Egg The Polite Force Contrasong

One of the first bands from the Canterbury School (SOFT MACHINE or HATFIELD AND THE NORTH), EGG was a trio consisting of... Dave STEWART on organ, piano and tone generator, Mont CAMPBELL on bass and vocals (also organ, piano and French Horn), and Clive BROOKS on drums. The music is very structured and composed, with classical pieces (BACH) and some light jazzy influences. The band explored a variety of time signatures and key relationships, sometimes explored classical ideals, and even composed their own symphony. Canterbury band that released three organ-prominent albums. "The Polite Force" was EGG's second release, and was better developed musically from their debut, a style that was carried on to the subsequent "The Civil Surface". If you like that, go on and get the other two eventually. (if you don't like it, then don't bother). Fans of organ-driven progressive rock with a perfect 70's atmosphere will eat it up. Although EGG is an essential part of any progressive collection. A historical band...!

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• Egg
• The Polite Force
• Contrasong
• progressive
• Canterbury Scene
• Dave Stewart

[cr1msonking93]

I love this song. So many cool odd time signatures.

[mejanner]

This is the kind of song that gets stuck in my head but i can't sing let alone whistle it.

[DoctorPatient]

@zincorbie LOL! absolutely! as a bass player, I took it as a serious challenge to learn this song (as well as the rest of the album), and that day when I finally played it error-free was one of the happiest days of my playing life ... the brilliance of this album was that the odd-meter charts weren't just gratuitous "haha - we can actually play this stuff" displays of competence - it was all deliciously musical ... Mont's singing is a hoot, too

[denisdujardin]

Stewart is a genius!

[Lesiga1]

Its wonderfull still and to my mind I can count 5/8 - 9/8!

[NeilThompson30]

Egg are the only band mad enough to do a song like this - genius

[MrColMC]

Dave Stewart and Hugo Mont Cambell finally blasted progressive rock into the realms of modernjazz/ modern classical eg Stravisnki. Maybe it was just that I was studying music at the time before heading off to become a vet at university that I was totally taken in by this band. There was apparently a time when brilliance like this seeped through when no one was noticing. I love all the albums they made. What about another-please!

[CradoxXx]

The use of those vocals adds so much to this song...

[okramzg]

Yessss!

[zincorbie]

I heard they wouldn't play this song live because that time signature was insane. I don't know, I used to play drums to it and had a blast.

[Sunchild333]

@magicwonder You should listen to the intro of Long Piece no. 3 part 1 also by Egg. The pattern there is 123 12 12 123 12 12 12 12 123 12 12 12 12 12 12 123 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 123. And from the begining =)