Prog Epics from the DARK AGES (the 80s)
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Topic: Prog Epics from the DARK AGES (the 80s)
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Subject: Prog Epics from the DARK AGES (the 80s)
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 06:41
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MULTIPLE VOTES ALLOWED MULTIPLE VOTES ENCOURAGED (I think I have this one set up properly so it can proceed more smoothly than the previous one.  )------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 06:44
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80s being called "dark ages" is so funny. I like few of these, should I vote for those?  edit - having a better look here, there still are 5-6 songs I enjoy, it's still a tough choice.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 06:52
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Twelfth Night IQ SBB Kate Bush Mother Gong Pallas ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 06:57
| I only know a few of these but I don't need to look past The Ninth Wave. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 06:59
Awesome song ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
chopper wrote:Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 07:13
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Mr. Phillips and Ms. Bush. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 07:42
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Letting my avant flag fly, great decade for panheads, voted for:- Eskaton Univers Zero Present Shub-Niggurath ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 07:46
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Solaris Twelfth Night IQ
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 08:11
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I know lots of 80s music but I'm not that strong on the prog side. Kate Bush's Ninth Wave is outstanding, but I can also vote for Eskaton and Univers Zero, and I do like the Propaganda track (and vote it) despite not being prog in my ears. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 08:24
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Unleash the Hounds of Love! I'm voting for Kate Bush again, seeing as it's the only epic I know in this poll.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 08:26
And what an incredible epic track it is...  ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 08:37
I just noticed Propaganda's Dream Within a Dream is in the poll too, so that doubles up the number of prog epics I know from the Dark Ages.
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 09:22
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Solaris ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 09:25
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The Enemy Smacks all the other tracks in the poll. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 10:12
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I’ve voted for Kate and Frankie. And I’d love to know who the others are who’ve voted for Welcome to the Pleasuredome. Come on now, don’t be shy! If I can admit to loving this song, so can you. Don’t be hiding behind the anonymity of a vote! 😜😜 ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 10:25
I put it up there cuz I've always loved it. Having Steve Howe on board and Trevor Horn in the producer's seat sealed the deal for me back when it came out. Then to see it performed live at Trevor's 2004 celebration with Steve on stage (along with so many other prog artists): Heaven! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 10:41
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I have to almost go all Psychedelic and say that I don't know any of these, however, I just listened to the Mother Gong song earlier this week, so I can check that off. There are 5 or 6 more on the list that I am pretty sure that I have heard, as I own them, but couldn't tell you what they sounded like without re-listening to them. ------------- 
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 11:16
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Voted for Pat Metheny and Anthony Phillips. ------------- 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: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 11:20
The album is a more patchy affair, and actually a little disappointing, coming off the strength of the singles. But the title track is immense. Trevor Horn’s hands are definitely all over the album. Some of it works well, and some of it not so well. But when it works, it’s pretty damn good. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 11:22
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My first option was Twelfth Night, "We Are Sane" it´s really Epic and energetic, cant choose between this song or "Sequences", love the live versions of both songs. Second option another neo group, IQ, really love that song. Thrid Option Univers Zero, what a band!!! Really love Propaganda, the german synth -Euro - pop - experimental - dance combo, very unique.
Kate Bush another great option |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 11:26
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The SBB, Solaris, Shub-Niggurath, and Metheny & Mays are all outstanding tracks. I would also add Iron Maiden's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (1984), Supertramp's "Brother Where You Bound" (1985), Talk Talk's "The Rainbow / Eden / Desire" (1988), and Phish's "The Divided Sky" (1989). All phenomenal works imo. ------------- 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: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 11:33
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Shubby-dubby ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Umeda
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 11:52
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This poll is missing Brother Where You Bound. Voted for Kate Bush !
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 12:22
I completely missed the SBB track! 😱 I’ve made right that mistake, and now given it a vote. Thanks for pointing that out! 😉👍🏻 ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 12:33
| "Marsibéli Krónikák I-VI" Solaris |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 12:58
| It has to be Anthony Phillips for me. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 13:19
Great minds think alike! I LOVE that Frankie song to pieces, and I'm proud to admit I voted for it. As a matter of fact, I strongly disagree with those who believe the Eighties were a bad decade for music - progressive or otherwise. Then again, I told you I was odd ...Like you, I also voted for Kate, one of my all-time favourite artists. I also endorse the mention of "Brother Where You Bound" (from one of Supertramp's best albums), and the Talk Talk and Iron Maiden songs. The Avant stuff goes without saying.
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 13:27
I only had 25 slots! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 13:32
| Just to be incredibly pedantic, the Yezda Urfa song was recorded around 1976 I think (as was the entirety of Sacred Baboon), and released in 1989. Great track to include though! |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 15:00
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Many awesome choices, BrufordFreak, especially Twelfth Night, IQ and Solaris. Curiously, why "Sphinx Lightning" and not the much more highly regarded "Mojave Plan" from White Eagle? ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 15:39
I KNOW! And yet it's included on PA's Top Albums list for 1989! I, too, think it unfair and misleading but, what's a consumer to do? ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 15:41
Because I don't know White Eagle and LOVE Hyperborea!------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 15:53
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Wonderful selection put up here! I'm going with IQ and Twelfth Night, and both for the fact they're simply mentioned here and because I really like their music very much: Flairck - especially some live versions of Gevecht met de engel are very impressive... If Flairck wasn't there, I would have voted for Frankie Goes to Hollywood - what a wonderful album they made, back then! ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 10 2021 at 17:23
Go listen to Side A ("Mojave Plan") ASAP...prepare to be blown away!  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 11 2021 at 00:06
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This poll reminded me I need to check out more Kate Bush. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: March 11 2021 at 00:10
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SBB ------------- 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: March 11 2021 at 00:28
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Propaganda, Shub and Frankie are good, but not yet on par with the great classics. I voted for IQ and Kate Bush here. ------------- 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 11 2021 at 00:57
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Ninth Wave A Dream Within A Dream ( a few 'proggies' involved in that one!) Sphinx Lightning (totally ignored TD album so very pleased to see this included in the poll although the Edgar Froese solo album of around that time has an even better track called 'Pinnacles' , check it out!)
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 11 2021 at 10:47
Correct! And you no doubt voted for it in Paul's poll the other day, like moi.  And the title track of Hyperborea is flat-out amazing.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 11 2021 at 11:30
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Fan of Pat Metheny ,but there are some other nice ones there ....Bush, IQ, etc.... er...'Frankie Goes To Hollywood'......wtf? ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: March 11 2021 at 11:46
I find it highly amusing how many votes it has received, albeit most seem to be anonymous. Welcome back, my friends, to the Pleasuredome that never ends..... ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 11 2021 at 12:11
I actually had to look them up on Wiki.....over the years I have not paid much attention to pop bands and wasn't even familiar with what they sounded like though I was aware of the name.  ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: March 11 2021 at 12:12
Totally understandable!! Just wanted to mention my other favorite 80s epics that weren't present. ------------- 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: Lewian
Date Posted: March 11 2021 at 13:17
Seconded!
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: March 11 2021 at 14:24