Prog Rock: was 'Song For America' THE tune?

[FreeperSlayer]

Man, I thought that Kansas was the shit! King Crimson and Yes were right there, too.

Who was your fave progressive rock band? Fave song?

[DoctorBombay]

1. I love ALL that stuff!

Anything from Yes to King Crimson to ELP to Uriah Heep.

But, my favorite would have to be pre-1976 Genesis. And if I had to pick a song, I'll go with "Watcher of the Skies" off of Foxtrot, which I believe was 1971.

[Fovea]

2. Well yeah, all of the above

But also Gentle Giant, Genesis (Gabriel era), ELP, Rita Lee (Brazil), and while it may be hard to append the term progressive to, F.Zappa's 200 motels album. The same can be said for Fishbone's Sunless Saturday.

Songs---
Gentle Giant -- Knots, Peel the Paint, Cry for Everyone
Genesis -- Get 'em out by Friday, The return of the giant hogweed.
ELP -- I forget the title, the original is by Alberto Ginestera
Kansas -- Lightning's hand (I live in Kansas, and they *understand*)
Yes -- Close to the Edge, mood for a day, and off their unknown seccond album, a cover of Stephen Still's 'everydays' that is one of the 20th century's great moments in music.

King Crimson -- the entire Discipline album.
But my old garage band did a passible cover of 21st C. Schizoid Man...
Ok, I am no Robert Fripp, but then, who is.

[TrogL]

7. ELP - Ginastera

Toccata

[BrewerJohn]

3. Huge longtime Yes fan here

Their greatest period for me was from Close to the Edge through Going for the One. Incredible music. If I had to pick just one song, it would probably be "Close to the Edge".

Lots of good prog being made today, too. Aural Moon (http://www.auralmoon.com) plays a good mix of old and new stuff. Definitely worth a listen!

[Ein]

4. Propagandhi - Todays Empires, Tommorows Ashes and 311

311 - Seems Uncertain (they usually stick to social message, but that songs blatantly anti-war)

"I'd like to be,
One of the faithful millions,
But what I see,
Is an excuse for the killing"

edit: Just for fun lyrics to that Propagandhi song, these guys pump some great lyrics out

The tangled webs they weave span from Pine to Ruby Ridge,
way back from Shay's defeat on up to Gustafsen (now cue the ass parade of ditto-heads and commissars and pricks to drown out this faintest threat of commie faggot heretics).
Conclusion: the nail that sticks up gets hammered down and the master's finest tools are found slack-jawed and placid amidst the cacophony of screaming billboards and Disney-fied history.
Sometimes the ties that bind are strange:
no justice shines upon the cemetery plots marked Hampton, Weaver or Anna-Mae where Federal Bureaus and Fraternal Orders have cast their shadows; permanent features built into these borders.
But undercover of the customary gap we find between History and Truth, the Founding Fathers bask in the rocket's blinding red glare. The bombs bursting in air. One nation. Indivisible?
The truth is when the back-country learned of ratification the People had a coffin painted black and solemnly borne in funeral procession, they buried it deep in the earth as an emblem of the dissolution and internment of their Publick Liberty. Someday, somewhere, today's empires are tomorrow's ashes.

[chaska]

5. Various and sundry

Crimson "Starless and Bible Black" and "Red".

King Crimson was amazing during that period. John Wetton (bass) who went on to utter lameass-ness with Asia kills on that stuff. He became a totally different musician after leaving that band. And Bruford, well don't get me started. The Fripp is a genius ... kind of goes without saying.

Ooh, what about Focus? Another great band. Check out they're "Hamburger Concerto" album. Jan Ackerman gets a beautiful sound playing through Leslie (rotating sound) cabinets on that album. Their greatest hits album is really good too. All their albums are worth listening to.

Left field time: Nektar. German (?) band. I like their "Remember the Future" album a lot.

Gong with Allan Holdsworth is some really great stuff.

[last_texas_dem]

6. I love "Song for America"

I think Kansas's debut is one of the most underrated albums ever, and their second one (w/ "Song for America") is also great.

I'd have a really tough time picking my all-time favorite progressive-rock song. There is so much prog-rock that I love, and so much great stuff I have yet to hear since I wasn't alive during its peak. "Thick as a Brick" by Jethro Tull, maybe- for song and album, but I really couldn't pick one band as I like pretty much everyone that I'm familiar with. The Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, and Kansas would have to be pretty high on my list, though.

[TrogL]

8. Emerson Lake and Palmer

Karn Evil 9

[MissouriTeacher]

9. I love prog.

Anything with Bill Bruford on drums. :loveya:

[tarkus]

10. The Fripp is not a person. The Fripp is pure light and energy.

[Euphen]

11. Prog Rock

Well, everybody loves Progressive Rock, but Kansas is derivative rubbish.