Your ultimate goose bumps moments in prog?

It's covered many times by Italian progrock bands, recently Delirium as you know Mandrakeroot

I agree Pantacruelgruel, it's one of the highlights on the A Show Of Hands video and I wished Alex Lifeson had done some more flamenco-like guitarplay

Edited by erik neuteboom - March 14 2007 at 04:52

erik neuteboom wrote: It's covered many times by Italian progrock bands, recently Delirium as you know Mandrakeroot

Eh, I know... I know...

First track on K.A., First track on Cardiacs "Sing to god", disc II (what a song!)... erm... I think that's it. Prog hasn't been delivering those goose bumps lately. Maurice Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloe" suites, on the other hand...

Oh, this is a nice thread. It made me check out several albums I haven't heard for ages.
One of my ultimate goose bumps moments in prog is ......

Careful With That Axe, Eugene (Ummagumma's live version).

It gives me goose bumps right from the start, and it lasts until the screaming!

To be continued ...

Edited by Draconean - March 28 2007 at 11:16

erik neuteboom wrote: Good call Draconean, I love the Pink Floyd At Pompeii version  !   The final part in the titletrack of Outer Limits their splendid album The Scene Of Pale Blue: majestic violon-Mellotron waves, a deep Moog Taurus bass pedal sound, howling electric guitar runs, this is bombastic symphonic prog at its best   What about this, Progismylife  ?

Mmm I was thinking about it because I saw it when I went to Paris, but I decided on Crows. It fitted my mood at the time, very dark.

Another goose bump moment for me. The tone generator solo on Egg's debut. I think Blane is the song name. Its eggcellent.

MY previous references have been to older stuff , but I've just gone back to 'Deadwing' and I'm talking 'She's moved on'. The lead up to the guitar solo and the solo itself is excellent, that is, the more exposed part vocals , the drum fill by Harrison and into a very tasteful solo . That does it for me every time.

[Remember, this the 'hidden' track [#10] on the Deadwing album which has been apparently reworked - the whole song rocks imo].

And so , another oldie - Graham Smith's violin solo on the title track of 'The Machine that Cried' by the lesser known String Driven Thing, now so deservedly on PA, particularly the transition into that solo as well and the early part of the solo as it starts to take off - really worthy of a listen!

progismylife wrote: I think mine was listening to Moonmadness (Camel) for the first time. It just had that special something that filled me with pure joy.

Haven't scanned this thread to see if anyone has made the same point: Camel's The Snow Goose would have been more appropriate for the topic.  Or how about Phillip's The Geese and the Ghost. Or how about Zappa's "Packard Goose" and Jethro Tull's "Mother Goose."

As for my goose-bump moment (no geese I promise): Damn, in Dun's "Arrakis" when I first heard it, as soon as it begun I felt all the malanky little hairs on my plot standing endwise and the shivers crawling up.  It just builds.   I always get a little thrill about 2 minutes 45 into Gentle Giant's "The Moon is Down", and at about the same time in "The House, The Street, The Room" (it's just so evil that I get goosebumps on my goosebumps -- maybe more of a headbanging moment).  Focus BEenie Helder really excites me when it changes mood about : 45 into the song (sorry for the lack of better descriptions).  The conclusion to Le Orme's Maggio gets me every time... and PFM's Via Lumiere when it shifts from Mahavishnu Ochestra territory.  Sweet, it's transitions that tend to get me when mood  shifts.

I've actually had many more goosebumps moments with classical music (not specifically referring to the period -- call it Western art music if you prefer but that sounds a little pretentious to me) than Prog.  Like Alex deLArge whom i referenced earlier, I do get it with parts of Beethoven's Ninth and many other works.

erik neuteboom wrote: Good call Draconean, I love the Pink Floyd At Pompeii version  !

Is it worthwhile checking it out or is it redundant when you already know/have Ummagumma's version?


And here are some more goose bumps moments:
* Argent - Candles On The River (form start to 1:03). Wonderful vocals and a magnificent quiet organ vs. guitar "battle".

* Yes - The Fish (live version Yessongs) (especially 8:23 to 10:17). Fantastic (drum 'n) bass piece. At first I almost couldn't believe that it was actually a bass solo. It just grooves!

* VDGG - Godbluff (with head phones on almost every second of it)

The final part in the epic Felona E Sorona by Le Orme: great build-up and compelling climax featuring ominous Hammond organ runs, fat Minimoog flights and a propulsive rhythm-section, one of the highlights in Italian progrock history