Which is the best "prog-pop song" ever? |
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Epignosis
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 07:34 | ||
Basically any song off this:
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RoyFairbank
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 09:46 | ||
Agreed with two of the three, as with first: None of that Genesis stuff is pop/prog. Maybe Prog/rock with a pop sheen, but NOT really for several you mentioned, particularly back in NYC (genesis' best song) If you define as Pop that stuff you really are restricting Prog to stupid experimentation. Prog isn't simply about long, stupid experimentation. That's avant-garde, right? The premise of prog is that it is maximum pop like the Who described themselves in 1965 ("Maximum R&B"), Prog is a really ambitious descendant and close relative of pop. It is only when the music feeds obviously and purposely back into contemporary pop conventions that it can be described prog-pop. Owner could have been released by any AOR band (even though it would have been the best thing they did), as could Learning to Fly (theoretically). Something like Abacab (the song) was completely in its own stream, though some of the other tracks on that album could be classified as Prog-pop or even pop. etc. |
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Catcher10
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 11:05 | ||
I think Yes owns this post:
I've Seen All Good People
Roundabout
Owner of a Lonely Heart
Rhythm of Love
**All these have plenty of FM 'classic rock' station plays...
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rogerthat
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 11:24 | ||
Another Brick in the Wall pt-2.
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MFP
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 11:59 | ||
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Nilsen
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 12:30 | ||
Comfortably Numb gets my vote.
Edited by Nilsen - June 28 2010 at 12:31 |
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lazland
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 14:19 | ||
Some great entries, particularly the Yes ones. The one I'll chuck into the mix is Solsbury Hill, which is nigh on perfect pop/prog to these ears.
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lazland
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 14:20 | ||
Urgent notice from Messrs Sue, Grabbit, & Runne, solicitor's to Mr Roger Waters.......The writ is in the post |
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richardh
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 14:47 | ||
Solsbury Hill
Living In The Past
See Emily Play
Virginia Plain
Northern Lights
Afterglow
Wonderous Stories
Spirit Of Radio
Paranoid
I Hear You Now
Wuthering Heights
Hooks In You
Karma Police
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The Truth
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 14:48 | ||
But Carpet Crawlers is still is by no means a pop song, it has a simple time signature but doesn't sound poppy. Maybe Counting Out Time
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The Truth
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 14:49 | ||
Oh yes and No Surprises by Radiohead
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kole
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 14:52 | ||
Most songs by Toy Matinee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyTdtf0LFMk |
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Tarquin Underspoon
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 15:16 | ||
Ah, but what about Supertramp?
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The Truth
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 15:35 | ||
Good point, their whole discography is practically pop but it's still good. Especially Crime of the Century.
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J-Man
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 16:47 | ||
These two are some of the best IMO. |
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Bitterblogger
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 17:43 | ||
Sledgehammer
Nights In White Satin
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silcir
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 18:01 | ||
the first thing that came to my mind was "anything from Supertramp" so that's my answer!
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moshkito
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 18:26 | ||
I wanna start a new "prog" genre ... prog-hit! But you already named it "prog-pop song". Sadly, that is exactly what the "progressive music" is really all about.
My answer is NONE.
I don't listen to "songs". I listen to "music".
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The Monodrone
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 18:58 | ||
Just finished listening to it ^. A true gem of an album!
Yes' cover of 'America' (edited version)... maybe a bit too prog for this thread, but I still love it.
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Bitterblogger
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 19:25 | ||
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