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Posted: August 04 2010 at 19:45

I think anybody that can choose 20 definite favourite songs hasn't heard enough good music

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Posted: August 04 2010 at 17:31

Here's a second list just as good as the first one I posted (I couldn't leave this tracks out. Maybe later I'll post a third list hehe

). Nah, just joking, I'll try not to think of any other songs/bands because if not I'll end up posting tons of different lists.

Gentle Giant- Knots
Pendragon- As Good As Gold
Flower Kings- Love Supreme
Focus- Hocus Pocus
Rush- Xanadu
Queensryche- Suite Sister Mary
Meshuggah- Bleed
Echolyn- As The World
The Gathering- Strange Machines
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso- Il Giardino Del Mago
Fates Warning- The Eleventh Hour
Symphony X- Candlelight Fantasia
Anathema- Fragile Dreams
Emerson Lake And Palmer- The Endless Enigma
Dream Theater- Voices
Cynic- Veil Of Maya
Comus- Diana
Crucis- Los Delirios Del Mariscal
Nexus- Metambo
Riverside- Second Life Syndrome

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Posted: August 04 2010 at 16:21

No order, prog only, limit 1 per band:

A Change Of Seasons - Dream Theater
Supper's Ready - Genesis
A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - Van der Graaf Generator
Starless - King Crimson
Close To The Edge - Yes
Anesthetize - Porcupine Tree
Jordrok - Anglagard
Echoes - Pink Floyd
Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
Mei - Echolyn
K.A. III - Magma
Nine Feet Underground - Caravan
Lady Fantasy - Camel
The Runaway - Gentle Giant
Heart Of Lothian - Marillion
One Word - Mahavishnu Orchestra
And The Devil Cried - Psychotic Waltz
The Water - Spock's Beard
Falling Snow - Agalloch
Beyond The Pale - Pain Of Salvation

Edited by DisgruntledPorcupine - August 04 2010 at 16:25

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Posted: August 04 2010 at 16:07

I'll avoid instrumentals and epics.

1. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

2. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

3. The Man With The Child In His Eyes - Kate Bush

4. Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

5. Alone Again Or - Love

6. Fallen Angel - King Crimson

7. Wide Open Space - Mansun

8. Blood On The Rooftops - Genesis

9. Life Of Gold - Kayak

10. New England - Kirsty MacColl (song written by Billy Bragg)

11. From The Beginning - ELP

12. Blinded By The Light - Manfred Manns Earthband (song written by Bruce Springsteen)

13. Time - Pink Floyd

14. More Than A Feeling - Boston

15. Nothing At All - IQ

16. Fox On The Run - The Sweet

17. Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime - The Korgis

18. Living In The Past - Jethro Tull

19. Lucky Man - The Verve

20. Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist - Muse

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Posted: August 04 2010 at 15:51

No order and I will stick just to prog songs and from 20 different bands:

King Crimson- Starless

Genesis- Firth Of Fifth

Opeth- The Moor

Marillion- Script For A Jester's tear

Spock's Beard- The Light

Porcupine Tree- Fear Of A Blank Planet

Pink Floyd- Echoes

Yes- Close To The Edge

Van Der Graaf Generator- The Sleepwalkers

Camel- Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider

Mahavishnu Orchestra- A Lotus On Irish Streams

Gnidrolog- I Could Never Be A Soldier

IQ- Frequency

Anekdoten- Where Solitude Remains

Mastodon- The Czar

Eloy- The Light From Deep Darkness

Kansas- Miracles Out Of Nowhere

Death- Spirit Crusher

Bubu- Sueños De Maniqui

Sigur Ros- Hoppipolla

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Posted: August 04 2010 at 02:41

20 songs i love... there are definitely others i like as much as these:

1. Can - Bel Air

2. Can - Halleluwah

3. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn

4. The Moody Blues - A Simple Game (Justin Hayward vocal mix)

5. The Moody Blues - Melancholy Man

6. Pink Floyd - Echoes

7. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part I

8. Amon Duul II - Yeti (Improvisation)

9. Velvet Underground - Heroin

10. Leonard Cohen - Dress Rehearsal Rag

11. Leonard Cohen - Leaving Green Sleeves

12. David Crosby - Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves)

13. Faust - Its A Bit of Pain

14. Genesis - The Musical Box

15. Gong - Zero The Hero And The Witches Spell

16. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Danger Bird

17. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Bold As Love

18. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus

19. Soft Machine - Moon In June

20. Frank Zappa / The Mothers of Invention - Trouble Every Day

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Triceratopsoil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 17995	Posted: August 04 2010 at 19:45
	I think anybody that can choose 20 definite favourite songs hasn't heard enough good music

