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OberheimRush 
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 01:44 |
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Getting into Progressive got me to really love and appreciate the more melodic songs that tend to bring out some emotion (before I was pretty much just a straight up Rocker, and I still have that side of me).
A few of my favorites
Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues
New Horizons - The Moody Blues
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Turn of The Century - Yes
And You and I - Yes
Soon (Gates of Delirium) - Yes
Tears - Rush
The Analog Kid - Rush
Middletown Dreams - Rush
Emotion Detector - Rush
Time Stand Still - Rush
Us and Them - Pink Floyd
Entangled - Genesis
Epitaph - King Crimson
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sukmytoe
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 02:31 |
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There are just so many that I wouldn't attempt to list what they are for me - it all depends on my mood when listening. Right now a track that is sticking with me relating to emotion and melody is "That Time of the Night" Marillion off of the "Clutching at Straws" album as well as the preceding track "Warm Wet Circles". Emotion and Melody are the two aspects of music that I love a great deal and hence my love for the neo-prog side of the musical spectrum.
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Michael678
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 06:36 |
 OberheimRush wrote:
Getting into Progressive got me to really love and appreciate the more melodic songs that tend to bring out some emotion (before I was pretty much just a straight up Rocker, and I still have that side of me).
A few of my favorites
Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues
New Horizons - The Moody Blues
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Turn of The Century - Yes
And You and I - Yes
Soon (Gates of Delirium) - Yes
Tears - Rush
The Analog Kid - Rush
Middletown Dreams - Rush
Emotion Detector - Rush
Time Stand Still - Rush
Us and Them - Pink Floyd
Entangled - Genesis
Epitaph - King Crimson
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omg i love a majority of these on there, but there's also To Be Over by Yes, The Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson, Rivendell by Rush, and parts of Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond suite, to name other favorites of mine
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Olape
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 12:20 |
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The last three songs on the list thrilling me deeply and got me into melodic prog many many years ago.
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Neo-Romantic
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 12:23 |
Most if not all of my favorite tracks are determined by the level of emotional depth I perceive. Impossible to list all of them, but here's a few that come to mind most easily. Starless - King Crimson A Louse is Not a Home - Peter Hammill A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - VDGG Arrow - VDGG Scorched Earth - VDGG Blackwater Park - Opeth Isolation Years - Opeth Carpet Crawlers - Genesis Crutches - Discipline Into the Dream - Discipline Rogue - Discipline Escalator Shrine - Riverside Most if not all of Riverside's ballads, especially Deprived Learning to Live - Dream Theater Space-Dye Vest - Dream Theater
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Earthmover
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 12:25 |
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Islands is pretty moving imo
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presdoug
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 15:09 |
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there are many for me, but first coming to mind are
Triumvirat-The Deadly Dream Of Freedom
Triumvirat-Broken Mirror
Triumvirat-Mister Ten Percent suite
Wallenstein-No More Love
Libra-Words and Music
Passport-Infinity Machine
Soft Machine-Carol Anne
Edited by presdoug - August 31 2013 at 15:10
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Barbu
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 15:11 |
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Fish - A Plague of Ghosts
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 17:29 |
Off the top of my head: "As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Man's Feet)" (the final section from "Supper's Ready"); Most anything sung by Christian Vander; a lot of songs sung by Peter Hammill, e.g. "Killer"; "Fool's Overture" and "Crime of the Century" by Supertramp; "Awaken" and "Heart of the Sunrise"; Several songs touched by Anneke Van Giersbergen (e.g. "You Learn About It," "Waking Hour" anything from If_then_else); "Utopia Theme" by Todd Rundgren's Utopia; many, many songs with John McLaughlin; Everything by Astor Piazzzolo . . .
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 19:31 |
One of the most moving tracks I've heard would have to be The Flower Kings' 'Rising The Imperial'.....it just works 
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mongofa
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 19:36 |
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The Strokes
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The Pessimist
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 19:58 |
Starless Shine on you Crazy Diamond The Funeral Portrait 
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: August 31 2013 at 23:35 |
I'd have to say a short list of most emotional prog songs for me would be...
Exiles - King Crimson White Hammer - Van Der Graaf Generator Sur La Trace Des Fees - Ange Visions of Angels, Fountain of Salmacis, The Lamia, Blood on the Rooftops - Genesis Childhood's End - Marillion And You And I - Yes The Enemy Smacks, Just Changing Hands - IQ
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notesworth
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Posted: September 01 2013 at 20:53 |
Yes - Close to the Edge Yes - And You and I
Yes - The Gates of Delirium Yes - To Be Over Yes - Turn of the Century King Crimson - Starless King Crimson - Exiles Camel - Lady Fantasy Camel - Air Born Camel - Song Within a Song Camel - Echoes Genesis - Firth of Fifth Procol Harum - Homburg Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum - In the Wee Small Hours of Sixpence Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon Moody Blues - Gypsy Dream Theater - About to Crash
Among many others
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Metalmarsh89
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Posted: September 01 2013 at 21:56 |
OberheimRush wrote:
The Analog Kid - Rush
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I'm not the only one who gets that feeling from this song.  Some others I'd pick. King Crimson - Islands King Crimson - Starless Mike Oldfield - His first three albums Pink Floyd - Us and Them Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond Rush - Bravado Rush - Nobody's Hero Rush - The Garden Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing Yes - And You and I
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The Mystical
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Posted: September 02 2013 at 04:12 |
There are a lot of Yes songs that have much emotional significance to me.
Close to the Edge And You and I To Be Over The Revealing Science of God Into the Lens Wonderful Stories Turn of the Century Onward Hearts Hep Yadda Final Eyes
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I am currently digging:
Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz!
Please drop me a message with album suggestions.
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Michael678
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Posted: September 02 2013 at 06:36 |
there's also: Pink Floyd - High Hopes Rush - The Garden Yes - Awaken
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: September 02 2013 at 08:16 |
Number one at the moment is: Halo Effect - Rush
Followed by Mei - Echolyn
others: Traces - Nine Stones Close And You and I - Yes Nights in white satin - Moody Blues Speak - Queensryche Epitath - King Crimson High Hopes - Pink Floyd Tuesday Afternoon - Moody Blues Killer - VDGG The Garden - Rush
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I-Juca Pirama
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Posted: September 04 2013 at 20:02 |
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I think much of the italian prog is full of this emotion just as an example:
locanda della fate (or quella vecchia locanda, don't know italian :() - Forse le lucciole no se amano piú
Formula 3 - babina sbagliata
and the others, like:
vdgg- pilgrims
refugees
the plague of the light house...
Neal morse - the ? Album
Dream theater - the root of all evil
one last time
octavarium
king crimson - moonchild
fallen angel
and there's a very emotive song by the brazilian prog-related band 14 bis, that is carrossel. I almost go to tears every time it's played...
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MFP
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Posted: September 04 2013 at 21:37 |
Peter Hammill - A Way Out PFM - Impressioni di Settembre
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