10 Long Prog Epics that changed your life, 15min+
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Topic: 10 Long Prog Epics that changed your life, 15min+
Posted By: paragraph7
Subject: 10 Long Prog Epics that changed your life, 15min+
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 06:53
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Well i was bored in my class and my thoughts started to wander, and i
started thinking of a Top 10 list of prog epics that have moulded my
music taste to that what it is right now. First it was extremly hard
but then i thought why not make it only 15minute+ tracks. So here's my
list, the epics that changed my life: 10. King Crimson - Lizard This was the latest epic that changed my view of music, specificly my view of Crimsons music. It's joint effort with Jon Anderson from Yes, with Jon singing in the first movement before the song goes into a beautiful instrumental passage. I dare you to dislike the chorus in this one. 9. Caravan - Nine Feet Underground I found this one a few months after i had been introduced to prog. I read somewhere that "In The Land Of The Grey And Pink" is the greatest album of Caravan, and that the ending track is one of their greatest musical achievments. I remember listening 3x times in a row to this epic after buying the record, and countless times afterwards. 8. Yes - Gates of Delirium "Gates.." is the last Yes song that i have really gotten into, my friend who introduced me to prog can't stand it. Well it took me a while too, but i think it's one of Yes greatest achievements. The problem why it isn't just as good as the other Yes epics on this list is because of how long the eclectic part in the middle is(the one with autoparts being smashed etc.) I think that because of this part being so long, many people stop listening to it before the end climax(Soon), which is absolutley astonishing. 7. Pink Floyd - Echoes Echoes was a track that got me really feeling for Psychedelic/Space Rock and understand its greatness. It's a real trip to some place beyond where you can relax and chill. Fantastic music. 6. Yes - Awaken Without Close to The Edge, Awaken would be Yes crowning achievement, in my opinion. Crazy guitar solos from Howe, magnificient cathedral organ by Wakeman and magic lyrics by Anderson. Absolutley fantastic. 5. Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond This is the one that me and my friends always start with when drinking or playing. It's in my opinion Pink Floyds crowning achievement. It's a magnificient track sober, but somehow i always feel that it's twice as good when enjoyed with alcohol, or something else. 4. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick When i was introduced to this great piece by Jethro Tull i played it probably 7x times a day. I still enjoy it as much as when i heard it the first time. There are so many great passages and climaxes in that song you almost can't count em. 3. Yes - Close to the Edge I have read here that many people think this is an overrated track. I think that's only because it's so popular, and some people tend to stay away from the mainstream, even if it's "prog mainstream". I love this track so much, the beginning, the solos, Wakemans organ, Andersons high vocals, the ending, everything. The fact that the track "And You And I" is almost as good as the title track itself, is something that makes the album itself absolutley astonishing. 2. Genesis - Supper's Ready Musical box and Dancing with the moonlit knigth were those songs that introduced me to prog in general, but this song was the one that introduced me prog epics. This is something that will be listened to after 200 years like Mozarts or Beethovens music right now. The fact that live it was even better makes me regret that i wasn't born much much sooner. 1. Van Der Graaf Generator - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers This is it. The greatest of them all for me. I found it on a fluke, listened to it once, and never came back. Hammil composes a masterpiece were a Lighthouse keeper ponders his problems in life, and finally commits suicide(or just dies?) giving a beautiful piano ending to the greatest song ever made, greatest lyrics, greatest music(Fripp visiting!). This list is of course only from my point of view, and i would like to read your lists, maybe i'll find new epics to cherish like these. ------------- What you cannot speak of, you have to pass on in silence. |
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Posted By: paulwalker71
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 09:36
