Prog songs that were never played live

Recently I wondered if Vangelis ever performed any of the Blade Runner tracks live, and I couldn't find any mention of it. Very strange in my book. If I had done the score, I'd have flogged it into the ground; I'd still be doing Blade Runner tours. Yet he'll do Chariots of Fire endlessly. Did he ever get how much people love Blade Runner? Maybe working with Ridley Scott left a bad taste in his mouth? I don't know the story there, but if ever a film soundtrack (let alone a brilliant one like Blade Runner) was mismanaged by the artist himself to the point of incompetency, surely this was the one. The Vesper edition is still obligatory, for the key tracks that still haven't been released by Vangelis yet.

Edited by jude111 - March 19 2013 at 18:13

I dont know, but i would bet Crimson have never attempted "The Devil's Triangle" live.

Edited by tamijo - March 20 2013 at 03:34

Originally posted by richardh [QUOTE=jude111]On rare occasions that I ever converse with people on music and Vangelis pops into the conversation its actually the Albedo and Heaven and Hell albums that are well remembered. Blade Runner has gathered some momentum thanks to the film but I'm not convinced its the potential commercial cash cow you are suggesting. Its actually a very bitty soundtrack compared to Chariots Of Fire (original release with the suite on side two not the recent reissue) or the series of soundtracks he did with a French film maker in the seventies (Apocalypse Des Animaux , Le Fate Sauvage  etc). There is certainly a love for that film though which I share.

Maybe you're right. It's more of a cult favorite perhaps. I've found that people who love Vangelis point to albums like the ones you mentioned, while there are others (like me) who are more into the film and its music than anything else Vangelis did. (It does seem so unlike everything else he's done, although one can find individual tracks that are similar, such as those first two tracks on The City, and Abraham's Theme from Chariots.)

Believe it or not, alot of the early dubstep artists were influenced by the the film and its score. Makes sense if you consider that dubstep was originally pretty dark and painted images of dystopic urban landscapes. (In an interview, Burial mentioned that he's obsessed by the scene where Deckard is sitting eating in the rain; but he went on to say that overall he's not nearly as obsessed by that film as many other dubstep artists are, preferring Alien and Aliens instead.)

Edited by jude111 - March 20 2013 at 15:22

Watercolour Days was never played 'live' by Clouds, in fact, most of the Clouds recordings were never played 'live'. Because of recording techniques and overdubbing, this must apply to an awful lot of tracks that bands played on record only.

- Big Big Train haven't played a single concert in a long while, so pretty much all their best material hasn't been played live.

Originally posted by fusaka - Big Big Train haven't played a single concert in a long while, so pretty much all their best material hasn't been played live. - IQ has played everything off their official albums since Ever, apart from Shooting Angels on The Seventh House (not their best track, so no big loss).

Originally posted by HemispheresOfXanadu That's actually more difficult than I thought. Umm... Rush's Rivendell, maybe? I thought Tool would have a few, but I can't find any--hell, I think they've even played Intermission.

Rush has never played Losing It live and  I don't believe they've played Nocturne live either


Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - March 21 2013 at 19:37

Have Gentle Giant performed Dog's Life live?  I don't know of any disc, at least, with that one.

Originally posted by Jbird Originally posted by rushfan4 I don't know if Rush ever did The Necromancer or The Fountain of Lamneth live.  Neither of these songs show up on any of their live albums but maybe they played them live back in the day.  My go to answer for this question used to be The Camera Eye, since they had never played that live before, but that was taken care of with their recent playing the entire Moving Pictures live tour. I saw Rush in 1981 at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. It was the very first date on their Moving Pictures tour, and they certainly played The Camera Eye during the show. They had visuals for the song, too. The only song they didn't play from Moving Pictures that concert was Witch Hunt.

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