Lake: “Chasing Colours” (1976)
The German band Lake sounded like a combination of 70’s West Coast pop, Little River Band and Supertramp, with just a touch of British Prog.
Japanese film director Yasujiro Ozu is known for his “pillow shots”–transitional shots of scenery or random details that give the viewer a moment for reflection. Lake used what I’d call “pillow notes”, an extra bar or two of music that helped to “frame” a song. Listen for them here in the middle and end of the chorus.
It’s an interesting characteristic of this band, the presence of these little “unnecessary” notes. And it’s what I believe causes people to attribute a subtle progressive rock element to them.
Every Moment Has A Song 
Nov 22, 2012 @ 04:33:58
Cool! I like that you compared a film technique to music. Very cool! Now that I think about it, a lot of prog artists probably do this.
Nov 22, 2012 @ 09:19:11
Yeah, but with full-on Prog bands I think its more like pillow solos or pillow jams. Pink Floyd should package some of their albums in a pillowcase.