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i'm predicting
45. Justin Bieber - Sorry
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and there we go.. the soft squishy prog turds that refuse to go down the drain no matter how much we try to flush them ...  
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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2112 is higher than Larks' Tongues in Aspic Pt. 1...
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Into the top 50!
50. Camel Mirage Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider
1123.8 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 35 Ranked highest by Magnum Vaeltaja
(#17)
"After a short aquatic overture, you know with the fanfare horns
you're in for something special. The next part opens with an aerial majestic
music, a genuine little melodic gem! Then, the song alternates violent, calm
and even spacey passages with numerous pace changes and various instruments.
The haunting ending is also beautiful. Magic!" Modrigue
"This is another song to put on the long list of prog tracks based
on J.R.R Tolkein's 'The Lord Of The Rings'. However, unlike the majority of
these tracks, 'The White Rider' is extremely good...All the sections of this
song are absolutely perfectly composed and structured, with all the instruments
sounding just right. This song leaves you wanting for nothing." - baz91
49. Return To Forever Romantic Warrior The Romantic Warrior
1126.3 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 39 Ranked highest by aglasshouse (#5)
"With a lush acoustic guitar making the intial running, Romantic
Warrior is an atypically mellow piece...It's so damn melodic and groovy at the
same time...I love the feeling the musicians exude of having so much time and
space in which to express themselves." - Trotsky
"The 11-mins [Romantic Warrior] is also a killer with Chick's
opening piano and Clarke bowed contrabass intro, the track builds up gradually,
allowing White to dazzle us, even if the real hero is Clarke's bass ruling over
Chick's suspended & floating piano, ADM's Spano-Flamenco guitar while
Clarke takes the bow to the contrabass to close the debate." - Sean Trane
48. Gentle Giant The Power and The Glory - Proclamation
1135.0 points Appears 5 times Mean rank: 88 Ranked highest by ALotOfBottle (#4)
"Despite what my family thinks, the song has excellent melodies
throughout, and keeps on building with electric and bass guitars that
ingeniously fill the gaps between the keyboard riff, as if to give it a delayed
sound. This creates a superb effect, and adds to the dissonant middle section,
where everything comes together to punch you in the face! The best track on the
album and an outstanding track almost beyond belief!" Xonty
"Proclamation has a great jazzy beginning followed by some very
enjoyable two-line concurrent singing. The song continues to develop but never
quite strays into the dissonance or freneticism of their previous catologue of
unthinkably complex song structures." - BrufordFreak
47. King Crimson Larks Tongues In Aspic Larks Tongues In Aspic,
Pt. 1
1147.3 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 33 Ranked highest by Magnum Vaeltaja
(#7)
"On the surface, nothing [here] should work. It is incredibly
experimental and by experimental I really mean to say the "high school
chemistry teacher we all had that liked to blow up pumpkins in the
hallway" type of experimental. Brutal, explosive, almost sadistic at
times. "Larks' Tongues Pt. 1" offers the sort of occult-brewed jump
scares and unrelenting tension that we got from "21st Century Schizoid
Man", only with the dial cranked so much higher." - Magnum Vaeltaja
(#7)
"Lark's Tongue in Aspic, Part One" draws back the curtain to
the strains of a percolating Kalimba accompanied by an odd assortment of light
percussion items. It's like entering a stranger's room through a doorway of
hanging hippy beads (the abode of that mysterious, exotic siren you just met at
the bar, perhaps?). The lighting is slightly surrealistic and there's a faint
odor of some kind of spiced incense in the air. You're not scared; you just
know for sure that you're not in your mom's house. Soon an intriguing
electrical white noise arises as if you're being guided through a huge mass of
neurons excitedly exchanging impulses. This is followed by some tense violin
bowing from David Cross that graduates to a heavy metallic riff performed by
the full ensemble...Then, without notice, the whole thing detonates and
disseminates like nuclear fallout. Exhilarating is the closest I can come to
doing it justice." Chicapah
46. Rush 2112 2112
1176.7 points Appears 5 times Mean rank: 86 Ranked highest by Slipperman7 (#12)
"A science-fiction musical story, taking place in year... 2112, in
a dystopian world where totalitarian priests have banished art and a young man
discovers a guitar. Beginning with a spacey electronic introduction, the
"Overture" and "Temples Of Syrinx" are the best sections:
thundering and ferocious, with epic galloping riffs! I was just completely
blown away the first time I listened to it. Grandiose and perfect progressive
metal!" - Modrigue
"2112 is the magnum opus, and the primary reason for getting this
album. The Sci-fi tale is a bit hokey, but it works well enough. As a teen, I
was with it 100%. "F%$# Yeah! Rock conquers all, man!" The concept
wears a little thin now, but it is not without its charm. As you would expect,
the playing is outstanding. The music rocks, softens, gets downright spacey,
and never fails to entertain." bhikkhu
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Fair enough. I never had problems with the lyrics of this song but they are quite marginal to my appreciation of it, and I can see how somebody who finds lyrics more important than I do (in most cases) can have an issue with them. Personally I don't mind whether Camel believe what they say here or not and whether they make a good case for their claim, which I think is not the job of a song. I have at least thought about the statement of the song a few times, which is quite something to achieve for lyrics in me. But I admit that the song itself doesn't give such thoughts a lot of food. I wouldn't expect it to, though.
