Songs you like by bands you don't...
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Topic: Songs you like by bands you don't...
Posted By: Disconnect
Subject: Songs you like by bands you don't...
Date Posted: May 03 2025 at 05:38
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...within the prog-verse, naturally. I'll kick things off: The Glass Prison - Dream Theater Definitely not a fan of DT, however that track is really powerful from a composition/execution standpoint - and lyrically hits home. here's another: Dogs - Pink Floyd I really do not like Pink Floyd at all - no need for me to elaborate on the 'why'. Gilmour's guitar work throughout all 17 minutes of 'Dogs' is his finest recorded studio work with the band, IMHO. ------------- "My own response to King Crimson is one of quiet terror." - Robert Fripp |
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Posted By: ThyroidGlands
Date Posted: May 03 2025 at 09:08
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Song Within a Song - Camel ------------- You don't know nothin' You don't know nothin' about You don't know nothin' You don't know nothin' at all |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 03 2025 at 23:15
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Opeth - Sorceress |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 04 2025 at 03:15
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 04 2025 at 05:04
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I was about to say ELP’s Tarkus as it is the sole track of their’s I still purposely seek out and listen to…but I have a soft spot for some of Greg Lake’s ballads as well as loving 75% of the track Trilogy. I used to love Van Damme Generator - really did - but man those vocals haven’t aged well to these ears. I still listen to and love My Room (Waiting For Wonderland). Used to dig a bit of Dream Theater as well, but the only track I really like these days is Octavarium. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Criswell
Date Posted: May 04 2025 at 11:48
| Distant Early Warning - Rush |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 04 2025 at 18:19
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I'd probably not say I don't like Roxy Music, but much of them doesn't connect with me, but Bogus Man & Oh Yeah do. With Steely Dan it's similar, but Aja I love. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: May 04 2025 at 18:35
For Roxy Music, it's "In Every Dream Home A Heartache" (from For Your Pleasure). For Steely Dan, it's "Do It Again" (from Can't Buy A Thrill). ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Lewian wrote:Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 05 2025 at 01:55
I often struggle with all the weak (or rock opera) vocals all over most second tier Prog, so there's quite a few of those sole instrumentals on an album with unappealing vocals that would qualify, but I can't remember any of them right now, except for: Alusa Fallax - Soliloquio & Vinegar - Fleisch I've also got: Alphataurus - La Mente Vola New Trolls Atomic System* - La Nuova Predica Di Padre O'Brien Warm Dust - Blood Of My Fathers Accolade - Cross Continental Pandemonium Theatre Company I.D Company - Bum Bum -and as far as I'm aware of, I only enjoy Agalloch's - The White EP. *Silliest band name in prog? |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 05 2025 at 05:34
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 05 2025 at 06:41
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"Living in the Past" by Jethro Tull "Carry on My Wayward Son" by Kansas "Palm Trees" by Steve Hillage "Light My Fire" and "Riders in the Storm" by The Doors "Hurricane" by Bob Dylan "Garden of Dreams" and "I Am the Sun, Pt. 2" by The Flower Kings "A Suite for Everyman" by Echolyn "Ryker Skies" by IQ "Fohat Digs Holes in Space" and "Isle of Everywhere" from Gong only about half a dozen songs from the entire David Bowie discography "Father Cannot Yell" from Can ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 05 2025 at 08:50
Not prog but I strongly agree with this one. Bob Dylan's singing tends to drive me up the wall, but this one is really great. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 06 2025 at 02:05
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Posted By: Gnik Nosmirc
Date Posted: May 06 2025 at 10:40
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Pretty much anything in Sgt. Pepper. I don't like the Beatles, even Abbey Road or Revolver, but this album is amazing. ------------- Eclectic/RIO/RPI/Canterbury |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: May 06 2025 at 15:01
Interestingly enough I love Frequency but find Ryker Skies to be the weakest track on the album  |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 07 2025 at 03:04
For me that would be the The Province which sounds like another Suppers Ready rip off (The Apocalypse section mainly) although it's still good. |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: May 08 2025 at 01:25
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Odd....I really don't listen to much music by bands I don't like! Life is too short! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 08 2025 at 06:05
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I'm generally not big on Mahavishnu Orchestra, I used to like the band more, but I like "Pastoral". I generally have found Visions of the Emerald Beyond more palatable than the earlier albums. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 08 2025 at 08:16
| ^Yes, nice one. Like you I'm not big on them either, but I think this is one of the most beautiful and touching slices of 1970's Jazz Fusion: |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 08 2025 at 09:20
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^ I really like that too. I preferred The Inner Mounting Flame to Birds of Fire when I listened to the band more. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |