by Barclay James Harvest keeps coming to mind.

[LighthouseKeeper]

A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers

[Rand Kelly]

60's:The Beatles-I Am The Walrus
70's:Yes-Close To The Edge
80's:The Enid-Punch and Judy Man
90's:Spock's Beard-The Light
00's:The Flower Kings-The Truth Will Set You Free

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2te3aLe-q5s

[Vic2012]

I can't pick just one. But I'll play anyway. For me probably Magnum Opus by Kansas. It all started in Kansas for me. If it wasn't Kansas it would be something by YES. YES was the group that really took me captive when I got into prog/rock. Probably "Heart Of The Sunrise" would be my ONE, definitive YES song.

[Sharp]

Definitely Heart of the Sunrise for me with And You and I a close second

[refugee]

Has to be The Gates of Delirium for me, although Close to the Edge pushes it very close.

[Musitron]

Pollen - La femme ailée

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_FJWO-jNUQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=165s

[Smörgåsbord]

Starless

[Dave (in MA)]

Who Dunnit?

[Paul]

In the Cage

[progsynth]

karn evil 9 first impression part 1

firth of fifth

trilogy

can utility and the coastliners

[MJBrady]

Going with a few favs

Bruford - The Sahara of Snow pts 1 and 2
David Sancious & Tone - Transformation the speed of Love
UK - Nevermore
Dregs - I'm Freaking Out

[ThomasKDye]

Genesis's "Fading Lights" is my favorite song of ALL time. I want it played at my funeral, and I want everyone there to sit through ALL ten minutes of it.

[nosebone]

Going with a few favs

Bruford - The Sahara of Snow pts 1 and 2
David Sancious & Tone - Transformation the speed of Love
UK - Nevermore
Dregs - I'm Freaking Out

Nice list!

Fainting In Coils - Bruford
Night Meets Light - Dixie Dregs
Deadly Nightshade - Brand X
Knots - Gentle Giant

[No Pride]

Nice list!

Fainting In Coils - Bruford
Night Meets Light - Dixie Dregs
Deadly Nightshade - Brand X


Going with a few favs
Bruford - The Sahara of Snow pts 1 and 2
Dregs - I'm Freaking Out
You guys realize you're inciting the wrath of the "fusion isn't prog" crowd, don't you?! ;)

But I think those are great choices! I'd like to add Bruford's "Hells Bells." I loved that tune the very first time I heard it and I still do!

[Amy]

Aw well, it's easy to make a list. It's "the one" that's the toughie. And as a result, the more interesting to read. :)

[dmarkfie]

While most of my favorites are the obvious ones - Gates..., Supper's Ready, Tarkus, etc...

Thought I would throw a few less common / more obscure ones

Ezra Winston - The Painter and the King
http://www.progarchives.com/mp3.asp?id=1830

Locanda delle fate - Forse le lucciole non si amano più
(Oh how I wish I could go to Baja)

[jot]

Ritual by Yes has been my favorite prog song forever. "We love when we play"

[BravadoNJ]

Song Of Scheherazade- Renaissance

[jeffo621]

"Favorite" songs for me vary and change on a daily basis. I'll say this though: I've been listening to King Crimson's Fracture for over 20 years, and that sucker still gives me goosebumps

[yogibear]

You guys realize you're inciting the wrath of the "fusion isn't prog" crowd, don't you?! ;)
But I think those are great choices! I'd like to add Bruford's "Hells Bells." I loved that tune the very first time I heard it and I still do! yeah some great choices but alas fusion is not prog lol but from the dregs i'd add "what if"

[Big Ears]

Fusion is really jazz-rock anyway.

[Big Ears]

Pollen - La femme ailée

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_FJWO-jNUQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=165s

Pollen are an interesting group, but I assume that, as they did not not release much anyway, they did not record anything in English? I'm also guessing that not recording in a universal language meant their demise.

[iguana]

FiRTH OF FiFTH

[XanaFloyd]

It's impossible just to pick one song...anyway..

Rush - Cygnus X-1
King Crimson - Starless
Pink Floyd - Confortably Numb
Rush - La Villa Strangiato

The Last two have in my opinion two of the most beautifully moving guitar solos of all time!

[Cosmic Warrior]

Parallels - a bit overshadowed on GFTO but I've always come back to it as its so upbeat and positve

[Soc Prof]

Ezra Winston - The Painter and the King
http://www.progarchives.com/mp3.asp?id=1830



Great song and album.

