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Some time in the past I started counting up to the best of the year show. That meant going back across the decades, maybe to compare years. Well, 1984 in prog holds no comparison to last year whatsoever. Many will argue that there is much more prog to pull from than I pulled from here, that is likely true, but this was an endeavor to give you some of 1984 that I found the most meaning and joy in. That means that new wave rears up along with other genres, but I always tried to make the connection to prog rock. There were a few misses. For instance, I could have been more careful with the break in Roger Waters- it is hard to find a stopping point in the album as it all bleeds together. The best way to listen to Pros and Cons is all the way through, with headphones, in a blacklit room. There is also that the Russ Ballard song I chose is not in fact from 1984- my mistake.
The next show will be held on March 26th and we will feature jam bands and improvisational prog.
Here is the 1984 setlist:
| Artist | Title | Duration | Album | Year |
| Craft | Aries | 5:48 | Craft | 1984 |
| Deep Purple | Perfect Strangers | 5:11 | Perfect Strangers | 1970 |
| XTC | Wake Up | 4:29 | The Big Express | 1984 |
| King Crimson | Sleepless | 5:04 | Three of a Perfect Pair | 1984 |
| Laszlo Benko | Mambo | 2:30 | Lexikon 2 | 1970 |
| Osiris | Who Remembers | 4:44 | Myths And Legends (Vinyl) | 1984 |
| The Fixx | Less Cities, More Moving People | 3:27 | Phantoms | 1984 |
| Camel | Cloak and Dagger Man | 3:43 | Stationary Traveller | 1984 |
| Russ Ballard | Voices | 5:30 | Anthology | 1986 |
| Planet P Project | Power | 4:14 | Pink World [Definitive Edition] | 1985 |
| Jefferson Starship | Layin’ It On The Line | 4:07 | Nuclear Furniture (Vinyl) | 1984 |
| Solaris | M’ars poetica | 6:21 | The Martian Chronicles | 1983 |
| Gerard | Orpheus | 8:34 | Gerard (Vinyl) | 1984 |
| Jerome Langlois | LE BALLON I | 7:24 | THEMES, solo piano | 2011 |
| Anthony Phillips | February | 4:24 | Private Parts and Pieces, Part V ‘Twelve’ | 1985 |
| Weird Al Yankovic | King Of Suede | 4:07 | In 3-D | 1984 |
| Michael Shrieve | Transfer Station Blue | 11:41 | Transfer Station Blue (With Kevin Shrieve & Klaus Schulze) | 1984 |
| Jean-Michel Jarre | Blah-Blah Cafe | 3:20 | Zoolook | 1984 |
| Howard Jones | Equality | 4:18 | Human’s Lib | 1984 |
| Oingo Boingo | Gratitude | 5:11 | So Lo | 1988 |
| Billy Squier | (Another) 1984 | 4:45 | Signs Of Life | 1984 |
| Iron Maiden | Back in the Village | 5:01 | Powerslave | 1984 |
| Yngwie J. Malmsteen | Icarus’ Dream Suite Op.4 | 8:17 | Rising Force | 1984 |
| Queensryche | No Sanctuary | 5:48 | The Warning | 1984 |
| Metallica | Metallica / For whom the Bell Tolls | 4:52 | Ride The Lighting | 1985 |
| Scorpions | Coming Home | 4:48 | Love at First Sting | 1984 |
| David Gilmour | Murder | 4:50 | About Face | 1984 |
| Roger Waters | 4:33 AM (Running Shoes) | 4:05 | The Pros & Cons Of Hitch Hiking | 1984 |
| Roger Waters | 4:37 AM (Arabs With Knives & West German Skies) | 2:16 | The Pros & Cons Of Hitch Hiking | 1984 |
| Marillion | Emerald Lies | 5:01 | Fugazi | 1984 |
| Rush | The Body Electric | 4:56 | Grace Under Pressure | 1984 |
| Paul Mccartney | No More Lonely Nights (Ballad) | 5:05 | Give My Regards To Broad Street |