Post your Prog Rock favorites...

[WCGreen]

I couldn't decide between Audience, Hawkwind or Curved Air...

I went with Curved Air...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z2OvrFQDjQ



For those who don't know what prog rock is, think music that you would most enjoy being stoned on the pot and alone in your bedroom listening to music with your first pair of really good earphones on while your parents were throwing a cocktail party in the other room blaring Jerry Vale remixes of Sinatra songs....

[TrogL]

1. ELP - Karn Evil 9 (the whole damned thing)

[Terry in Austin]

2. Gotta go with the master

Bobby Dylan in his "electric" period.
"Visions of Johanna"
"Temporary Like Achilles"
"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"
mm-mmm!

For the alone-with-headphones setting, some standouts:
Moody Blues
Procol Harum
The Doors
...and of course, the Beatles ca. Revolver/Sgt. Pepper

[WCGreen]

14. Yea, Sgt. Peppers really opened the door for the Prog Rock...

[Doc_Technical]

3. Air Born - Camel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJV_8l3XdJQ

Contrasong - Egg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvUb0Pdv3Lw

Song for a Dreamer- Procol Harum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbeh-O--BwI

[Initech]

4. Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree

[Beer on a stick]

5. King Crimson - 3 of a Perfect Pair

[SweepPicker]

6. Mastodon

Oblivion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kcErNWtw1o

[Beer on a stick]

8. FUCKING MOTHERPUNCHER!!!!!!!

Fucking love that song.

[SweepPicker]

10. The Whole CD

is killer but that song CRUSHES!!

[GCP]

7. The Musical Box - Genesis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W35wtfcByIY

[nytemare]

9. Genesis, Porcupine Tree, early Elton John.

Good stuff.

[Ahpook]

11. However he is called

I present Mr. Zappa:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf8TM4CIk5g

The pups are looking around.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

12. Marillion's "Lavender"...with Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7sIzWKHGwQ

The guitar solo on this one slays me every fucking time. I prefer the original lineup of the band, fronted by Fish, but it's like Genesis with Peter Gabriel...he left and they just became a different band. Not better, not worse, different.

I'm a long-time and big-time prog fan...all of the original Yes / Genesis / Crimson stuff as well as the second wave of Marillion, Spock's Beard, Flower Kings, Jadis, etc. etc. etc...

:toast:

[WCGreen]

13. I saw Yes back in 1971, I think, in the community college gtm....

They still had Rick Wakeman.

I was about 14.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. I saw them on the "Going For The One" tour, with Wakeman...

...and Donovan was their opening act. There are fans of the "Relayer" album (and Moraz lit up Chris Squire's "Fish Out Of Water" solo album like a Roman candle, along with Bill Bruford), but it was good to have Wakeman back.

:toast:

[we can do it]

16. Wow Me Too - He Was Kind of Like Dumbledore On Keyboards

[WCGreen]

17. I loved his Journey to the Center of the Earrh album

[Orsino]

18. Tull.

Early blues-rock Tull, mid-period medieval boogie, Crest of a Knave metal, or modern world music. Tull's mostly awesome.