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Points: 1056 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2017 at 18:36
Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Bird of Prey, the afternoon, air born and phoenix are the ones I didn't recognize by name. I think Bird of Prey is Uriah Heep but not sure who the other bands are. 

Air Born is definitely Camel, and The Afternoon probably The Moody Blues. No idea on Phoenix though. 
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Points: 16145 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2017 at 19:28
How about Bird of Prey?
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Points: 1360 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2017 at 19:32
^ Uriah Heep. Magnum had nailed them all down in a previous post.
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THought so about UH. 

Oh ok. Phoenix is Wishbone Ash. 
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Yes, Phoenix is Wishbone Ash. The Afternoon - The Moody Blues. Bird of Prey Uriah Heep. Also thanks SO much for reading through the list, because I expected people to look at the first 10 songs and skip the rest, it is a pretty darn long list, but I am appreciative of your observations on it.
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Points: 183 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2017 at 10:35
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

How would it look if you had to make one with one tune per band?

That's a great idea. I will attempt that, but the prog artists not on this list have not been listened to enough by me. I have a favorite song from unmentioned bands like Steve Hackett, Soft Machine, Mike Oldfield, Marillion and Focus (but for most of those bands I have only heard one song.) I certainly won't exclude newer prog bands like IQ, Spock's Beard or Porcupine Tree (whose song Arriving Somewhere But Not Here is the best prog song of the 21st century), but generally the newer prog bands don't have that perfect "old" or "nostalgic" sound, and thus don't my musical taste (no offense to fans of new prog bands.)
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Points: 16145 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2017 at 10:52
^ Just curious about your age range(if you don't mind). Are you old enough to have been a fan in the 70's? I can't imagine many younger fans knowing about Uriah Heep or Wishbone Ash. :P
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Haha, nope. I'm 17 I just know my 70s music through online research and Youtube. My dad started me off with Pink Floyd (even he was not old enough to buy music in the 70s, he was born in '67), but now I have a much broader prog music taste than my dad because ironically, I am more interested in 70s prog rock (including obscure bands) than my dad, my introducer of this type of music.

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^^^ It's great to see some younger people still love 70's prog. 
 My son (15) and my daughter (12) both love classic rock as well as some prog. (Yes, Rush, Floyd)
I hope they pass it on tho their kids one day. Keep Rockin"!!


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Points: 26108 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2017 at 02:22
Very good solid list although I would have No 47 and No 26 as my top two!
I would also include a lot more Neo Prog such as for instance IQ - The Last Human Gateway and Marillion - Assassing and probably some  Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But not Here and Trains. 


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Originally posted by Magnum Vaeltaja Magnum Vaeltaja wrote:

Plenty of great tracks in there. Thumbs Up

You'd probably be interested to read through the list of the top 300 prog tracks, according to other progarchives members, that I put together last year:

I didn’t expect Atom Heart Mother in the top 50, let alone in the top 10!

Disappointing the complete absence of Marillion and Flower Kings. 



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Points: 9233 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 22 2017 at 02:25
Fantastic list, OP. The only thing I'd change is I'd move In a Glass House up a bit but that's about it Big smile

I won't lie, it's probably right behind CTTE for me.
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Great idea, a top 100 songs list.  I'll have to think about this and update when I'm done.  This'll be fun, as there are several songs I can think of that I adore, and will make it to the list, but in terms of the albums they came off, they may not have made it to my top 100 albums list.  Thanks for the fun diversion idea.  I'm on it...

Ok, these are not in any specific order - just "favorites" that popped into my head.  I'll try not to repeat bands.  First 25 down, 75 to go.  I won't be able to complete this for several days, as I'm headed out of town and will be busy... but it's a start.

