I'll kick us off ...
House with no door..Van Der Graaf Generator

Focus - Hocus Pocus

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 27, 2023 9:19 am

I'll kick us off ...
House with no door..Van Der Graaf Generator

And the album it came from ..H to He is one of the greatest prog rock albums if all time...not a bad track on it

Thick as a brick Jethro Tull

Steve I'm right with you on that choice. Plague of Lighthouse Keepers is another spine tingling track from Pawn Hearts.

What's the single greatest progressive rock song of all time?

Oxymoron by Paradox

Are Pink Floyd considered progressive......?

If so surely it has to be one of their epics:

Atom Heart Mother (my favourite) - the album version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fku7hi5kI-c&t=71s

And an interesting non Floyd cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeuB8Xil_kA&t=168s

Echoes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGwPSPIhohk

or Astronomy Domine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJh9OLlXenM

Another vote for Echoes. Magnificent.

Cinema Show.

Though I could probably have chosen any track off 'Selling England by the Pound'.

Claretmisterg wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 27, 2023 11:31 am

Another vote for Echoes. Magnificent.

Ditto

Me too , Echoes live at Pompei is b***** awesome

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis.

The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

kindonesque wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 27, 2023 10:17 am

Steve I'm right with you on that choice. Plague of Lighthouse Keepers is another spine tingling track from Pawn Hearts.

Oh my god! Here we go again. VDGG fans emerging from self imposed hibernation. “Plague of Lighthouse Keepers”! I ask you! It’s PANTS, I tell you. PANTS!

Meddle is a masterpiece.
Echoes just a brilliant track.

Lucky Man - ELP
IMHO, of course
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tcdZTmzTYFU

King Crimson's
21st Century Schizoid man

For me "Close To The Edge" by Yes.

I looked up the 'progresive' listed bands (whatever that means) and The Strawbs featured.

On that basis, it has to be 'Part of the Union'

They won't get me I'm part of the Union!

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:52 am

I looked up the 'progresive' listed bands (whatever that means) and The Strawbs featured.

On that basis, it has to be 'Part of the Union'

They won't get me I'm part of the Union!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... ock_groups

There are some odd selections in the Wiki list - The Animals for example.

The outstanding bands must be the likes of Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Genesis, Hawkwind, Yes, ELP, Moody Blues, maybe ELO, Rennaisance, Traffic, The Enid. I also like Wally, Rare Bird and Barclay James Harvest. I think of Focus as progressive too, and some of those German and French groups from around that time. And there's things like John Mclaughlin mahavishnu Orchestra.

What's so good about those musical times - 1966 to mid to late 70s - is that record companies would give bands a lot of free reign to make this sort of experimental music. Incredible really and we are lucky to still be able to hear much of it, some of which passed us by at the time.

Taxi ffor dermotdermot

Xanadu by Rush

Vincent'sCap wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:18 am

King Crimson's
21st Century Schizoid man

Seconded.

Rush 2112

Script For a Jester’s Tear by Marillion

Another vote for The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Passion Play - Jethro Tull was excellent too

Suppers Ready-Genesis

the_magic_rat wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:15 am

For me "Close To The Edge" by Yes.

Beautifully crafted. Faced with a single choice from the yes blacklist, I'd pick "the gates of delirium" of the yesshows live album. The studio version doesn't flow as well as the studio version of close to the edge, though.

Joeandy1920 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:40 pm

Suppers Ready-Genesis

Hard to argue with that, but I'd have it just 2nd to The Court of the Crimson King.

VDGG
Pilgrims. Peter Hammill the best prog lyricist for me. Love his solo stuff too.

Genesis "Supper's Ready"

Depends whether you can class Devo as prog rock but mongaloid is a tune and a half.

Loads on here

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... 977-41843/

Stonehenge - Spinal Tap

Seriously though difficult to not pick Genesis - Supper's Ready is the obvious but I think The Musical Box, Cinema Show or Firth of Fifth possibly beat it.

Shout out for Opeth too - heavily prog influenced (some serious mellotron vibes on quite a few of theirs .. Eternal Rains will Come is fantastic

Depends whether you can class Devo as prog rock but mongaloid is a tune and a half.

the_magic_rat wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:15 am

For me "Close To The Edge" by Yes.

And You And I
https://youtu.be/y5BXBJstDN4?si=xB69yg23YCOwzOIs

Close to the Edge: Yes