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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

It's funny, I started the STYX bio with this phrase

Quote STYX is one of those bands that are always mentioned with some fear and shame by the Progressive Rock fan, because they always played in the border that divides Prog from plain POP, 

And I'm convinced it's true.

Come Sail Away is winning, but nobody except me, admits having voted for them. Wink}

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I didn't vote for it, but there's nothing wrong with liking Styx.
I only discovered them a few years ago, because someone gave me a Styx best-of cd.
I was happily surprised and wondered why this band is so unknown, at least in The Netherlands and Belgium. 
Probably because they only had minor hits in The Netherlands, and only "Babe" in Belgium.
Not prog enough for the proggers, not well known enough outside that field.
But they did some fine stuff.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
 
I suppose if you hadn't used the US charts you would have come up with this lot ?
 
 


Wow. One of my  favourite singles and songs of all time. Brilliant.
 
Exactly!  AND you are right about 10CC nobody thought they were prog who I knew.
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Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
 
I suppose if you hadn't used the US charts you would have come up with this lot ?
 
 


Wow. One of my  favourite singles and songs of all time. Brilliant.
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This is quite a poor list.

EWG I suppose.
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It's funny, I started the STYX bio with this phrase

Quote STYX is one of those bands that are always mentioned with some fear and shame by the Progressive Rock fan, because they always played in the border that divides Prog from plain POP, 

And I'm convinced it's true.

Come Sail Away is winning, but nobody except me, admits having voted for them. Wink}

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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

I'm not in Love for me.
 
Funny, in the 70s, 10cc were considered one of the archetypal prog bands alongside Genesis and Yes, yet a band like Rush wasn't (well not until c1978).

No one I knew though 10cc prog.
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Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
 
I suppose if you hadn't used the US charts you would have come up with this lot ?
 
 
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I'm not in Love for me.
 
Funny, in the 70s, 10cc were considered one of the archetypal prog bands alongside Genesis and Yes, yet a band like Rush wasn't (well not until c1978).
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Don't worry dude, I figure these things are more for casual banter than announcing the top slot winner.
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

I voted for Dreamer. Love that song.
Almost went for Steve Miller Band, but they were sooooo much better before they got big with Fly like an Eagle. Give me Children of the future, Sailor, You Saving Grace and Brave New World over anything they've/he's released since.


My methodology was to quickly skim through the Billboard 100 of each year in the 1970s and pick out tracks by prog bands, or prog-like tracks by non-prog bands. Plus I did a PA search of 'crossover' bands... Sounds like a lot of work, but took less than 30 minutes...

Having said that, it suddenly occurs to me that Jethro Tull had a big hit in the 70s. Oops, don't know how i missed it. "Bungle in the Jungle." [sigh]


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I voted for Dreamer. Love that song.
Almost went for Steve Miller Band, but they were sooooo much better before they got big with Fly like an Eagle. Give me Children of the future, Sailor, You Saving Grace and Brave New World over anything they've/he's released since.
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I must confess that the Year of the Cat is my favorite here. The whole album is really not bad but life is too short to spend time with pop so I don't listen to it very much. 
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I'm Not In Love, closely followed by Band On The Run
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Personally, I would have chosen Fool's Overrture by Supertampm ( awesome track that I find very similar to the Elton John).  Bowie's my favourite act on the list, but particularly for the Berlin trilogy.


Well, I tried to choose those songs that received a lot of radio time - at least, in the U.S. when I was a child. I never heard Fool's Overture on the radio, nor anything by Bowie other than a very few tracks. (Which is criminal. Bowie was great - but mainstream America didn't get him.) I did think of going with School/Bloody Well Right (in my mind, those two songs have to go together, like We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions), or Give a Little Bit. I love all of it, it was a tough decision :-)

Actually, though, I did cheat: Barclay James Harvest's track wasn't a hit - at least not in the US - and I never even heard of this band till coming to PA. However, it's such a great song, and it really should've gotten massive airplay. (Octoberon's the only album I really like by them...)
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Funeral For a Friend, hands down. It's as if Elton decided to go prog, came up with a masterpiece, declared his work done, and never returned to it. Bonus points for the early ARP synthesizer work by future Genesis producer David Hentschel. And did you know they nicked the whole opening passage note-by-note (including the wind and tolling bell) from the first scene in "Dr. Zhivago"?

Styx "Come Sail Away" would be dead last for me here, just awful.
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Voted For Love Lies Bleeding/ Funeral For a Friend over Fame, Band on the Run and Dreamer.  Personally, I would have chosen Fool's Overrture by Supertampm ( awesome track that I find very similar to the Elton John).  Bowie's my favourite act on the list, but particularly for the Berlin trilogy.

By the way, I love Cartman singing Come Sail Away.  I used to collect the South Park songs, and that was one of my favourites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcmOe2geZ4Q


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Many good tracks here. My vote goes to Steely Dan's FM.  
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Hotel California gave me a giggle though.


According to one music critic I've read, "Hotel California"'s primary musical inspiration was Floyd's track "Wish You Were Here" ("The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd"). Personally I seriously doubt it; I just don't hear it at all. Surely Floyd wasn't the first band to use an acoustic 12-string guitar. The chords are different, the picking patterns are different. But maybe it's true, stranger things have happened...





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Lots of pretty decent tunes here,  I have a weakness for Dream Weaver and Year of the Cat, neither having any votes yet! 
Wright, I guess!
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Paul gets my votes.
 
Hotel California gave me a giggle though.
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