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I'll take a stab at this. In no particular order.... 1. SUPPERS READY - Genesis. Because when I first heard it was the first long epic that I'd ever really heard, and it played a large part in me getting into prog in the first place 2. CLOSE TO THE EDGE - Yes This took a long while to fully appreciate, but eventually I warmed to the greatness that is Close to the Edge 3. STARDUST WE ARE - The Flower Kings I'd consider this to be far from their best epic now, but hearing this back in about 1999 was my re-introduction to prog and the realization there were still bands around making this sort of music 4. THE LIGHT Spocks Beard Ditto reason as Number 3, except that it was my reintroduction to live prog - saw them at the CRS in 1999 and marvelled over this epic song 5. FAND - The Enid A wonderful piece that demonstrated the perfect symbiosis of rock and classical. Opened my eyes to all sorts of new stuff 6. SCENES FROM A MEMORY II - Dream Theater Probably the only long epic from a prog metal band that I've ever really got into 7. OCEAN CLOUD Marillion Convinced me that Marillion could still 'cut it' and prompted me to explore a lot of the Hogarth-era back catalogue 8. A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS Van Der Graaf Generator Introduced me to the VDGG catalogue after someone convinced me to give it a listen 9. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE Flower Kings Hearing this convinced me to drive 200 miles to see them play live 10. ALL OF THE ABOVE Transatlantic Threw many of my favourite musicians into one pot and came up with a classic prog epic, so how could I leave this one out? Not necessarily my favourite ten - but ten that had an impact  |
Posted By: paragraph7
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 13:00
I have yet to check out Flower Kings and The Enid. You have otherwise a good list so must be something to check out. ------------- What you cannot speak of, you have to pass on in silence. |
paulwalker71 wrote:Posted By: Courtesy Flush
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 14:29
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In no particular order.... "The Sky Moves Sideways"-Porcupine Tree "A Change of Seasons"-Dream Theater "Tetragrammaton"-The Mars Volta "Harvest of Souls"- IQ "Anesthetize"- Porcupine Tree "Shine on you Crazy Diamond"-Pink Floyd "Supper's Ready"-Genesis "Awaken"-Yes "Dogs"-Pink Floyd "Echoes"-Pink Floyd |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 15:25
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1. Supper's Ready- Genesis 2. Octavarium- Dream Theater 3. Shine on You Crazy Diamond- Pink Floyd 4. Stranger in Your Soul- Transatlantic 5. Crimson- Edge of Sanity 6. Close to the Edge- Yes 7. Harvest of Souls- IQ 8. The Great Nothing- Spock's Beard 9. The Truth Will Set You Free- The Flower Kings 10. The Light- Spock's Beard EDIT: The Abbey Road medley has to get in mine somewhere. Look at it as my #11 spot right now... ------------- 
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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 15:28
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Here are 10 (in no order) that in some way shifted my paradigm musically at some point in my life:
A Change of Seasons - Dream Theater
Cassandra Gemini - The Mars Volta
Tetragrammaton - The Mars Volta
Octavarium - Dream Theater
Close to the Edge - Yes
Shine on You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
Echoes - Pink Floyd
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Sleep
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - The Dead Flag Blues ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph  
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Posted By: Adams Bolero
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 16:12
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In no order:
Soft Machine - Moon In June
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Gryphon - Midnight Mushrumps
Terry Riley - Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band
Caravan - For Richard {It's 40 seconds short of 15 minutes but I can't leave out my favourite Caravan Epic!}
Genesis - Supper's Ready
Frank Zappa - Big Swifty
Picchio dal Pozzo - Mettiamo l caso che, Pt. 2
Yes - Remembering/High The Memory
Popol Vuh - Brothers of Darkness, Sons of Light
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 16:12
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I don't think any of these really changed my life, but they've certainly made it more pleasurable:
1. Echoes - Pink Floyd : this track stopped me in my tracks and made me a life-long Pink Floyd fan
2. The Song Of Fand - The Enid : another vote for this magnificent track.
4. Voyage 34 - Porcupine Tree : trippy psyche-infused heaven.
5. A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - Van der Graaf Generator : When I first heard this I found it genuinely scary, gripping, enthralling and fascinating. With later listens it lost much of its scariness until I found myself listening to it driving along a motorway in a thunderstorm with visibility down to a few metres - not the most reassuring soundtrack in that instance.
6. Light of Day, Day of Darkness - Green Carnation : 60 minutes of some of the finest and most diverse eclectic Prog Metal going.
7. Karn Evil 9: Emerson Lake and Palmer - Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, were so glad you could attend, come inside! come inside! - yeah - ELP (and SInfields) apocalyptic vision of the future ... I am perfect, are you?
8. The Gates Of Delirium - Yes : Up until the release of Relayer I wasn't really that interested in Yes, they were a bit to soft for my tastes, but the aggression and intensity of this track blew me away and caused me to back peddle through there previous albums with different ears and discover TFTO as a result.