1.            Camel – Spirit of the Water

2.            Jethro Tull – To Cry You a Song

3.            Mike Oldfield – Taurus II

4.            Riverside – Escalator Shrine

5.            The Alan Parsons Project – What Goes Up

6.            Soft Machine – Song of Aeolus

7.            Steve Hackett – Hammer into Sand

8.            Kate Bush – Under the Ivy

9.            Porcupine Tree – Heart Attack in a Lay-by

10.          Tangerine Dream – Baryll Blue

11.          Vangelis – See You Later

12.          Triumvirat – Mister Ten Percent

13.          Rush – The Necromancer

14.          Barclay James Harvest – Ra

15.          Lunatic Soul – Wanderings

16.          Magma – De Futura

17.          Minimum Vital – Song a Cinq

18.          Supertramp – Just a Normal Day

19.          King Crimson – Starless

20.          UK – Caesar’s Palace Blues

21.          Ayreon – Waking Dreams

22.          Nine Horses – Atom and Cell

23.          Ambrosia – Lover Arrive

24.          Holger Czukay – Ode to Perfume

25.          Brian Eno/David Byrne – Regiment



Edited by ProfPanglos - January 25 2018 at 18:07
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That's a good list of classic prog songs. Well done for giving it a go. I think I'd find many of your choices in any list of mine - when I get around to doing one, myself. Some additions of newer material perhaps, and tweeks in the order, but that playlist would keep me happy for a few days, definitely.!
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I took this challenge. I wanted to do the way there is only one song from each artist (accepted solo artists from the bands). So this may not be my 100 best prog songs, anyway, it´s a list of real great prog (and also prog-related) songs:
1. Wigwam: Losing Hold
2. Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever
3. King Crimson: Starless
4. Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother
5. Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick
6. Family: Mellowing Grey
7. the Jimi Hendrix Experience: All Along the Watchtower
8. Magma: Nau Ektila
9. Can: Paperhouse
10. the Who: Rael
11. Genesis: Supper´s Ready
12. Yes: Your is no Disgrace
13. Hawkwind: Assault & Battery
14. Caravan: Winter Wine
15. Haikara: Geafar
16. Rush: Hemispheres
17. Amon Düül II: Syntelman´s March of the roaring Seventies
18. Kate Bush: Wuthering Heights
19. Colosseum: Valentyne Suite
20. Traffic: No Time To Live
21. Royals: More Is What You Give/Get
22. Kalevala: Where I´m From
23. Nova: Atlantis
24. Tasavallan Presidentti: Lambert Land
25. Van Der Graaf Generator: a Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
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26. Tabula Rasa: Miks`Ette Vastaa Vanhat Puut
27. Scapa Flow: Valmiina Heräämään
28. Circle: Koitto
29. Fairport Convention: Genesis Hall
30. Strawbs: the Antique Suite
31. Pekka Pohjola: Virtojen Kiharat
32. Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells
33. Faust: Jennifer
34. Gong: I never Glid Before
35. Procol Harum: a Salty Dog
36. the Moody Blues: Gypsy
37. Absoluuttinen Nollapiste: Savu Meihin
38. Liekki: Valeria
39. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: Moonlight On Vermount
40. the Mothers Of Invention: Absolutely Free
41. Pekka Streng: Olen Eläin
42. Jukka Gustavson: Grow Grain Grow
43. YUP: Huonot Uutiset
44. Hot Thumbs O´Riley: Harmless Vibration
45. Apollo: Lohduton Uni
46. Jambinai: the Mountain
47. Sperm: Korvapolikliniikka Hesperia
48. Pekka Airaksinen: Pieni Sienikonsertto
49. Os Mutantes: Panis et Circensis
50. Osibisa: Do You Know
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51. Santana: Incident at Neshabur
52. Black Sabbath: Solitude
53. Nimbus: Jälkisäädös
54. Renaissance: Kings and Queens
55. Comus: the Herald
56. Roy Harper: Me and My Woman
57. Led Zeppelin: the Song Remains the same
58. Tim Buckley: Carnival Song
59. Kansas: Miracles Out Of Nowhere
60. Uriah Heep: Salisbury
61. Fotheringay: the Way I Feel
62. Deep Purple: the Mule
63. David Bowie: Warszawa
64. Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure
65. Brian Eno: Baby´s on Fire
66. Pihasoittajat: Absurdi Ballaadi
67. Piirpauke: Konevitsan Kirkonkellot
68. the Nice: Ars Longa Vita Brevis
69. Arthur Brown: Fire
70. Barcley James Harvest: She Said
71. Kaleidoscope (UK): Faintly Blowing
72. Camel: the Snow Goose
73. Dixie Dregs: Odyssey
74. Deluge Grander: Saruned
75. Opeth: Will O the Wisp
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76. Harvest: Ocean Song
77. Focus: Moving Waves
78. the Incredible String Band: No Sleep Blues
79. Iron Butterfly: In a Gadda da Vida
80. Knifeworld: Don´t Land On Me
81. Kuusumun Profeetta: Vuosisadan Vaihteessa
82. McDonald & Giles: Is She Waiting
83. Nektar: King Of Twilight
84. Offering: Ehn Deiss
85. the Pretty Things: Balloon Burning
86. Sandy Denny: Late November
87. Trader Horne: In My Loneliness
88. Sammal: Sulle Haavan Tein
89. Soft Machine: Dedicated to you but you weren´t listening
90. Spooky Tooth: That Was Only Yesterday
91. Supertramp: Maybe I´m a beggar
92. Fantasia: Pilvien Takaa
93. Talk Talk: the Rainbow
94. Viima: Ilmalaiva Italia
95. Wishbone Ash: Warrior
96. Älgarnas Trädgård: Saturnus Ringar
97. Roger Waters: Is This the Life We Really Want?
98. Jukka Tolonen: the Hook
99. Culpeper´s Orchaid: Mountain Music part 1
100. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Take a Pebble.