Here are a couple that haven't been mentioned yet:

Steve Hackett-Tristesse
Frogg Cafe--Waterfall Carnival

[eliogabalus]

"A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" VDGG

[Chris Kemp]

Four Holes in the Ground on the PFM Cook album.

[Yaman Aksu]

My favorite prog song: Marillion's Incubus. A few other Fish-era Marillion songs come close, such as Garden Party and The Web.

[andyaterie]

Unitopia - The Garden

[Progtopia]

Hard to pick, but of the "classic" period, gotta be Supper's Ready, as Foxtrot was my first prog album when I was about 12 or 13. Of the newer stuff, Marillion's "Neverland," Sylvan's "A Kind of Eden" from Posthumous Silence, "News" by Forgotten Suns, and "The Black Parade" by Seventh Wonder.

[Progbear]

Not to make it too Italian but here’s another all-time fave. I love the extended piano cadenza in this version in particular (better production than the original, too):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQUIpzB7shg

As one poster on last.fm said, “it ain’t over till the fat man sings!” :lol

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MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")

‘“What blow, Goblin?” said Corinius.’ --E. R. Eddison

N.P.:“Everything’s Tonight”-Bugs Tomorrow

[Progatron]

I keep seeing this thread title and thinking "are you kidding? ONE song?" but then I assume most people take it as an opportunity to present a huge list instead of just one. I haven't read the thread at all, but here's my submission and I wonder if anyone else said this one yet?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwZ_tOZB1Qo

[Galactic Bulldozer]

Third Stone From The Sun - JHE

[Calabasas_Trafalgar]

Sunrise-Kingdom Come

[rottersclub]

Mumps

[Musitron]

Pollen are an interesting group, but I assume that, as they did not not release much anyway, they did not record anything in English? I'm also guessing that not recording in a universal language meant their demise.

Only one album (1976) in French. The leader of the band is now the musical director of Celine Dion and he's rich ;o)

[Progbear]

Pollen - La femme ailée

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_FJWO-jNUQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=165s

Un bon choix!


Pollen are an interesting group, but I assume that, as they did not not release much anyway, they did not record anything in English? I'm also guessing that not recording in a universal language meant their demise.

Wow, that came across as...a bit patronizing. Et la Maison de la Francophonie serait en désaccord avec vous, que le français n'est pas une langue internationale. (though they rather lost the battle on that one. Oops! They’d probably consider Pollen’s très Canadien version of French an abomination, anyway.)

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MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")

"That's my purse! I don't know you!" --Bobby Hill

N.P.:“Boccadasse”-Il Tempio delle Clessidre

[YeSFan Reese]

In A Glass House
heart of the sunrise
south side of the sky
close to the edge
Proclamation
The Ikon and many more.....this is a very brief list!

[Boceephus]

Give me Holdsworth guitar wizzardry any day. Secret is the top of the heap. Peril Premonition smokes. One razor Sharp note after another, cascading melodies buzzing betwixt mine ears.

[progeezer]

You Set The Scene - Arthur & Love
Yours Is No Disgrace

[ProgSeeker]

I'm going to cheat and take a live medley: In the Cage/Cinema Show/Afterglow (my favorite being the one from the Mamma Tour that also included In that Queit Earth and the usual bits from the Lamb). I always get lost in that medley, no matter what form it takes.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Arguably this one:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2718-shmJY

When I first heard this, I was in my early 20s and honestly figured I'd heard just about everything worth hearing in "rock music". "Progressive" had never surpassed KC's "Fracture" until that point; these were both paradigmatic works in shaping my notion of what was altogether possible with a small, basically non-classical ensemble. And both made me think fundamentally different about everything I knew in (rock) music previously. "Fracture" opened all doors, but "Ruins" laid the whole fucking house to the ground (no pun).

[Bass Pedals Rock]

My fav is Genesis "Back in NYC"
But Marillion's "The Great Escape", along with "Close to the Edge" and "Suppers Ready" are probably the ones i would give it to.

[bill g]

Depends on the day. But alternating between:

Cinema Show
One For The Vine

and maybe:

Blade (Banks)
River of Life (or, appena po - PFM)
Mumps (Hatfield & The North)
The Nile for a While (Mr. Sirius)
Islands (KC)
Paradise Found (Ant Phillips)

and several Yes, Gentle Giant and Genesis songs

[Dave the Brave]

Does Thick As A Brick count as a single song?

I think it would be considered a single song whereas I'm not too sure about Suppers Ready.