10. Nine Feet Underground - Caravan : This is the epic that made me appreciate that epics don't have to be complex, soaring and bombastic, that they can be just as effective if they are simpler and understated.
special mention: A Sky of Honey - Kate Bush : Okay - a cheat as it is not a single track, but it is a linked multipart epic. ------------- What? |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 16:36
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 16:38
^ Ha! forgot that one - not a perfect epic, but a damn fine one.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Azure Void
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 21:10
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Some interesting lists here. I'm not so familiar with the 80's and 90's and after prog, as I thought it died with albums like "Love Beach" by ELP. OK, someone played me Marillion but I couldn't get into it, perhaps because of the garishly colorful album cover, and my own preconception that prog had died and the best albums were immortally cut in the past. (Note: I still have a problem with clowns, jesters, Kings, knights, and I guess you could say fantasy and carnival material. Nevertheless I was very pleased to see Cirkus as someone's #1 album, because THAT is a very complex and interesting album. Keeping in mind that I don't know most the new stuff, other than things like Tool which somehow creep in, here's a list, not necessarily in order. 1) Gentle Giant: Octopus (Alternate = In a Glass House) Probably the first prog band I really got into after ELP or Yes.. I brought home a compilation GG record and a King Crimson record, when I was in my teens. Both were used records. The K.C. record was Islands. Well, I couldn't believe how horrible those albums were when I listened to them at night. Ghastly and emetic. The next morning I listened to them again and couldn't believe how intriguing they were. I've been obsessed with GG for a long time, and they are generally my favorite underrated prog band (everyone's heard of Yes and Genesis), and also interesting because of the short songs and the bizarre assonance and whatnot they get into in songs like So Sin-cere. 2) Yes: Fragile. A monster of an album. Incredible, really. I used to listen to it most everyday when I was in Jr. High. It's got a richness that I don't find so much in a lot of other Yes. Not to say other Yes isn't rich, just not THAT rich. Fragile is earthy in a way. The guitar work is amazing. 3) ELP: which one? I'll go with Tarkus. Comically, ELP was my favorite band once I got over ELO. I started with Brain Salad. 4) Ange: Au De La Du Delire. Very enjoyable and cool French album. Liked the inside artwork, too. 5) Genesis: Trespass. (This could easily be the best). Stagnation is one of my favorite songs. 6) Triumvirat: Illusions on a Double Dimple. Some great ELP inspired music on there. I still quote one of the songs in my head all the time whenever I lose a job or get lost: Mind in the road to nowhere, no sign no light to guide me, who could describe my anger, when I was sacked last Friday. (I'm gainfully employed now, don't worry, if gainfully employed means teaching English at a university in China in a city with only 10 foreigners). 7) Rare Bird: As Your Mind Flies By. There are some great songs on this LP. Interesting keyboards and I dig the vocals. 8) VDG: The least we can do is wave. 9) King Crimson: In the Wake of Poseidon. Nice alternative to the first LP, and it follows the same sort of format. 10) Pink Floyd: Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Maybe this is pre-prog, but it's got some of their most catchy stuff and is highly experimental. When I first heard it, in a warehouse I was working in when another guy played it, I was convinced it was new retro music. It seems pretty out there compared to what other bands were doing at that time. Other mentions: Eloy (Floating), and most other albums from the above bands excepting their newer material which could turn me off to them almost completely. Can't take new GG either. And "Love Beach," My god, what were they thinking?! |
Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 21:14
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Very hard. I'll do a Top 15.
1- PINK FLOYD's Shine On You Crazy Diamond (the first epic I've ever loved)
2- HARMONIUM's Histoires Sans Paroles (my favourite instrumental song, my québecois pride)
3- YES' Close to the Edge (probably the song I listened the most)
4- GENESIS' Supper's Ready (the song that made me appreciate, adore, in fact, Genesis)
5- JETHRO TULL's Thick as a Brick (one of the songs that grew the most over me)
6- PINK FLOYD's Atom Heart Mother (one of the most under-rated epics ever)
7- VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR's A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
8- YES' The Gates of Delirium (the song I love more than Close to the Edge from Yes)
9- PINK FLOYD's Dogs
10- HERBIE HANCOCK's Hornets (fantastic fusion song)
11- PINK FLOYD's Echoes (my favourite song from my favourite band)
12- ELP's Tarkus
13- CARAVAN's Nine Feet Underground
14- UNIVERS ZERO's Ronde
15- PINK FLOYD's A Saucerful of Secrets (the song that I had to add, even if it's not 15 minutes long) ------------- Les mains, les pieds balancés Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |
Posted By: Azure Void
Date Posted: September 09 2009 at 21:16
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Oops, I thought it was LPs. Sorry. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 02:57
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I have an amazingly long running thread about albums that changed your life. Feel free to contribute, but I hope you will be prepared to explain WHY they changed your life.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=56915 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=56915 ------------- 
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Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 03:10
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My triumviarte of excellence:
1: Echoes
2: TAAB
3: CTTE
Very 'boring' selections, but damn fine music.
