[Paul R.]

Many good posts here! I’d add Uriah Heep / Ken Hensley, and, on occasion, Russ Ballard (who’s written for a LOT of people, as well as his own work.)

[VietVet876]

Mahavishnu Orchestra’s “Inner Mounting Flame”.

[Political Junkie Too]

Anything by The Alan Parsons Project.

-PJ

[Lazamataz]

The Most Intellectual Song You Will Ever Hear

[Sirius Lee]

Non-70's offerings that deserve a listen and old farts like me may have missed:

Spock's Beard - "Snow" the album was recorded live amazingly, before Neal Morse came out as a full blown Saved, and is basically a metaphor of the Christ story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi-ZsLTcSGc Neal is just an incredible songwriter. Great hooks within long form pieces.

The Enid - "Invictus" This is symphonic rock performed by one would never guess, a handful of musicians, even live, they sound like an orchestra and chorus. Here's a track from the follow up - and related album "Dust" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCJQTo9K5KM Tell me the lead singer doesn't have Freddy Mercury chops.

And most recently, Gleb Kolyadin in his debut album "I Am The Morning" from last year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u7ferl0TIE This guy blow Keith Emerson away, and I say that as the biggest Emo disciple on the planet who warms up with "Eruption" before practicing piano every night.

Epilogue offering by Mostly Autumn - "Unquiet Tears" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYXkZDe63t8 The lyrics are an unfolding vampire nightmare. Chilling.

[dfwgator]

An awesome XTC song from “Black Sea”

“No Language In Our Lungs”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzJFv5X42KQ

“And I would have made this instrumental/but the words got in the way”

Andy can write ‘em.

[HandyDandy]

There was also that obscure album by Van Morrison: “Astral Weeks”.
Not to mention “St Dominic’s Preview”.

[SunkenCiv]

Response to music is visceral; the intellectual approach to music means not actually being a music fan, afaic. My favorite listening music (dead time in traffic, long trips, and for that matter, in the office) is instrumental.

Some examples, in no particular order:

• Gershwin (from the piano rolls) "Rhapsody in Blue"
• Allman Brothers, "Jessica"
• Pat Metheny Group, "San Lorenzo"
• Tommy Emmanuel, "Mombasa"

[SunkenCiv]

So, how about one about the Prague Spring?

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger And The Trinity-Czechoslovakia (1969) HD

[ResisTyr]

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