Songs that make you proud to be a proggie

It is not pride that I feel for progressive music; rather, it is the inherent superiority I have over those poor sods who listen to lesser and decidedly inferior musical genres. If they were holding tin cups, I would gladly toss in a nickel. 

The obvious angle is songs that might be appreciated by non proggies but still very proggie sounding.

I love prog and I'm happy I do, but I don't know why should I feel proud about it. Prog gives me wonderful experiences but it also makes my life more difficult in some respects, and as somebody said I didn't actually do or achieve anything myself by liking prog. I have written some music (in prog style of course) but it's not that good as to feel proud about it. And me and some friends used to play prog covers and had lots of fun and enjoyment but I do not play good enough to feel really proud of that either.

Edited by Gerinski - August 27 2011 at 11:14

1. Musical Box
2. Close to the Edge
3. Shine on You Crazy Diamond
4. Trilogy
5. Miracles Out of Nowhere

Plus hundreds more

No, more songs that you play proudly to your friends, even if they don't understand it.

richardh wrote: The obvious angle is songs that might be appreciated by non proggies but still very proggie sounding. Perhaps: Solsbury Hill Northern Lights Fanfare For The Common Man Wonderous Stories Paranoid Android   yep they were all 'hits' but still display the genre in a positive light imo.

As to what songs make me 'thankful' or 'grateful', the list is too long and I have a tendency to go overboard in posting videos.

It’s about time somebody made a song called It Makes a Fellow Proud to be a Proggie. It could start like this:

The heart of every prog rock fan must surely swell with pride
For our self-indulgent heroes who are loathed far and wide
For the fascinating quirks and idosyncracies they share
and the quaint and curious costumes that they always seem to wear

You can all contribute. For inspiration, see this:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/It-Makes-A-Fellow-Proud-To-Be-A-Soldier-lyrics-Tom-Lehrer/14FA43B42A7FA52948256A7D0025055F

The entirety of Thick As A Brick. 

It was just a bit of fun. 

Back on topic: I’m generally not proud of liking a certain kind of music, still I’ve had one experience that sort of fits in here. A friend of mine was in Italy when he sent me an SMS. He was obviously discussing music with a friend, so he asked me if i knew King Crimson’s Red. I answered that I knew it very well and that Starless is one of my favourite songs ever. Then he replied that his friend thought I had good taste in music. That made me feel … proud or something. I guess this person – whom I had never met – was Italian, which explains a lot, of course. I once met an Italian woman who had taught herself English by studying Genesis lyrics.