Morningrise Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 18 2009 Location: Buenos Aires Status: Offline Points: 2766	Posted: August 04 2010 at 17:31
	Here's a second list just as good as the first one I posted (I couldn't leave this tracks out. Maybe later I'll post a third list hehe ). Nah, just joking, I'll try not to think of any other songs/bands because if not I'll end up posting tons of different lists. Gentle Giant- Knots Pendragon- As Good As Gold Flower Kings- Love Supreme Focus- Hocus Pocus Rush- Xanadu Queensryche- Suite Sister Mary Meshuggah- Bleed Echolyn- As The World The Gathering- Strange Machines Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso- Il Giardino Del Mago Fates Warning- The Eleventh Hour Symphony X- Candlelight Fantasia Anathema- Fragile Dreams Emerson Lake And Palmer- The Endless Enigma Dream Theater- Voices Cynic- Veil Of Maya Comus- Diana Crucis- Los Delirios Del Mariscal Nexus- Metambo Riverside- Second Life Syndrome

DisgruntledPorcupine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 16 2010 Location: Thunder Bay CAN Status: Offline Points: 4395	Posted: August 04 2010 at 16:21
	No order, prog only, limit 1 per band: A Change Of Seasons - Dream Theater Supper's Ready - Genesis A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - Van der Graaf Generator Starless - King Crimson Close To The Edge - Yes Anesthetize - Porcupine Tree Jordrok - Anglagard Echoes - Pink Floyd Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull Mei - Echolyn K.A. III - Magma Nine Feet Underground - Caravan Lady Fantasy - Camel The Runaway - Gentle Giant Heart Of Lothian - Marillion One Word - Mahavishnu Orchestra And The Devil Cried - Psychotic Waltz The Water - Spock's Beard Falling Snow - Agalloch Beyond The Pale - Pain Of Salvation Edited by DisgruntledPorcupine - August 04 2010 at 16:25

richardh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26395	Posted: August 04 2010 at 16:07
	I'll avoid instrumentals and epics. 1. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 2. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 3. The Man With The Child In His Eyes - Kate Bush 4. Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles 5. Alone Again Or - Love 6. Fallen Angel - King Crimson 7. Wide Open Space - Mansun 8. Blood On The Rooftops - Genesis 9. Life Of Gold - Kayak 10. New England - Kirsty MacColl (song written by Billy Bragg) 11. From The Beginning - ELP 12. Blinded By The Light - Manfred Manns Earthband (song written by Bruce Springsteen) 13. Time - Pink Floyd 14. More Than A Feeling - Boston 15. Nothing At All - IQ 16. Fox On The Run - The Sweet 17. Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime - The Korgis 18. Living In The Past - Jethro Tull 19. Lucky Man - The Verve 20. Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist - Muse

Morningrise Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 18 2009 Location: Buenos Aires Status: Offline Points: 2766	Posted: August 04 2010 at 15:51
	No order and I will stick just to prog songs and from 20 different bands: King Crimson- Starless Genesis- Firth Of Fifth Opeth- The Moor Marillion- Script For A Jester's tear Spock's Beard- The Light Porcupine Tree- Fear Of A Blank Planet Pink Floyd- Echoes Yes- Close To The Edge Van Der Graaf Generator- The Sleepwalkers Camel- Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider Mahavishnu Orchestra- A Lotus On Irish Streams Gnidrolog- I Could Never Be A Soldier IQ- Frequency Anekdoten- Where Solitude Remains Mastodon- The Czar Eloy- The Light From Deep Darkness Kansas- Miracles Out Of Nowhere Death- Spirit Crusher Bubu- Sueños De Maniqui Sigur Ros- Hoppipolla

Mr Greeen Genes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 28 2010 Location: NY Status: Offline Points: 298	Posted: August 04 2010 at 02:41
	20 songs i love... there are definitely others i like as much as these: 1. Can - Bel Air 2. Can - Halleluwah 3. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn 4. The Moody Blues - A Simple Game (Justin Hayward vocal mix) 5. The Moody Blues - Melancholy Man 6. Pink Floyd - Echoes 7. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part I 8. Amon Duul II - Yeti (Improvisation) 9. Velvet Underground - Heroin 10. Leonard Cohen - Dress Rehearsal Rag 11. Leonard Cohen - Leaving Green Sleeves 12. David Crosby - Song With No Words (Tree With No Leaves) 13. Faust - Its A Bit of Pain 14. Genesis - The Musical Box 15. Gong - Zero The Hero And The Witches Spell 16. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Danger Bird 17. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Bold As Love 18. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus 19. Soft Machine - Moon In June 20. Frank Zappa / The Mothers of Invention - Trouble Every Day