Honourable mentions for AHM and Salisbury ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 07:35
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1. Circumstances - Capability Brown Ever since if I first heard of this song I was hooked. I had yet to hear even a second of this song, but once the anonymous guy I can't wait to thank opened a thread asking which song this is, I had to check it out. After months, I finally got the album and on the first listen, I literally had tears in my eyes. An epic that I could not live without!
2. Tarkus - ELP I got this CD about two weeks after I started listening to prog and I thought it was celestial on my first listen. I knew both Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Lake from King Crimson and Emerson and Palmer from the Led Zeppelin gig. This album changed my definition of music, no doubt.
3. All of the Above - Transatlantic Some parts of this track are not all that great, but there are parts that bring me back to the 70's, with that clean Hammond sound, and vocals. I LOVE this song.
4. A Plague of Lighthouse Keeprs - Van der Graaf Generator The melodramaticism and power of Peter Hammill, with the loud saxes of David Jackson, combined with Guy Evans' epic drum sound, and Hugh Banton's epic Hammond organ sound bring out the most powerful piece that could ever be written, in terms of comopsition.
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Posted By: omri
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 11:09
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No epic changed my life. I hate to admit it but what changed my life is stupid things like the decision what to study, deciding to work in the industry and not in academy, the selection of partner to life (turned out to be not very good one but it did affect my life a lot) and becoming a father.
Back to topic - I am going to add few not (or nearly not) mentioned in no order :
Amon Duul II - Phalus dei
2. Banco - L'evoluzione (I think it's a bit shorter than 15 minutes but it's great)
3. Can - Haleluwah
4. Discipline - Before the storm
5. ELP - Tarkus (mentioned by few but one of the finest epics ever IMO)
6. Focus - Hamburger concerto (how come no one mentioned it yet ?)
7. Harmonium - Histories sans parole
8. Pink floyd - Atom heart mother (another one of my most loved epics)
9. Popul Vuh - E&S (don't ask me to the write the whole name)
10. Renaissance - Scheherezade
11. Soft machine - Face lift
12. Trespass - Morning light
13. VDGG - Murglys III
And one last thing : As one who bought Lizard on vinyl it was not an epic but a half concept album. Only when remastered on CD it became one long track. ------------- omri |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 11:23
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Hm... 1. A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers 2. Tarkus 3. Les Porches Du Notre Dame - Maneige 4. Facelift 5. Lizard And I can't go much beyond that or it all gets very imprecise. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 12:33
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1. Echoes - Pink Floyd. In one 'epic' sweep, it changed the way I listen to music and opened my eyes to possibilities I had never conceived. Always will be my favourite epic too. 2.Close to the edge - Yes. First taste of symph prog and it was magnificent. 3.Karn Evil 9 - Emerson Lake & Palmer. Prog rock can be fun, so I learnt at an early stage.  4.Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull. My first proper taste of Tull beyond listening to Aqualung on a compilation. 5. 2112 - Rush. Similar to Tull, first steps with Rush after Tom Sawyer. I have come to like a few of their songs and albums more, but this was memorable for sure. 6.Supper's Ready - Genesis. It took me some time to warm up to this, but when I did, I was overwhelmed. 7 Kohntarkohz pt-2 - Magma. Introduced me to the darker side of prog. I was quite taken aback by Vander's furious assault on the kit..prog from hell! 8.Ashes Are Burning (LATC version) - Renaissance. From the moment Annie's voice soared over piano and guitar, I was utterly bowled over because I never thought she would sound THAT awesome live...no reason why I should have doubted her though, but it happened! 9. Epithalame - Art Zoyd. Turns out I can not only tolerate but LOVE a heavy dose of electronic/synth when done in a certain way. The whole of Berlin was terrific. 10.La Faulx - Univers Zero. Death growls in 1979...it's official now, prog owns metchul! |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 12:43
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 17:11
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Am I really the only one to mention Harmonium's Histoires sans paroles? Congratulations to TGM for naming Maneige's Les porches and to Ivan for Song of Sheherazade ------------- Les mains, les pieds balancés Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 17:18
That made me sad  -------------
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 18:55
Why does my taste makes you sad?