However having said that I would pick either as a major favourite.

DtB

[willyswing]

Your's Is No Disgrace-Yes
My favorite song of any genre!

[clauper]

definitly histoire sans parole de harmonium

[Modry Effekt]

Comus - Diana


http://youtu.be/4aEpyhx_c7o

[Digital_Man]

So many.

One that popped into my head just now is Lady Fantasy by Camel.

Over all though I would have to say "Gates of Delirium" by YES. Not sure I really need to say the name of the band but what the heck there might be someone on here who doesn't know that awesome epic.

[Progatron]

definitly histoire sans parole de harmonium

Beautiful track, although I must say Harmonium has never been my favourite prog - Quebecois or otherwise. Like I said though, this is a lovely piece. Doesn't reach the heights of the Hammill track I mentioned though, or "Starless" either...

[Modry Effekt]

T.2. - J.L.T


http://youtu.be/G-B0EOYaRZ4

[bill g]

Don't think I can pick just one from the old days. Either 'Cinema Show', 'One For The Vine' or 'Firth of Fifth', just edging out a whole lot of other greatness.

But in 2004, I heard Brian Wilson's 'Smile', and the section 'Wonderful', 'Song For Children', and especially 'Child Is The Father of the Man' had me in tears, in fact I think I was shaking. I'd never heard so much emotion in a piece of music before. And so well done. To this day, 'Child...' is possibly my all time favorite song on one level, where the 3 Genesis pieces are on another.

Of recent compositions, I really like 'Ramblin Sailor' (Advent) and 'If The Sun' (Glass Hammer)-esp. the beautiful middle section.

[Progatron]

LOL bill... you already said that. :D ;) :cool

[Modry Effekt]

Far East Family Band - Birds Flying To The Cave


http://youtu.be/6KVn-KEajK0

[bill g]

LOL bill... you already said that. :D ;) :cool

Oh, that was long ago and I forgot, :lol

Seriously, so much has happened since then... ;)

I went back and saw I had a few different choices this time though.

[Progatron]

:D Happens to the best of us. (By that, I mean you and I. ;))

[zombywoof]

A Passion Play.

[Progatron]

A Passion Play.

I give this the equivalent of thirty billion 'Likes'.

[Modry Effekt]

Before bill gets his throat cleared,i thought to post another one

beggars opera - hobo


http://youtu.be/T1lNuC3vUV0

[Jubal]

Three that are very close together for me. Close To The Edge (studio version, Symphonic Live, and Yessongs are all great), as well as The Gates of Delirium (Symphonic Live version) and the studio version of Supper's Ready. All three of these epics are top tier, well above anything else in Prog.

[Tangram]

Pink Floyd - Confortably Numb

[old school]

Gentle Giant The House, The Street, The Room.

[Oreb]

Yes, 'Turn of the Century'

… since the first time I heard it, on a Saturday afternoon in 1980.

[Guess Who]

The very first example that came to my mind - FIRTH OF FIFTH. Bloody brilliant!

[Modry Effekt]

Fantasy - Circus (1973)


http://youtu.be/O5r09Nqc1bw

[Modry Effekt]

TEAR GAS - THAT'S WHAT'S REAL / 1971


http://youtu.be/-EpZHo9D5Ic

[Modry Effekt]

peter tosh - Downpressor man


http://youtu.be/4oD63-EJW5Y

[Modry Effekt]

scott walker - farmer in the city (Puppetry)


http://youtu.be/fxUvgkYG0do

[Modry Effekt]

Slobo Horo - Hep Senin Icin


http://youtu.be/v-pEfn5DDxc

[Modry Effekt]

As we speak,i have to continue.


stone the crows - sad mary


http://youtu.be/N76myZd3IcE

[Modry Effekt]

Wigwam - Grass for Blades


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL7AqYop2a4&feature=share&list=PL501C8930F25A8121

[Modry Effekt]

im in command hehe


Mushroom - Foxy Music


http://youtu.be/gOlWwd6Rl48

[Rarebird]

If I have to stick to just one, I would take the obvious one, looking at my monniker;
Hoelderlin - Rare bird

[Modry Effekt]

If I have to stick to just one, I would take the obvious one, looking at my monniker;
Hoelderlin - Rare bird

Hölderlin - Waren Wir


http://youtu.be/1bKQ5XgTFxg

Dear Renate :)

Stern Combo Meißen - Weißes Gold


http://youtu.be/7aRAGrzmya4

[Modry Effekt]

Novalis - Wunderschätze (Originaltext von Novalis um 1798)


http://youtu.be/ek23MlJCV_U

[yesstiles]

A my choice: "And You and I" from "Yessongs". I'd love to know what has settled into someone else's soul.

