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Progressive Rock Club 2021-06-21 17:48:18


Hi! This is my first ever topic, and I wanna start off with a bang! (Edit: I also posted this in General, but it kinda got crushed under the rest of the new posts, also here seems like the perfect place to put it and start a Prog club!)


What's your favorite Prog-Rock band? I've been obsessed with the genre since early 2010s, and one of my treasured finds (and one that I believe will retroactively blow up in the future) is the Zeuhl subgenre, kickstarted in the early 70s by a band named Magma, and whose band leader (the drummer Christian Vander) codified many of the Zeuhl tropes - such as singing/jaz scatting in a made up language (to which he named Kobaian) , heavy Jazz and Opera references (Vander himself was heavily inspired by John Coltrane and Carl Orff). Mainly known in the French underground, Magma still managed to get some big names in the fandom, such as Johnny Rotten and the snooker John Davis.


And with that said, Here's their most famous work (a live version if it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obbb29GqzM0&t=131s


On an unrelated note: I would LOVE to see a Magma themed Friday Night Funkin mod. considering the amount of Kobaian jazz scatting in his work, it should be easy to pick up his best lines to implement in-game. Here's the best song eligable for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfprrYtvzRI

Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-01-13 18:06:24


I'm a bit late to the party but I hope it's fine. I'm a huge prog fan plus I make progressive rock music myself. The type of prog rock I like the most is the classic era stuff (especially the stuff recorded around '74-'81) and modern retro prog.


Here's a list of my favorite bands (alphabetical order):

Anyone's Daughter

Atmosphera (Israeli band)

Banaau

Blåkulla

Thomas Bodin

Camel

Cherry Five

Corte dei Miracoli

Echolyn

Eden (French Canadian band)

Eela Craig

Emerson Lake & Palmer

Evership

FSB (Formacija Studio Balkanton)

The Far Meadow

The Flower Kings

Genesis (especially the Lamb till Duke era)

Gentle Giant

Harmonium

IQ

Invisible (Argentinean band)

Jonesy

Jordsjø

Karmakanic

Klaatu

Duncan Mackay

Modry Efekt

Moon Safari (before Tobias Lundgren's departure)

Patrick Moraz

Museo Rosenbach

Czesław Niemen

Phideaux

Anthony Phillips

Pollen/Jacques Tom Rivest

Põhja Konn

RSC

Radar (Estonian band)

Refugee

Todd Rundgren/Utopia

SBB

Simon Says

Skaldowie

Spock's Beard

Chris Squire

Tai Phong

The Tangent

Transatlantic

Triumvirat

UK

Welcome (Swiss German band)

Wobbler

XNA

Yes


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-01-19 23:16:12


https://emeraldcitycouncil.bandcamp.com/album/motion-carries

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A fellow Progressive Ears user has recommended me this album. It's awesome.


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-01-22 15:59:23


When I clicked this, I was expecting to see pebbles and stones, but this is cool too.


Does my chemical romance count as rock?

Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-01-30 23:13:38


At 6/21/21 05:48 PM, Sereph-Philemon wrote:Hi! This is my first ever topic, and I wanna start off with a bang! (Edit: I also posted this in General, but it kinda got crushed under the rest of the new posts, also here seems like the perfect place to put it and start a Prog club!)

What's your favorite Prog-Rock band? I've been obsessed with the genre since early 2010s, and one of my treasured finds (and one that I believe will retroactively blow up in the future) is the Zeuhl subgenre, kickstarted in the early 70s by a band named Magma, and whose band leader (the drummer Christian Vander) codified many of the Zeuhl tropes - such as singing/jaz scatting in a made up language (to which he named Kobaian) , heavy Jazz and Opera references (Vander himself was heavily inspired by John Coltrane and Carl Orff). Mainly known in the French underground, Magma still managed to get some big names in the fandom, such as Johnny Rotten and the snooker John Davis.

And with that said, Here's their most famous work (a live version if it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obbb29GqzM0&t=131s

On an unrelated note: I would LOVE to see a Magma themed Friday Night Funkin mod. considering the amount of Kobaian jazz scatting in his work, it should be easy to pick up his best lines to implement in-game. Here's the best song eligable for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfprrYtvzRI


does this count?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=llvFXi95dmM&pp=ygUXZ3JpbXNrdW5rIHdhdGNoZnVsIGVsbXM%3D


if ur reading this you are stupid and ugly


strawpage:https://locustswip.straw.page/

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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-02-15 17:10:33


At 1/30/24 11:13 PM, KhaosKitsune617 wrote:
At 6/21/21 05:48 PM, Sereph-Philemon wrote:Hi! This is my first ever topic, and I wanna start off with a bang! (Edit: I also posted this in General, but it kinda got crushed under the rest of the new posts, also here seems like the perfect place to put it and start a Prog club!)

What's your favorite Prog-Rock band? I've been obsessed with the genre since early 2010s, and one of my treasured finds (and one that I believe will retroactively blow up in the future) is the Zeuhl subgenre, kickstarted in the early 70s by a band named Magma, and whose band leader (the drummer Christian Vander) codified many of the Zeuhl tropes - such as singing/jaz scatting in a made up language (to which he named Kobaian) , heavy Jazz and Opera references (Vander himself was heavily inspired by John Coltrane and Carl Orff). Mainly known in the French underground, Magma still managed to get some big names in the fandom, such as Johnny Rotten and the snooker John Davis.

And with that said, Here's their most famous work (a live version if it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obbb29GqzM0&t=131s

On an unrelated note: I would LOVE to see a Magma themed Friday Night Funkin mod. considering the amount of Kobaian jazz scatting in his work, it should be easy to pick up his best lines to implement in-game. Here's the best song eligable for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfprrYtvzRI

does this count?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=llvFXi95dmM&pp=ygUXZ3JpbXNrdW5rIHdhdGNoZnVsIGVsbXM%3D


Thanks for the rec! The Grimskunk track started off like a regular metal or punk metal song but when the Hammond organ kicked in, I felt right at home!


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-02-15 17:33:02


At 2/15/24 05:10 PM, Czyszy wrote:
At 1/30/24 11:13 PM, KhaosKitsune617 wrote:
At 6/21/21 05:48 PM, Sereph-Philemon wrote:Hi! This is my first ever topic, and I wanna start off with a bang! (Edit: I also posted this in General, but it kinda got crushed under the rest of the new posts, also here seems like the perfect place to put it and start a Prog club!)

What's your favorite Prog-Rock band? I've been obsessed with the genre since early 2010s, and one of my treasured finds (and one that I believe will retroactively blow up in the future) is the Zeuhl subgenre, kickstarted in the early 70s by a band named Magma, and whose band leader (the drummer Christian Vander) codified many of the Zeuhl tropes - such as singing/jaz scatting in a made up language (to which he named Kobaian) , heavy Jazz and Opera references (Vander himself was heavily inspired by John Coltrane and Carl Orff). Mainly known in the French underground, Magma still managed to get some big names in the fandom, such as Johnny Rotten and the snooker John Davis.

And with that said, Here's their most famous work (a live version if it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obbb29GqzM0&t=131s

On an unrelated note: I would LOVE to see a Magma themed Friday Night Funkin mod. considering the amount of Kobaian jazz scatting in his work, it should be easy to pick up his best lines to implement in-game. Here's the best song eligable for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfprrYtvzRI

does this count?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=llvFXi95dmM&pp=ygUXZ3JpbXNrdW5rIHdhdGNoZnVsIGVsbXM%3D

Thanks for the rec! The Grimskunk track started off like a regular metal or punk metal song but when the Hammond organ kicked in, I felt right at home!


i love grimskunk so much.


if ur reading this you are stupid and ugly


strawpage:https://locustswip.straw.page/

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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-02-20 23:51:30


Check out this incredible album from 2023. It has all the elements I like in modern prog! Featured guests include Ryo Okumoto (Spock's Beard), Alex Machacek (UK), Brent George (K²), Jimmy Keegan (Pattern Seeking Animals), Matt Dorsey (Sound of Contact) and others.


It's a pity they generated the cover art using AI (at least they openly admit it) but that makes this album a perfect example of a "Don't judge the book by its cover" sorta production. B)


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-04-20 12:52:50


I've just discovered the album Dei Ricordi, un Museo by Stefano "Lupo" Galifi released in 2021. Even though it's a contemporary release, it sounds very retro and channels 70's Museo Rosenbach in an appropriately admirable way, paying homage to Lupo Galifi's legacy and importance for the history of Italian prog rock!


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-05-03 15:16:51


@Czyszy not progressive rock, more death metal but you should give this album a listen. You might like it.



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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-05-14 23:25:27


Eyy, I found my people! I have pretty eclectic tastes, but I like a lot of different prog rock/prog metal bands. Some of the ones I've been listening to the most recently are Blind Guardian, Ayreon, and Edguy.


I think that Ayreon especially would fit in well with the general theme of NG. It's a project put together by this Dutch guy named Arjen Lucassen. Each album is a concept album (following one story throughout), and for each one he gathers up a group of musicians and vocalists, often well-known ones. Usually each of the main vocalists voices a different character for the album. The albums usually are space operas or generally sci-fi stories. He also likes to experiment a bit, and has come up with some pretty interesting stuff. Ayreon is the only place that I've heard to use a didgeridoo, mandolin, and death metal vocals all in one song. And it actually works.

Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-05-31 11:40:12


Despite the silly title and topic, it's in my opinion one of the best 21st century ~20 minute prog epics.


Tomas Bodin was the keyboard player in The Flower Kings, before Roine kicked him out. :(


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-06-09 10:25:10


At 1/13/24 06:06 PM, Czyszy wrote:I'm a bit late to the party but I hope it's fine. I'm a huge prog fan plus I make progressive rock music myself. The type of prog rock I like the most is the classic era stuff (especially the stuff recorded around '74-'81) and modern retro prog.

Here's a list of my favorite bands (alphabetical order):
Anyone's Daughter
Atmosphera (Israeli band)
Banaau
Blåkulla
Thomas Bodin
Camel
Cherry Five
Corte dei Miracoli
Echolyn
Eden (French Canadian band)
Eela Craig
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Evership
FSB (Formacija Studio Balkanton)
The Far Meadow
The Flower Kings
Genesis (especially the Lamb till Duke era)
Gentle Giant
Harmonium
IQ
Invisible (Argentinean band)
Jonesy
Jordsjø
Karmakanic
Klaatu
Duncan Mackay
Modry Efekt
Moon Safari (before Tobias Lundgren's departure)
Patrick Moraz
Museo Rosenbach
Czesław Niemen
Phideaux
Anthony Phillips
Pollen/Jacques Tom Rivest
Põhja Konn
RSC
Radar (Estonian band)
Refugee
Todd Rundgren/Utopia
SBB
Simon Says
Skaldowie
Spock's Beard
Chris Squire
Tai Phong
The Tangent
Transatlantic
Triumvirat
UK
Welcome (Swiss German band)
Wobbler
XNA
Yes


Genesis Is The Only Band I Recognise


completely unrelated, but why do you capitalize every word?


It Just Helps Me Stand Out More, I'm Not Like Most People I Want To Be Different And Unique So When You See My Post Your Like.. Oh Its Ethan..(!)



Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-06-09 11:03:53


At 6/9/24 10:25 AM, ethanblair wrote:
At 1/13/24 06:06 PM, Czyszy wrote:I'm a bit late to the party but I hope it's fine. I'm a huge prog fan plus I make progressive rock music myself. The type of prog rock I like the most is the classic era stuff (especially the stuff recorded around '74-'81) and modern retro prog.

Here's a list of my favorite bands (alphabetical order):
Anyone's Daughter
Atmosphera (Israeli band)
Banaau
Blåkulla
Thomas Bodin
Camel
Cherry Five
Corte dei Miracoli
Echolyn
Eden (French Canadian band)
Eela Craig
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Evership
FSB (Formacija Studio Balkanton)
The Far Meadow
The Flower Kings
Genesis (especially the Lamb till Duke era)
Gentle Giant
Harmonium
IQ
Invisible (Argentinean band)
Jonesy
Jordsjø
Karmakanic
Klaatu
Duncan Mackay
Modry Efekt
Moon Safari (before Tobias Lundgren's departure)
Patrick Moraz
Museo Rosenbach
Czesław Niemen
Phideaux
Anthony Phillips
Pollen/Jacques Tom Rivest
Põhja Konn
RSC
Radar (Estonian band)
Refugee
Todd Rundgren/Utopia
SBB
Simon Says
Skaldowie
Spock's Beard
Chris Squire
Tai Phong
The Tangent
Transatlantic
Triumvirat
UK
Welcome (Swiss German band)
Wobbler
XNA
Yes

Genesis Is The Only Band I Recognise


Really? You mean you don't recognize this one?


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-06-09 11:39:27


At 6/9/24 11:03 AM, Czyszy wrote:Really? You mean you don't recognize this one?


Oh Yeah Thats The Jo Jos Bizzare Adventure Outro


completely unrelated, but why do you capitalize every word?


It Just Helps Me Stand Out More, I'm Not Like Most People I Want To Be Different And Unique So When You See My Post Your Like.. Oh Its Ethan..(!)



Response to Progressive Rock Club 2024-06-09 11:50:30


At 6/9/24 11:39 AM, ethanblair wrote:
At 6/9/24 11:03 AM, Czyszy wrote:Really? You mean you don't recognize this one?

