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Lee's "best 5" thread got me thinking. I grew up around a lot of proggie, and my first-bought album title made me laugh. Then I remembered some others:
Hawkwind - "Warrior on the Edge of Time" (album)
Yes - "The Gates of Delirium" (track from "Relayer")
The latter earns mega bonus points for being 20+ minutes long and I heavily recommend you check the lyrics (http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/yes/the_gates_of_delirium.html :lol: )
On the same album, the disappointingly unpretentiously titled "Sound Chaser" features this gem of a line:
Quote: And what touches our soul slowly moves as touch rebounds.
Now, say it again, quickly. "Touches our soul, touches our soul, touches our soul, touches our soul" - geddit? :lol:
And take your pic of Emerson, Lake and Palmer titles. My personal fave is "When The Apple Blossoms Bloom In The Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine".
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Tim
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Anything released by King Crimson:
'In the wake of Poseidon'
'Larks’ Tongues in Aspic'
'Three Of A Perfect Pair'
'I talk to the wind' on 'In the court of the Crimson King'
The list goes on, good though...
Tim. |
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1bassleft
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Fair point, Tim. "Resident Poet" Sinfield wasn't just pretentious; also incredibly naive, even by the standards of 1969. I think he later went on to pen the words for Buck's Fizz "Land of Make-Believe". Nuff said.
Can't pin it all on him, though. The "new" KC did "Three of a Perfect Pair". As album titles go, I've seen worse. What on Earth, though, caused them to label an instrumental track with the moniker Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds) :shock: :?: Whaaah? |
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lee_UK
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Not strictly prog riock but Cap Beefheart cannot go by without a mention, maybe not pretentious but who cares, you cant beat a good beefheart title, and here are a few:
'Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee'
'When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy'
and the classic 'My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains'
I love Beefheart :lol: |
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