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 Lewian wrote:
This is all good to read and I can't say much against it except that when magic happens, magic happens, and rational criteria lose their power. And that there's something to be said for simplicity; if you have a good melody, your job is no more than to serve it the best way you can.
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I agree that this isn't a conflict between simplicity and complexity, I listen to lots of minimal music, but would disagree about serving the melody. There are countless songs with catchy, interesting melodies, many of which tend to dominate the charts. I've had "Renegades" by X Ambassadors stuck in my head for the past week because it has a very catchy, "earworm-y" hook for a chorus. But for the life of me, I can't remember how the rest of the song goes. They placed so much emphasis on the melody that they forgot to create an interesting song. The melody serves the song, not the other way around, and should always be balanced by other elements at play.
If you can't "verify it internally" it doesn't mean nobody can. Your lack of internal verification is certainly not enough (and even not much, if any at all) evidence that "the writers were just trying to be inspirational for the sake of selling records." |
The basic chorus, and effectively the "message" of the song is as follows
Man is born with the will to survive, He'll not take no for an answer. He will get by, somehow he'll try, He won't take no, never let go, no...
The writers make a direct and potentially disagreeable assertion about the world and humankind, namely that civilization will not end because mankind can endure or something. They make no attempt to justify this claim. Obviously a song doesn't need literal footnotes, but generally a basic writing process involves some manner of cause-effect "if X, then Y" framework used to demonstrate a claim. Much like many simplistic pop anthems of self-empowerment, love, or happiness (Pharrell Williams' Happy is an excellent example), we have here a Y but no X, no causal explanation. Pharrell Williams is happy. Why? Who knows! Camel believes that mankind will endure. Why? Who knows... Chances are, if the band is suddenly attempting to offer some sort of definitive commentary on the nature of the world, on an album that otherwise doesn't really concern itself too much with ontological assertions, it might have something to do with the fact that audiences generally gravitate towards inspirational lyrics, although exceptions always exist.
Again, I am a fan of Camel, I sort of like Never Let Go (although it's probably my least favorite song on that album), and I tend to agree with you on music. Anyone who likes Talk Talk's latter two albums clearly has some taste...
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mechanicalflattery wrote:
For me, my conception of music tends to go beyond pure melody and into harmonic interactions, textures, overall atmosphere, and spontaneity. Something like Moon in June (which I'm not even a particularly big fan of) has a realness and a depth that a straightforward, structured song like Never Let Go can't quite achieve. Melody to me is very face value, surface level enjoyment, but it alone cannot make a great song. There's a dynamic living quality to certain genres such as the avant garde or more "eclectic" prog groups such as VDGG that makes them endlessly re-discoverable, whereas Carpet Crawlers has an immediate pleasantness that reveals little else. |
This is all good to read and I can't say much against it except that when magic happens, magic happens, and rational criteria lose their power. And that there's something to be said for simplicity; if you have a good melody, your job is no more than to serve it the best way you can.
Never Let Go attempts a message and sentiment that it can't quite internally verify, making it clear that the writers were just trying to be inspirational for the sake of selling records. |
If you can't "verify it internally" it doesn't mean nobody can. Your lack of internal verification is certainly not enough (and even not much, if any at all) evidence that "the writers were just trying to be inspirational for the sake of selling records."
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Lewian wrote:
Some of these songs like Carpet Crawlers and Never Let Go are difficult to explain... the melody gets you or not and if it doesn't, it's all but hopeless to explain what makes them great. Something in some songs (including these two) resonates deeply with me, and nobody piling up arguments why they're overrated or what not will take this away from those who get the magic.
