Which, oh which, are the catchiest songs?

Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic

   just read the thread "Arrogant Proggie" and realized that most prog songs aren't catchy enough for MTV. That is, until we list some. The only rule here is that you are limited to 2 tracks per band. (in order to make the lists more diverse)
Opeth "Godhead's Lament"
Opeth "Face Of Melinda"
Porcupine Tree "Hyptonize"
Porcupine Tree "Way Out Of Here"
Ayreon "Dawn Of A Million Souls"

Author	Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic
paganinio Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 07 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1327	Topic: Which, oh which, are the catchiest songs? Posted: June 19 2009 at 11:25
	just read the thread "Arrogant Proggie" and realized that most prog songs aren't catchy enough for MTV. That is, until we list some. The only rule here is that you are limited to 2 tracks per band. (in order to make the lists more diverse) Opeth "Godhead's Lament" Opeth "Face Of Melinda" Porcupine Tree "Hyptonize" Porcupine Tree "Way Out Of Here" Ayreon "Dawn Of A Million Souls"

The Pessimist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 13 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3834	Posted: June 19 2009 at 13:40
	Anything by Fantomas... My god those crickets are getting louder every day.
	"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg

Epignosis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32573	Posted: June 19 2009 at 14:25
	Echolyn and The Decemberists produce the catchiest songs for me. Okay, so I actually read the original post: "Arc of Descent" and "Too Late for Everything" by Echolyn, and "Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect" and "Yankee Bayonet" by The Decemberists. Edited by Epignosis - June 19 2009 at 14:27
	https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays

Stooge Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 09 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Status: Offline Points: 1003	Posted: June 19 2009 at 15:03
	Quite a few 80s Crimson tracks spring to mind, two of which are "Three of A Perfect Pair" and "Frame By Frame". Queensryche's "Eyes of a Stranger" (though they did get popular from it) Lots of Porcupine Tree as well ("Lazarus" and "Trains" among them). Genesis even had catchy tunes when they were still prog ("Counting out Time", "Entangled") Mr. Bungle's "Retrovertigo" always sticks in my mind. Pink Floyd's "Money" is a no-brainer.

ClemofNazareth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Researcher Joined: August 17 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4659	Posted: June 19 2009 at 16:26
	(heads for the Crossover and Eclectic aisles, stepping carefully to avoid the obvious Supertramp and ELO records....) Manfred Mann's Earth Band: "Don't Kill it Carol" and "Demolition Man" Kerry Livgren: "How Can You Live" Steve Walsh: "You Think You Got It Made" Nanook of the North: "Forget it Jenny, Love is just a Privilege for the Rich" Gypsy: "Gypsy Queen" and "Man of Reason" Utopia: "Set me Free" and "Caravan" Home: "The Sun's Revenge" and a few other not-so-obvious ones... After Crying: "Confess Your Beauty" Wishbone Ash: "Almighty Blues" Ramases: "Life Child" Baby Whale: "Things are not Free" Congreso: "Quenita-violín" Mellow Candle: "Buy or Beware"
	"Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus

clarke2001 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 14 2006 Location: Croatia Status: Offline Points: 4160	Posted: June 19 2009 at 17:40
	Gentle Giants Wreck Picture Of 75 and 16 by The Strawbs Sovey by The Pentangle!!catcheist porg folk ever Big Block 454: Motorcycle Au Pair Boy many Gong and Tull

Roland113 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 30 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Status: Offline Points: 3843	Posted: June 19 2009 at 19:39
	"No Me No You" and "Black Light Machine" by Frost* are the first that come to mind. "Trains" and "Shesmovedon" by Porcupine Tree also jump in there quickly. "Seen All Good People" obviously a hit but a great example as well. "The Colors Changed" Sylvan "Roses" RPWL "Misunderstood" by Dream Theater (though you'd have to remove the last couple of minutes) The first five minutes of "I am the Sun, (Part 2)" and "Life Will Kill You" by The Flower Kings and just about anything off of "The Tall Ships" by It Bites, though to narrow it down, I'll go with "Lights" and "Oh My God" I could keep going, maybe in further posts.
	-------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms.

topofsm Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 17 2008 Location: Arizona, USA Status: Offline Points: 1698	Posted: June 19 2009 at 19:46
	I'll be damned if almost all the songs off of Crack the Skye aren't some of the catchiest songs ever. I've had all of them stuck in my head all day sometimes with the exception of "Ghost of Karelia".


SaltyJon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 08 2008 Location: Location Status: Offline Points: 28772	Posted: June 19 2009 at 20:07
	Caravan - Golf Girl and In the Land of the Grey and Pink Jan Dukes de Grey - ~~Sun Symphonica~~ oops, you said catchy But yeah, the named Caravan songs, as well as several others by them, come to mind.