(It is quite proggy even, although largely in a krautrock/spacerock kinda way ;) )
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 2 January 2011 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
btw I hope yr all downloading that song I linked a Sendspace of upthread
― Boo Radely and the Super Fury Aminal (acoleuthic), Sunday, 2 January 2011 02:29 (thirteen years ago) link
That Alphaville song sounds not at all bad. Although the Alphaville name is occupied, occupied, OCCUPIED!
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 2 January 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Buncha Zep besides the already-mentioned "Dazed and Confused":
What Is and What Should Never BeNo QuarterWhole Lotta LoveOver the Hills and Far AwayThe Rain SongStairway to Heaven (obviously)KashmirA couple things from Physical Graffiti that I can't remember
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 3 January 2011 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
most of these aren't really rooms with many doors. they're more like railroad apartments. a bunch of rooms in a row.
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 3 January 2011 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
i wonder if LJ is a Plank fan. they remind me (a very little) of lapsus linguae
― ron pinot (electricsound), Monday, 3 September 2012 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
where was I during this thread?
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Monday, 3 September 2012 09:57 (eleven years ago) link
in a padded room with no windows
― cute, banned, alert (some dude), Monday, 3 September 2012 10:36 (eleven years ago) link
Hah!
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Monday, 3 September 2012 10:40 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, that record with the owl might be (for it's genre) a little too restrained and polite for him.
― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Monday, 3 September 2012 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
yeah you could be right
nice record tho
― ron pinot (electricsound), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
Karma Police by Radiohead
No way, this is standard verse-chorus-verse with a coda at the end.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 11:14 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's hilarious how many people just don't get this
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 11:16 (eleven years ago) link
I love this kind of thing, but sometimes it exists as an excuse to stitch together loads of unused song fragments to make a pop-epic a la Bohemian Rhapsody or Paranoid Android. The best is when the song has been composed (or gives the illusion that it has been composed) with the express intention of being a song with many doors. Something like 'Lazarus' is a good example of this.
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 11:25 (eleven years ago) link
I meant Paranoid Android rather than Karma Police. Must've had a brainfart when typing.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 11:28 (eleven years ago) link
Diamond Bollocks (above) is a great example of a non-prog, non-pronk RWMD tune. I don't see how most of those Zep tracks qualify tho'
― Pat Ast vs Jean Arp (MaresNest), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut2AiqYPY1k
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
Bump for Supergrass.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 11 March 2013 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
The newish album by Pretty & Nice "Golden Rules for Golden People" put me in mind of this thread. Kind of like Sugarplastic-sounding Lilys (aka XTC+New Wave + pop songs without choruses or verses) I guess. Less precious than the former, and less chameleon-like than the latter. All of the songs go all over the place, but remain catchy. It's quietly becoming one of my most played albums of the year. Mummy Jets=favorite track initially.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 12 May 2013 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
I will habitually check out any record that gets compared to Lilys. I hear much more XTC/Field Music (and even very small touches of Devo/Plastics/P-Model and even Cardiacs), but I'm really enjoying this record, thanks for the tip!
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
i like this pretty & nice album, definitely a pleasurable listen
― Spectrum, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
This is great, thanks for the tip! There's a bit of Sparks in there, too.
― New Authentic Everybootsy Collins (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
Hmmm, no Laura Nyro in here? Un-beleeeev-able!
― Bloody Snail, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link
A lot of the suggestions upthread are wtf
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
where can I hear pretty + nice
― have a nice Blog (imago), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 20:40 (ten years ago) link
Spotify
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
Surprised not to see this mentioned yet:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Wr8J8faGA
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
"Thunderstruck" by AC/DC
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link
"Black Water" by The Doobie Brothers ......
― m0stlyClean, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 01:27 (ten years ago) link
"la villa strangiato"
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 01:45 (ten years ago) link
Chad & Jeremy - Painted Dayglow Smile
it probably doesn't have enough doors for you douchebags but this is my thread so deal with it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUD20Tg-6s8
― the geographibebebe (unregistered), Saturday, 18 April 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
u - Kendrick LamarHood Politics - Kendrick LamarInstitutionalized - Kendrick Lamar
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Saturday, 18 April 2015 20:17 (nine years ago) link
Family - Voyage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tG2Kc6dHbo
it's like a bizarro radio edit of one of those long Comus suites
― the geographibebebe (unregistered), Saturday, 18 April 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
You have no idea how pleased I am to see a Chad and Jeremy mention. They are seriously one of my favorite 60's groups.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 18 April 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
those two songs were very lovely!
― imago, Saturday, 18 April 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
xpost - I've been listening to Of Cabbages and Kings and The Ark a lot lately. they made some of the most convincing post-Sgt-Pepper's pop I've heard (w/r/t their grasp of pre-rock melodies and the way their psych songs aren't too over-the-top oddball like a lot of Pepper pastiches) & those two albums remind me a lot of Curt Boettcher's productions from the same era.
Family used the 'rooms with many doors' trick a lot, actually (3 X Time, The Chase, From Past Archives, Peace of Mind). maybe they were the progenitors of %microprog% (to use an imago coinage)
― the geographibebebe (unregistered), Saturday, 18 April 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
%<3%
will check out more by both artists for sure
― imago, Saturday, 18 April 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
The Ark rules. I've always thought that if that was their only album, they'd be a lot more revered than they are.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 18 April 2015 21:37 (nine years ago) link
yeah, it seems like a lot of people view C&G as bandwagon hoppers/dilettantes because they started off as such a square, conventional folk-pop act. but 'A Summer Song' is still a great song, and a lot of more respected lite-psych acts had similar career arcs.
%¯\(^o^)/¯% (xpost)
the examples in this thread and the recent poll make me want to hear more stuff by the Boo Radleys, who I'm not really familiar with at all.
― the geographibebebe (unregistered), Saturday, 18 April 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro3eVIFzN5g
― MaresNest, Saturday, 18 April 2015 23:02 (nine years ago) link
Hooray, ILM has finally got round to discovering Family... after 15 years!
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Saturday, 18 April 2015 23:42 (nine years ago) link
Talking of Chad & Jeremy, did anyone else used to enjoy this sitcom Jeremy was in?
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Saturday, 18 April 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
So many rooms with so many doors, even more windows;; the damn ceiling gets peeled off towards the end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLxPwdcuat4
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 19 April 2015 00:34 (nine years ago) link
Feel like Boards of Canada should get a mention in here. . .
― austinato (Austin), Sunday, 19 April 2015 01:02 (nine years ago) link
most if not all of song cycle by van dyke parks
― flappy bird, Sunday, 19 April 2015 08:08 (nine years ago) link
thinking feller union local 282's "cup of dreams" surely opens and closes and reopens a couple of doors in a room.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-QmYp4XDUY
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 19 April 2015 21:41 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY1sBXjl0s8
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Sunday, 19 April 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
songs that are 'apses with many chapels':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MO3WzA5aq4
― the geographibebebe (unregistered), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 02:43 (nine years ago) link
How about ISB ? Koeeaddi There
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 12:34 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNKk-Itin64
― larry appleton, Sunday, 6 March 2016 22:44 (eight years ago) link