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I actually do like both songs, and would agree that they have rather good melodies. For me, my conception of music tends to go beyond pure melody and into harmonic interactions, textures, overall atmosphere, and spontaneity. Something like Moon in June (which I'm not even a particularly big fan of) has a realness and a depth that a straightforward, structured song like Never Let Go can't quite achieve. Melody to me is very face value, surface level enjoyment, but it alone cannot make a great song. There's a dynamic living quality to certain genres such as the avant garde or more "eclectic" prog groups such as VDGG that makes them endlessly re-discoverable, whereas Carpet Crawlers has an immediate pleasantness that reveals little else. To each their own of course, and I'm being slightly hypocritical, since there are certain Camel songs that I hold in immensely high esteem. Never Let Go always felt like the "sell out single" of that album. Camel knew how to write music, but they never had much to "say" so to speak, which itself, is fine. But where the other songs are content within themselves, Never Let Go attempts a message and sentiment that it can't quite internally verify, making it clear that the writers were just trying to be inspirational for the sake of selling records. Art motivated by populist opinion never turns out particularly well.
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So glad Egg's "Newport Hospital" made it so high - I'm glad people appreciate the piece together with me. Shoooshh. 
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Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided.
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Some of these songs like Carpet Crawlers and Never Let Go are difficult to explain... the melody gets you or not and if it doesn't, it's all but hopeless to explain what makes them great. Something in some songs (including these two) resonates deeply with me, and nobody piling up arguments why they're overrated or what not will take this away from those who get the magic.
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Phenomenal opening, Hackett is a legend. The rest is decent enough.
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mechanicalflattery wrote:
The list is starting to get a little bit blander perhaps but good stuff in this round. I'm really surprised that Trip to the Fair beat Ashes Are Burning, although I love both so it doesn't really matter I suppose. Carpet Crawlers is probably a bit high but let's not nitpick. Only one I haven't heard is Blood on the Rooftops, which I will remedy right now. |
Yes, you gotta listen to that ASAP!  In fact, I think Ill go listen to it now
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The list is starting to get a little bit blander perhaps but good stuff in this round. I'm really surprised that Trip to the Fair beat Ashes Are Burning, although I love both so it doesn't really matter I suppose. Carpet Crawlers is probably a bit high but let's not nitpick. Only one I haven't heard is Blood on the Rooftops, which I will remedy right now.
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Nice! Wish I took notice of this while you were collecting lists, but I think the members have chosen plenty of fantastic tunes even without my contribution (besides I'm becoming less and less able to make all-time lists the older I get).
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60. Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway The Carpet Crawlers
1024.7 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 50 Ranked highest by A_Flower (#25)
"One of those songs whose vocal presentation of aural poetry serves
as a balm to the ears and the soul. Brilliant song, brilliantly mixed! God that
guy can write and deliver lyrics! Thank god for the musicians' restraint in
setting this one up for Gabe." BrufordFreak
59. Jethro Tull Aqualung Locomotive Breath
1034.4 points Appears 5 times Mean rank: 96 Ranked highest by aglasshouse (#13)
"This song is to JETHRO TULL what SMOKE ON THE WATER is to DEEP
PURPLE: no way, even now, that they will not play these 2 songs each and every
time they are on stage. They are their flags." febus
58. Yes Relayer Sound Chaser
1035.2 points Appears 6 times Mean rank: 122 Ranked highest by DDPascalDD (#29)
"Sound Chaser ratchets up the energy and tension of the band's
sound to an even higher degree. Driven by Chris Squire's busy bass line, Howe
again gets both Rockabilly-on-smart pills solos and atmospheric moments...Complete
with a "cha cha cha" vocal interlude that makes perfect sense in
context, the song is indeed a road race in a sonic candy store. The newcomers
get a chance to stretch out also, and both more than keep stride with the
veterans." - Negoba
57. Genesis Wind & Wuthering Blood On The Rooftops
1056.3 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 48 Ranked highest by BunBun (#1)
"Blood on the Rooftops contains the most beautiful classical guitar
passages that Hackett ever created in Genesis' history: this time, Banks'
multi-keyboards behave perfectly, being but not feeling too abundant, just
creating the proper orchestral textures and moods for Hackett's guitar." -
Cesar Inca
56. Egg The Polite Force A Visit To Newport Hospital
1057.2 points Appears 5 times Mean rank: 97 Ranked highest by ALotOfBottle (#3)
"A Visit To Newport Hospital is a fantastic opening to the album.
Starting out with a Black Sabbath-esque intro on heavily overdriven organ. That
turns into a very smooth, beautiful, nostalgic piece telling about the times
back when Egg played with Steve Hillage in the late sixties, under the name
Uriel. A true sign of lyrical and musical genius from the trio. The track is
kept in a rather jazzy mood, but with a classical sense of musical structure
going through numerous passages and alterations of the theme." -
ALotOfBottle (#3)
55. Renaissance Scheherazade & Other Stories Trip To The Fair
1069.7 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 43 Ranked highest by Zwordser (#29)
"Trip to the Fair opens with beautiful, classical-style grand piano
and it totally caught me off guard. I'm not sure what I was expecting to hear,
exactly, but John Tout's virtuosity on the instrument is stunning. Soon Terence
Sullivan's drums and Jon Camp's bass join in along with what sounds like
operatic witch howls and cackles reverberating in the background. You'd expect
this combo to sound like early ELP but they bear no resemblance to that fabled
trio at all. They produce a unique atmosphere." Chicapah
54. King Crimson Lizard - Cirkus
1074.3 points Appears 5 times Mean rank: 84 Ranked highest by The Dark Elf (#34)
"With the outstanding drumming and brass, [Cirkus] makes for a
powerful opening, and the ominous dark current running through the song ties in
nicely with the feeling on many Crimson albums I've heard, an indescribable and
nagging unease. The outstanding production values must also be noted. Lizard
sounds fabulous with every instrument crisp as hell and with plenty of space
for them to lounge about, allowing the album to age far better than many
contemporaries." Finnforest
53. Colosseum Valentyne Suite Valentyne Suite
1096.1 points Appears 5 times Mean rank: 87 Ranked highest by Micky (#24)
"Focus should be on the "Valentyne Suite" as it is a
master-suite within the master-album. In it lies la crθme de la crθme of Colosseum,
being the most extraordinary piece of their entire discographic repertoire,
without a doubt." - Ricochet
52. King Crimson Larks Tongues In Aspic Larks Tongues In Aspic,
Pt. 2
1114.2 points Appears 5 times Mean rank: 78 Ranked highest by Zravkapt (#19)
"As Hunter S. once said, "Mother of Sweating Jesus!" Just
when ya think this is the perfect album, the band brings it all up to a new
level, and it's not just perfect, it's sublime. Listen to Fripp, Wetton, and
Bruford just pounding away. This is Heavy Metal as it was meant to be composed
and played. It's as if Fripp is issuing an ultimatum, "Screw Led Zep, screw
Black Sabbath, screw all pretenders now and forever, this is the standard
you'll have to meet from here on out!"" jammun
This motherf***er will wake you up in the morning, any day of the week.
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51. Yes Tales From Topographic Oceans Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)
1122.4 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 38 Ranked highest by DDPascalDD (#14)
"Ritual is a winner, this is Yes at its best, awesome Symphonic
Rock with full-blown Mellotron and synths, great melodies, superb tempo changes
and mood switches and Anderson performing in a confident and convincing way. I
don't know if this the best composition in here actually, but I love the sound
and arrangements, Squire's bass is awesome and White comes as a real monster
behind its kit with his propulsive drumming. And those soft atmospheres and
spiritual soundscapes changing with the emphatic, complex symphonicism is
mind-blowing to say the least." - apps79
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Can-Utility And The Coastliners is above La Carossa Di Hans....
