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Points: 997 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2015 at 13:31
Originally posted by Kinng Kinng wrote:


It celebrates depression in my ears, and it's awesome LOL



Music powerfully expressing negativity can be the more exhilarating as we feel dark tracks can't get us down (same for dark PA topics) !

The number of uplifting tracks is embarrassingly immense if we can acknowledge some talent to the artist. If we can't, we'll gravely pay tribute to the infortunate talentless ones because of the likely hardships they are bound to face, and wish them the courage to fail. (Then we'd look around us, and aren't there people staring gravely at us for the same reasons !? Rub your nose in sands LOSERS !!!!)
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While outside of the prog realm, Midge Ure is nothing less than the Peter Gabriel of pop rock to me. His fascination with offbeat and tribal rhythms as well as constantly challenging the limits of his voice has yielded some of the best pop that I know of. The Breathe album, aside from this leadoff title track is an excellent acoustic based Celtic infused folk rock album and is my favorite album released in the nineties, with several guests spots by Robert Fripp on 'sound scape' guitar.

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Points: 12866 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2015 at 21:44
Yes indeed, that piece of music is sublime and heart lifting too.
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Beethoven Ninth, fourth movement...brilliant!!  Maybe not prog but perhaps the first proto-prog?

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^ just listened for the first time. It's a brilliant song. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go drown myself.
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Points: 46843 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2015 at 18:57
TB Sheets.. amazing song....and don't doubt this urban legend for a second... it hits you right in the heart.. and rips it out.

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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

and always been one of mine as well Thumbs Up Though I must admit..  my absolute favorite from him is one of the most wretchedly depressing pieces of music I think I've ever heard recorded hahaha.  He nailed it though..
 
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and always been one of mine as well Thumbs Up Though I must admit..  my absolute favorite from him is one of the most wretchedly depressing pieces of music I think I've ever heard recorded hahaha.  He nailed it though..
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^  It's always been a favorite.
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Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

Van Morrison - Into The Mystic


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Van Morrison - Into The Mystic
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

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Northern Lights by Renaissance! The only true prog/pop song that I like and always makes me smile!


I havent listened to that in years and had forgotton what a lovely breeezy song it was! i seem to remember when it came out it was accompanied by a video of the band on a yacht all looking a bit awkwardConfused but cant seem to find it on youtube..

The first track that popped into my mind was 'Theme one' by Van der graaf generator as my wife and i used it as the entrance and exit music at our weddingLOL

Another little song (and its not really prog..) which (although wistful) means a lot is 'red, blue and grey' by the Who.. again a song we had at our wedding.

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Do You Realize by The Flaming Lips. The most uplifting song with the silliest video ever!  
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Yes, awaken is really awesome. :D

another great one is Dog-like Sparky by cardiacs
not really life affirming (i guess, no clue what the lyrics are really about)
but this song's often stuck in my head and has this part (at 2:40) which never fails to make me smile and always kinda creates this urge to just let go of everything and be the music, or atleast just f**king rave to it.
Great song.

And paradoxically, i would also say king crimsons starless.
i know, it's a depressing song, but everytime i listen to it i feel really good but sad at the same time when it comes to an end, and when the part from the beginning returns with massive guitars it always feels like finally winning.
this song somehow manages to put ecstasy and meaninglessness together.
through this it can help to accept the bad parts of life and enjoy the good ones, atleast thats how i feel about it.
 or in other words:
It celebrates depression in my ears, and it's awesome LOL




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Points: 2822 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2015 at 13:28
Originally posted by twseel twseel wrote:

Vision Creation Newsun by Boredoms is pure sweet joy


This is one of the two albums I turn to when I need some full-on joy in my life.  The other is Devin Townsend's Synchestra.
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Points: 9869 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2015 at 10:43
Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

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Northern Lights by Renaissance! The only true prog/pop song that I like and always makes me smile!
Definitely one of my choices.  Also love Steve Hackett's Narnia and Spectral Mornings (track).  Don't care for the Narnia lyrics but the combination of Walsh's fresh, breezy voice and Hackett's dreamy tone is totally win.
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Points: 20617 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2015 at 09:40
I'm on the Donavon train today so it's Colours and Where Your Love Like Heaven! Smile

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AWAKEN (on Yes-GFTO, 1977):  Absolutely the first one that entered my mind...
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Points: 9181 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2015 at 08:56
Originally posted by aliano aliano wrote:

New Horizons by The Moody Blues

One of the most uplifting and loveliest ballads I've ever heard.

it's a great one.  It actually crossed my mind but I thought of it as sad, but on reflection it is very positive
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