10 Songs That Get Better Every Time You Hear Them

As much as something like Paranoid Android may have been progressive for its time, it was clear that Radiohead were not up to the standards of prog rock. After all, if Thom Yorke wanted to live in hermit like seclusion and dress up like a wizard whenever he went onstage, he probably would have done it a long time ago. No, if you need an episodic song, 2112 by Rush really is the hard drugs version of a classic.

For any fairweather fans of the genre though, this entire track can feel a little intimidating, clocking in at over 20 minutes and telling a story throughout with actual characters and plot development. Though this kind of thing sounds like it's going to be an overbloated mess, it is roughly one of the greatest compositions in all of rock music. After being blown away by the raw instrumentation, this song is worth revisiting again and again just for the story alone, detailing the tale of a man coming across this lost guitar artifact and using it to lead a resistance.

Though the corn on this song is pretty strong, the movements go by so quickly that you don't even notice it, instead feeling like watching one musical vignette after another. Thousands of prog bands have used songs to work up their chops, but how many of them can sculpt an entire track into their own personal movie?