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    Posted: December 25 2009 at 10:58
Hello all Sleepy
So what are the top 3 saddest progressive rock songs you know? I think for me it's:

1. Welcome to the Machine by Pink Floyd
2. Ice by Camel
3. Dirge for November by Opeth

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1. Van Der Graaf Generator - refugees
2. Pink Floyd - The Gunner's Dream
3. Van Der Graaf Generator - House With No Door

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Hey, cheer up, it's Christmas! Wink
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Hey, cheer up, it's Christmas! Wink


Hehe true true Wink Happy Christmas to all Prog Archives members by the way Smile
Harmonium? Nice, I was just listening to their Cinq Saisons album!

Originally posted by floydispink floydispink wrote:

1. Van Der Graaf Generator - refugees
2. Pink Floyd - The Gunner's Dream
3. Van Der Graaf Generator - House With No Door

Also, welcome to PA!Smile

I'll download them asap (except Pink Floyds, I already have it I think). Thanks Smile
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1. "Turn of the Century" (Yes)
2. "The Final Cut" (Pink Floyd)
3. "Lazarus" (Porcupine Tree)

These three do it for me.

And while not a song:

4. "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis)
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1. Secret World - Peter Gabriel
2. Lost - Van Der Graaf Generator
3. This Side Of The Looking Glass - Peter Hammill (though the emotion comes through rather more in the live versions)

Come to mind.
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Oh...one more that is a masterpiece from a man of sorrows:

"Serious Wreckage" by Steve Walsh 

It's about a heavy drinker coping with wiping out a little boy on a road.
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I think one of the saddest songs ever, prog or otherwise is Alan Parson's Project - Old and Wise.  That would have to be my number 1.  Others in the top 5 would be:
 
King Crimson - Starless
Tony Banks - Somebody Else's Dream
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Ant Phillips - Master of Time
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Opeth - Deliverance Cry
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Well, a song I feel I have to mention is Neverland by Marillion. It's from Marbles, but also available on the free Crash Course sampler from www.marillion.com 
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Someone Else by Queensryche
Space-Dye Vest by DT
Heartattack in a Layby by PT
And The Road Goes On by Fates Warning
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Islands - King Crimson
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1. Sugar Mice - Marillion

2. Hope Leaves - Opeth
 
3. Feel So Low - Porcupine Tree
 
...off the top of my head
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Pain of Salvation- Trace of Blood, easily the sadest song I've ever heard 
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Originally posted by Hanke666 Hanke666 wrote:

Well, a song I feel I have to mention is Neverland by Marillion. It's from Marbles, but also available on the free Crash Course sampler from www.marillion.com 


Neverland is beautiful

For me,

1. Song Of Seven - Jon Anderson
2. Ocean Cloud - Marillion
3. Feel So Low - Porcupine Tree
4. Animation - Jon Anderson
5. Jon & Vangelis - Deborah
6. Genesis - Mad Man Moon
7. This Strange Engine - Marillion
8. Genesis - Time Table
9. Maudlin Of The Well - Geography
10. Turn Of The Century - Yes
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^Interesting, I wouldnt have thought of Geography as a sad song.
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^might just be me, but the chorus vocals and lyrics always sound and feel pretty sad to me.
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1. Throw Down the Sword - Wishbone Ash
2. Goodbye-Farewell-Adieu - Gnidrolog
3. Same Dreams - Gnidrolog
 
Gnidrolog has a ton of sad songs indeed.
 
MY MUVVAH GAVE ME A KNIFE, FOW CHWISMAS
MY MUVVAH GAVE ME AN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE WITH A NUCLEAR WARHEAD AND USA ON THE SIDE OF IT AND COCA COLA IN BRACKETS FOR CHRISTMAS
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Originally posted by Blowin Free Blowin Free wrote:

1. Throw Down the Sword - Wishbone Ash
2. Goodbye-Farewell-Adieu - Gnidrolog
3. Same Dreams - Gnidrolog
 
Gnidrolog has a ton of sad songs indeed.
 
MY MUVVAH GAVE ME A KNIFE, FOW CHWISMAS
MY MUVVAH GAVE ME AN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE WITH A NUCLEAR WARHEAD AND USA ON THE SIDE OF IT AND COCA COLA IN BRACKETS FOR CHRISTMAS

The chorus of "Ship" always makes me shiver. 
I've only been able to get my hands on Lady Lake so far though.
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Lather by Jefferson Airplane; about a mentally challenged man who realized on his 30th birthday he's no longer young because his parent took away all of his toys.

Tata Ko. i Mama Spo. by Korni Grupa; about a father and his daughter which cries and want to spend more time with him but he can't because after divorce he's aloud too see her only on Sundays.
Percussion, sir!
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