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  1. 10-18-2013 #51
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    Best short prog song from before prog even existed:

    The Beatles - Happiness is a Warm Gun. You get an awful lot for your 2:43 in that one...
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  2. 10-18-2013 #52
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    Slapp Happy - "Some Questions About Hats"
    Henry Cow - "Bittern Storm Over Ulm"
    Family - "Crinkly Grin"
    5uu's - "Comeuppance"
    Soft Machine - "Pig"
    Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
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    Quote Originally Posted by mogrooves View Post

    Family - "Crinkly Grin"
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    Quote Originally Posted by walt View Post
    The Science Group-Timeline 6, from the cd Spoors.Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer-keyboards,Bob Drake-bass,Mike Johnson-guitars,Chris Cutler-drums]
    A little secret - Tickmeyer had come up with that great drum part which we all liked but it wasn't really Chris' sort of thing. So I played the drums but let Chris play the hi hat, and then we came with a funny combination of our names (something like Chrob Cutrake) on the album credits.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rufus View Post
    WTF, is this guy cognitively intact ?
    Well, uh, y'know, like, only for Rufy here:

    "Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
    "[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
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    Quote Originally Posted by B D View Post
    A little secret - Tickmeyer had come up with that great drum part which we all liked but it wasn't really Chris' sort of thing. So I played the drums but let Chris play the hi hat, and then we came with a funny combination of our names (something like Chrob Cutrake) on the album credits.

    Bob
    I'll be hornswoggled!..thanks for the heads-up Bob.
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    Family most definitely mastered the short-tune concept. "From Past Archives" is yet another fave.
    "Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
    "[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
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  9. 10-18-2013 #59
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    Procol Harum - Nothing But the Truth

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor View Post
    Well, uh, y'know, like, only for Rufy here:


    Would I lose all prog credibility if I told you I loved this song when I was 14 and still think the opening is pretty epic?
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    Limiting myself to 5 ½ minutes & 1 track per artist:

    Blood on the Rooftops - G
    Hunting Girl - JT
    The Company - Fish
    Peaches en Regalia - FZ
    Julia Dream - PF
    Long Distance Runaround - Yes
    Midas Vision - Arena
    He Knows You Know - Marillion
    Burning For Me - Strawbs
    The Advent of Panurge - GG
    The Great Pretender - Eno
    The Voyager - MO
    Oxygene Part IV - JMJ
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    Quote Originally Posted by Poisoned Youth View Post
    Would I lose all prog credibility if I told you I loved this song when I was 14 and still think the opening is pretty epic?

    Try this version:

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    In the beginning......

    Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
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    Screw all these 1 and 2 minute epics.
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    Speaking of Procol Harum, how about "skip softly my moonbeams." That's maybe the first genuine short prog tune.
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    I have no problem considering "Whiter Shade of Pale" a prog tune. But the whole "Shine on Brightly" album seems to be the blueprint for everything Genesis did until 1974.
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    Quote Originally Posted by undergroundrailroad View Post
    I have no problem considering "Whiter Shade of Pale" a prog tune. But the whole "Shine on Brightly" album seems to be the blueprint for everything Genesis did until 1974.
    Someone had to say it, and it happened to be you.
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    Blood on the Rooftops.
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    Tempus Fugit by Yes. Should've been a hit single.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JIF View Post
    Tempus Fugit by Yes. Should've been a hit single.
    It did get quite a bit of FM radio airplay, at least in St. Louis.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JIF View Post
    Tempus Fugit by Yes. Should've been a hit single.
    Quote Originally Posted by flowerking View Post
    It did get quite a bit of FM radio airplay, at least in St. Louis.
    In Seattle as well.
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  24. 10-19-2013 #74
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    Is this prog? Only 1:22:

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