Oh Yeah Thats The Jo Jos Bizzare Adventure Outro


Haha. I told you so. ;)


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2025-12-06 05:06:03


This is some deeply fucked up avant prog. It's gorgeous.


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2025-12-07 15:31:29 (edited 2025-12-07 15:32:08)


At 5/14/24 11:25 PM, LuckyCheshire wrote:Eyy, I found my people! I have pretty eclectic tastes, but I like a lot of different prog rock/prog metal bands. Some of the ones I've been listening to the most recently are Blind Guardian, Ayreon, and Edguy.

I think that Ayreon especially would fit in well with the general theme of NG. It's a project put together by this Dutch guy named Arjen Lucassen. Each album is a concept album (following one story throughout), and for each one he gathers up a group of musicians and vocalists, often well-known ones. Usually each of the main vocalists voices a different character for the album. The albums usually are space operas or generally sci-fi stories. He also likes to experiment a bit, and has come up with some pretty interesting stuff. Ayreon is the only place that I've heard to use a didgeridoo, mandolin, and death metal vocals all in one song. And it actually works.


Ayreon is so good, I have universal migrator pts 1 and 2 on repeat


One of my all time favs, sung by Neal Morse (whos also goated, check out Spocks Beard for some great underrated prog)

Response to Progressive Rock Club 2025-12-12 15:17:51 (edited 2025-12-12 15:18:13)


Response to Progressive Rock Club 2025-12-30 22:09:29


Kinda surprised to see Pink Floyd and Rush not being brought up here. Two pretty damn GOATed Progressive Rock artists!



"When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself" - Louis Nizer

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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2026-01-01 10:01:40


At 12/30/25 10:09 PM, ThatAlexDude wrote:Kinda surprised to see Pink Floyd and Rush not being brought up here.


I'm not surprised. :P Massive prog geeks (like me) consider Floyd and Rush a little overplayed. And on top of that, to a lot of newcomers, these two bands are very often their gateway to prog rock. Prog with training wheels attached. 😂 I'm guilty myself of dismissing the above bands for that reason. Not even on purpose.


But with that being said, I think PF and Rush are quite amazing. Especially the latter. :) Lately I listened to the entire Permanent Waves album. It's damn good. But honestly? My two 'ex aeqvo' personal favorite Rush albums are Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres.


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2026-01-01 10:06:57 (edited 2026-01-01 10:07:20)


At 12/12/25 03:17 PM, psychopath9x wrote:


Ah, fuck!!!! :(

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Do you remember what it was?


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2026-01-01 18:28:16


At 1/1/26 10:01 AM, Czyszy wrote:
At 12/30/25 10:09 PM, ThatAlexDude wrote:Kinda surprised to see Pink Floyd and Rush not being brought up here.

I'm not surprised. :P Massive prog geeks (like me) consider Floyd and Rush a little overplayed. And on top of that, to a lot of newcomers, these two bands are very often their gateway to prog rock. Prog with training wheels attached. 😂 I'm guilty myself of dismissing the above bands for that reason. Not even on purpose.

But with that being said, I think PF and Rush are quite amazing. Especially the latter. :) Lately I listened to the entire Permanent Waves album. It's damn good. But honestly? My two 'ex aeqvo' personal favorite Rush albums are Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres.


I get it. I thought it was worth mentioning those two because it would be like listing the most legendary painters in history and not bringing up Vincent Van Gogh and Leonardo Da Vinci. It's also not like progressive rock is a trendy hip music genre nowadays. Different story 40+ years ago I'd imagine, but I was only born in '95, so I wasn't able to live those times.


"When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself" - Louis Nizer

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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2026-01-01 20:33:18 (edited 2026-01-01 20:33:41)


Idk if I'd say I'm a huge prog rock guy, but I do love Genesis and I recently got a copy of Duke on vinyl from goodwill!

I need to find an actually good record player to play this on. Mine is one of those shitty 90s ones that also plays CDs, Tapes and has a radio built in. Hilariously, only the record player portion actually works on it.


And in the end

The love you take

Is equal to

The love you make

Response to Progressive Rock Club 2026-01-01 21:03:59 (edited 2026-01-01 21:05:24)


At 1/1/26 06:28 PM, ThatAlexDude wrote:
At 1/1/26 10:01 AM, Czyszy wrote:
At 12/30/25 10:09 PM, ThatAlexDude wrote:Kinda surprised to see Pink Floyd and Rush not being brought up here.

I'm not surprised. :P Massive prog geeks (like me) consider Floyd and Rush a little overplayed. And on top of that, to a lot of newcomers, these two bands are very often their gateway to prog rock. Prog with training wheels attached. 😂 I'm guilty myself of dismissing the above bands for that reason. Not even on purpose.

