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Poll Question: Which do you prefer?
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    Posted: November 12 2005 at 23:05

I know they are not 'pop' songs in the truest sense, but I believe the bands wrote those songs with commercial intent. Probably from pressure from their respective record companies to write a chart hit!

Below is a list of obvious choices that I can think of!
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Closer to the Heart by Rush is one of my favorite songs by them, so I voted for it.  Spirit of the Radio is also good, but CttH is just more enjoyable to me.  I Know What I Like is probably my second favorite on the list.
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Spirit of Radio

 
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Here I was expecting to say something like "Golf girl" or a random Spock's Beard song. Instead, you give me Killer Queen, Pull me under and Spirit of radio? What a joke.
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Spirit Of radio for me. Although it's not that 'pop'.
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Counting Out Time should have made the poll, I'd have gone with that.
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Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
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I voted Hocus Pocus cause no one had yet, but Carpet Crawlers is a great song too.

Actually, I think besides the songs up there that I haven't heard, the only one I don't like is Owner of a Lonely Heart. Yuck.
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Points: 1188 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2005 at 01:35

I should have included two of my favourites but they only just came to mind!

  • Living In The Past-Jethro Tull
  • Dust In The Wind-Kansas
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I went with Pull Me Under but where was Garden Party?
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I voted for Closer To The Heart, but I have another suggestion: Julia Dream by Pink Floyd would be a killer pop song...
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What about the "single that never was"? i.e. album tracks that were never released as singles but could/should have been.

I have a nomination for that: Reaching Out on All Sides by IF. That should have been a single by all rights. It is a fantastic prog song and short enough to have been a single.
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I voted for Hocus Pocus the yodeling section is truely incredible! 
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Kayleigh is a great song, prog pop or not.
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Dream Theater - Pull Me Under
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I was expecting to see "roundabout" here..
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None of those - probably "Memories" by EARTH & FIRE or "Back Street
Luv" by CURVED AIR.
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