Religious prog

The angry snapping Goose

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Mar 26, 2006, 11:47:46 PM3/26/06

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Can anyone add to the list of religious theme progressive albums? I'd like
to perhaps investigate other ones that I don't know about...

Ones that I do know about:

Latte E Miele - Passio Secundem Mattheum
Armando Tirelli - El Profeta
Eele Craig - Missa Universalis
Aphrodite's Child - 666
Quiet World - The Road
IO Uomo
RDM - La Bibblia
Gracious - "The heaven and hell suite"
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell

I know also the Jesus Chris Superstar album too.

Mike

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Mar 27, 2006, 1:13:22 AM3/27/06

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Are the Kerry Livgren AD albums considered prog? If so they would be
what you are looking for. I have all three of them and they are pretty
darn good. Maybe EBAY has them.

Regards

Mike

John L Rice

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Mar 27, 2006, 2:20:55 AM3/27/06

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"Mike" <mfell2112...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Maybe also :

The Flower Kings - Adam and Eve
Pain Of Salvation - BE
Jan Hammer - The First Seven Days

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Jeremy Weissenburger

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Mar 27, 2006, 5:44:30 AM3/27/06

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Throw some of Glass Hammer's stuff in there too, I guess.

On 3/27/06 2:20 AM, in article 122f4md...@corp.supernews.com, "John L

Rice" <Dru...@ImJohn.com> wrote:
> "Mike" <mfell2112...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:47:46 -0600, "The angry snapping Goose"
>> <my...@my.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone add to the list of religious theme progressive albums? I'd
>>> like to perhaps investigate other ones that I don't know about...
>>>
>>> Ones that I do know about:
>>>
>>> Latte E Miele - Passio Secundem Mattheum
>>> Armando Tirelli - El Profeta
>>> Eele Craig - Missa Universalis
>>> Aphrodite's Child - 666
>>> Quiet World - The Road
>>> IO Uomo
>>> RDM - La Bibblia
>>> Gracious - "The heaven and hell suite"
>>> Vangelis - Heaven and Hell
>>>
>>> I know also the Jesus Chris Superstar album too.
>>
>> Are the Kerry Livgren AD albums considered prog? If so they would be
>> what you are looking for. I have all three of them and they are pretty
>> darn good. Maybe EBAY has them.
>

> Maybe also :
>
> The Flower Kings - Adam and Eve
> Pain Of Salvation - BE
> Jan Hammer - The First Seven Days

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Mark Rae

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Mar 27, 2006, 7:10:11 AM3/27/06

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"The angry snapping Goose" <my...@my.net> wrote in message
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> Can anyone add to the list of religious theme progressive albums? I'd
> like
> to perhaps investigate other ones that I don't know about...

Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans

Apart from the albums that have already beeen mentioned, there are plenty of
great (prog) albums which contain at least one track which is either
influenced by religion, or deals with religious themes, e.g.

Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (The Lie)
Genesis - Foxtrot (Supper's Ready)
Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life (Childlike Faith in Childhood's End)
XTC - Skylarking (Dear God)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung (My God)
Elton John - Caribou (Ticking)

Mike

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Mar 27, 2006, 8:43:51 AM3/27/06

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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:44:30 -0500, Jeremy Weissenburger
<jweisse...@comcast.net> wrote:

>Throw some of Glass Hammer's stuff in there too, I guess.

And speaking of Glass, Glass harp would work as well.

Regards

Mike

sdavmor

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Mar 27, 2006, 9:45:32 AM3/27/06

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Salamander "The Ten Commandments". I recall it being vaguely
Strawbs/Moody Blues-ish proto-prog with a lot of Hammond. I didn't
find it interesting enough to warrant keeping when I got it on CD
ten years ago. YMMV.

<http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=4992>

Speaking of Strawbs, most of their albums have a song or two with
specific spiritual lyrics or a religious-themed morality tale.
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Mar 27, 2006, 11:28:14 AM3/27/06

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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:10:11 GMT, "Mark Rae"
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>"The angry snapping Goose" <my...@my.net> wrote in message
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>> Can anyone add to the list of religious theme progressive albums? I'd
>> like
>> to perhaps investigate other ones that I don't know about...
>
>Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans

I was beginning to wonder if anyone had spotted that one - it struck
me as obvious!

>Apart from the albums that have already beeen mentioned, there are plenty of
>great (prog) albums which contain at least one track which is either
>influenced by religion, or deals with religious themes, e.g.
>
>Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (The Lie)
>Genesis - Foxtrot (Supper's Ready)

and Selling England (Firth of Fifth)

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Mar 27, 2006, 11:56:47 AM3/27/06

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The angry snapping Goose wrote

> Can anyone add to the list of religious theme progressive albums? I'd like
> to perhaps investigate other ones that I don't know about...

