Songs from non-prog bands
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Topic: Songs from non-prog bands
Posted By: TiddK
Subject: Songs from non-prog bands
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 09:09
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This is the first post this noob has begun, so please Mods - if it's in the wrong place, move it where it should be. My theme is (sorry if this has been done before...) songs you think are properly progressive, but done by a band or artist you wouldn't normally class as "prog". Up to 3 songs at one go? I'll kick this off with The 'Orrible 'Oo, as Keith Moon dubbed them. aka The Who. I've got two songs: 1. Baba O'Riley (from Who's Next) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KRpRMSu4g" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KRpRMSu4g 2. Underture (from Tommy - this sounds like a remix?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgrd-O7pw5U" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgrd-O7pw5U
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Posted By: DarkTower
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 10:47
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A few songs: Achilles Last Stand by Led Zeppelin Marylin by Offenbach Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding by Elton John Germaine by Garolou Estranged by Gun's and Roses |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 10:58
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Terrapin Station - Grateful Dead In Memory of Elisabeth Reed - Allman Brothers Great Expectations - Toto (The middle section at least) I think there are a lot of Who & Zeppelin songs that you could name also.
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 11:28
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Donovan - Breezes of Patchouli Thomas Dolby - One of Our Submarines Grateful Dead - Unbroken Chain ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: sidc58
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 11:38
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1. Architecture and Morality by O.M.D. 2. Genetix by The Stranglers 3. Western Promise by Ultravox ------------- "Why, she's no fun, she fell right over".--Nick Danger (Third Eye) |
Posted By: TiddK
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 12:36
| I certainly wasn't surprised to see Grateful Dead, Thomas Dolby, OMD, and Led Zeppelin here. Perhaps I was a bit by Donovan, but then thinking about it so many of his singles were mould-breakers - Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gurdy Man, Barabajagal, etc. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 14:03
Another mold breaker is my Donovan prog choice, "Breezes of Patchouli". Recorded in the first half of '66 for the Sunshine Superman album, it didn't make the cut and has only appeared on compilations or extended reissues. It features a mellotron and was recorded around the same time the Beatles first use of the tron by John on Tomorrow Never Knows. Since Donovan was hanging around with The Beatles I wonder who had the idea to use the tron first, Donovan or John  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPHDrT-OvFU" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPHDrT-OvFU
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TiddK wrote:Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 14:40
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Alice Cooper, "Halo of Flies" is always my favorite for this category! "This Kids" by UFO is another good one (Mellotron by Leo Lyons). ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 14:42
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Siberian Breaks and Metatonia from MGMT might be good examples? They get rejected for inclusion on here enough as it is! |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 15:07
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Animal collective : Alvin row https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvnGlY41cmE Fiery furnaces: blueberry boat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLI-uADABIQ |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 16:38
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Awsome experimental band, now already around for quite some time... something of a misuse of this thread because indeed they're not listed here but I'd think they're progressive and would fit into RIO night and day. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 17:07
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Another wonderful band not listed here, sometimes more and sometimes less proggy. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 17:31
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Marius Popp "Inscriptie" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbCgXSenFhk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbCgXSenFhk Matt Berry "The Pheasant" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f_3iqHpnVM" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f_3iqHpnVM Matt Berry "Solstice" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f_3iqHpnVM" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f_3iqHpnVM That was my three, but there's also lots of great JRF such as Janko Nilovic's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV2TAiiMe2c" rel="nofollow - Underground Session and Donald Byrd's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI6o6nAJiMw" rel="nofollow - Estavanico . ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: sidc58
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 21:28
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Hugh Cornwall: Irate Catepillar Levitation (former members of Cardiacs and House of Love): Arcs of Light and Dew https://youtu.be/U25sTr4FoDY" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/U25sTr4FoDY Andy Rinehart: Pedal up (with Mick Karn) https://youtu.be/tGywtiVjndA" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/tGywtiVjndA ------------- "Why, she's no fun, she fell right over".--Nick Danger (Third Eye) |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 21:58
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Risto: Turvaluola https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a_810LiKf4" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a_810LiKf4
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 22:01
