Top prog-rock love songs

I don't remember enough prog love songs to arrange them into a top 3 

I'd say The Cinema Show is a meditation on love, not really a "love song" but close. And it's also one my all time favourite songs. And, incidentally, I'm listening to it right now.

And You And I

I really would struggle to think of ten, but I would definitely go for:

Yes - Turn of the Century. This still remains, to me, the ultimate expression of love ever committed to any form of musical recording.

Barclay James Harvest - Waiting for the Right Time. An eloquent expression of the pain involved with love.

Fish - Arc of the Curve. Exceptional from the big man, expressing his pain at the breakup of the relationship with Heather Findlay.

Marillion - Kayleigh. A great old fashioned love song, that also sold shedloads

Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Know. Utterly beautiful expression of love.

Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes. That last, almost desperate, attempt to reconstruct the reason why you fell in love with the women who you are about to leave

Peter Gabriel - I Grive. Just how much your love for a friend can cause you to write such an incredible eulogy.

There are just a few. I might think of more when I get a bit more time..

lazland wrote: I really would struggle to think of ten, but I would definitely go for: Yes - Turn of the Century. This still remains, to me, the ultimate expression of love ever committed to any form of musical recording. Barclay James Harvest - Waiting for the Right Time. An eloquent expression of the pain involved with love. Fish - Arc of the Curve. Exceptional from the big man, expressing his pain at the breakup of the relationship with Heather Findlay. Marillion - Kayleigh. A great old fashioned love song, that also sold shedloads Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Know. Utterly beautiful expression of love. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes. That last, almost desperate, attempt to reconstruct the reason why you fell in love with the women who you are about to leave Peter Gabriel - I Grive. Just how much your love for a friend can cause you to write such an incredible eulogy. There are just a few. I might think of more when I get a bit more time..

Great call on the Fish song.  That is a fantastic album in general that gets very little mention.

"You / I" by Riverside also comes to mind
"Space Dye Vest" by Dream Theater also is a great one, in my mind it's all about breaking up.

"The Meeting" by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe however gets the award for most beautiful love song.

Good call on Yes' Turn of the Century - that is a spectacular choice!

ELP had some great ones: Still...You Turn Me On, C'est La Vie, and the first part of Trilogy.

Aren't Suppers Ready and Metropolis Pt. 1 about love?

Onward by Yes is another nice one, and so is Fire at Midnight by Jethro Tull.

Jethro Tull - Fire at Midnight

Peter Hammill:

Lost, Out Of My Book, Again, This Side Of The Looking Glass, Vision, If I Could... all quite incredible.



And Matching Mole's Signed Curtain (I think that's the name).

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And for those mentioning Peter Gabriel, I personally think his best love songs are mostly off Us (I mean, Come Talk To Me, Blood Of Eden, Secret World... as far as the first two qualify as love songs)


Edited by TGM: Orb - January 25 2010 at 08:21

Roland113 wrote: lazland wrote: I really would struggle to think of ten, but I would definitely go for: Yes - Turn of the Century. This still remains, to me, the ultimate expression of love ever committed to any form of musical recording. Barclay James Harvest - Waiting for the Right Time. An eloquent expression of the pain involved with love. Fish - Arc of the Curve. Exceptional from the big man, expressing his pain at the breakup of the relationship with Heather Findlay. Marillion - Kayleigh. A great old fashioned love song, that also sold shedloads Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Know. Utterly beautiful expression of love. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes. That last, almost desperate, attempt to reconstruct the reason why you fell in love with the women who you are about to leave Peter Gabriel - I Grive. Just how much your love for a friend can cause you to write such an incredible eulogy. There are just a few. I might think of more when I get a bit more time.. Great call on the Fish song.  That is a fantastic album in general that gets very little mention. "You / I" by Riverside also comes to mind "Space Dye Vest" by Dream Theater also is a great one, in my mind it's all about breaking up. "The Meeting" by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe however gets the award for most beautiful love song.