Prog Songs In Obscure Pop Albums
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Topic: Prog Songs In Obscure Pop Albums
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Subject: Prog Songs In Obscure Pop Albums
Date Posted: July 08 2013 at 05:38
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: July 08 2013 at 05:44
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Hmmm.... Its Prog Jim but not as we know it.... ------------- 
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: July 08 2013 at 05:54
Yep. Something of paradoxical in the question 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: July 08 2013 at 06:10
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I always thought Toyah was prog related but no one will agree Listen to the odd time changes here and proggy music and themes... Just as Prog as Tori Amos or Bjork and and -------------
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: July 08 2013 at 08:59
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Of course Toyah is prog ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64VGyoIyBgc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64VGyoIyBgc
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 09 2013 at 01:10
| Canadian folkie/singer/songwriter (but much more than that, really) Bruce Cockburn, amazing guitarist/lyricist no doubt, has an album from 1983 'The Trouble With Normal'. There is a near-8min piece called 'Hoop Dancer'. I always think he had a strong Prog potential whenever I hear this song. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 09 2013 at 01:30
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not obscure but always considered this to be full blown prog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEpX5NQSEz0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEpX5NQSEz0
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: July 09 2013 at 01:46
| Yep :! Numan, John Foxx, Colin Newman .... No need to use a thousand notes to create a prog melody. |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: July 09 2013 at 05:18
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Eight Seconds were a Canadian one-hit-wonder from the '80s. Their hit was a typical '80s style pop/rock tune called "Kiss You When It's Dangerous". This instrumental is the last song from the same album; keep in mind this came out in 1986!
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: July 09 2013 at 06:21
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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band do NOT belong on PA but they did throwout some bona fide Proggy gems down the years: (and I suspect that Alex would have redecorated anyone's cranium walls if you had suggested these were Prog) ------------- 
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Posted By: maani
Date Posted: July 10 2013 at 18:36
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There is an album by The Mark and clark Band, two identical twins who play piano. Most of the album is straightforward pop. However, there is one piece, called Worn-Down Piano, that is "proggy" in certain ways. I am sure you can find the video (which is animated) on YouTube. Peace. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: July 10 2013 at 19:16
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http://bitipatibi.bandcamp.com/album/bitipatibi-le-nici-divlji-14-februar-2013" rel="nofollow - http://bitipatibi.bandcamp.com/album/bitipatibi-le-nici-divlji-14-februar-2013
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 10 2013 at 19:27
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None other than "Weird Al" Yankovic had a Frank Zappa pastiche on one of his albums (Poodle Hat, I think), called "Genius in France" that is a note-perfect exercise in creating Zappa music. Very clever of him, I thought. Also on the Zappa continuum, Winnipeg's The Guess Who had a 7 minute song on a fairly obscure 1974 album (Flavours) called "Long Gone" which sounds a lot like prog rock to me. It actually incorporates a melody that sounds almost exactly like a passage from Zappa's "Adventures of Greggary Peccary" -- BEFORE Zappa's song was ever released. Not that I'm implying any connection... but it's also worth mentioning that album has a song on it called "Dancin' Fool" -- predating Frank's song. Genius in France: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VuiBBX6aZA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VuiBBX6aZA Long Gone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED7eK7o1Qqg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED7eK7o1Qqg
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Posted By: AreYouHuman
Date Posted: July 10 2013 at 23:08
I haven't heard Long Gone in ages but it's stuck with me and I'd agree it's prog-leaning. Goin' a Little Crazy from "So Long Bannatyne" goes there too, with its multiple musical changes. |
HolyMoly wrote:Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: July 11 2013 at 01:21
Domino on Invisible touch.  ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 11 2013 at 14:09
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 11 2013 at 14:15
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Keith Emerson played on this Rod Stewart track (some definite proggy moments) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgW7xs7r_GM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgW7xs7r_GM
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