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Halleluhwah (Can)
Natural Science (Rush)
Killer Queen (Queen)
Achilles' Last Stand (Zep)
Fairies Wear Boots (Sabbath)
Space Truckin' (Purple)
Esther's Nose Job (Soft Machine)
Stay (Bowie)
Houses in Motion (Talking Heads)
As Cold As Can Be In An English Sea (Cardiacs)

Many of these aren't exactly obscure (or classics by many peoples' standards) and the songs themselves may change, but anymore this is a good list of artists to make up my top ten at least somewhat regularly.
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^Stay is sooooo good, I nearly went with it. Kudos!
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I particularly like the version on Stage with Belew blowing away the guitar parts.
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Starless-King Crimson
Thick as a brick-Jethro Tull
Supper's ready-Genesis
Lady fantasy-Camel
Tubular bells-Mike Oldfield
Shadow of the hierophant-Steve Hackett
Tarkus-ELP
Histoire sans paroles-Harmonium
Close to the edge-Yes
Alphataurus-Alphataurus
Dogs-Pink Floyd
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So... this is really tough, and i believe that if you'd ask me tomorow, my list would be different, but anyway, let's try it...

10:Achilles last stand-Led Zeppelin (Zeppelin might not be prog, but that song is a  hell of a prog song)
9: Tarkus- ELP
8:South Hampton Blues- Iguana
7:The Necromancer- Rush 
6:The Musical Box- Genesis
5:My god- Jethro Tull
4:21st century schizoid man- King Crimson ( I know, to classic, but it's too awesome..)
3:Echoes- Pink Floyd 
2: The Face- Gentle Giant
1: Yours is no disgrace- Yes (But specifically the live version from Yessongs, 1973)
 It took me 45 minutes to decide :P
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Go on then. In no real order and with no pretence of objectivity.

1. Les Porches du Notre Dame - Maneige
2. Modern - Peter Hammill
3. The Grand Wazoo - Frank Zappa
4. Cometa Rossa - Area
5. Green And Orange Night Park - Keith Tippett Group
6. La Tua Casa Commoda - Il Baletto Di Bronzo
7. Sea Song - Robert Wyatt
8. Freedom - Art Bears
9. Me and My Woman - Roy Harper
10. Larks' Tongues In Aspic pt. 1 - King Crimson

edit: hang on, that Art Bears song is from 81... um, Cento Mani e Cento Occhi - Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso

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1. ELP - Karn Evil 9
2. Yes - South Side Of The Sky
3. PFM - Geranio
4. VDGG - The Sleepwalkers
5. Gentle Giant - Time To Kill
6. Comus - Drip Drip
7. Magma - Hortz Fur Dehn Stekehn West
8. Rush - Cygnus X-1 (Book II; Hemispheres)
9. Jethro Tull - Baker St. Muse
10. Hawkwind - Lord Of Light
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Genesis - The Musical Box
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
King Crimson - Starless
Gentle Giant - On Reflection
Kansas - Miracles Out of Nowhere
Van der Graaf Generator - Arrow
Yes - Siberian Khatru
Darryl Way's Wolf - The Envoy
Magma - Mëkanïk Kömmandöh
Banco del mutuo soccorso - Canto nomade per un prigioniere politico
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Sensations Fix - Cold Nose Story
Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
England - Three Piece Suite
National Health - Tenemos Roads
Caravan - Nine Feet Underground
Yoninbayashi - Sora to Kumo
Renaissance - Can You Understand
Procession - Ancora una notte
Anyone's Daughter - Adonis Pt. 1: Come Away
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood


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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Such a list changes daily for me, but I'll give it a go.

Amon Düül ll - Yeti (the track)
Franco Battiato - Sequenze e Frequenze
Bubu - El Corteje de un dia Amarillo
Cervello - Euterpe
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
Clivage - Mixtus Orbis
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Osorezan
Witthüser & Westrupp - Illusion
Area - Vodka Cola
Björn J:Son Lindh - Musik från en Storstad




Well, at least I've heard of Amon Düül ll....


LOL
Admittedly, I purposely sought out the more obscure selections of my collection. It just gets a little uninteresting seeing 50 lists with Echoes, Supper's Ready, Close To The Edge, Tarkus etc etc.....don't get me wrong, I adore those tunes and they could just as easily have been featured in my list. 
Maybe I'll do a 'classic' prog rock list at one point (or merely copy one of those already posted), but I gather I'd rather do yet another completely under-the-radar offeringTongue





I understand your reasons for doing an obscure list. Most of these lists are fairly interchangeable I agree.

