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I remember also "Heat of the Moment" by Asia (great hit) and "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles.
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Something by Klaatu

"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

Originally posted by UndercoverBoy UndercoverBoy wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

The Final Countdown!
Europe is a prog band?Question


No, but the Final Countdown is prog pop song. Listen to those synthesizers in the beginning! And it's about migrating away from earth to a galaxy far far away. It doesn't get any more prog than that.
I hadn't really listened to The Final Countdown until Arrested Development, but I have to admit, it's so bad it wraps around and becomes one of the best songs ever. To a less extent, so does Take On Me. And I can't decide whether I like What Is Love ironically or seriously. 
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Has anyone said 'Illegal Alien' by Genesis yet? Embarrassed
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Originally posted by UndercoverBoy UndercoverBoy wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

The Final Countdown!
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No, but the Final Countdown is prog pop song. Listen to those synthesizers in the beginning! And it's about migrating away from earth to a galaxy far far away. It doesn't get any more prog than that.
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Well, since the Beatles are included on this site as a prog band, I'll nominate "Love Me Do"
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Something by Muse, maybe?
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Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

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The Final Countdown!
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Dare I say Duke's Travels?Wink
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While perhaps not best ever, 'For You' off Love Beach is f**king good. And I challenge anyone here to say honestly that Carl Palmer does not rule on that album.

For best ever, Il Balletto Di Bronzo's La Tua Casa Commoda strikes me as being especially good but not quite as excellent as 10cc's Blackmail or (if we're going more by sales success) I'm Not In Love, which is actually very experimental - more so than most of the bands we don't leave in PR.
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

 
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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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Basically any song off this:

Dredg El Cielo album cover
 
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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Points: 16290 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2010 at 18:26
Originally posted by desistindo desistindo wrote:

I would say "Owner of a lonely heart" by Yes. And you?
 
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 first thing that came to my mind was "anything from Supertramp" so that's my answer!

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These two are some of the best IMO.

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Points: 21795 		Direct Link To This Post 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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Points: 1416 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2010 at 15:16
Ah, but what about Supertramp? Geek
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Points: 296 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2010 at 14:52
Most songs by Toy Matinee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyTdtf0LFMk
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