[Smt-talk] The Prog-rock Symphony?

[Dave Headlam]

DT:  go to 

http://www.progarchives.com/

some obvious ones:

Yes, Tales from Topographic Oceans
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1828

Genesis, the Lamb Lies Down

Emerson Lake and Palmer, Tarkus, Trilogy, etc.

Rick Wakeman, Six Wives of Henry 8th

My favorite:  Chris Squire (Yes bass player):  fish out of water, "silently
falling" or "safe (canon song)" (not full album, but great stuff)
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=4442

Dave Headlam


On 11/18/09 6:09 PM, "Dmitri Tymoczko" <dmitri at princeton.edu> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone can help me come up with examples of what I
> think of as the "Prog-rock Symphony" -- album-length, through-composed
> instrumental pieces suggesting some sort of classical influence,
> however vague.
> 
> For example, Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells," Zappa's "Grand Wazoo,"
> or Jean-Michel Jarre's "Oxygene."
> 
> There are lots of examples with vocals; I'm happy to hear everyone's
> favorite instances, but I'm particularly interested in instrumental
> albums.
> 
> Thanks,
> DT
> 
> Dmitri Tymoczko
> Associate Professor of Music
> 310 Woolworth Center
> Princeton, NJ 08544-1007
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> 
> 
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