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Dream Theater's "Disappear" and "The Spirit Carries On" are quite sad.
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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

 
         
           Birth Control-We All Thought We Knew You-this was written in memory of the deceased Helmut Koellen-a very sad and difficult thing to deal with, but it is dealt with in a sensitive and understanding way-RIP Helmut!

I'll look up the song, I really like BC's Operation and Triumvirat aswell, so...
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I've heard some Le Orme's songs which sound really really sad, even if I don't understand what the song's are about. The one that comes to mind right now is Figura di Cartone.
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

I've heard some Le Orme's songs which sound really really sad, even if I don't understand what the song's are about. The one that comes to mind right now is Figura di Cartone.
The same thing happens to me-thanks for mentioning-something i should not forget
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Originally posted by Blowin Free Blowin Free wrote:

Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

 
         
           Birth Control-We All Thought We Knew You-this was written in memory of the deceased Helmut Koellen-a very sad and difficult thing to deal with, but it is dealt with in a sensitive and understanding way-RIP Helmut!

I'll look up the song, I really like BC's Operation and Triumvirat aswell, so...
thanks for taking an interest, i did not even know of this song's existence until just a year ago-i also love BC's Rebirth with guitarist Dirk Steffens-what is Operation like?
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I'll agree with:
 
"Soon" by Yes
"To Be Over" by Yes
"Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues
 
I know the story for "Turn of the Century" and it is somewhat sad but I have not felt that the music was particularly evocative of sadness.  I also read that story as myth so that it isn't a story so much as it is a psychological experience.
 
I would like to add the obvious and as of yet unmentioned "Tears" by Rush although the song itself might not be considered prog.
 
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I don't know what a sad song is or what is meant by it. Melancholy? Minor keys?I like minor key music, it can be dark or romantic or reflective, but it doesn't make me sad.
 
Songs that make me emotional are songs with some strong passion and emotion. But...great music doesnt make me sad, just emotionally gripped in a positve way.
 
A passionate song is Mike Rutherford - At the end of the day. But it's mostly major key.
 
But nevertheless, here is some minor-key oriented songs.
 
The gathering - A Noise Severe                                            very minor key.                       
Steve hackett - There Are Many Sides to the Night           great song
Eric Woolfsson - Freudiana                        i love the synth sounds and the TR 808, I recommend it!
 
The most melancholic music is in the neo-folk genre I think. Sorrow - A Garland from the Moon is incredibly melancholic, and beautiful.


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Someone mentioned VDGG's House With No Door earlier; that's definitely the saddest prog song I can think of... Hammill's vocals just sound so mournful.

Other than that I think it's hard to say; so many prog songs go through a variety of moods...
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Originally posted by sealchan sealchan wrote:

I'll agree with:
 
"Soon" by Yes
"To Be Over" by Yes
"Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues

 

Damn, I forgot all about ''Nights''! 

So sorrowful and lovely! 


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 As prog ballad, ("a sad song"), this version of Here Comes The Flood>

 
PS As no prog, or "prog related", (although i dont see so much difference between prog and no prog ballads )--- awesome one Wink :
 


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VDGG - House with no door.



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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Originally posted by Blowin Free Blowin Free wrote:

Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

 
         
           Birth Control-We All Thought We Knew You-this was written in memory of the deceased Helmut Koellen-a very sad and difficult thing to deal with, but it is dealt with in a sensitive and understanding way-RIP Helmut!

I'll look up the song, I really like BC's Operation and Triumvirat aswell, so...
thanks for taking an interest, i did not even know of this song's existence until just a year ago-i also love BC's Rebirth with guitarist Dirk Steffens-what is Operation like?

Operation is a Hammond-oriented album, with a s**tload of overdriven Hammond solos and powerful vocals. It contains one of my favorite songs of all time, Just Before the Sun Will Rise.
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Some of these have been said, but I'll repost them anyway.

Peter Gabriel- Biko
Pink Floyd- High Hopes
David Gilmour- Castellorizon
Pink Floyd- The Wall Album (first half of second disc, especially)
Peter Gabriel- Family Snapshot
Led Zeppelin- Tangerine
Peter Gabriel- Red Rain
Pink Floyd- Sorrow
Pink Floyd- Celestial Voices (from A Saucerful of Secrets)
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Probably
 Feel so low- porcupine tree
 disapear- dream theater
 marooned- pink floyd (david gilmour)- saddest and most touching song I've ever heard.
 tears- jordan rudess
 
The saddest album I've ever heard though has got to be Sea Change by Beck. It's not really progressive. More like acoustc alternative but it's still amazing.
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@peart_lee_lifeson  I would have to say that the spirit carries on is not very sad, it makes me happy.
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Marillion- Sugarmice
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Because you can only choose 3, this is TOTALLY RANDOM. Actually none of these are totally sad, but anyway:

1. Автограф - (1985) Autograph - 02 - Requiem (In Memory Of John Lennon)
2. King Crimson - (1970) Lizard - 01 - Circus
3. Nova [FIN] - (1976) Atlantis - 01 - Vanha surullinen laulu

Gentle Giant - (1972) Three Friends - 02 - Schooldays
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - (1971) Tarkus - 04 - The Only Way (Hymn)
Van der Graaf Generator - (1971) Pawn Hearts - 02 - Man-Erg
Dream Theater - 2002 - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (Disc One) - 05 - Disappear
Henry Cow - (1975) In Praise Of Learning - 04 - Beautiful As The Moon; Terrible As An Army With Banners
U Totem - (1992) U Totem - 01 - One Nail Draws Another
(That U Totem shows how hard it's to tell whether a song is sad or not. Because I think it sounds also very happy. Sometimes sad means only emotional to me so it can be happy too)

Also, many Italian symphonic prog is sad and happy at the same time, and that's just crazy. But I like it. I don't give examples here, except Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso.

Also, some very melancholic songs in a bit psychedelic suicidal way:
Paternoster - (1972) - Paternoster - 04 - Stop These Lines
Wigwam - (1976) The Lucky Golden Stripes and Starpose - 01 - Sane Again

Here's that Nova's song. It means "old sad song". Well, it has some not-so-sad jazz-rock passages but who cares


Edited by progressive - March 08 2010 at 20:32

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1. "La Princesse Perdue" - Camel (the only Prog song to make me cry, but that might be because of what was going on through my mind at the time.)
2. "Refugees" - Van Der Graaf Generator
3. "Sea Song" - Robert Wyatt
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Soon-Yes
Biko-Peter Gabriel
Turn of the Century-Yes
Musical Box-Genesis
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Here's my list, in no particular order:
 
"Lamplight Symphony," a personal favorite by Kansas
"Summer's Lease" by Big Big Train
"Shadowman" by Steve Walsh
"Sometimes I Fell Like Screaming" by Deep Purple (it's kind of a prog song...)
"Memorial," an instrumental by Explosions in the Sky
"High Hopes" by Pink Floyd
"Bridge Across Forever" by Transatlantic
 
 
 


Edited by Mr. Maestro - March 10 2010 at 18:01
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