Music to Super-Science To

Rush - “The Trees” Hemispheres, October 29, 1978 “Neil Peart has remarked that the inspiration for penning the song simply came from a humorous comic strip he read which depicted trees arguing like people.”

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - “Starlight” Out of the Blue, October 1977 

“Starlight, I hear you callin’ out to me.Sweet love rollin’ across my mind again.I want you, yes, I do, I need you, yes, I do.And then you run.

You gotta stop foolin’ around,keep your feet on the ground, little girl,and starlight will shine all around, little girl.

Starlight, your eyes are lookin’ out so far away.Constellation in the sky is smiling down on me, I wonder, wonder why.I can feel you’re so real, I can see you’re so near and the you run.

You gotta stop foolin’ around,keep your feet on the ground, little girl,and starlight will shine all around, little girl.You had me all the summer long, little girl.

Moonglow, come light the way up to my window.As you roll across the night don’t tell noby that I told you so.

I want you, yes, I do, I need you, yes, I do.And then you run.

You gotta stop foolin’ around,keep your feet on the ground, little girl,and starlight will shine all around, little girl.You had me all the summer long, little girl.

Starlight, your eyes are lookin’ down on me so far away.”

King Crimson - “The Great Deceiver” Starless and Bible BlackMarch 29, 1974

“The album begins with “The Great Deceiver”, which marries a powerful, almost punishing riff to some of King Crimson’s most acerbic lyrics, beginning with “Health food faggot”, a reference to a vegetarian “meatball”; this is often mistaken for a gay reference due to the well known derogatory meaning “faggot” has (the author himself has stated he meant the meatballs, and the gay connotation didn’t occur to him until sometime later).” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starless_and_Bible_Black

__ __ __ __ Sure. If you say so.

Pink Floyd - “Interstellar Overdrive” Live Album, London‘66-‘67

“Interstellar Overdrive” was one of the first very psychedelic instrumental improvisations recorded by a rock band. It was seen as Pink Floyd’s first foray into space rock (along with “Astronomy Domine”, “Pow R. Toc. H” and “Lucifer Sam ”), although band members would later disparage this term. Despite its encapsulation of their concert repertoire under the leadership of guitarist and composer Syd Barrett, the long, improvisational, freeform structure of the piece is not particularly representative of the group’s recorded output. As drummer Nick Mason states in his book Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd, live versions of the song featured many sections that did not appear on the album, and would often last more than 20 minutes. During the band’s days playing in residence at London underground clubs such as the UFO (Underground Freak Out), the song usually opened their show. It occupied other positions, including the encore, until it was retired from the band’s setlist in 1970.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_Overdrive

Asia - “Don’t Cry”

Alpha (2nd Studio Album) July 26, 1983  “Don’t Cry” was the most successful song on Asia’s 2nd album, and reached #10 on the US Billboard charts. It would be the last time song of theirs was to make the Hot 100 list in the US. This song, while popular, is devoid of many of the common progressive rock elements, and focuses heavily on the prevailing 80s pop sound of the era. For this reason, it is not one of my personal favorites. I am posting it more as a foil the other Asia songs that have here. By hearing something that isn’t really progressive, it helps make it clear as to what IS.

Klaatu – “Knee Deep in Love”
Endangered Species, June 1980

“Hello sweet Joan
So glad you’re home
Just called to say goodbye
I’m leaving town
I’m bent and bound
Don’t try to change my mind
You ask me why I’m leaving
But we both know the reason

You’re knee deep in love
Guess it’s over and done for us, you and me
You’re knee deep in love
But I’m not the one
I’m not the one I know

Isn’t it strange
How people change
And slowly drift apart
Like you and me
It had to be
I’ve known it from the start
You’re trying not to show it
But in my heart I know it

You’re knee deep in love
Guess it’s over and done for us, you and me
You’re knee deep in love
But I’m not the one
I’m not the one I know

It’s in the way you hold me
And in the lies you’ve told me
Everything I do seems to
Annoy you and displease you
You never share your laughter
And on the morning after
You try to sweep me under your rug
You don’t have to say it

You’re knee deep in love
Guess it’s over and done for us, you and me
You’re knee deep in love
But I’m not the one
I’m not the one I know”

Uriah Heep – “Look at Yourself”
September 1971 (Full Album)

“The original cover art on the LP came in a single sleeve with a die-cut opening on the front through which a reflective foil ‘mirror’ was seen. This relates the cover art directly to the album title. The idea was that of guitarist Mick Box. Not being a perfect reflecting surface, one sees a distorted image of oneself. Indeed, this theme is carried on with the band photos on the rear of the LP sleeve, which have also been distorted.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_at_Yourself