rushringleader Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I am trying to find some prog songs with historical references for my radio show. What do you recommend? I have Manhattan Project and Sacrificed Sons already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) Driving the Last Spike - Genesis Song for America - Kansas Edited December 6, 2011 by Gompers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostworks Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 White Russian - Marillion Alexander The Great - Iron Maiden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Owl Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Pigs (Three different ones) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 "2112" by Rush. Historical book reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Bastille Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Dec 6 2011, 03:58 PM) Bastille Day. My first thought as well. I'd add Red Sector A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Just for fun you could do We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 The Billy Joel song isn't really prog. Neither are the two Rush songs mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotting Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 slayer - angel of death. not prog really, but excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 QUOTE (ghostworks @ Dec 6 2011, 02:02 PM) Alexander The Great - Iron Maiden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 QUOTE (Union 5-3992 @ Dec 7 2011, 03:34 PM) The Billy Joel song isn't really prog. LOL! That's why I put "just for fun" because it obviously didn't fit the "prog" requirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 "America Pie" by Don McLean.........not prog, but a musical history song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 QUOTE (Union 5-3992 @ Dec 7 2011, 04:34 PM) The Billy Joel song isn't really prog. Neither are the two Rush songs mentioned. Well, Red Sector A and 2112 aren't truly historical either. Both are actually fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Countdown by Rush would apply since it's about the space shuttle flight of Columbia in 1981. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Although Kate Bush is not progressive rock, I consider her "progressive" in general, but her song Joannie is historic. She's singing about Joan of Arc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarizeMe Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 QUOTE (metaldad @ Dec 7 2011, 03:57 PM) QUOTE (ghostworks @ Dec 6 2011, 02:02 PM) Alexander The Great - Iron Maiden What about Paschendale and Dance of Death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 QUOTE (Gompers @ Dec 7 2011, 07:24 PM) QUOTE (Union 5-3992 @ Dec 7 2011, 04:34 PM) The Billy Joel song isn't really prog. Neither are the two Rush songs mentioned. Well, Red Sector A and 2112 aren't truly historical either. Both are actually fiction. 2112 is fiction, but the Holocaust was part of history (unless you are one of the conspiracy theorists). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 QUOTE (apetersvt @ Dec 8 2011, 05:32 PM)QUOTE (Gompers @ Dec 7 2011, 07:24 PM) QUOTE (Union 5-3992 @ Dec 7 2011, 04:34 PM) The Billy Joel song isn't really prog. Neither are the two Rush songs mentioned. Well, Red Sector A and 2112 aren't truly historical either. Both are actually fiction. 2112 is fiction, but the Holocaust was part of history (unless you are one of the conspiracy theorists). It is not about the Holocaust specifically, but something similar. From Wiki: QUOTE "Red Sector A" is a song by Rush that provides a first-person account of a nameless protagonist living in an unspecified prison camp setting. "Red Sector A" first appeared on the band's 1984 album Grace Under Pressure. Lyricist Neil Peart has stated that the detailed imagery in the song intentionally evokes concentration camps of the Holocaust. Peart has stated that while Nazi concentration camps of World War II were his primary lyrical motivation, he decided to abstract the lyrics so as to apply to the experiences of atrocity of any similar prison camp scenario. The song title 'Red Sector A' comes from the name of the NASA launch area at Kennedy Space Center, where the band was granted special permission to view the launch of Columbia on April 12, 1981. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 QUOTE (Gompers @ Dec 8 2011, 07:58 PM) It is not about the Holocaust specifically, but something similar. From Wiki: QUOTE "Red Sector A" is a song by Rush that provides a first-person account of a nameless protagonist living in an unspecified prison camp setting. "Red Sector A" first appeared on the band's 1984 album Grace Under Pressure. Lyricist Neil Peart has stated that the detailed imagery in the song intentionally evokes concentration camps of the Holocaust. Peart has stated that while Nazi concentration camps of World War II were his primary lyrical motivation, he decided to abstract the lyrics so as to apply to the experiences of atrocity of any similar prison camp scenario. The song title 'Red Sector A' comes from the name of the NASA launch area at Kennedy Space Center, where the band was granted special permission to view the launch of Columbia on April 12, 1981. Gotcha. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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