Sea man prog /sailor themed prog
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Topic: Sea man prog /sailor themed prog
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: Sea man prog /sailor themed prog
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 06:18
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I would like to be recomended music with sailor themes, and sea traveling, sea exploring and or pirate themed prog, doesent have to be very complex but evoke a feel similar to A Salty Dog - Procol Harum,
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 07:41
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The Decemberists ~ "The Mariner's Revenge Song" ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 08:10
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cool song, thanks
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 08:14
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I consider it extreme prog metal, but The Call of the Wretched Sea by Ahab is inspired by Moby Dick, much like Mastodon's Leviathan. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 08:19
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heard both, they are nice albums (nice is probably not the correct word to describe sludgy or funural doom metal, but anyway)
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 08:37
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King Crimson's "Islands" has a bit of a sailor/ explorer vibe to it. It's a really great album.
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Posted By: Mushroom Sword
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 08:38
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Pirates - ELP The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden There's more I know it, I just can't put my finger on it... I'm On a Boat - The Lonely Island? ------------- 
"I gazed into the eyes of the madman and I saw, and I saw,and I saw myself. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 08:45
| Knifeworld - HMS Washout |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 09:13
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Not prog but still good seaman songs: |
Posted By: seventhsojourn
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 09:47
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Spacey (this track isn't really typical) RPI concept album based on The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 10:04
Chris, you beat me to it Anyway, that album, based on Ancient Mariner, can be heard here in full: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/72542" rel="nofollow - http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/72542 ------------- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sQD8uhpWXCw" rel="nofollow - It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...Road Rage Edition |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 10:06
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Jimmy Buffet is all about the sea...and margaritas...and getting drunk and screwed.
From Keith Emerson's Honky album he has the 3 song Hello Sailor piece.
Rush has the instrumental "Where's My Thing? Pt 4 Gangster of Boat Trilogy". ------------- 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 10:12
stil few songs can beat the majestic feal of A Salty Dog and Wreck of the Hesperus, and Pilgrims Progress  are Whaling Storys about sea travling also ?? -------------
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 10:31
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If only for the title of the album, 'sea shanties' by High Tide seems to be a good recommendation ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 10:34
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Greenslade - Doldrums Deep Purple - Sail Away ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 11:16
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One of my favorites; does this count? Rocket Scientists "Mariner" ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 12:37
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Land Ho by the Doors The Pirate's Dream Dick Heckstall-Smith ------------- 
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Posted By: Guls
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 17:03
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Marillion - Ocean Cloud, Thrice - The Alchemy Index disc 2 'Water', Fish - Open Water, Public Symphony - Fill Your Sails Marillion - The Bell In The Sea, Gazpacho - Missa Atropos (a concept album about a bloke in a lighthouse)  |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 17:06
Damn, I was just going to suggest this. It's my favorite Marillion song. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Guls wrote:Posted By: Guls
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 17:09
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Oh, and this isn't prog at all but it's a great sea song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7tMryCHEGs&feature=player_embedded#!  |
Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 17:12
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lol sea man Although I don't like the band, Ween's The Mollusk is a proggy album with somewhat of a nauthical theme; there's even sea shanties on it.
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 17:20
Primus - Sailing the seas of cheese Not on this site, but if you like the salty canine, you should definitely check out Steve Miller Band´s Sailor  I couldn´t find the original version of Song for our Ancestors, but this live rendition should give you a hint of what to expect: ------------- “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: Guls
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 17:27
 Indeed - very cool album |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 18:30
| I think of Tull: things like 'The Whalers Dues', 'Seal Driver', 'Cheerio', 'Ears of Tin', and almost anything on WarChild |
Posted By: Lizzy
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 19:27
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You'll find that the 'sea' is a recurring motif on Spiro's albums. There is also a very pretty Tir na nOg version of the song, but I cannot find it on YT. ------------- Property of Queen Productions... 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 19:31
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Steeleye ..how could've I forgotten, they have tons of sea chantey type stuff
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Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 20:12
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Much more power metal than prog, though Kamelot does have some slight proginess to their music.
Edit:
Here's a live version by Roy Khan, who left Kamelot last year. This is a great version, I think he is singing it at a wedding.
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Posted By: Adams Bolero
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 20:22
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''Westward Ho'' by Moondog is perfect. You feel like your sailing on a ship heading to the new world listening to it: ------------- ''Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.'' - Albert Camus |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 20:46
| oh and Keith Emerson's Honky, based on the Sailors Hornpipe |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 21:23
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1.- Point of Know Return - Kansas 2.- Pirates - ELP 3.- Moby Dick - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso 4.- Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden 5.- Eleventh Earl of Mar - Genesis Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 21:25
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"For My Lady" by the Moody Blues.....Mike Pinder sampled an old-fashioned mariner's squeeze-box for his Chamberlin! A very nice treatment of an olde sea shanty!!