| Alice Cooper´s prog songs I really prefer Unfinished Sweet. Also Second Coming & Ballad Of Dwight Fry creates great continuation in Love It To Death. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 23:26
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Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen Love is Like Oxygen (full length version) by Sweet East-West by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band A Lincolnshire Posey... by Home Service ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Chaser
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 01:21
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I was very into Indie music in the 90's and a little known band that I think were excellent was New Fast Automatic Daffodils and especially their album "Body Exit Mind" (but Pigeonholed is also excellent) Whether it could be considered "progressive" would be an open question, but I thought they were excellent and it is amongst non-prog that I will still readily listen to. ------------- Songs cast a light on you |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 02:26
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Some of the album Sleepwalking, by Gerry Rafferty is pretty progressive, such as Standing at the Gates. And it's incredible. Some of the Celtic Rock bands stray into progressive folk territory (Wolfstone - The Howl, Runrig - A Day in a Boat, Capercaillie - some of Secret People). ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: TiddK
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 02:33
Apparently Sunshine Superman (a real early psychedelia track) was held off for release for many months. It was actually recorded BEFORE "Revolver" but didn't get issued until some time after. My guess as an answer to your question is that Donovan could quite easily have had the idea first.
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Posted By: TiddK
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 02:40
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@cstack3 @mortte I entirely agree about Alice! I've always thought Halo Of Flies was a progressive masterpiece (listened to it twice the last few days  ). As for Second Coming, I always thought that was a highly underrated song, and Dwight Fry is truly terrifying! (in a good way...)@Hercules I also agree about the Celtic rock bands. I've always loved the Afro-Celts (seen them live a couple of times - thoroughly recommended), and at Cambridge one time was an artist called Martin Bennett who fused Celtic folk with a rhythm section that was hard-core techno .. you wouldn't think it could possibly work but in a strange way, it did, after I'd made sure I was standing a long way back.
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 06:35
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Boston - Foreplay to me sounds prog-ish. ------------- Bez pierdolenia sygnał zerwie, to w realia wychodź w hełmie! |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 11:12
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Shpongle - "Dorset Perception" Shpongle - "Around the World in a Tea Daze"
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 11:22
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The Guess Who - "Goin' a Little Crazy" Silverchair - "Across the Night" and "Tuna in the Brine" Toto - "Hydra" Ween - "The Argus"Stevie Wonder - "Contusion" ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 11:27
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Alice Cooper Ballad of Dwight Frye dada Puzzle Angel Tower Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Deja Vu McKendree Spring God Bless the Conspiracy
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 13:22
And although he hadn't yet used it on an album himself, Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues, who would become popular music's leading practitioner of the mellotron, is the one who introduced Lennon to the instrument.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 13:29
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To me, Mark Fry's "The Witch" off 1972's Dreaming With Alice is Progressive Psychedelic Folk. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 13:44
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-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 14:01
| ^Really great song and yes, it got some prog feeling like some other SAHB-songs. |
Posted By: frosty
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 17:45
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A sadly missed band Remember Remember recorded the brilliant song John Candy. More ideas in this one track than many bands have in their entire career, and never considered as prog. https://youtu.be/xgPmYQ6MiD4 Well worth hunting their back catalogue out.
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: August 10 2018 at 20:31
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A rather prog-ish, and downright awesome entry from none other than Mr. Mellow, Cat Stevens 18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIWRiBsj9Lo" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIWRiBsj9Lo |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: August 11 2018 at 02:53
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Billy Joel has had some great prog-ish songs from over the years, including Captain Jack (1973), Prelude / Angry Young Man (1976), and my personal favourite, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant (1977). ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: Cag71
Date Posted: August 11 2018 at 05:18
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Karat - Der Albatros. Powerful and majestic, just like an albatross. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dMEkaMzp80
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: August 11 2018 at 09:47
Thanks you! AC had some real powerhouse talent with Dennis Dunaway and Mike Bruce! I think that they really helped to define the Prog idiom, with elaborate stage sets (they were one of the first), long compositions and interesting/unconventional instrumentation. ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: TiddK
Date Posted: August 11 2018 at 12:43
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@BaldJean I've always really loved The Faith Healer, but hadn't thought it was prog ... but actually I think you're right! (How do people get their videos displayed in the post? All I seem able to do is add a hyperlink.)
