Psychedelic and prog rock

[gweimer]

Oh, they did far trippier stuff than that.  This also lifted part of Bartok's 2nd String Quartet, which was later referenced in "Lark's Tongue in Aspic, Pt. 2"

[Dave W]

Always loved the bassline from "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"

YT video description (from 2011) says:
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE GREAT LATE BASS PLAYER OF THE ELECTRIC PRUNES, MARK TULIN, WHO DIED FEBRUARY 26, AGED 62.

---MARK TULIN---
NOVEMBER 21, 1948
FEBRUARY 26, 2011

REST IN PEACE.

[uwe]

Does Nektar qualify?

[Highlander]

Does now...

[gweimer]

OK...a few more came to mind. 

Pavlov's Dog (Bill Bruford guested on this album)


Crack the Sky

[saltymonkey]

I forgot all about Crack The Sky. They were one of my favorite bands in high school. Had to look but still have two of their albums.

[4stringer77]

This thread should be split in two. Crack the sky is about as psychedelic as band.

[saltymonkey]

I never considered CTS psychedelic or prog either. More of a straight up rock band.

[Pekka]

Prog rock isn't always psychedelic. Think about Yes, Genesis etc. Strict arrangements, tight playing, no drugs (maybe Squire and Rutherford did some). So Crack The Sky qualify too. Great band and not straight rock by any means. More like 10CC meets Queen with Randy Newman writing the lyrics.

More Richard Sinclair's vocal magic:

[hieronymous]

I should be all over this thread but have been spending less time on the internet lately. However, lately I've gotten into a more recent "prog" band, Porcupine Tree (hopefully hasn't been posted yet), and this song really hits me:



Something about the atmosphere really touches me - going to try and come up with a solo 8-string bass/bass pedals/vocals arrangement - wish me luck!

And I will go back through this thread and check out what's been posted so far. I actually got kind of stuck on the Made in Japan reissue thread...

[4stringer77]

I'm hearing lots of similarities to Pink Floyd's . When the guitar comes in at about 4:25 also sounds a bit like the guitar solo at the end of .

[uwe]

Prog rock isn't always psychedelic. Think about Yes, Genesis etc. Strict arrangements, tight playing, no drugs (maybe Squire and Rutherford did some). So Crack The Sky qualify too. Great band and not straight rock by any means. More like 10CC meets Queen with Randy Newman writing the lyrics.

More Richard Sinclair's vocal magic:

I don't identify psychedelic with "no arrangement and drugged, untight playing" (btw: not all drugs do that to you, Status Quo spent the late seventies in a coke haze, but man were they tight), but more with a certain tranquil, esoteric nature of the music. As such that Camel track is psychedelic to me. As is Pink Floyd and much of the older Genesis. ELP is a prog band that is not psychedelic to me as they are all about athletic, instrumental brawn - some of which I'm sure was coke induced!

[Highlander]

[gweimer]

[Denis]

That version of "Echoes" is my all time favorite.

I raise you with "Embryo". That first lick of Gilmour's gives me the shivers.



You guys are posting some incredible stuff. Thanks for adding here!