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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24595
    Can ....



    Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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  • dogloaddogload Frets: 1495
    edited September 2013
    Van Der Graaf Generator performing 'A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers'


    I saw this on TV when I was about 18 and it was one of those WTF moments. Not exactly life-changing, but almost a musical epiphany!
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  • dogloaddogload Frets: 1495
    Fretwired said:
    Can ....


    Awesome!
    The drummer in our band's hero is Jaki Liebezeit. We might be playing the wrong notes but at least we're tight!
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  • DulcetJonesDulcetJones Frets: 515
    Fretwired said:
    Another underrated guitarist .. Steve Hackett ..

    Yeah, he`s been one of my favorites all along, I think he looks a lot like present day Tony Iommi here.  Does the bassist always play a 5 string with 4 strings on it or did he break one early in the song?  

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  • DulcetJonesDulcetJones Frets: 515
    Fretwired said:
    A live performance from one of my favourite recent albums by Steve Wilson - the raven that refused to sing ....

    An extremely impressive performance!  I have never heard of Steve Wilson before I saw this thread, I have to get more.....

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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    edited September 2013
    I dont do prog......at all -  its pretty much everything I dislike about music......(except jazz of course)..but for an album my elder bro had back in the 70s......................some classic choons on there I think


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    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • jonevejoneve Frets: 1416
    No prog thread is complete without this beauty. Probably one of my top 5 favourite albums ever.




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  • Handsome_ChrisHandsome_Chris Frets: 4759
    Is there no love for the Roxy Music?

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  • Handsome_ChrisHandsome_Chris Frets: 4759
    Is it the Jimmy Saville TOTP bit that cause offence?
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  • dogloaddogload Frets: 1495
    That's uncanny
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  • Handsome_ChrisHandsome_Chris Frets: 4759
    edited September 2013
    It was probably too soon. :D
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    @joneve - agree but if I'm putting that as number 5, then it's joint 5th with 6 degrees, images and words, awake, octavarium and probably at least a couple more. Amazing band.
    Paul_C said: People never read the signature bit.
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  • DulcetJonesDulcetJones Frets: 515
    Handsome_Chris said:
    Is there no love for the Roxy Music?

    I am a big fan of some of their music, "Love is the Drug" and much of the album it was on especially, and their cover of Neil Youngs "Like a Hurricane" live is excellent.

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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24595
    Roxy Music .... an eclectic line up .. Ferry was dating one of the dancing girls at the time .... Manzanera was playing through a couple of Roland JC120 amps ...






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  • DulcetJonesDulcetJones Frets: 515
    edited September 2013
    Here's something that might be new to you, Harmonium, a band from Quebec, Canada in the 70's.  They sing in French, and play a variation on prog.  I used to listen to this album over and over,, and it wasn't until about a year later that I noticed they didn't have a drummer!  
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWbGmhwHmS8  And, I don't know why sometimes when I post a video it appears and sometimes it's just the URL.

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  • PolarityManPolarityMan Frets: 7159
    Hadnt checked out any of the raven that refused to sing yet. Awesome track. I think by and large Im still more of a fan of the porcupine tree stuff but this is still great stuff.
    [SKYTREE]
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  • PolarityManPolarityMan Frets: 7159
    Jalapeno said:
    I think one Prog Rock thread is sufficient, don't you ?  ;)

    Digging the Steve Hillage Fish Rising stuff !!!!!!! B-)
    Surely a good prog thread should come in 3 volumes, each with full size double gatefold artwork featuring fantasy landscapes.
    [SKYTREE]
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  • nanomannanoman Frets: 62
    edited September 2013
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qii59-7JAM

    erm, how do the embedded clip thingy?
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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XSpXca0fg8w

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  • JCA2550JCA2550 Frets: 417
    edited September 2013
    Only recently discovered Big Big Train (don't know how I missed them?) who are simply brilliant! It's very rare to encounter a "newer"* Proggy band that, although derivative in places remain completely original and fresh somehow.



    *they've been around in various forms since the early 90s
    Also appearing with:
    http://www.theboxwoodchessmen.com/
    https://www.facebook.com/tingiants/?view_public_for=231700547508938

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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698
    edited September 2013

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1qAA1Fb3dBY

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VSLDly-xafE

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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9793
    Things to check out on YouTube (they were there last time I looked)

    • Spooky Tooth
    • Gnidrolog
    • Vanilla Fudge

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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9793
    @joneve thank you for opening my ears to dream theater
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  • jonevejoneve Frets: 1416
    Phil_aka_Pip said:
    @joneve thank you for opening my ears to dream theater
    You are very welcome sir. That album was my first experience of them as well...(bought it on a whim in HMV, popped it on in the car on the way home and nearly crashed the car from being distracted by its awesomeness! - true story!)

    I've slipped out of touch with their newer material, but all their old stuff (up to and including Octavarium) is awesomesauce.

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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9793
    dream theater covers of comfortably numb & perfect strangers ... very creditable performances indeed, but I have a sneaking preference for the originals
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    edited September 2013
    steamabacus said:
    Jalapeno said:
    I think one Prog Rock thread is sufficient, don't you ?  ;) 

    So long as it's very very very long and is split into innumerable intricately-titled subsections.  :)
    lol
    Jalapeno said:
    No that would be "Metal" :P
    No, definitely Prog :).

    Exhibit A:



    Parts:

    I. Lover's Leap
    II. The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man
    III. Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men
    IV. How Dare I Be So Beautiful?
    V. Willow Farm
    VI. Apocalypse in 9/8 (Co-Starring the Delicious Talents of Gabble Ratchet)
    VII. As Sure As Eggs

    bertie said:
    I dont do prog......at all -  its pretty much everything I dislike about music......(except jazz of course)..but for an album my elder bro had back in the 70s......................some classic choons on there I think


    image


    That's a great album, but not really prog...

    I was in a band called Negative Earth once :).

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

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  • martmart Frets: 5165
    ICBM said:
    .....
    Parts:

    I. Lover's Leap
    II. The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man
    III. Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men
    IV. How Dare I Be So Beautiful?
    V. Willow Farm
    VI. Apocalypse in 9/8 (Co-Starring the Delicious Talents of Gabble Ratchet)
    VII. As Sure As Eggs
    ....
    What!? How could you forget the "aching men's feet" subtitle? ;)
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    edited September 2013
    mart said:
    What!? How could you forget the "aching men's feet" subtitle? ;)
    And "Is Eggs"! :-O

    It wasn't in the comments box of the iTunes info I copied the rest from! Maybe they ran out of room.

    Damn, that's it... I tried adding it manually and it disappears again. Must be a character limit. What's a serious prog fan to do if they can't be trusted to allow enough room for seven properly-titled subsections?!

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

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  • martmart Frets: 5165
    Pathetic! We should boycott iTunes.
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  • steamabacussteamabacus Frets: 1239
    I'm looking forward to this - three drummers! Now that's prog.     :)
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