Use of a church organ in a progressive music?

[ThomasKDye]

Only Strawbs song I really love:

[Rick Robson]

I've never gotten into that church organ stuff on the front of 'The Three Fates'...it only gets going with the band section for me. But I think Emerson uses it well nevertheless....and of course there's the irony of its use on 'The Only Way'.

Newcastle Upon Tyne (my greatfather hometown) harbors the older ever existing Church Organ, and ELP had the highest honor of using it for their 'Pictures At An Exhibition' first live recording and official release.
The highest moment on that memorable show was for me without any doubt the thrilling and freakin' piece 'Promenade' played by Emo on that Organ. Awesome!

Every time that I listen to the beautiful 'The Only Way' I just forget to pay attention to the lyrics. Anyway, regardless of whatever reason it"s usually easier for doing that than to anyone whose mother language is English.

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[BravadoNJ]

I'm OK- Styx (From Pieces Of Eight)

[Sondaqua]

This...

[Stevie B]

Can't believe I've only just remembered this one...Renaissance Cold is Being

[walt]

Tim Hecker, from his Ravedeath 1972 cd.Outstanding.

[rockcup]

Moebius bottle - 1970.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJx4UdQRu4I

[Rick Robson]

In Renaissance's beautiful 'Black Flame' there is an interesting pipe organ tones underlying the acoustic guitar notes on the first section, but the organ becomes briefly prominent on the final section. To my ears , the organ presence is essential to the intense atmosphere of this great song.

[Rick Robson]

Something by the master of masters Ennio Morricone is obviously worth mentioning here. Quite easy to pick something from him, so the first Moricone's that I heard today gets posted here, it's a lovely song with a gorgeous pipe organ intro and a tremendous finale!

[Zeuhlmate]

There is a little in the beginning, but its probably just an electric organ
Miklagård - Miklagård [1979] [FULL ALBUM]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_sZXvz7y04

[SRS]

[Svetonio]

^^

[jefftiger]

Metamorfosi - "La chiesa delle stele" is a 2011 live album with very heavy use of church organ, taken from a 2004 concert. I like it a lot, but it probably wouldn't be something that resonates with everyone.

[Mr.Krautman]

And there is also THIS:




... though I'm not sure it's prog.

[Zeuhlmate]

^^^ Due to his clothes - its prog(g), but there should be more instruments

[alucard]

Minimal , Philip Glass : Koyaanisquatsi

[dropforge]

Koyaanisqatsi was on TCM last night. Wonderful film. Wonderful score by Philip Glass, with some additional music by Michael Hoenig.

[Svetonio]

Indexi Negdje u kraju, u zatisju (1972)

[Tributary Records]

This was an expensive undertaking for us back in 2004

http://www.tributarymusic.com/files/begins_before.mp3

[Score2112]

Sticking with Going for the One, the organ at the beginning of Parallels.

[thos]

Sticking with Going for the One, the organ at the beginning of Parallels.

The whole song! In fact, I think it might be the only keyboard on the sang. Played live with the band through the swiss phone lines...

[2steves]

The whole song! In fact, I think it might be the only keyboard on the sang. Played live with the band through the swiss phone lines...

I thought it was one of the first wireless recordings.

[Skullhead]

Can't believe I've only just remembered this one...Renaissance Cold is Being

Such a wonderful track and composition. Holds it's own with just Annie's voice and the organ.

Wasn't this song played at the end of Stone's "The Doors" where Morrison is dead in the bathtub in the final scene?

[Svetonio]

Such a wonderful track and composition. Holds it's own with just Annie's voice and the organ.

Wasn't this song played at the end of Stone's "The Doors" where Morrison is dead in the bathtub in the final scene?

Reinaissance's Cold Is Being is so moving with Annie's amazing voice & church organ. Though, the composition is a brutal rip-off of Albinoni's Adagio for Organ and Strings, actually well-know piece of Classical music that was used in the films - including the 1991 film The Doors - above mentioned bathtub scene and the final Père Lachaise Cemetery scene - which feautures The Doors' cover of Albinoni's Adagio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJxElvThebY




Regardless of copyright thing, Albinoni should have received some note in Renaissance's Turn of the Cards the album liner-notes.
Unlike Renaissance, The Doors didn't hide from their fans that the composition is Adagio by Albinoni; thus, they credited him in the title of the song, which is also know as The Severed Garden:



Wow, I'm sick of doubt
Live in the light of certain
South
Cruel bindings.
The servants have the power
Dog-men and their mean women
Pulling poor blankets over
Our sailors

I'm sick of dour faces
Staring at me from the tv
Tower, I want roses in
My garden bower; dig?
Royal babies, rubies
Must now replace aborted
Strangers in the mud
These mutants, blood-meal
For the plant that's plowed.

They are waiting to take us into
The severed garden
Do you know how pale and wanton thrillful
Comes death on a strange hour
Unannounced, unplanned for
Like a scaring over-friendly guest you've
Brought to bed
Death makes angels of us all
And gives us wings
Where we had shoulders
Smooth as raven's
Claws

No more money, no more fancy dress
This other kingdom seems by far the best
Until it's other jaw reveals incest
And loose obedience to a vegetable law.

I will not go
Prefer a feast of friends
To the giant family.