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 is 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 help 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