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Posted By: Proletariat
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 22:01
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Albums:
A Salty Dog - Procol Harum
Leviathan - Mastadon
Songs:
The Mariners Revenge Song - The Decemberists
Whaling Tale - Valley of the Giants
Ocean - Tyr ------------- who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 22:15
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Minstrel- Ahab
Colin Masson- Isle of Eight ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 22:20
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------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 22:23
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Not prog, but rather...salty ------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 17 2011 at 00:29
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: October 17 2011 at 07:01
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Your Own Special Way - Genesis ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: October 17 2011 at 12:29
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Seven Seas of Rhye, from Queen ------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: October 17 2011 at 12:35
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Colin masson - The Southern Cross (review to follow shortly). ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: October 17 2011 at 12:59
 I'm surprised no one's mentioned Wreck by Gentle Giant.
http://www.progarchives.com/mp3.asp?id=973" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/mp3.asp?id=973 ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: TheMasterMofo
Date Posted: October 17 2011 at 19:24
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Saint Deamon - "Deamons" Saint Deamon - "Oceans of Glory" The entire Roswell Six album "Terra Incognita", which follows the story of Kevin J. Anderson's novel of the same name. The second album, A Line in the Sand, which follows Anderson's second novel, also of the same name, isn't quite as good as the first IMO. Album preview: Nightwish = "The Islander" Nevermore - "I, Voyager" Narnia - "Sail Around the World" Haken - Pretty much their entire "Aquarius" has to deal with the ocean. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: October 17 2011 at 19:26
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Primus wrote several songs about fishing.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: October 18 2011 at 06:54
Definitely not prog, but none saltier 
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: October 18 2011 at 06:56
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^ Definitely not good either. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: JonnyM79
Date Posted: October 18 2011 at 13:46
| "The Wide Open Sea" by Big Big Train. If memory serves it even has an accordion solo - you don't get any saltier than that" |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: October 18 2011 at 13:48
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------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: tokyoganglion
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 07:25
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DOUBLE CROSS by Tempest - complex folk prog about pirates. also, anything by storm weather shanty choir (not prog but acapella , but all real historical sailing chants) |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 07:47
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If I'm feeling like shanties, I listen to one of THREE alestorm albums. Every single song is about being a pirate. It's not good music but I really enjoy it because of how ridiculously silly it is. Ha ------------- http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/ wtf |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 07:54
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Iron Maiden's The Talisman: Anekdoten's The Old Man and the Sea: |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 12:33
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Try listening to Cargo S/T, they were a Dutch Heavy Prog band from the early 70's who only released on album. You can find them on the PA, enjoy!
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 13:46
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I can only really think of a couple off the top of my head. Gentle Giant - Wreck King Crimson - A Sailor's Tale Mastodon - Leviathan ------------- 
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Posted By: Lima96
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 13:49
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Beardfish - Green Waves  Also, in Beardfish's mega-epic Sleeping In Traffic has a part which the main character meets the Capt. Flurry and his henchmen , with pirate chants, seagulls et al. |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 14:09
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YAR YAR WE HAVE SAILED FAR FROM NORWAY TO PERU
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Posted By: Lima96
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 14:29
WHATEVER CAPTAIN FLURRY SAYS, U MUST BELIEVE IT'S TRUE  |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 17:54
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I guess "Orange Claw Hammer" by Captain Beefheart. Kind of helps that part of the melody of the song (actually it's a one man accapella) quotes the theme from Gilligan's Island.
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Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 19:10
Tempest did two other pirate songs, Captain Morgan and Captain Ward. The Double Cross is about Captain Kidd, so it's a pirate Captain's trilogy!
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 19:46
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Couldn't find the original Rocket Scientists' version of the song and this is a bit abridged, but: Then there's Hostsonaten: ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 20:36
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The weather's on the change
Lines join in faint discord
As the stormwatch brews
A concert of kings
As the white sea snaps
At the heel of a soft prayer...
Whispered.
Some favorite Fairport:
Prog folk punk?
------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 00:57
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 20:19
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This is a little depressing, but I always hear this song in my head whenever I think of my close friend slipping on ice and off the deck falling into the Atlantic ocean during the midwinter to die. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1SKUIs6to" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1SKUIs6to
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: June 28 2012 at 23:29
Wow, sad story, man! Great tune, thanks for posting! Kayak is very much under-appreciated.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 29 2012 at 01:16
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Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: June 29 2012 at 10:03
[/QUOTEI love the second album! I will be looking for the remasterd version of it. It contains a couple of "Pop" style songs ....maybe more along the lines of 10CC/Beatles and very strange melodies to my ears. Then it has other songs which are definitely Prog. Interesting ideas for mellotron. The first Kayak release is very good, but for me..sounding closer to the style of YES. The second Kayak is very unique. I also have an old import release of the original "Merlin" and the first 5 songs are amazing. Unfortunately ..the other half of the recording doesn't seem to fit the subject of Merlin. I believe this was the original LP release that was mastered for cd back in 1990. The first 5 tracks are simply relentless and display such an amazing tightness. I realize that many prefer the more modern release of "Merlin" which sticks to the subject of the story , but the first half of the early release deserves to be circulated more. I don't know if the tracks are available on youtube? Youtube is actually a place where an independent talented artist may post their obscure and interesting works. Only problem is if you compose an interesting piece and whatever subject it may revolve around, there may be a vid next to it of a person taking a dump or some ridiculous moronic fringe sex act...as to an extent ..youtube is a free for all. Other brutal and tasteless vids will be typically linked to yours and so on and so on. It's not exactly like having your cd placed in a prog section like it would have been in the 90's at Tower Records.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 29 2012 at 16:04
The last Kayak album I purchased was The Last Encore. I feel that is one that is somewhat overlooked. A very enjoybale album ,shorter tracks but still heavily symphonic in style. Lovely.
Kayak are one of those bands that just create a warm glow
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