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    Posted: July 01 2024 at 15:28
What are your favorite five Eclectic prog songs of the day?

Bubblemath - Routine Maintenance
Gentle Giant - Prologue
King Crimson - Frame by Frame
Marco Minnemann - Glass Attack
U.K. - In the Dead of Night
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Marsupilami - Facilis Descencus Avernus
The Othello Syndrome - Father of Leeches
Peggy's Leg - Just Another Journey
Raw Material - Sun God
Spring - Golden Fleece

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2024 at 16:14
Despite my love for much modern music, these are all "classics". These are all from the Eclectic Prog category at PA. I used to be on the Eclectic team, and choosing just five is rather like choosing the fingers on just one of my hands to keep (okay, I'm right handed, so I go with those four fingers and thumb). It does make it a challenge when you keep the numbers so low.

These are 14 of my favourites, and then I will pair down to five.

Bubu - El viaje de Anabelas
Gentle Giant - The Moon Is Down
Gnidrolog - Long Live Man Dead
Haikara - Manala
Peter Hammill - A Louse Is Not a Home
Island - Pictures
King Crimson - Lizard
Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar
Bjorn J:Son Lindh - Musik från en storstad
The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Numbers 1-4
Plat du Jour - Zilbra
Jean-Paul Prat - Masal
Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Jean-Claude Vannier - Les gardes volent au secours du roi

Tough, I'll go with these five today...

Bubu - El viaje de Anabelas
Peter Hammill - A Louse Is Not a Home
Bjorn J:Son Lindh - Musik från en storstad
The Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Numbers 1-4
Jean-Claude Vannier - Les gardes volent au secours du roi

Really VdGG should be in there, but I'm using A Louse as the Hammill representative.

^ EDIT: Wow, I only know Marsupilami (great stuff) from Paul's list. Guess my knowledge of Eclectic Prog needs some work.




Edited by Logan - July 01 2024 at 16:20
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Hi,

(I might update this as I think of it ... )

Man - C'mon Live (Back into the Future) ... the yodeling with the choir is to die for ... go Mickie ... go!!!
Strawbs - Words of Wisdom (Deadlines)
Fairport Convention - Reynardine (Liege & Leif)
Amon Duul 2 - Apocaliptyc Bore (Vive La Trance)
Amon Duul 2 - MMMemorial (Dance of the Lemmings)
Rachel Flowers _ Tarkus Suite (on piano)
Ange - the whole album (Au Dela du Delire)
Alan Stivell - the whole album (Renaissance of the Celtic Harp)
Tomita - the whole album (Snowflakes are Dancing)
Holger Czukay - the whole album (Movies)
Klaus Schulze - the whole album (Mirage)
XTC - This World's Over (The Big Express)
Carmen - Bullerias (Fandangos in Space)




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I managed to listen to a whole Cardiacs album the other day (very proud of myself lol) so with that in mind
Cardiacs - Fiery Gun Hand **
Also listening to King Crimson as a result of Scot's recent top ten KC songs video on his yt channel 'The Prog Corner'. I would go with Easy Money perhaps or Cirkus. A toss up between those.
After that some Gentle Giant . Hearing Pantagruels Nativity a lot recently. Love that even if GG are a problematic band for me.
How about some Peter Gabriel- Here Comes the Flood. Achingly beautiful and seems to have greater resonance nowadays with climate change.
Maybe finish with Steve Hackett - Star Of Sirius.

** yep I know they are in Rio/Avant but I believe they are a perfect Eclectic band so I'm going with my definition!


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Alquin - The Dance
Gentle Giant - Memories of Old Days
Gnidrolog - Lady Lake
Traffic - Every Mother's Son
UK - Carrying No Cross

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jared Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 22 2024 at 09:43
VDGG: Killer
KC: Lizard
GG: The Advent of P (for today)
Curved Air: Metamorphosis
Gnidrolog: Long Live Man Dead



Edited by Jared - August 03 2024 at 04:08
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jared Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 22 2024 at 09:47
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I managed to listen to a whole Cardiacs album the other day

you're a braver man than me! 
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Clouds I Am the Melody
Family The Weaver's Answer
Van der Graaf Generator Pioneers Over C
King Crimson Islands
Island Empty Bottles
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Epignosis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 03 2024 at 22:14
I also once served on the Eclectic Team back in the day.  Something I find fascinating is that in all my time here, I only ever rated one album from this category five stars.  It truly was a mixed bag for me.

Top five?  I'll go with these:

King Crimson - "The Court of the Crimson King"
Van der Graaf Generator - "Refugees"
The Tangent - "In Earnest"
Gentle Giant - "Playing the Game"
Van der Graaf Generator - "House With No Door"



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