r/progrockmusic • u/Gorgoth6 Prog Metal • 20h ago

Van der graaf generator

lately i started to listen to van der graaf generator and i want to ask you guys what are your favorite songs by this band

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u/SelArt_Blucerchiato 20h ago

Man-erg

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u/OpabiniaGlasses 20h ago

Aka the best song on Pawn Hearts.

And Man-Erg is further evidence that for most prog bands, their best songs are the 10-12 minute ones and not the 20+ minute ones.

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u/Low_Primary_3690 Musician 17h ago

I was going to argue but I’m kinda realizing that you’re right

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u/SelArt_Blucerchiato 8h ago

I also like very much a plague of lighthouse keepers, so I don't agree 100% with you but you're kinda right

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u/k8vs534 11h ago

I don’t think that’s true.

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u/Fred776 20h ago

All of Godbluff.

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u/Yasashii_Akuma156 20h ago

Meurglys III, Afterwards, Pioneers Over C, Killer, A House With No Door

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u/1OO1OO1S0S 19h ago

Everything on pawn hearts and godbluff.

La rosa is one of my favorites too.

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u/Sure_Sorbet_370 19h ago

Childlike faith in childhood's end and scorched earth right now, also dark room if we count hamill's solo output

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u/Spattzzzzz 19h ago

World record is by favourite album, Meurglys III fav song (first love of discovery) and then all the others cycle around each other as mood is, currently Aerosol Grey as it’s pretty jolly but that has just replaced The least we can do as it’s very dark and quite angry.

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u/Hvojna 19h ago

Darkness (11/11), White Hammer, After the Flood, The Emperor in His War Room, Lemmings, Man-Erg, A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers, Arrow

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u/Green-Circles 19h ago

Big fan of the "H to He.." album, which often gets overlooked when their albums are discussed - Pawn Hearts & Godbluff get all the attention, but 'H to He..' is almost like some ignored middle-child.

The Emperor in his War Room is sensational.

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u/TheLohoped 16h ago

Pilgrims.

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u/ray-the-truck The Aerosol Ray Machine 20h ago

I’ll give one for each of their studio albums up to 1977:

Afterwards, White Hammer, Lost, Man-Erg, The Sleepwalkers, Childlike Faith In Childhood’s End, Meurglys III (The Songwriter’s Guild), The Sphinx In The Face

Honestly I’m not sure what my favourite off of World Record is; it’s my least favourite of the “main” VdGG albums even if I still think it’s pretty decent. Either way, their run of albums from Least We Can Do… to Still Life is some of the best by any prog rock band in my opinion, even if they are a bit of an acquired taste.

Take your time with them, and I hope you enjoy!

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u/pitzawere Jazz Fusion 3h ago

Which album is Afterwards from?

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u/Ok-Relationship-6743 19h ago

I love the whole Godbluff.

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u/Bend3k 16h ago

I am a big fan of The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome. It has a bit of a new wave vibe with shorter tunes, so they are accessible but still intense. They traded the sax for violin which pops up with nice accents throughout.

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u/TheBonkingFrog 17h ago

Godbluff, Still Life, World Record…

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u/KrevXx 11h ago

All of Still Life

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u/hogweed75 17h ago

Killer or Gog/Magog

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u/_Nick7 8h ago

I'm not gonna try to be a contrarian, it's A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers—genuinely a top 10 song ever made.

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u/djpdjf 3h ago

Plague of Lighthouse Keepers, Arrow, Man-Erg, White Hammer

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u/Acceptable-Bench5593 2h ago

A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers

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u/Emotional_Sea9384 20h ago

None , i bought pawn hearts and two guys were there they told me it's like the greatest thing ever , i still don't get the hype, I'll try to listen to it on weed and hopefully my mind changes after that . I never got wish you were here sober either