I don't like most Prog Metal....But find Symmphony X amazing.
Iván -------------
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 19:33
Oh no I don't have a problem with your taste, just "there's hope for prog metal" kind of makes us prog-metallers feel like a low life Ah, whatever. We're the newest subgenre here (either us or post rock), so I guess I understand.-Jeff -------------
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: September 10 2009 at 19:48
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No particular order: Gates of Delirium - Yes Elohim's Voyage - Weidorje Birth of Liquid Plejades - Tangerine Dream Moon in June - Soft Machine De Futura - Magma Sun Symphonica - Jan Dukes de Grey Mumps - Hatfield and the North King Kong - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention Halleluhwah - Can Tenemos Roads - National Health (I know it's not quite 15 minutes, but it belongs here.) ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: paragraph7
Date Posted: September 11 2009 at 07:52
Your one of my favourite reviewers on this site, gonna check out those few i haven't heard from your list immediately. ------------- What you cannot speak of, you have to pass on in silence. |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: September 11 2009 at 08:30
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Like to ad The Firebird Suite, the epic that got me into Stravinsky. He may not be Prog related, but prog relates a lot to him.
Besides that small sidestep.
Trick as a brick
Supers ready
Cassandra Geminni
Larks tounges in Aspic ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 02:59
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Life changing I could never get as far as ten:
Supper's Ready -- Genesis
Awaken -- Yes
Natural Science -- Rush
I Am The Sun (pts. 1 &2) -- The Flower Kings
Amarok -- Mike Oldfield
That pretty much sums it up -------------
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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 07:17
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Supper's Ready - Genesis Pictures at an Exhibition - ELP
My Generation - The Who (Live at Leeds)
Close to the Edge - Yes
Echoes - Pink Floyd
The Revealing Science of God - Yes
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum
Abbey Road Medley - Beatles
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - Van der Graaf Generator
McGoohans Blues - Roy Harper
Dunno about 'Changed My life' but the first 3 and Abbey Road were very important to me for one reason or another.
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 09:10
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Supper’s Ready (Genesis) – the first long epic I heard Close to the Edge (Yes) – the first Yes epic I heard The Gates of Delirium (Yes) – even better than CttE Awaken (Yes) – the reason why you need to have Going for the One Shine on You crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd) – the first PF epic I heard Echoes (PF) – the second Atom Heart Mother (PF) – the third A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers (VdGG) – introduced me to VdGG, and that truly changed my life! The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Genesis, I consider the whole record to be an epic) – mindblowing Flight (Peter Hammill) – excellent, and even better live ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: The Block
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 09:33
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(not in order) Echoes
Shine on You Crazy Diamonds
2112
Awaken
Suppers Ready
Close to the Edge
The Truth Will Set You Free
Octavarium
Voodoo Chile
Abbey Road Meledy
The only one here that really "changed" my life was the Abbey Road Meledy which is were I got my first taste of prog. -------------  |
Posted By: SilverEclipse
Date Posted: September 12 2009 at 11:06
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1) Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
Probably the very first prog epic that I ever listened to. Opened me up to the idea of massively long rock songs not being boring. Up until then, I could hardly stand beyond 5-6 minutes in a song.
2) The Willing Well (suite) - Coheed & Cambria
Contains one of my favorite strecthes of music on an album ever. Parts II and III take prog complexity, pop sensibility, and the raw emotion that can only be delivered by an epic story and roll it into one amazing epic.
3) Echoes - Pink Floyd
My first time ever being put into a trance by music. I seriously thought this was the greatest piece of music ever created for a good amount of time.
4) The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn) - Yes
My first taste of truly epic Yes material. Never had I heard music this beautiful before.
5) Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
Certainly not one of my favorites, but really opened up the world of "weird" music to me.
6) The End Complete - Coheed & Cambria
Another Coheed suite. The climax to one of my favorite stories, the Amory Wars.
7) Close To The Edge - Yes
Helped me get further into Yes' more daring songs. Oh, and it only one of the top 10 compositions in rock history.
8) Karn Evil 9 - Emerson, Lake, And Palmer
Helped further my interest in prog and made me realize how much I loved keyboards as a lead instrument.
9) Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
Knew I could get into the folk-sy side of prog.
