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Isn't there a song about Alexander the Great by Iron Maiden?
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Here are a few that may be lesser known:

Steely Dan, Kid Charlemagne - Owsley Stanley
Wapassou, Ludwig - Ludwig II of Bavaria
Ben Allison, Man Sized Safe - Dick Cheney
Charles Mingus, Fables of Faubus - Orval E. Faubus
Isildur's Bane, Picassiette - Raymond Isidore
Dead Kennedys, California Über Alles - Jerry Brown

Not all of them strictly tributes, mind you.


When did the Dead Kennedys become a prog band? LOL
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Peter Hammill's "Primo on the Parapet " about Primo Levi.

He also had a song about Shakespeare on his "in a foreign town" album. Not one of his better albums apparently but I liked a few tracks on it.  

The Shakespeare song "The Play's the Thing" had already been mentioned in the thread, so I did not refer to it myself.

Yep. That's the one. Others mentioning something won't stop me. Someone mentioned the Eloy thing too. I see it all the time on here where others repeat what others have said. If that's not your thing I respect that but I guess everyone does things their own way. Wink
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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:


Wapassou, Ludwig - Ludwig II of Bavaria
Amon Düül 2 made a song about him too named "Ludwig".


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     Triumvirat's concept album about Spartacus sure qualifies
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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Originally posted by Manuel Manuel wrote:

Rick Wakeman's "The 6 wives of Henry the VIII".
Rick's grasp of fine historical details was never the most secure, and rumour has it that the album was almost called “The Eight Wives of Henry VI” until someone at the record company had a quiet word.
 

First time I've heard that. I can't imagine Rick being that dense.

There are six tracks to the album, and the photograph of Rick is taken at the album's namesake exhibit.


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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Eloy has done an entire album about Jeanne d'Arc, plus two songs prior to that album.

 

It's a fantastic album, to boot! Clap
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Here are a few that may be lesser known:

Steely Dan, Kid Charlemagne - Owsley Stanley
Wapassou, Ludwig - Ludwig II of Bavaria
Ben Allison, Man Sized Safe - Dick Cheney
Charles Mingus, Fables of Faubus - Orval E. Faubus
Isildur's Bane, Picassiette - Raymond Isidore
Dead Kennedys, California Über Alles - Jerry Brown

Not all of them strictly tributes, mind you.



Edited by Mascodagama - March 19 2019 at 18:21
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Originally posted by AZF AZF wrote:

"White Hammer" by Van Der Graff Generator doesn't really count does it?
If there's ever a thread of Prog Songs That Honoured Treaties, I'll be in with this answer!

No, but "Whatever would Robert have said" from the same album should count.


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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Peter Hammill's "Primo on the Parapet " about Primo Levi.

He also had a song about Shakespeare on his "in a foreign town" album. Not one of his better albums apparently but I liked a few tracks on it.  

The Shakespeare song "The Play's the Thing" had already been mentioned in the thread, so I did not refer to it myself.


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"White Hammer" by Van Der Graff Generator doesn't really count does it?
If there's ever a thread of Prog Songs That Honoured Treaties, I'll be in with this answer!
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Originally posted by Manuel Manuel wrote:

Rick Wakeman's "The 6 wives of Henry the VIII".
Rick's grasp of fine historical details was never the most secure, and rumour has it that the album was almost called “The Eight Wives of Henry VI” until someone at the record company had a quiet word.

Edited by Mascodagama - March 19 2019 at 17:31
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

The Kansas song "he knew" was apparently about Albert Einstein. 
And Closet Chronicles was apparently about Howard Hughes after he became...eccentric.

Both fall into the category of songs where you would need the writer to tell you what they are allegedly about, as the lyrics lack any actual detail or specificity. A sign of crap writing, I'd say.

Now if they had called the song “Closet (full of jars of my piss) Chronicles” we could have worked it out for ourselves.
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Peter Hammill's "Primo on the Parapet " about Primo Levi.

He also had a song about Shakespeare on his "in a foreign town" album. Not one of his better albums apparently but I liked a few tracks on it.  


Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - March 19 2019 at 17:14
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Peter Hammill's "Primo on the Parapet " about Primo Levi.


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Well, Eloy did a whole album about Joan of Arc. Also, Rick Wakeman did his six wives of Henry VIII. Also, I believe there was an album on Magna Carta which was a tribute to Leonardo D' Vinci. The Kansas song "he knew" was apparently about Albert Einstein. Not sure what else off the top of my head. 
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Rick Wakeman's "The 6 wives of Henry the VIII".
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