Survival bag
 

So, the end of the world is nigh, but, thankfully, in the spaceship ark, along with 10 million frozen embryos, there is room for one representational track from every progressive band that has ever put finger to mellotron or guitar....ONE track which sums up the essence of a bands entire existence! The world waits, the asteroid draws steadily nearer...you have to choose...
....millions yet unborn depend on YOU!:jawdrop:

Re: Survival bag
 

Dream Theater - Octavarium
Spock's Beard - At The End Of The Day
Pendragon - If I Were The Wind

Re: Survival bag
 

King Crimson
"In The Court of the Crimson King"

Re: Survival bag
 

Yes - Close To The Edge

Re: Survival bag
 

Genesis - Cinema Show

Re: Survival bag
 

Magic Pie - Change - sums up the ENTIRE prog renaissance!

Re: Survival bag
 

Definitely JT!!!

Re: Survival bag
 

Nektar - :rockband: Remember The Future (Part 1) (and Part 2 if I could sneak it aboard - it really is one long track that had to be divided up because of vinyl.) :o

Re: Survival bag
 

Pink Floyd - that's a toughy. All reverence given to Alan's Pyschedelic Breakfast, of course, I'd still have to go with Meddle's "Echoes." :notworthy A touch of the early with the foreshadowing of the music to come.

Re: Survival bag
 

Definitely: Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Tarkus!!! :rawk:

Ted

Re: Survival bag
 

Hmm no piano and no acoustic guitar...hardly a sum (although my fave ELP track).....

then i thought Karn Evil 9 maybe...still no lake guitar...

speaking of Tarkus, that may be one of the more lifted pieces of music in prog..you'll hear elements of Tarkus in a lot of songs....

Re: Survival bag
 

Rick,

You make some great points - then what about "From the Beginning" by ELP or "Take a Pebble" - they have both of the elements you mentioned....

Ted

Re: Survival bag
 

yes but not enough of the others! I'd revert back to tarkus...I was just splitting hairs (the prog barber lol)

Re: Survival bag
 

ATOM HEART MOTHER Why? Because it's rife with all the excesses of progressive rock sensibilities: it's a long radio-unfriendly composition; replete with backing choir and orchestra; has great uplifting melodic parts as well as dark and dissonant parts; chock full of quirky and spacey interludes; lead motorbike and broken glass parts; just when you think it's concluding, it's not; fabulous production qualities (thanks to Mr. Parsons); recorded in Abbey Road Studios; and hated by all the critics! It's Pink Floyd at their most experimental stage, IMO.

Re: Survival bag
 

Thick as a brick





You put your bet on number one and it comes up every time.
The other kids have all backed down and they put you first in line.
And so you finally ask yourself just how big you are --
And take your place in a wiser world of bigger motor cars.

Re: Survival bag
 

though i love, love, love king crimson's court, as well as my personal favorite... i talk to the wind...if i had to pick for the future masses ....i prefer

King Crimson
Starless

Flower Kings
I am the Sun (complete suite, pts 1 & 2)

Spock's Beard
The Great Nothing

:surrender


p.s. i'll be taking my ship and leaving be4 the big ciao-ciao
good thread gaz!

Re: Survival bag
 

I think either Yes' And You And I or their Heart of the Sunrise. Both songs sum up Prog Rock in a clear, concise fashion.

Re: Survival bag
 

Van der graaf generator , Plague of lighthouse's keeper ( hoping I 'll see the rescuing lighthouse):yougo

Re: Survival bag
 

Echolyn....Mei, it's everything they are

siding w/mailo on the graaf fix

Re: Survival bag
 

Have to respectfully disagree...however, it's representative of later Echolyn. Suite for the Everyman is the earlier definitive epic....

Like KC..

"Court of" is only representative of their first few yrs,,,, Starless the next,,,

then there's the Discipline period, and now the Industrial period...

always the contrarian lol

Re: Survival bag
 

I have to agree with Suite for the Everyman. At nearly 50 mins, Mei gets to be tedious.

Re: Survival bag
 

Mei gets tedious way before the 50 minute mark. But Pink Floyd - Echoes tops that, as it gets tedious before it even gets started! The most overrated prog piece ever. (No offence) I'm with Vax on Atom Heart Mother...

Karn Evil 9 (live at least) features one of Greg Lake's best leads, before the break into "welcome back my friends"

I think Gazric's point was one song for EACH band (yikes!), so let's hear some suggestions from lesser known bands.

Djam Karet - The Sky Opens Twice - contains the ripping intro, then segues (admittedly not so gracefully) into the more ambient side of their music

Re: Survival bag
 

Crucible - An Imp's Tale:imp:
Dixie Dregs - Free Fall
Kansas - Journey from Mariabonn
Magenta - White Witch
Roxy Music - Avalon
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning (Live)
Can - Future Days
Bill Bruford - If You Can't Stand The Heat
Flash - Small Beginning
The Mahavishnu Orchestra - One Word

Okay, that should stir up enought trouble for now. :angel: :rofl:

Re: Survival bag
 

You damn right it did:boxing: :rofl:

Crucible - they only put out two records! :)
Dregs - I'm Freaking Out, or Hereafter
Kansas - not a bad choice....
Magenta - Gluttony, but Witch is prob better

Focus - Hamburger Concerto
(I like Peter's Brick choice)

and

Greg Howard - Water on the Moon:haha:

Re: Survival bag
 

I don't believe it matters how many records they put out. If I may quote the original premise of this thread "...one representational track from every progressive band that has ever put finger to mellotron or guitar...." :hrm:

Good Focus Cut!
And equally good Dregs cuts as well.

:D

Re: Survival bag
 

And if I may quote Dale.......

I see your point, touche....

Re: Survival bag
 

Re: Survival bag
 

nice one, exactly why i posted this thread...80% of the cuts, i don't know, but looks like the basis of a new progressive civilisation.....somewhere:hrm:

Re: Survival bag
 

Procal Harum - Conquistator (the live full orchestral version)
Tempano - Atabal-Yemal
Transatlantic - My New World
Traffic - The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
Shadowfax - Angel's Flight
Starcastle - Lady Of The Lake

There's a few more for the trip..:alien:

Re: Survival bag
 

Okay, Jon Anderson will be represented several times - Yes, ABWH, & work with Vangelis.

However, he has to have a solo effort as well. That has to be:

Olias of Sunhillow
But which cut? :???:

Moon Ra/ Chord / Song of Sea
or
QoQuaQ En Transic / Naon / Transic To
or
Ocean Song / Meeting

I'd have to sneak the whole thing on myself. :rulez: But alas, someone must choose.

Re: Survival bag
 

Hope I'm not repeating other entries...maybe I should have read all posts...oh, well... here are a few...

PFM - L' Isola di Niente
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Canto Nomade Per un Prigioniero Politico
Todd Rundgren - Future
Can - Bel Air
Hawkwind - Spirit of the Age
Gong - Isle of Everywhere
Caravan - L'Auberge Du Sanglier / A Hunting We Shall Go / Pengola / Backwards
Spock's Beard - Walking on the Wind

(@2 cents a piece, there's my 28 cents worth)

Re: Survival bag
 

new trolls- la nuova predica di padre o'brien
magma- hortz fur dehn stekehn west
camel- lady fantasy
ozric tentacles- spirals in hyperspace