But with that being said, I think PF and Rush are quite amazing. Especially the latter. :) Lately I listened to the entire Permanent Waves album. It's damn good. But honestly? My two 'ex aeqvo' personal favorite Rush albums are Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres.

I get it. I thought it was worth mentioning those two because it would be like listing the most legendary painters in history and not bringing up Vincent Van Gogh and Leonardo Da Vinci. It's also not like progressive rock is a trendy hip music genre nowadays. Different story 40+ years ago I'd imagine, but I was only born in '95, so I wasn't able to live those times.


I can relate. I was born in '96. And I discovered all of my favorite prog rock albums on the internet. I had equally easy access to the virtually unknown deep cuts as well as the timeless well established classics. So that may be why the importance of the most popular ones kinda went over my head? Haha.


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2026-01-01 21:07:24


At 1/1/26 09:03 PM, Czyszy wrote:
At 1/1/26 06:28 PM, ThatAlexDude wrote:
At 1/1/26 10:01 AM, Czyszy wrote:
At 12/30/25 10:09 PM, ThatAlexDude wrote:Kinda surprised to see Pink Floyd and Rush not being brought up here.

I'm not surprised. :P Massive prog geeks (like me) consider Floyd and Rush a little overplayed. And on top of that, to a lot of newcomers, these two bands are very often their gateway to prog rock. Prog with training wheels attached. 😂 I'm guilty myself of dismissing the above bands for that reason. Not even on purpose.

But with that being said, I think PF and Rush are quite amazing. Especially the latter. :) Lately I listened to the entire Permanent Waves album. It's damn good. But honestly? My two 'ex aeqvo' personal favorite Rush albums are Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres.

I get it. I thought it was worth mentioning those two because it would be like listing the most legendary painters in history and not bringing up Vincent Van Gogh and Leonardo Da Vinci. It's also not like progressive rock is a trendy hip music genre nowadays. Different story 40+ years ago I'd imagine, but I was only born in '95, so I wasn't able to live those times.

I can relate. I was born in '96. And I discovered all of my favorite prog rock albums on the internet. I had equally easy access to the virtually unknown deep cuts as well as the timeless well established classics. So that may be why the importance of the most popular ones kinda went over my head? Haha.


I'm currently using this cool site that's got some very obscure metal music, and if not for my father's taste in music, I wouldn't even be here and had ever known about these artists.


"When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself" - Louis Nizer

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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2026-01-11 11:54:42 (edited 2026-01-11 11:59:43)


Wife and I got a record player over Christmas and I’ve been scouring the local record shops building a little prog collection! Very glad to find this thread.

Some standouts so far. Most of them I was already familiar with and am glad to finally own on vinyl:

Yes - Relayer

Jethro Tull - a bunch but favorite so far is Songs From the Wood

Rush - Moving Pictures

Genesis - a bunch buy favorite so far I think is Foxtrot


Also picked up some Emerson Lake and Palmer, more Jethro Tull, and am on the hunt for more Yes and King Crimson. Also looking for this album by Bo Hansson - Music Inspired by The Lord of the Rings from 1970. Listened to it back to front the other night and it completely rules. Need to find a copy.

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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2026-01-11 14:00:43


At 1/1/26 10:06 AM, Czyszy wrote:
At 12/12/25 03:17 PM, psychopath9x wrote:

Ah, fuck!!!! :(

Do you remember what it was?

Walrus - blind man

Some fun jazzy old prog my friend showed me

Response to Progressive Rock Club 2026-01-11 15:27:29


At 1/11/26 02:00 PM, psychopath9x wrote:
At 1/1/26 10:06 AM, Czyszy wrote:
At 12/12/25 03:17 PM, psychopath9x wrote:

Ah, fuck!!!! :(

Do you remember what it was?
Walrus - blind man
Some fun jazzy old prog my friend showed me


Thank you. I'm checking it out right now. I love that raw and organic underprocesed late 60's production.


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Response to Progressive Rock Club 2026-01-11 15:31:48 (edited 2026-01-11 15:32:32)


I think Jerusalem by Emerson Lake and Palmer is the best song on Brain Salad Surgery. I love the addition of timpani and tubular bells. The reverb-drenched "all stops out" Hammond tone (I guess Emerson was going for a pseudo-pipe organ texture) combined with Lake's multi-tracked unison vocal makes it so larger-than-life. It's glorious. There's a pomp to it but just enough restraint (by ELP standards) to tickle the prefect sweet spot for me.



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