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Shine on you Crazy Diamond-Pink Floyd
Supper's Ready-Genesis
Close to the Edge-Yes
Thick as a Brick (I)-Jethro Tull
The March of the Black Queen-Queen
Isn't life Strange-Moody Blues
Tarkus-ELP
The Court of the Crimson King-King Crimson
Another Night-Camel
The Undercover Man-VDGG
Kobaia-Magma
I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place
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Difficult; this list could look very differently next time I compile it.

VdGG - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Gong - Master Builder
Embryo - Radio Mattakesh / Orient Express
Amon Düül 2 - Syntelman's March of the Roaring 70s
Can - Bel Air
Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri
Hawkwind - Assault and Battery / The Golden Void
Magma - Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh
Ash Ra Tempel - Jenseits
Mother Gong - The Pied Piper of Hamlin


Edited by BaldFriede - November 02 2015 at 06:32


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1. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
2. Genesis - Supper's Ready
3. Pink Floyd - Echoes
4. King Crimson - Starless
5. VdGG - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
6. Yes - The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)
7. Faust - Why Don't You Eat Carrots?
8. Rush - La Villa Strangiato
9. ELP - Karn Evil 9
10. Gentle Giant - Experience
11. Robert Wyatt - Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road
12. Can - Halleluwah
13. Triumvirat - Illusions On A Double Dimple
14. Univers Zero - La Faulx
15. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Help, I'm A Rock! (Suite In Three Movements)
16. PFM - Generale!

Sorry, I just couldn't do it.


Edited by sublime220 - November 21 2015 at 19:54
There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark...
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Originally posted by sublime220 sublime220 wrote:


Robert Wyatt - Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road

The title actually is "Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road". Poor Little Red Riding Hood, not only did he turn you from an innocent young girl into an outlaw and changed her colour from red to green, he even changed your gender!


Edited by BaldFriede - November 02 2015 at 09:08


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^There is two "Little...Road" songs on the album: Track #3 "Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road" and Track #6 "Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road". 

I'm bored and got a lil' time, no epics and in no particular order:

Yes - Yours is No Disgrace
King Crimson - Starless
Gentle Giant - The House, The Street, The Room
Van Der Graaf Generator - Sleepwalkers
Henry Cow - Amygdala
Gong - A Sprinkling Of Clouds
Can - Oh Yeah!
Hatfield & The North - Shaving Is Boring
Frank Zappa - Andy
Goblin - Goblin




Edited by zravkapt - November 02 2015 at 09:38
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Genesis - Supper's Ready
Yes - Close to The Edge
Tull - Thick as a Brick
Zappa - Inca Roads
Pink Floyd - Dogs
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Karn Evil 9
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning
UK - In The Dead of Night
Zeppelin - Kashmir
King Crimson - Great Deceiver
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Ok then..in no particular order..
VdGG - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
King Crimson - Indiscipline
Yes - The Gates Of Delirium
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Genesis - Supper's Ready
Banco - Il Giardino del Mago
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Meeting Of The Spirits
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Part 1
Return To Forever - Duel Of The Jester and The Tyrant Parts 1 & 2

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Echoes - Pink Floyd
Man-Erg - Van der Graaf Generator
Epitaph - King Crimson
Rhayader Goes To Town - Camel
Ommadawn Part One - Mike Oldfield
Friedrich Nietzsche - Klaus Schulze
Crime of The Century - Supertramp
Blood On The Rooftops - Genesis
Shadow Of The Hierophant - Steve Hackett
Repent Walpurgis - Procol Harum
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Camel Lunar Sea

Gong You Can't Kill Me

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King Crimson Islands

Genesis Looking For Someone

Yes Gates of Delirium

Jethro Tull  A Passion Play

Robert Wyatt Sea Song

Return To Forever Song to the Pharaoh Kings

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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by sublime220 sublime220 wrote:


Robert Wyatt - Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road

The title actually is "Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road". Poor Little Red Riding Hood, not only did he turn you from an innocent young girl into an outlaw and changed her colour from red to green, he even changed your gender!
It's the last song I'm talking about. Tongue
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Ah what the heck - let's do a new one for today. It is Friday after all and beers are afoot!

Il Balletto di Bronzo - Epilogo
Gong - Isle Of Everywhere
NEU! - Negativland
Frank Zappa - Little Umbrellas
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (HA! Luca)
Klaus Schulze - Voice of Syn
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Via Lumière
Burnin' Red Ivanhoe w/ Povl Dissing - Tingeltangel Mand
Can - Oh Yeah
Brainticket - Egyptian Kings
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