"And You And I" is my second favorite prog song. Funny that you picked the Yessongs version though. I hate that version compared to the studio one.

[perpetual strange]

Just one?

Um...

Cinema Show?

I can say my favorite song of 2014 is.... Um.... Okay maybe I can't. Cirrus Bay's 'Learning To Fly' perhaps. Or not.

[ThomasKDye]

Firth of Fifth, with Awaken a close second.

[GentleFriend]

I keep seeing this thread title and thinking "are you kidding? ONE song?" but then I assume most people take it as an opportunity to present a huge list instead of just one. I haven't read the thread at all, but here's my submission and I wonder if anyone else said this one yet?

Wonderful Song! Wonderful Album! My favorite PH solo work by far and very alike to VdGG; actually better than some of them.

With mr. Randy "Spirit" California on guitar.

[GentleFriend]

60's:The Beatles-I Am The Walrus

Wow, talk about Pocket Symphonies!

Though the OP asked for Prog not Psych ;)

Hey, that would be a great topic too!:up

[GentleFriend]

Gentle Giant The House, The Street, The Room.

:up

Acquiring The Taste grew on me to the point I -- as of 2014 -- consider it the best GG album (which is daring thing to say).

I recently saw Three Friends playing The Moon Is Down, now with a Sax player and it was breathtaking!

[GentleFriend]

So many.

One that popped into my head just now is Lady Fantasy by Camel.

And deservedly so!

Saw you riding on a moon cloud
Saw you walking on a whirlpool
From the corner of my eye
I saw you.

It's one of my ear-worms :)

[GentleFriend]

And now for something completely different:

Oh Caroline by Matching Mole.



What, too poppy?

OK, then I vote for Abre La Puerta Niña by the greatly missed Triana.

It doesn't get much more intense than that.

[bob_32_116]

Yes - Turn of the Century

is the first that comes to mind. Interesting, because overall I like Genesis better than Yes, and my top 10 would contain several songs involving Genesis and/or Tony Banks.

Also somewhere in there would be

Pink Floyd - Us and Them
Porcupine Tree - Sentimental
Alan Parsons Project - To One In Paradise

[Esoteric]

ooh very hard on one song but I guess the song I would pick is Floyds Comfortably Numb.

[Mikhael]

"Close to the Edge" or "Awaken". Today.

[PeterG]

Well, for starters
everything on Songs From The Wood.
everything on Dark Side of the Moon
everything on Crises
everything on Wind & Wuthering (..YES...everything ;) )

[trurl]

Comfortably Numb is not prog.








:D :D :D :D

[Esoteric]

well it is in my prog world LOL! If that cant be prog , neither can some of this heavy metal noodling be prog -

[trurl]

well it is in my prog world LOL! If that cant be prog , neither can some of this heavy metal noodling be prog -

Agreed enthusiastically ;)

[UnephenStephen]

just one is impossible.. but i do know that any time Thick as a Brick, Revealing Science, Close to the Edge, Dance on a Volcano, Blood on the Rooftops, Mother Russia, Gates, Sound Chaser come up on my iPod, i never skip it.

[mozo-pg]

Well, for starters
everything on Wind & Wuthering (..YES...everything ;) )

Your a bigger fan of Invisible Touch, eh? :)

[PeterG]

Your a bigger fan of Invisible Touch, eh? :)


Great album! :)

[Rarebird]

Renaissance - Northern lights

[grego]

Thick as a Brick

[Sunhillow]

Where it all began for me: Firth of Fifth (and then actually the live-version on the 12'' (remember those, Americans used to call this long-plays, or what was it?) of the single 'That's All'.

Actually, if I'm totally honest, it really began with 'Selva' from The Single Factor, used as a closing theme for a radioprogram I used to listen as a teenager. Going back even more, as a child the things I loved the most were the most bombastic stuff. I adored Roger Glover & Friends 'Love Is All', the one with the cartoon (hence the appeal for a 5-year-old). That was a huge hit in these dutch mountains. That, and 'Music' by John Miles.

[Mr Class & Quality?]

Gates of Delirium, Firth of Fifth, Afterglow. Gosh! Ask the same question tomorrow and I will give you three different answers.

