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Blacksword
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Topic: Quirky, proggy and yet completely accessable Posted: August 19 2016 at 06:09 |
In my opinion it can take more skill as a musician and a songwriter to pen something that appeals quite broadly to people but at the same time is quite complex and/or quirky and unusual, than to write something very complex and 'clever' but broadly unlistenable to most ears
It's often the case that a piece of music has broad appeal and shifts lots of units because it's built on a tried and tested formula proved to work in the past. Obvious examples that combine complete originality, imagination, musicality, progginess, quirkiness with 'listenability' (is that a word?)..could be Dreamer - Supertramp The logical song - Supertramp Hocus Pocus - Focus I know what I like - Genesis Joybringer - Manfred Manns Earth band Any others spring to mind?? |
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zravkapt
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 06:19 |
^Those were all singles. You're looking for examples of prog singles specifically?
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Magma America Great Make Again
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mechanicalflattery
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 06:48 |
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Lewian
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 07:46 |
Talk Talk - Living in Another World
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 07:55 |
So what about ELP's quirky pieces ??
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Blacksword
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 08:37 |
They are all singles, but no, they don't have to be. Whatever springs to mind.. I could add Down & Out and Dance on a Volcano by Genesis. Not singles (IIRC) odd time signatures and pretty quirky but catchy and commercial nontheless. |
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Blacksword
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 08:40 |
King Crimson had their moments..
Eyes wide open from TPTB Frame by Frame from Discipline |
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Barbu
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 08:48 |
The Spirit of Radio
Tom Sawyer Subdivisions |
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zravkapt
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 09:04 |
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Magma America Great Make Again
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Modrigue
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 09:18 |
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
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Blacksword
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 09:42 |
Sparks - This town aint big enough....
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Sagichim
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 10:01 |
A lot of art rock bands would fit, something like Steely Dan or 10cc.
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Magnum Vaeltaja
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 10:18 |
In The Land of Grey and Pink comes to mind, especially Golf Girl and the title track.
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Logan
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 10:24 |
Frank Zappa's "Peaches en Regalia"
Henry Cow/ Slapp Happy's "War" has been accessible enough for me to hear on classic rock radio. Edited by Logan - August 19 2016 at 10:27 |
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 10:49 |
Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (singles in 5/4 are by definition "quirky")
Peter Gabriel - Excuse Me (any song starting off with a barbershop quartet is odd) The Decemberists - The Shankhill Butchers (a nice campfire children's song about murderers with cleavers) Donovan - The Jabberwocky (proggy in a folk way, particularly the strings and subject matter) Rejoyce - Jefferson Airplane (any approximation of James Joyce that is proto-prog)
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Dellinger
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Posted: August 19 2016 at 23:30 |
Hocus Pocus, which you already mentioned, was the first thing to come to my mind. But the mention of Bohemian Rhapsody would seem to be spot on. I might also add Roundabout, though.
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Blacksword
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Posted: August 20 2016 at 04:29 |
I agree about Roundabout. Yes had a few IMO. Leave It from 90125 is very commercial sounding but rhythmically it's all over the place. |
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chopper
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Posted: August 20 2016 at 04:31 |
I'm going to throw in Renaissance's "Northern Lights". Commercial enough to chart but still undeniably by a prog band (listen to the bass line).
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Blacksword
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Posted: August 20 2016 at 04:52 |
^^^ Good choice. Lovely song too.
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micky
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Posted: August 20 2016 at 05:16 |
Steely Dan
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