Done. Last 30 didn´t come so easily to my mind as others but think there is great music too...
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Originally posted by ProfPanglos ProfPanglos wrote:


1.            Camel – Spirit of the Water


Fair enough, the songs are in no particular order, still it warms my heart to see a total outsider track like this listed as number 1 (Camel is not an ousider band, granted). I love that one, though had never expected to find it in a list like this.
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I love doing these sorts of things, so I decided to make my own, following the rule of a maximum of one track per album (one track per artist was way too hard):

  1. Bubu - El Cortejo De Un Dia Amarillo
  2. Yes - The Remembering (High The Memory)
  3. King Crimson - Islands
  4. Yes - Heart of The Sunrise
  5. PFM - Appena Un Po
  6. Maneige - Les Porches
  7. King Crimson - Lizard
  8. Caravan - Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss
  9. Harmonium - Depuis L'Automne
  10. Promenade - Athletics
  11. Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace
  12. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Pt. 1
  13. Rayuela - Vendre Con El Tiempo
  14. Cherry Five - Country Grave Yard
  15. Crucis - Abismo Terrenal
  16. Khan - Space Shanty
  17. Maneige - Le Rafiot
  18. Yes - Close To The Edge
  19. Billy Cobham - Stratus
  20. Arco Iris - La Luces Eternas
  21. Osanna - Oro Caldo
  22. Gotic - Historia D'una Gota D'Aigua
  23. Harmonium - Harmonium
  24. Gryphon - (Ein klein) Heldenleben
  25. Yezda Urfa - Three Tons of Fresh Thyroid Glands
  26. Harmonium - Chanson Noire
  27. King Crimson - Pictures Of A city
  28. Quella Vecchia Locanda - Verso La Locanda
  29. Gentle Giant - The Moon Is Down
  30. Genesis - Stagnation
  31. Yes - America
  32. IQ - The Enemy Smacks
  33. PFM - Impressioni Di Settembre
  34. Comus - The Herald
  35. Weidorje - Rondeau
  36. King Crimson - Moonchild
  37. Caravan - In The Land of Grey and Pink
  38. Gentle Giant - Knots
  39. PFM - La Luna Nuova
  40. Caravan - Waterloo Lily
  41. Pink Floyd - Dogs
  42. Camel - Nimrodel/The Procession/The White Rider
  43. Alas - A Quienes Sino
  44. Van der Graaf Generator - Man-Erg
  45. Herbie Hancock - Hidden Shadows
  46. Jeff Beck - Scatterbrain
  47. SBB - Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem
  48. Syrinx - Liber Nonacris
  49. Focus - Eruption
  50. Novalis - Sommerabend
  51. Return to Forever - Duel of the Jester And The Tyrant (Parts I & II)
  52. Laurent Thibault - Oree
  53. Urban Nomad - Living In Exile
  54. Arco Iris - Hombre
  55. Gryphon - Lament
  56. Yes - The Endless Dream
  57. Maxophone - Perdo Il Colore Blu
  58. Supertramp - School
  59. Alan Parsons Project - Old And Wise
  60. T2 - Morning
  61. Birds and Buildings - Chronicle of the Invisible River of Stone
  62. Wishbone Ash - Handy
  63. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Barbarian
  64. Il Balletto Di Bronzo - Introduzione
  65. CANO - A La Poursuite Du Nord
  66. Teleharmonium - The Influencing Machine I, II, III
  67. Kansas - Song For America
  68. MIA - Cornonstipicum
  69. King Crimson - Fallen Angel
  70. Genesis - The Cinema Show
  71. Tangerine Dream - Rubycon, Pt. 1
  72. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - The sound of someone you love who's going away and it doesn't matter
  73. Gentle Giant - Funny Ways
  74. Tangerine Dream - Atem
  75. Herbie Hancock - Sleeping Giant
  76. Island - Pictures
  77. Magma - De Futura
  78. Tangerine Dream - Mysterious Semblance At The Strand of Nightmares
  79. Good God - A Murder of Crows
  80. Circus - Movin' On
  81. Yes - Survival
  82. Beau Dommage - Un Incident A Bois-Des-Filion
  83. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Open Country Joy
  84. Kansas - Cheyenne Anthem
  85. Genesis - The Musical Box
  86. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Great Gates of Kiev
  87. PFM - Il Sogno di Leonardo
  88. Trace - King-Bird
  89. Uriah Heep - Salisbury
  90. Deep Purple - April
  91. Deluge Grander - Inaugral Bash
  92. Ash Ra Tempel - Amboss
  93. Hatfield & The North - Mumps
  94. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
  95. Can - Bel-Air
  96. Renaissance - Kiev
  97. Gentle Giant - Three Friends
  98. Pollen - La Femme Ailée
  99. Goma - Madre Tierra / Pellizco
  100. Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear



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