[Musitron]

Firth of Fifth, with School a close second.

[AdC]

Hatfield and the North - "Rotters' Club"
9."Mumps" (Stewart) – 20:31
1."Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut" (Quiet) 1:59
2."Lumps" 12:35
3."Prenut" 3:55
4."Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut" (Loud) 1:37

Daniele (AdC)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7IEuOpBqBU

[cavgator]

Well, for starters
everything on Songs From The Wood.
everything on Dark Side of the Moon
everything on Crises
everything on Wind & Wuthering (..YES...everything ;) )

Even All In A Mouse's Night?

[Iceman]

Has to be Ice by Camel. Never fails to give me goosebumps

[Burley Wright]

Tenemos Roads

[bob_32_116]

I note with some amusement that several songs nominated in this thread also appear in the "Prog songs you don't like" thread. Different strokes, as they say.

[Wounded Land]

I'll have to go with "The Gates of Delirium." I'm not sure if it still has the same effect upon me as it did when I first heard it in high school, but it, more so than any other piece, caused me to fall in love with "art music." The rest is history.

NP: Queen A Night at the Opera

[highaltitude]

By this days, and for a while ago too, this is one of my favotire songs, ok...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3lsqUqGTzM&list=RDW3lsqUqGTzM#t=557

[Digital_Man]

Being that I eventually want to make a mixed compilation of about 100 of the greatest prog songs or so I'm going to pay close attention to this thread.

For me the best prog song ever is probably:

Supper's Ready

Honorable mention: The Gates of Delirium

[Gazoinks]

Aaah, probably Starless by King Crimson. Hard choice to make though.

[Mythos]

Love will Tear us Apart

[julioscissors]

Achilles Last Stand

[Digital_Man]

Even All In A Mouse's Night?

I would probably take that over "your own special way."

[Relayer56]

Tarkus

oops, edit:

Fly On A Windshield

Too hard to answer. Could do 45 edits or so.

[Hunnibee]

Only ONE song in a universe full of uncountable songs?

I guess I will go with Tarkus, but I'll probably change my mind in 30 seconds!

[aquelarre]

"Starless" (KC - Red) when I first heard I felt is the perfect prog song and still feel the same. It takes me from heaven to hell and back in 12 glorious minutes. Followed closely by The Gates of Delirium

[Paul Smeenus]

This is like asking me to pick a favorite orgasm

[bob_32_116]

First that came to mind was Turn of the Century.

Ask me on another day and it could be Supper's Ready, Cinema Show, Carpet Crawl or Sentimental (Porcupine Tree)

[leavesofgreen]

The Remembering: High The Memory (Topographic Oceans)

[grego]

In The Court Of Crimson King (why not...)

[cavgator]

Impossible to answer. On Any Given Day:

Sunday: Starless (Judas Iscariot on Easter Sunday)
Monday: Tarkus
Tuesday: Carrying No Cross
Wednesday: Close To The Edge
Thursday: Thick As A Brick
Friday: Dogs
Saturday: Supper's Ready

[grego]

Monday - The Adventures of Greggery Peccary
Tuesday - Looking For Someone
Wednesday - In The Wake Of Poseidon
Thursday - No Gods A Man
Friday - Baker St.Muse
Saturday - Supper's Ready
Sunday - Endless Enigma

[Mikhael]

Close to the Edge.

[progeezer]

Yours Is No Disgrace

[yamishogun]

Yours Is No Disgrace

This is the song to introduce Yes to someone. Trevor Rabin's opening is incredible.

[Digital_Man]

This is the song to introduce Yes to someone. Trevor Rabin's opening is incredible.


What????:O:lol

[yamishogun]

What????:O:lol

Don't feed the trolls :cool

[Digital_Man]

Don't feed the trolls :cool

So you're calling yourself a troll? ;)

[progeezer]

:O:O:O:O:O

I'm too old for this shit!:p

[yamishogun]

So you're calling yourself a troll? ;)

Not officially yet!:D

[PotatoSolution]

This is like asking me to pick a favorite orgasm

October 16, 1998. Man, that was a good one. They still won't let me back into that Walmart.

[Pierre]

Pollen are an interesting group, but I assume that, as they did not not release much anyway, they did not record anything in English? I'm also guessing that not recording in a universal language meant their demise.

1- Most prog groups that used english also folded.
2- Magma is still going strong. Is kobaian a universal language ?

;-)

[Dana5140]

Kobaia es de hundin! Zein zein zein....