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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by austrianprogfan austrianprogfan wrote:

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I'd go for King Crimson: the title track off their first album is the only great thing they've done.

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Ah, so contrary views are not tolerated here.
Personally, I think King Crimson are pretentious and border on unlistenable, but clearly I'm not allowed that view since King Crimson have to be placed on a pedestal.

I'll say it again: "hand in your prog badge and gun". Whatever that means.

Heh now , all views are welcome even if they are complete  nonsense.

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Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

Judas Unrepentant - Big Big Train

 I was very intrigued when I heard it so I went looking for more. 
I haven't heard anything else from them that comes close but I haven't heard all their stuff yet. 

I would definitely not say it is there only good song, but I will agree it is their masterpiece -- even if it is a mid-70s Genesis song to my ears. Fantastic lyrics and a story based on real events.
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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

Shocked at some of these opinions!!!!

Genesis
King Crimson
Big Big Train
Haken
Radiohead
Brian Eno

All considered by some as bands with one good song. WTF!?!?!

I expected the usual one hit wonder entries (Argent, for example, makes sense) but seriously?

I just can't...


I don't think that most people in this thread are suggesting that they only have one good song, but rather that the bands only have one amazing song (or at least that's my justification for putting forth Haken) and perhaps the other songs are good, but don't quite reach that level.

I'm sure a lot of the opinions here come from lack of familiarity in a band, so maybe the most helpful thing would be to suggest other songs from the bands that someone would like based on the "one hit" they chose.
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I don't have very many bands like this. Plenty of bands where I prefer one or two albums far more than any of their others, but for the most part if I love one song an artist has done, I'll almost always find others by them that I enjoy a lot too. With that said, there is one that comes to mind (not restricting myself to prog):

Head East - Never Been Any Reason
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by austrianprogfan austrianprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

I'd go for King Crimson: the title track off their first album is the only great thing they've done.

get out.
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Ah, so contrary views are not tolerated here.
Personally, I think King Crimson are pretentious and border on unlistenable, but clearly I'm not allowed that view since King Crimson have to be placed on a pedestal.

I'll say it again: "hand in your prog badge and gun". Whatever that means.

Edited by SteveG - July 20 2018 at 11:37
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:


Ah, so contrary views are not tolerated here.
Personally, I think King Crimson are pretentious and border on unlistenable, but clearly I'm not allowed that view since King Crimson have to be placed on a pedestal.

I can't speak for SteveG, but I meant that as a joke since I was told the exact same words earlier in this thread for stating that Genesis have only one good song. Of course you are allowed to dislike King Crimson if you want to (although I feel very sorry for you then).
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by austrianprogfan austrianprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

I'd go for King Crimson: the title track off their first album is the only great thing they've done.

get out.
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Ah, so contrary views are not tolerated here.
Personally, I think King Crimson are pretentious and border on unlistenable, but clearly I'm not allowed that view since King Crimson have to be placed on a pedestal.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by austrianprogfan austrianprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

I'd go for King Crimson: the title track off their first album is the only great thing they've done.

get out.
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Some people don't like King Crimson. Some people don't like pistachio ice cream. It takes all sorts to make a world.

I mean personally I think all of those people should be put to death. But that's just me.
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Creep - Radiohead

WUT?

I was a huge Radiohead fan some time ago (got into prog by stumbling over a Kid A review of a German prog website), today I consider them, to speak with the words of this site, "good but non-essential". However, out of all their songs, "Creep" would be among my last picks for their best.

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Shocked at some of these opinions!!!!

Genesis
King Crimson
Big Big Train
Haken
Radiohead
Brian Eno

All considered by some as bands with one good song. WTF!?!?!

I expected the usual one hit wonder entries (Argent, for example, makes sense) but seriously?

I just can't...
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Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (albeit a cover)
The Golden Void - Hawkwind  (sans Robert Calvert)
Suicide? - Barclay James Harvest
White Punks on Dope - the Tubes
Sailing - Mike Oldfield
Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
Pocket Calculator - Kraftwerk
Under the Milky Way - the Church
the Zookeepers Boy - Mew
New Sensation - INXS
Wanderlust - Paul McCartney (solo)
Eight Miles High - the Byrds
Baby's On Fire - Eno
I Wanna Be Your Dog - the Stooges
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
Creep - Radiohead
Rope Ladder to the Moon - Cream
Electricity - Captain Beefheart
(the list goes on)


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Originally posted by austrianprogfan austrianprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

I'd go for King Crimson: the title track off their first album is the only great thing they've done.

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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

I'd go for King Crimson: the title track off their first album is the only great thing they've done.

get out.
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Originally posted by Squonk19 Squonk19 wrote:

Hold Your Head Up - Argent. Superb! Head and shoulders over anything else they did - although God Gave Rock and Roll has a certain charm to it in second.
I very much have to second this. Nexus was on the only album, Imo, that actually had a catch of good songs.
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Well I certainly wouldn't class Big Big Train, Haken or Manfred Mann's Earthband as one hit wonders. Their discographies are full of amazing stuff.

I'd go for King Crimson: the title track off their first album is the only great thing they've done.

Dear me; definitely not.


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Well I certainly wouldn't class Big Big Train, Haken or Manfred Mann's Earthband as one hit wonders. Their discographies are full of amazing stuff.

I'd go for King Crimson: the title track off their first album is the only great thing they've done.
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Originally posted by TCat TCat wrote:

Sniff & the Tears - "Driver's Seat".
Oh yes, tried to listen to the rest of that album once. Useless. Here's ten "minor bands" where I find one song to be far above the rest of their material:
 
Alphataurus - La Mente Vola  
Spring - The Prisoner (Eight By Ten)
Mother Superior - No Time Toulouse Lautrec
Dashiell Hedayat - Cielo Drive, 17
New Trolls Atomic System - La Nuova Predica Di Padre O'Brien
Tantra - Maquina da Felicidade
Made in Germany - The Arrow And The Song
Stark Naked - All of Them Witches
Mellow Candle - Heaven Heath
Officina Meccanica - Suite Bambini Innocenti                  
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Hold Your Head Up - Argent. Superb! Head and shoulders over anything else they did - although God Gave Rock and Roll has a certain charm to it in second.
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