Egg The Polite Force A Visit To Newport Hospital

[threeby8887]

This is one of the greatest prog albums of all time. By one of the most underappreciated groups ever.

[alanrichardb]

Me back again. They didn't remember Egg at Ryde Castle Hotel, tell you the truth I was too embarassed to ask!! Ryde is a great place for music now though, loads of bands on IOW!!

[0809hozjan]

Magnificent! I think british jazz-rock is the most underrated movement in rock history. (There are some contemporary bands influenced by krautrock, classical prog, new age, post-punk, americana, but how many younger bands, rock critics and listeners appreciate gems such as Egg, Soft Machine, If, Colosseum, Caravan, Mogul Thrash etc.).

[tezthedrummer]

I was so knocked-out when I heard them play this stuff at a groundhogs gig in stoke, I went out and bought three copies of polite force so Id never run-out. But now were doing this intead .

[alanrichardb]

I dug Egg back in the 70's and saw them at the Hare and Hounds in East Ham. Had their first 2 albums. Just remembered them as this weekend we are staying at Ryde Castle Hotel!! as name checked in this track!! Also saw Uriel once! was the fourth member Steve Hillage of Gong fame by any chance??

[threeby8887]

@alanrichardb Yes, Hillage was the fourth member.

[zombywoof92]

How about an upload of "Contrasong"?

[taleylon11]

Fantastic!!!!!

[novaflo339]

...soft kill.

[PabzGLRP]

The production value is so crisp, you'd think it was recorded yesterday.

[novaflo339]

absolute kill-sqad.

[LikeAGlassAsterisk]

I want to have Dave Stewart's children. 

[SwornToMutilate]

I discovered this band through BBC Prog Rock Britannia. I recommend that movie for all prog fans!

[cjgone2]

Bass line is awesome but the lyrics in this song are lol.

[cneberg]

This has to be the greatest song ever written.

Unbelievable maturity for twenty years old boys.

It's a big mystery to me. There must have been some divine forces involved!

[agbengip]

@cneberg "Divine forces"? Fantastic musicians, rather.

[ronaldmcdonald333]

so good....

[scarus1964]

Perfect! Pure gorgeousness!

[thallassocracy]

I loved their music, but unless you lived in London it was almost impossible to find their records (even in Cambridge you could get these LP's only by ordering them in advance).

Egg were more sophisticated than ELP or Yes, and heavier than either as well. It was really only Soft Machine in the same bracket.

[NeilThompson30]

@thallassocracy - I got the albums in Sunderland ok - I had to order the second one but I got the first one for 50p in 1971!

[dabrod]

Isn't this just brilliant?

[kostonskid]

Without a doubt one of my all-time favorite songs! So amazing.

[stuartctdn]

are they still around,whatever happened to them, where are they now?anyone know?

[stuartctdn]

i saw egg a few times in the early seventies around doncaster,one gig i remember at the top rank they were supporting if and yes.

[zincorbie]

I don't know if it's possible to find an older progressive band. Egg could arguably be the first. They are in my book anyway.

[japan4ever1]

i can cry for this song!

[gietek]

This is one of the greatest piece of music ever! It's beautiful!

[jamalam17z7]

"we spend our time avoiding skinheads and the law, it was a freedom that we'd never felt before" - such a great paradox

[metzenx]

@jamalam17z7 could it be sarcaasm?

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

Amazing music - this is canterbury at its best

[Qadesh86]

Amazing!! Thanks..

Elisa

[TheMidnightBell07]

Hey, last note but I just had to say I looked up the lyrics and it really said that lol. This is a cool song. It's so sad that of all the types of music to fade this had to go so soon. It got meshed with smooth jazz (yuck) I love real jazz and progressive is an electic mix of jazz, rock, blues, acid, psychedelc and fusion. That may sound like too many things to mix together but somehow it worked.

[TheMidnightBell07]

Hey, did they say they sent there time avoiding skinheads and the law? lol Anyway I love the music. Oneday I may hear the lyrics right.

[TheMidnightBell07]

Hey, I meant spent their time avoiding skin heads and the law. Not only can't hear well can't spell well either. I love progressive rock because it fits so well with psychedelic .

[PioBernard0]

What a great track. 10.

[camelspottergr]

@PioBernard0 Some days i listen to it 5-6 times in a raw.... can't help it... i think i need a visit to Newport Hospital...

[windmilltilter]

This is definitely a quintessential Canterbury-track! I was two years old when they were recording this album.....

[camelspottergr]

@windmilltilter Definition of the Canterbury sound!!

[flabberlot]

What a stunning bit of music.

[osealy1]

The first two albums were great, if you ignore the dross.

I hated the "Civil surface"

[dickiecheese]

albums,I mean

[dickiecheese]

Such an amazing band. It's a shame that their records are so expensive around here.

Thanks for the upload :)

[ronikoirax]

Vitun hyvä!

[Hyardacil]

Sitaks hea jah.