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Works Volume I: the Greg Lake songs |
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Steve Wyzard 
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 Topic: Works Volume I: the Greg Lake songsPosted: November 05 2021 at 16:42 |
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I'm aware some of these songs have rubbed many people the wrong way over the years. "Too much self-pity" or "Too Neil Diamond" are the complaints that are often heard. Some have stood the test of time, while others were dropped and forgotten almost immediately. Now that it's been almost 5 years since Greg has passed, I'm really interested to see which of these is the fans' favorite.
For myself, I'm going with "C'est La Vie". It was the first of these five I ever heard, and while it's often compared with "Still You Turn Me On", it's more serious and poignant. "Closer to Believing" is a close second.
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Cristi
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Posted: November 05 2021 at 16:45 |
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I haven't listened to the Works albums in a long time, a bit of a chore to listen as they are quite uneven.
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Posted: November 05 2021 at 16:51 |
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Still I don't see a man in a mansion
That an accurate pen won't puncture Go to town, go to hell, go to jail. And there's bars and saloons Where the jukebox plays blues in the night Till the madman says "Son, Time to go we could both use some light" And thy will be done. |
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Posted: November 05 2021 at 17:39 |
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Lend Your Love to Me Tonight, but four of these are fine.
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Posted: November 05 2021 at 17:49 |
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"C'est La Vie"
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Posted: November 05 2021 at 18:10 |
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Lake proved to be a balladeer at heart. Voted for C'est La Vie.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Posted: November 05 2021 at 18:24 |
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C'est La Vie. The only song that I really like of him on that album.
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"PROG IS MY FERRARI".
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Posted: November 05 2021 at 20:34 |
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C'est la vie.
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Posted: November 05 2021 at 22:21 |
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
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Posted: November 06 2021 at 00:52 |
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C'est La Vie is a masterpiece, but I like the whole Works. It's not Tarkus, but I think it's very underrated.
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Posted: November 06 2021 at 05:32 |
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C'est La Vie.
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Posted: November 06 2021 at 10:06 |
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Hallowed be thy name is a great song a sort of gives me the hibee geebees.
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Posted: November 06 2021 at 13:18 |
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Good poll, Steve! I'll go with Hallowed'. Really like the arrangement, and Lake is in fine form.
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Posted: November 06 2021 at 16:13 |
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A great set of songs from Greg, hard to choose
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Posted: November 06 2021 at 16:20 |
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Indeed, four out of five here are great songs. I'll go with Hallowed... now.
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Posted: November 06 2021 at 21:08 |
Me too. One of my favorite songs. The lyrical puns and word play border on incredible.
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Posted: November 06 2021 at 23:15 |
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Easily the worst of the 'solo' sections on the Works Vol 1 album. Voted for Hallowed Be Thy Name which I genuinely adore for its acerbic lyric and neurotic glissando string arrangement. The other four make Neil Sedaka sound like Black Metal.
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Posted: November 07 2021 at 08:04 |
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Hallowed Be Thy Name, followed by CTB
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Posted: November 09 2021 at 10:36 |
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A big thanks to everyone who participated - I had no idea so many people liked "Hallowed Be Thy Name"!
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Posted: November 09 2021 at 10:55 |
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Fetch the clock!
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