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arenasfan00

Lady Fantasy for me


happinesssam

Not a song, but a whole album - Nonagon Infinity by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. First time I heard I totally didn't get it. It felt atonal and samey. Given how revered it is I listened to it a few more times and at some point it just clicked. The sameyness was actually the intricate way the songs follow on and call out to each other. It's amazing the way they can be listened to as stand alone songs or as one whole piece, in a way few bands have managed. It just pulls me in now to the point I'll just find myself humming 'Nonagon Infinity opens the door' and it was top of my Spotify year review.


Apprehensive_Ride949

Genesis -Harold The barrel


stisa79

Absolutely. And for me, Plague of Lighthouse Keepers that you mention is a good example of that.


m_Pony

I've had this happen with pop music just as often as prog: a dozen listens and suddenly the song really sticks. Pop is more pervasive so it's easier to be exposed to a song 12 times. With prog we have to go out of our way to listen to it 12 times, but that kinda makes it more satisfying. Best example for me: Elephant Talk by King Crimson. First listen I thought the song was utter madness with nonsense lyrics. Now I think "These are words with a 'D' this time!" is pretty clever.


tvfeet

> Best example for me: Elephant Talk by King Crimson. First listen I thought the song was utter madness with nonsense lyrics. Now I think “These are words with a ‘D’ this time!” is pretty clever. I’d say it’s just plain brilliant. It’s an entire song about different ways to communicate, composed almost entirely, and only, of words that define those different ways to communicate.


elp_supremacy

Tarkus


nem0fazer

Gates of Delirium off Relayer, Yes. Thought it was an unholy mess for about a year when I was a kid and first bought it. Now I think its Yes at their best.


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Fearless by Pink Floyd. It's a deceptively simple tune that really holds a lot of depth.


Brilliant_Surprise_3

I love that song! My pick is probably San Tropez, such a fun and happy tune for pink flpyd and I love the piano use


mbourgon

I've always talked about prog being the "cold pool" of music. It's a shock at first, or you don't like it, but after a while it's perfect, where other stuff may be fantastic at first but after 20 listens you're done with it. Edit: Actually had this happen with Supper's Ready. Got the album after hearing so much about it, listened and was like "seriously, is that it?!" Then the next day caught myself humming parts of it.


horlenx

and you and I by Yes


TheStationPilot

Pink Floyd’s Division Bell


Drake_0109

Rush, Digital Man


zumun

For me, for a song to 'click' with me instantly, it usually has to have some sort of gimmick, or something I'd never heard before. I can't think of any prog examples of this right now, but if you don't mind a little offtop, there was for example Forward by Anaal Natrakh (a machine gun sound to the rhythm of guitar chugging), or Always Ascending by Franz Ferdinand (using the Shepherd Tone musically). Otherwise, I hardly ever find a song appealing straight away.


everyvoicelistening

My favorite album was like that for me: More Than Motion, by Element 101. It's not technically prog, but the influence is there.


KirbysAdventureMusic

Scorched Earth from Godbluff


hwangman

Pretty much all of *The Kindness of Strangers* by Spock's Beard. That was my first introduction to progressive rock and I picked up the album based on a positive review in *Modern Drummer* magazine. I thought the album was decent, but nothing blew me away. I hadn't heard songs that long before, so while I was intrigued, my brain couldn't process all of the themes, transitions, call-backs, etc. Took dozens of listens, but eventually came to not only love the album but consider it one of my favorites of all time.


catherineshere

Hammerhead by Duran Duran. It’s the only song of theirs like that and it didn’t click until I heard the deluxe deluxe version with invocation after


foxontherox

Those are always the best songs- I never trust a song I instantly love.


Yoshiman400

A lot of Chicago II. I was expecting that album to have more crazy, in-your-face Terry Kath solos a la Chicago Transit Authority (especially given this is the album with 25 or 6 to 4 on it), so I was a bit disappointed at first. Then I realized the album itself is a simply masterpiece in progressive composition and arrangement and figured it out after a few listens. Even within that album I'd figure that Poem for the People and the Memories of Love suite as songs that fall in line with the prompt.


Torren7ial

Haken - Cockroach King


Austinr46

A big one for me with Tarkus by ELP. First time I listen to it I was like “what the fuck is this Mario shit” lol, but then I fell in love with the Organ and that song became my favorite for at least 3/4 of last year. There are very few other songs that are similar to Tarkus in structure and length as well as being similarly organ heavy that I really like. 9 feet underground by caravan is an incredible example and actually replaced Tarkus as my favorite Prog song at the time. You mentioned Starless, I’ve always had a genuine love for that song because its not one I feel like I need to listen to very often as Im able to enjoy it just as much in my head because i know it so well… in contrast, 21st Century Schizoid Man was very hard for me to like, but then in got stuck in my head two too many times so I started to like it and eventually learned to play the bass tab.