Songs You Have a New Appreciation For?

mooguy wrote: Frank Zappa's "The Gumbo Variations" from Hot Rats  Gentle Giant's "Aspirations" as well

Frank Zappa's "The Gumbo Variations" from Hot Rats 

Blinkyjoh wrote: Onward by Yes.  I sorta ignored some of the tracks on Tormato, but then last year heard Onward as a part of a medley by ..Unitopia i think..One of my favourite tracks on that album now.

but he's countered on the right by Mick's chain-gang fight,
and Liquid Len, with his smashed bottle men,
is lobbing Bob the Nob across the gob.
With his kisser in a mess, Bob seems under stress,
but Jones the Jug hits Len right in the mug;
and Harold Demure, who's still not quite sure,
fires acorns from out of his sling.
(Here come the cavalry!)"

Edited by Frenetic Zetetic - January 10 2018 at 02:31

Always been a fan of Epping Forest, and never got the hate some people had for it. I guess I just enjoyed the journey. (Even if I didn't immediately enjoy the keyboard discord near "Picnic")

Frenetic Zetetic wrote: Cool to see I'm not the only one. It's definitely my favorite Gabriel-era Genesis record. After the Ordeal is fantastic too!

A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers

This tends to happen with the music I come to appreciate the most - y'know the stuff that took a little while to sink in. Heck some times it's ditties/sounds/pieces that initially leave no impression at all or conversely make you want to jump out of your own brain through the backdoor....but then something happens, you step on a crab in the right moment while Henry Cow is playing and suddenly everything fits...like a glove. Can be anything really: one day you really LISTEN to the song unlike the other times where it just seemed to be playing by itself. You engage. You decide to open up the ear doors and music that previously seemed like pap or that linned type thread that always accumulates at the end of your mits - now reappears in all of its splendour with silver coconuts and beaming bazookas.
Other times it's simply the result of a good footrub, an unusually succulent pineapple treat, stork in the lavatory or a good shot of horse.

Didn't like 80s KC when I first got into prog. Love it, and everything that Belew brought to the band, now. (Mind you I was pretty close-minded back then)

Gong for the One for me, also Rush's Madrigal. I could also add the first Flower Kings album, somehow, it's starting to grow on me a lot.

Trilogy by ELP. I've always enjoyed the album as a whole, although Hoedown and The Endless Enigma always grabbed me more. However, listened to the track with new ears over the last year or so (with Greg and Keith's passing) and I am amazed by the variety of style, pace and depth within it.

The Battle of Epping Forest has always been a favourite, not least for it's lyrical flair. However, focusing on the instrumentation behind it always surprises and seems to stand out even more with every play.