Prog grew out of the counter-culture and often reflected contemporary
views on religion. Ed Macan in his book on the genre compares the
ritual of the prog rock live show with religious ceremonies, a
comparison also made by Yes's "Ritual". However, these religious
references tend to be to "New Age" or eastern religious ideas (e.g.
Yes's "Close to the Edge" and _Tales from Topographic Oceans_), which
may be less familiar to the average Western listener. Another tradition
within prog is fervently atheist, of course (e.g. ELP).
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Mar 27, 2006, 12:45:15 PM3/27/06

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The angry snapping Goose inquires:

> Can anyone add to the list of religious theme progressive albums? I'd like
> to perhaps investigate other ones that I don't know about...

Iona

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Progmatist

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Mar 27, 2006, 1:22:51 PM3/27/06

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Particularly their album "The Compilations - 1996 to 2004" available
exclusively on iTunes. It's much more religious themed than their usual
stuff.

Progmatist

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Mar 27, 2006, 1:25:21 PM3/27/06

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If you're into the more metal stuff:
Symphony X - V

Bajamark

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Mar 27, 2006, 1:38:13 PM3/27/06

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> "The angry snapping Goose" <my...@my.net> wrote in message
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> Jethro Tull - Aqualung (My God)

Hymn 43 and Wind Up from Aqualung also.....

Tull's "A Passion Play" could be added.

Cabeza Borradora

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Mar 27, 2006, 2:47:35 PM3/27/06

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The angry snapping Goose come on down:

Plastic People of the Universe had an adaptation of the Passion Play.

Does Satanism count as religion? There's Jacula...

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Wes

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Mar 27, 2006, 3:35:51 PM3/27/06

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Almost every band from the heyday of Prog had a song or album devoted to the
subject.

Sure satanism counts. The question was for religous content, not for a
specific religion.

Wes

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Tony Elka

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Mar 27, 2006, 3:43:19 PM3/27/06

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In article <59gg2295ofa05pprl...@4ax.com>,
rusho...@gmail.com (Cabeza Borradora) wrote:

> Does Satanism count as religion? There's Jacula...

There was also Black Mass by Lucifer, but this was strictly electronic
music, "realized" by Mort Garson.

http://www.8trackheaven.com/blackmass.html has an MP3 of "Solomon's
Ring" from the album, it holds up rather well.

Tony

The Purple Piper

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Mar 27, 2006, 4:46:35 PM3/27/06

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And anything by Sir Cliff Richard

Tracy_...@frontiernet.net

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Mar 27, 2006, 7:05:38 PM3/27/06

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Here's some:

ELP - Jerusalem
Stewart & Gaskin - New Jerusalem
FM - Seventh Heaven
Marillion - Easter
Eloy - The Apocalypse
Laurie Anderson - On The Road To Jerusalem

Plenty more where they came from...

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Cabeza Borradora

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Mar 27, 2006, 8:35:09 PM3/27/06

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Tony Elka come on down:

>In article <59gg2295ofa05pprl...@4ax.com>,
> rusho...@gmail.com (Cabeza Borradora) wrote:
>
>> Does Satanism count as religion? There's Jacula...
>
>
>There was also Black Mass by Lucifer, but this was strictly electronic
>music, "realized" by Mort Garson.
>
>http://www.8trackheaven.com/blackmass.html has an MP3 of "Solomon's
>Ring" from the album, it holds up rather well.

Goes well alongside Bruce Haack's "The Electric Lucifer", if I do say so
myself.

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Mar 27, 2006, 9:26:18 PM3/27/06

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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:46:35 +0100, The Purple Piper <m...@privacy.net>
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><my...@my.net> wrote:

>>Can anyone add to the list of religious theme progressive albums? I'd like
>>to perhaps investigate other ones that I don't know about...

>And anything by Sir Cliff Richard

Prog juggernaut that he's always been...

Mike

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Mar 27, 2006, 11:43:44 PM3/27/06

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On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:35:51 -0500, "Wes" <flatto...@suite224.net>
wrote:

>Almost every band from the heyday of Prog had a song or album devoted to the
>subject.
>
>Sure satanism counts. The question was for religous content, not for a
>specific religion.
>
>Wes

Well than Secularism counts too along with Atheistism(Is that a
word?). That means every prog album known to man is religious.:-)

Regards

Mike

The Black Queen

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Mar 29, 2006, 4:24:37 PM3/29/06

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The complex rhythms and chord structures of "Livin' Doll" are amazing,
and Hank Marvin's guitar break in "Bachelor boy" is something to
behold. I never went much for Cliff's religious shit, though.

cap...@hotmail.com

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On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:24:37 +0100, The Black Queen <m...@privacy.net>
wrote:

>>>And anything by Sir Cliff Richard

>>Prog juggernaut that he's always been...

>The complex rhythms and chord structures of "Livin' Doll" are amazing,
>and Hank Marvin's guitar break in "Bachelor boy" is something to
>behold. I never went much for Cliff's religious shit, though.

I'm a "We Don't Talk Anymore"/Alan Tarney era man, myself.