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70. PFM Per Un Amico Appena Un Po
925.7 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 66 Ranked highest by Magnum Vaeltaja
(#29)
"I can feel it from first sounds in Appena Un
Po', that something magical has been crafted here, soft, tender, coming not
through your ear, but skipping your whole hearing system and going right into
your brain, where it blows into a wonderful explosion." - Marty McFly
69. Genesis A Trick of The Tail Dance On A Volcano
948.2 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 67 Ranked highest by The Dark Elf (#24)
"Dance on a Volcano starts out with a very distinctive, explosive
drum and organ riff that paints a sort of sonic picture of the song's lyrical
content. If one had any doubts left as to Phil Collins' skills as a drummer
(however much one can hate him for his later career), his commanding
performance on this song immediately clears the ground - besides, the interplay
between the four band members is nothing short of dazzling." Raff
68. PFM Storia Di Un Minuto La Carrozza Di Hans
951.0 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 77 Ranked highest by Micky (#5)
"[La Carrozza Di Hans] is built up around the amazing guitar work
of Franco Mussida. I dreamt many times to play it properly with my acoustic
guitar and when I was a teenager Franco Mussida seemed to me like a merchant of
musical dreams, but my guitar never turned from a "pumpkin" into a
magnificent carriage like in Cinderella's fairy-tale...By the way, in this
track there's not only amazing guitar technique to be found, but a perfect
interaction between the guitar and the other instruments." Andrea
67. Rush Permanent Waves Jacobs Ladder
951.9 points Appears 5 times Mean rank: 109 Ranked highest by someone_else (#29)
"Jacob's Ladder is a surprising gem, with a very dark, powerful
atmosphere that Rush rarely attempt to build...In the build-up to a massive
crashing section, we get a great decisiveness and a feeling of spontaneity that
Rush often seems to lack. Everyone is on top form, and the atmosphere is very
moving." - TGM: Orb
66. Rush A Farewell To Kings - Xanadu
969.3 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 70 Ranked highest by someone_else (#8)
"This is another track were Rush excels in passing emotions in
their music. Every time I listened to this, I saw Kublai Khan running with his
Mongol tribes through the Steppes - Grandiose." - Sean Trane
65. Magma - άdό Ẁόdό De Futura
969.5 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 63 Ranked highest by Zravkapt (#7)
"De Futura is one of the best tracks in all of Magma's catalogue.
It has a haunting affect much like the other tracks on the album with the
signature sound of Top's bass and Vander's incredible drumming with various
keyboards and effects thrown in. In the end, this track really does the album
justice, making it a must for every Magma or Zeuhl fan." - Zac M
64. Genesis Foxtrot Can-Utility and the Coastliners
976.0 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 65 Ranked highest by The Dark Elf (#4)
"This is a little talked about song, and much underated. This is
one of my favourite Genesis songs of any era. It combines everthing that made
the Genesis formula brilliant and unique, into 6 minutes of excellent music.
The classical guitar intro perfectly sets the scene and gives way to Phil's
crashing drums and Tony's bass pedals. Very dramatic and very melodic."
Blacksword
63. Radiohead OK Computer Paranoid Android
993.7 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 56 Ranked highest by TheLionOfPrague
(#12)
"The beautiful switches between textures and time signatures whilst
maintaining continuity by use of ostinato rather than riffs is utterly
masterful and the texture is well worth dwelling on. By making subtle changes
using different instruments or different sounds on the instruments, and
modifying riffs by a couple of notes, an amazing seamlessness and organic
growth continues. The "Rain Down" coda that ends this piece is
stunning and raises the hairs on the back of my neck due to the pure beauty of
the melodies, and the brilliant vocal harmonies, many of which are quite far
back in the mix - the counter tenor and bass parts are quite staggering, and
put almost every prog band in the archives to shame." - Certif1ed
62. The Moody Blues Days of Future Passed Nights In White Satin
1020.2 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 52 Ranked highest by The Dark Elf (#6)
"Nights in White Satin, probably the most beautiful prog-rock
ballad, is candid and gentle, the sadness of a lonely night is perfectly
understood. The way the song flows is astonishing and exciting and there's
always a background mellotron tune, a kind of registered mark for this
marvelous song. Unique." - Atkingani
61. Renaissance Ashes Are Burning Ashes Are Burning
1020.9 points Appears 4 times Mean rank: 52 Ranked highest by Zwordser (#19)
"The album concludes with the masterful "Ashes are
burning", climbing gently from hollow winds like cute little insects
rising to the green shades of trees reaching for heaven. Melodies shift
interestingly between major and minor keys, and the two themes from the
beginning lead to ascending fireworks of instrumental virtuosic displays,
creating a fine emotional passage from sophisticated entwining of piano,
harpsichord and rhythm section instruments, and also dramatic synthesizer
motive over shimmering layers of percussions. The return to fragile vocal lines
and following explosion for the musical heights is also one of the most
affecting musical sensations which I have yet found from the symphonic rock
recordings." - Eetu Pellonpaa
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only made it through 300-280ish, and not very thoroughly. everything needs a second listen.
That (camel instrumental) and one of the Tangerine Dream songs..Atem?
Ive always had a bias of ignoring TD cuz it seems they follow(proceed?) the buckethead path of releasing an album every other hour.
not sure what i think of yeti.
chick corea, never ever listened to him before, but really like Return to Forever's ...Jester as well.
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