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Points: 536 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2010 at 11:14
Looking at some slightly less well-known acts (really, how often can we list TaaB and ITCotCK):

Northern Lights by Asia Minor.  Incredible, laid-back, virtuosic.  Captures the potential dreaminess of the genre.

Gamma Ray by Birth Control.  Primordial, organ-driven hard prog rock.  Could either be the album version from Hoodoo Man or the 20 minute rendition from Birth Control Live.

The Lhasa Road (No Surrender) by Ice Age.  Amazing symphonic prog metal, with all the trimmings.  Best contemporary prog band I can think of, actually.


Edited by Lozlan - September 27 2010 at 11:15
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21st century schizoid man(kc)
echoes(pf)
giant(gg)
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Originally posted by sydbarrett2010 sydbarrett2010 wrote:

21st century schizoid man(kc)
echoes(pf)
giant(gg)


Good choices here!
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Points: 423 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2011 at 11:58
Not easy. Surely the three songs I would use to define the Prog are not the Prog songs that please me most.

Probably I use:

PROCOL HARUM: A Whiter Shade Of Pale

KING CRIMSON: Larks' Tongue In Aspic (in a definitive version, that not exist... Because summary of all versions)

YES: Close To The Edge
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IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING
 
ROUNDABOUT
 
LUNAR SEA
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Tough call with three only. To cheat slightly, I'll give two groups of three.
 
Group 1:
Yes - Close To The Edge
Genesis - Supper's Ready
KC - Starless
 
Group 2:
JT - Thick As A Brick
VDGG - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
ELP - Tarkus 
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Close To The Edge - Yes
Breathe - Pink Floyd
21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
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For the basic classic rock fan:
1. Squonk - Genesis
2. South Side of the Sky - Yes (not my favorite, but worked well enough to convince a friend to expand his CD collection.)
3. Red - KC

Once I had them interested:
1. Freefall - Camel
2. Xanadu - Rush
3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond pts. 1-7 - PF
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Cygnus X-1 (Rush)
Lizard (KC)
Lady Fantasy (Camel)

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"Dogs" by Pink Floyd
"One For the Vine" by Genesis
"The Runaway" by Gentle Giant
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Indiscipline- kc
hocus pocus - focus
rendezvous 6.02 - uk

makes clear the insanity as well the great musicianship of prog rock imo
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Close To the Edge- Yes : whether you like it or not it's progressive as it gets.
Lady Fantasy- Camel : any camel song on Mirage of Moonmadness is extremely progressive.
3, Almost 4, 6 Yea- Yezda Urfa : If you haven't heard this song, it's a perfect example of prog.
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Supper's Ready - Genesis
Close To The Edge - Yes
Karn Evil 9 - ELP
Odyssey - Dixie Dregs

Yeah, that's four, so what? Tongue




Edited by Slartibartfast - January 23 2011 at 13:38
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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VDGG - Man Erg
King Crimson - Epitaph
Frank Zappa - Peaches En Regalia
And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
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1 pink floyd echoes,2 tangerine dream rubycon, 3aphrodite's child the four horsemen
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