Progressive songs from non-prog bands

Ms. Bush? This is the Prog Colony calling. Yes, yes, we know you're not keen on being lumped in with us old pharts, but most of us love your work and you'll never hear us call you artsy or pretentious...the thing is, if I may be blunt, we need women. Badly. We're starting a biosphere project for progressive rockers and there just aren't enough females to go around; you'd be doing Annie Haslam a big favor, taking the load off, etc....no, David hasn't called us back yet. We think he's hedging his bets just in case he can be identified with someone new and hip. He left what at your flat? ...er, anyway, think it over, but don't take too long; some of the younger lads aren't as keen on you as they were back in the 80s...me? I think you still look pretty good. Not as good as Danielle Dax, maybe, but...hello? hello?

threefates wrote: Anyway, I always thought CSN&Y's  Suite: Judy Blue Eyes... is quite prog.

 

Certainly adopts a certain classical music structure in its arrangement. BTW it si  my favourite CSN (and they do it well on the Woodstock movie)

Certif1ed wrote: Novocaine for the Soul by the Eels? Can't hear the prog - but I hear the gob-smacking inventiveness! That is a truly great song, and a hugely imaginative structure, but it's not prog. Thanks for reminding me of its existence - I MUST go and listen to it NOW!!!

You're right. I wrongly call "prog" any good or different pop

 

Dream On is NOT prog!!!!

maani wrote:   Dream On (Aerosmith)

Dream On prog rock?!?

Are you trying to get into Liv Tyler's pants?

Dream On!

Heres one! .........edit.......sorry just bringing a copied therad to the front again for an airing

Edited by Snow Dog

Blacksword wrote: If I may be permitted to add to my inane offerings earlier in this thread.. No Quarter and Rain Song by Led Zep are very prog IMO. Also 'March of the Black Queen' by Queen. Infact the whole second side of Queen II flows like one big prog epic.

In fact the whole album Queen II is a prog masterpiece.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Blacksword wrote: If I may be permitted to add to my inane offerings earlier in this thread.. No Quarter and Rain Song by Led Zep are very prog IMO. Also 'March of the Black Queen' by Queen. Infact the whole second side of Queen II flows like one big prog epic. In fact the whole album Queen II is a prog masterpiece.

I love Queen II, I must get a copy on CD.

richardh wrote: A lot of what Muse do is prog.I'm with certified on that! There's also Mansun who did some prog stuff especially on their Six album.

I agree!
Citizen erased and The Stockholm syndrome are good examples!
By the way, I noted various Muse-sounding sections in some of Dream Theater's Octavarium tracks (especially Panic attack and Never enough)

richardh wrote: Boston - Foreplay

Yeah! And what about the Walk On medley?
(about ELO, Deep Purple and some Beatles I have already written in other threads)

richardh wrote: This thread is deja vu all over again!

John Fogerty?
That by the way reminds me of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Walk on the Water, which I think could belong in the "prog" department

Of course, prog's influence stretched to all types of music.....Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke had Yes/ELP/Crimson in mind when recording Romantic Warrior.....Tom Verlaine used to lead his "punk" band Television on noodling proggy guitar jams.....Lou Reed early solo stuff, with Wakeman, Levin and Winwood contributing, had definite progressive elements....Earth, Wind and Fire and Funkadelic, it can be argued, are essentially funk-prog bands!  Suffice to say that prog element may be found in ALL genres of contemporary music.

Anyway, some of my fave "prog" numbers from non-traditional prog bands:

Jane's Addiction did some great proggy rock....Three Days being maybe my favorite song of the nineties! 

Elton John.....Love Lies Bleeding (Funeral for a Friend).....he does a Wakeman parody!

Led Zep's later period was influenced by prog rock....starting with Houses of the Holy they started incorporating moodier pieces driven by JP Jones' syths and keys.  Another great prog number is Carauselambra from In the the Out Door.....a personal favorite.