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 11 2018 at 12:59
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"Achilles Last Stand" has already been mentioned, but add... Kashmir No Quarter Ten Years Gone And throw in Prog Blues: In My Time of Dying When the Levee Breaks Nobody's Fault But Mine ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 11 2018 at 15:15
^ "In the Light" could work too.
Quoting posts with video helps as you can see the code. To use the Morricone video as an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjzHh1WSNpI You only want the unique identifier letter/number combo after v=, so just tjzHh1WSNpI You then add tube tags to it, so, and I have to break this with spaces to show it without it becoming embedded it is: [tube ]tjzHh1WSNpI [/ tube] If you do that without the spaces, it becomes embedded: That said, one shouldn't overdo it with video embeds (I've been guilty of this). Lots in a post or on a page will cause some browsers to crash, seize, not load. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: August 11 2018 at 15:49
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Faith Healer! Yes! Also Roy Buchanan "You're Not Alone" Elton John "Four Moods" off of "Friends," actually composed by Paul Buckmaster Colourbox "Just Give 'Em Whiskey" The Church just about anything off of "Sometime Anywhere" The Toll "Jonathan Toledo" Glass Harp "Can You See Me" and "Whatever Life Demands" ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 11 2018 at 22:01
I read the other day that Lennon ordered a Mellotron after hearing one on The Silkie's version of "You've got to hide your love away", which he produced.
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: August 11 2018 at 23:59
| Ten Years After has quite prog feeling in their "Watt" & "a Space In Time" -albums. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 12 2018 at 09:46
Agreed. I also consider Alvin Lee's treatment of Al Kooper's "I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes" to be proggy. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 12 2018 at 11:29
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^ A great track from TYA.....always liked their stuff....but for me Cricklewood Green has some nice prog related tracks going on....and my favorite studio lp by them.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 12 2018 at 12:42
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Foreigner Suite - Cat Stevens -------------  
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 14 2018 at 16:04
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My step son has recently discovered Ghost, and both Miasma and Helvetesfonster have strong hints of prog. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 14 2018 at 16:40
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------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Cag71
Date Posted: August 16 2018 at 04:01
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My copy of 'Infermal' has just been shipped by Just For Kicks... can't wait! :D |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 19:05
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This is probably too progressive for PA (and too lo-fi) but anyway, who said there wasn't any innovative music in the eighties? |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 19:08
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Somewhat easier digestible but a great song with clear prog influence: |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 19:20
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More supercool eighties music by a non-prog band that would do this site proud. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 22 2018 at 19:34
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Progressive music from the eighties vol. 4... OK, not your typical prog rock fare but hard to ignore. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 23 2018 at 04:02
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Posted By: Prog-Brazil
Date Posted: September 07 2018 at 19:45
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: September 07 2018 at 23:24
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Heard this from the radio not long ago, I think it´s the greatest Lennon solo track, really shame the whole Walls & Bridges is not as great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LbUjuG2uYo
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 08 2018 at 10:26
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There are quite a few by XTC that seem proggy to me....certainly this qualifies as prog folk....etc... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: September 08 2018 at 10:45
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^ River of Orchids gets close. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: close to the ledge
Date Posted: September 12 2018 at 15:35
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always thought this sounded like Yes |
Posted By: Brentford Griffin
Date Posted: September 18 2018 at 16:21
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1st class prog from new order Elegia ------------- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 20 2018 at 12:26
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Deeper and Deeper (very proggy towards the end) - The Fixx Parts of 1970's Jesus Christ Superstar album (which included Quatermass bassist John Gustafson as Simon Zealotes). ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: tribalfusions
Date Posted: September 22 2018 at 10:40
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Big Wreck and their Skybunk Marche' |