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    Posted: July 04 2010 at 14:41
I'm in the mood...

Any prog songs about children playgrounds?

I mean, some good lylrics reflecting the philosophy of life through the eyes of a child, or some lovely piano passages, something that fits with swings and sandboxes.



(The only one I can think of right now is 'Playground' by Jeremy Storch.)
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"Cross-eyed Mary" by Jethro Tull LOL

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The Residents Give it to Someone Else

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King Missile The Sandbox
Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
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In Talitha Qumi's album there's one track where they recreate in the studio the sound of a children's playground Heart
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How about 'Narnia'  off Steve Hackett's Please Don't Touch ?
 
 
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School - Supertramp Wink
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SITTING ON A PARK BENCH
EYING LITTLE  GIRLS WITH BAD INTENT

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Script for a Jester's Tear (Losing on the swings, losing on the roundabout)
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Ayreon's Day Nine: Playground. No lyrics but captures the mood well.
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Gentle Giant - Schooldays from Three Friends
 
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Ahvak's Hamef Ahakim, with "fun fayre" music. Tongue
Also, Étron Fou Leloublan is often playful and childish musically. Well, dadaist would be a better description, but it might just be what you're looking for.
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How about this from the Moody Blues' Days of Future Passed...

"Bluebirds flying, children sighing, what a day to go kit flying..."
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Uh...that's kite flying...a kit could be anything
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Poles apart by Pink Floyd. The lyrics have nothing to do, but there's some child-like keyboard solo in the song. Oh, yeah, and many of the Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd (right now I could think about See Emily Play, Matilda Mother, Bike, and I don't remember this ones so well, but perhaps Corporal Cleg, See-Saw, Jugband Blues, Scream thy last Scream, Vegetable Man; some of this songs have child oriented lyrics, some others not).
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Poles apart by Pink Floyd. The lyrics have nothing to do, but there's some child-like keyboard solo in the song. Oh, yeah, and many of the Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd (right now I could think about See Emily Play, Matilda Mother, Bike, and I don't remember this ones so well, but perhaps Corporal Cleg, See-Saw, Jugband Blues, Scream thy last Scream, Vegetable Man; some of this songs have child oriented lyrics, some others not).




Damn!   beat me to it.  LOL   Syd songs can be a nightmare in a tea party, through a child's eyes.  They feel like childhood visited through dreams, lucid, where things can go wrong sometimesWink  Opel feels like the theme to a child running away.  So, perhaps darker than the music the OP wanted, but somewhat related.




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Points: 10266 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2010 at 21:57
How about "Fairy Tales" by Mother Gong? It is not abot playgrounds, but there are three fairy tales superbly told by Gilli Smyth and accompanied by excellent musicians, led by a Didier Malherbe in überform.  Jean put links to the tracks in this thread:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=66046&PN=5
Our kids love the album.



Edited by BaldFriede - July 04 2010 at 21:59


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TIMOTHY PURE's "Island Of The Misfit Toys" is a concept album that has children as it's focus,even the playground at one point. The band sort of sounds like The Alan Parsons Project.  It's really worth seeking out if it's still available.
"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"

"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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"Schoolyard Ghosts" by NO-MAN is another.
"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"

"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Points: 17651 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2010 at 22:42
Jackpot.....even video of the playground with the kids!!  OK, so its not exactly prog.....it does have keyboardsLOL
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Points: 21795 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2010 at 22:52
Devil's Playground? 
 
Hey it was worth throwing out there Smile
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