往年のプログレッシブロックの人気曲ベスト100！1位は、キングクリムゾンの「The Court of the Crimson King」

米国のPopMattersが、往年のプログレッシブロックの人気曲の中から厳選したベスト100曲のランキング「The 100 Best Classic Progressive Rock Songs」を発表しています。1位は、やっぱりというか、キングクリムゾンの「The Court of the Crimson King」でした。名曲中の名曲ですね。
以下はその上位50曲です。（51〜100位を知りたい方は、以下のリンクでご覧ください。）

→The 100 Best Classic Progressive Rock Songs

1. King Crimson: “The Court of the Crimson King”　(from In the Court of the Crimson King)
2. Yes: “Close to the Edge”　(from Close to the Edge)
3. Pink Floyd: “Shine on You Crazy Diamond”　(from Wish You Were)
4. Genesis: “Supper’s Ready”　(from Foxtrot)
5. Jethro Tull: “Thick as a Brick”　(from Thick as a Brick)
6. Rush: “2112”　(from 2112)
7. King Crimson: “Starless”　(from Red)
8. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: “Tarkus”　(from Tarkus)
9. Pink Floyd: “Time”　(from The Dark Side of the Moon)
10. Genesis: “Firth of Fifth”　(from Selling England by the Pound)
11. Jethro Tull: “A Passion Play”　(from A Passion Play)
12. Yes: “And You and I”　(from Close to the Edge)
13. Pink Floyd: “Dogs”　(from Animals)
14. Rush: “Cygnus X-1 Book Two: Hemispheres”　(from Hemispheres)
15. King Crimson: “Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part One”　(from Larks’ Tongues in Aspic)
16. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: “Pictures at an Exhibition”　(from Pictures at an Exhibition)
17. Genesis: “The Carpet Crawlers”　(from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
18. Pink Floyd: “Echoes”　(from Meddle)
19. King Crimson: “Lizard”　(from Lizard)
20. Yes: “Awaken”　(from Going for the One)
21. Van der Graaf Generator: “A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers”　(from Pawn Hearts)
22. Genesis: “Dancing with the Moonlit Knight”　(from Selling England by the Pound)
23. Pink Floyd: “Atom Heart Mother Suite”　(from Atom Heart Mother)
24. Gentle Giant: “The Advent of Panurge”　(from Octopus)
25. Camel: “Lady Fantasy”　(from Mirage)
26. The Moody Blues: “Melancholy Man”　(from A Question of Balance)
27. Rush: “La Villa Strangiato”　(from Hemispheres)
28. McDonald and Giles: “Birdman”　(from McDonald and Giles)
29. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: “Take a Pebble”　(from Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
30. Jethro Tull: “Aqualung”　(from Aqualung)
31. King Crimson: “Fracture”　(from Starless and Bible Black)
32. Genesis: “Watcher of the Skies”　(from Foxtrot)
33. Pink Floyd: “Us and Them”　(from The The Dark Side of the Moon)
34. Soft Machine: “Moon in June”　(from Third)
35. Traffic: “The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys”　(from The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys)
36. Yes: “Starship Trooper”　(from The Yes Album)
37. Camel: “Rhayader Goes to Town”　(from The Snow Goose)
38. Renaissance: “Song of Scheherazade”　(from Scheherazade and Other Stories)
39. Colosseum: “The Valentyne Suite”　(from Valentyne Suite)
40. Jethro Tull: “Heavy Horses”　(from Heavy Horses)
41. King Crimson: “21st Century Schizoid Man”　(from In the Court of the Crimson King)
42. Van der Graaf Generator: “Scorched Earth”　(from Godbluff)
43. Yes: “Heart of the Sunrise”　(from Fragile)
44. Supertramp: “Crime of the Century”　(from Crime of the Century)
45. Kansas: “Song for America”　(from Song for America)
46. Gentle Giant: “Pantagruel’s Nativity”　(from Acquiring the Taste)
47. The Nice: “The Five Bridges Suite”　(from Five Bridges)
48. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: “Karn Evil 9”　(from Brain Salad Surgery)
49. King Crimson: “In the Wake of Poseidon”　(from In the Wake of Poseidon)
50. Jethro Tull: “My God”　(from Aqualung)