10) The Gates Of the Delirium - Yes
The first 13 minutes = the greatest 13 minutes of music ever put to tape. Knocks me on my ass every time I listen to it. ------------- "and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 13 2009 at 00:11
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Thank you very much Paragraph 7. Iván -------------
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Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: September 13 2009 at 02:06
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As most have said, I'll say: 1. SUPPER'S READY - GENESIS
Helped me really get into old Genesis, and older prog in general. Until then, I only knew Genesis from "Invisible Touch" and other such tunes. How did I ever survive?
and for the other 9:
2. A CHANGE OF SEASONS - DREAM THEATER
My "favorite song" for a long while. This is indeed an EPIC piece of music, my favorite from these incredibly gifed musicians.
3. ANESTHETIZE - PORCUPINE TREE
Simplicity meets complication in my favorite Porcupine Tree song. I love this whole album, actually.
4. CLOSE TO THE EDGE - YES
I listened to this growing up, before I had any inkling of what "Prog Music" was. Probably responsible for my taste to some extent.
5. CYGNUS X-1 (BOOKS ONE AND/OR TWO) - RUSH
Another favorite work from a favorite band of mine. This blows 2112 out of the water, in my opinion.
6. ABBEY ROAD MEDLEY - THE BEATLES
My VERY first exposure to Prog. I was maybe 4 years old? An all-time great. The Beatles are one of the few bands that I can actually claim "changed my life"
7. STARLESS - KING CRIMSON
A fantastic, fantastic song. Opened me up to King Crimson, and in turn, a lot of bands that they influenced. Very epic indeed.
8. THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - PINK FLOYD
An album that I consider one cohesive work, this is an important album for me, musically and sentimentally. Really another one that "opened up the heavens" at an early age.
9. THE SKYE - MASTODON
An unorthodox choice here, one that is likely to surprise. But I think this, too, should be treated as one work. It is epic in its proportions, epic in its sounds, and has some pretty "epic" riffs in there too. I really like this album more than I probably should.
10. SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE - DREAM THEATER
Finally, a work that introduced me to Dream Theater, another band (in fact probably THE band) that introduced me to Prog. Very important to me, but I can't say I like it much nowadays compared to other DT. ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: Trianium
Date Posted: October 04 2009 at 12:25
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1. Shine on your Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd 2. Close to the Edge - YES 3. Echoes - Pink Floyd 4. Super's Ready - Genesis 5. Octavarium - Dream Theater 6. Child in Time - Deep Purple 7. Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull 8. The entiere albums of The Wall and DSOTM - Pink Floyd 9. The Gates of Delirium - YES 10. Tarkus - ELP |
Posted By: Il Tastiere
Date Posted: October 05 2009 at 17:46
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Well let's see... 1 Tarkus - ELP (this song change my life, it prospected me a new way to play keyboards and to see the music) 2Cometa Rossa - Area (Simply how a song have to be made, and the song which i discover Demetrio Stratos, today my favourite singer) 3 L'evoluzione - BMS (i've been catched by his rhytm and their words and the way to play of Vittorio Nocenzi) 4 Proclamation - Gentle Giant (just wow!) 5 Magma - Mekkanik Kommando (when i heard first time i said "What the #### is this thing", but listening and listening again i discovered a new world, the zeuhl one) 6 21st century schizoid man - King Crimson (Madness, Frenzy, Insanity, non canonical, fast and addicting... just like me) 7 Fettim Palliu - Koenji Hyakkei (Immense...) 8 6.00 - Dream Theater (I loved this song, dream theater opened me the street which im walking today at 13 years... i had a band too similar to dream theater but play and hear their song every day forced me to hate them, expecially for their last cd. Sorry but i don't like it XD) 9 Pholas Dactylus - Il concerto delle menti (So strange, so different...) 10 Potemkine - Tango Panache (Love at first view! i heard it from you tube and immidiatley serch for them everywhere. Then i came on Ebay and brought the CD containing the song from you tube, Nicolas II) |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: October 05 2009 at 18:01
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A Tab In The Ocean by Nektar. This was the first prog epic I ever heard and it was the first time I could understand what progressing rock music meant. The powerful sound of the Hammond grabbed me. I was on the no-return path. Mind-blowing! After that I came back to my favourite band and now, having known prog, I could better understand why they are great. Led Zeppelin's live version of No Quarter, 22 minutes long, played at Earl's Court in 1975 and never released, is one of my dearest pieces of music ever. A lost masterpiece of progressive rock. My second initiation into prog, Pink Floyd's Echoes, as played on Live in Pompeii, is the thing which set on "prog mode" forever. There are many other epics I like but none have had this kind of impact in my life. |