Raff wrote: This is what passes for catchy in Panhead heaven : Chrome Hoof (ft. Shingai Shoniwa) - "Knopheria" (from Chrome Black Gold, which has all of 15 ratings)

Only 28 ratings for one of my favorite Todd albums? I wouldn't call that "famous".

Edited by Grumpyprogfan - June 27 2020 at 08:24

Question....under the amount of ratings....for the artist/band entirely, or for the particular recording the piece comes from that you are presenting?  

For this poll, I decided to go with an Aussie group. Although they seem to be well-known by the people on this forum, including debate over whether they belong on this site, none of their albums (including this one) have more than 50 ratings. The song I chose was the song that introduced me to the group in the first place.

Since Raff stole my video, here's Antique Seeking Nuns.

Ok, almost had me stumped for "catchy," "prog," and "obscure."  You all are so steeped in knowledge in this field.  I lived through the classic prog era, it's what we listened to in my pack.  I continued to enjoy many kinds of music and then was in "the business," for a while, so heard a lot of what was popular those years and liked what I did, and didn't what I didn't (which was a lot).  I missed a lot of the 80's resurgence, so am getting caught up, plus listening to newer acts these days, as they are what hits most of the prog shows where I have a horse in the race, so to speak.  In the meantime, as I was learning to play harp, I dug up whatever I could that was innovative in the field.  So forgive another harp piece (although it's certainly not a harp-centric one).  It's astounding what people have done with it.  This is the responsible party for bringing the harp back to popularity.  And he has continued to push the boundaries with it, sometimes in ways of which I'm not fond.  But I love this one.  This piece first came out on a non-rated LP, but the collection this version is also on has 11 ratings.  Prog Folk, but this one's a Prog Rock piece, imo.  Alan Stivell's "Pop Plinn," from A L'Olympia, from 1971.  

Edited by Snicolette - June 27 2020 at 13:21

The Anders wrote: You guys are too quick. I haven't even got time to listen to all songs in poll 6 yet.

Logan wrote: ^^ "Dragon Song" is excellent, I hadn't heard it before, although I'm not sure if it's applicable. While it's called a song it doesn't involve any singing. I wasn't sure if instrumentals were allowed. EDIT: I hear that's not the only instrumental, so perhaps "song" is being used in a more general sense. If instrumentals are allowed, then I might change mine (took me quite a while to think of a song that I thought fit well, but I thought of various instrumentals).