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Poll Question: What's Your Favorite Section from ELP's "Tarkus"?
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3 [8.57%]
4 [11.43%]
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1 [2.86%]
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    Posted: February 08 2021 at 22:05
I guess Battlefield, though the first two are great too (together). The one I can't stand is Mass, and that one is the reason I don't really like the song as a whole.
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Lol at this thread reviving! The whole album rules. I was binging this bad boy back in June.

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It's like asking which of your children do you love the most. A most cruel and ominous task to be sure.

Eruption is a great opener with full bravado on display, Stones Of Years a very nice interlude, Iconoclast, while short, shows the chops of the suite, Mass gets the tune going full prog with an excellent percussive organ section and fires up the first electric guitar section, Manticore provides a gentle intro into Battlefield where the drama is revealed and Greg rips his oft overlooked electric guitar solo until the slow march of Aquatarkus leads us off the planes of death.

Now, if we're talking studio version I'll pick Eruption narrowly beating out Mass.
If we're talking Live from the 'WBMF' LP, then I'm torn between the rip roaring version of Mass and the truly awesome synth thick Aquatarkus.

Split decision folks:
Mass from the studio version
Aquatarkus from the live version.
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Aquatarkus.
Still gives me chills.
Levitating downwards,
atomic feedback scream.
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Aquatarkus, one of the greatest Anatidaean tunes ever recorded.

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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

What...it has sections...?

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Then it must also have elevations and plans!
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What...it has sections...?

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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Dug up an old poll - and I picked 'Aquatarkus'.
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I also choose Battlefield. It really resonates with me.
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Battlefield
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Side 2 is perfectly fine after the knockout side 1. I have most of their releases (not the posthumous things though) and I’d be happy with only Tarkus and Pictures at an Exhibition.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Ignoring any live versions then Mass just for the unique 'clicking' technique that Emerson employs on that track. All of it is great though. ELP's masterpiece.

Aye. It would have been better extending to both sides of the vinyl...side 2 is beyond w**k...

Greg Lake apparently put his foot down so extending to side two was never an option, hence why Side Two is just so poor. Even the playing goes down a notch , it's not just the poor songs. A Time and A Place is maybe the one exception but even on that the best part is right at the end when Emerson cranks the old Moog up. That is amazing but all too fleeting. Perhaps the drunken recording of Are You ready Eddie? might be a clue. Side Two could just be the result of one long pub binge!

I love side 2 as well, yes, I know about some of the cringe-worthy lyrics but 'Infinite Space (Conclusion)', is a wonderful piano trio, which again, is also 'all too fleeting'...
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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Ignoring any live versions then Mass just for the unique 'clicking' technique that Emerson employs on that track. All of it is great though. ELP's masterpiece.

Aye. It would have been better extending to both sides of the vinyl...side 2 is beyond w**k...

Greg Lake apparently put his foot down so extending to side two was never an option, hence why Side Two is just so poor. Even the playing goes down a notch , it's not just the poor songs. A Time and A Place is maybe the one exception but even on that the best part is right at the end when Emerson cranks the old Moog up. That is amazing but all too fleeting. Perhaps the drunken recording of Are You ready Eddie? might be a clue. Side Two could just be the result of one long pub binge!
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Ignoring any live versions then Mass just for the unique 'clicking' technique that Emerson employs on that track. All of it is great though. ELP's masterpiece.

Aye. It would have been better extending to both sides of the vinyl...side 2 is beyond w**k...
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Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

Originally posted by Neu!mann Neu!mann wrote:

Eruption for me...that opening Emerson riff has been running through my head for literally decades.
 

Its close between this and battlefield for me, but I think I'm going to join you here. 

That Eruption section is incredible; archetypal prog rock!

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Tarkus is beyond amazing........
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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

 
The triple live album version of Tarkus sh*ts all over the studio version...in fact I only mostly listen to ELP live if you include PAAE...only studio I play is KE9, 1st and 3rd impressions...

Mostly I agree although the production of the studio version is amazing when you get the headphones on. Things whizzing around from all directions and little percussion sounds almost hidden. It was like being invited into some magical kingdom when I was kid. Totally obsessed with it for at least a year and wore out side one of the cassette!
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Ignoring any live versions then Mass just for the unique 'clicking' technique that Emerson employs on that track. All of it is great though. ELP's masterpiece.
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Originally posted by Neu!mann Neu!mann wrote:

Eruption for me...that opening Emerson riff has been running through my head for literally decades.
 

Its close between this and battlefield for me, but I think I'm going to join you here. 
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Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Aquatarkus live is impressive....gets my vote then...
</span><div style="line-height: 16.5455px;"><span style="line-height: 16.5455px;">I will definitely be searching this out later on; thanks for the keen reminder.</span><div style="line-height: 16.5455px;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">
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Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Ah!  Not sure you can sub-divide like this.
</span><div style="line-height: 16.5455px;"><div style="line-height: 16.5455px;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">Which is exactly why I did it! Break the "rules" and spark conversation/debate! </span>Cool

The triple live album version of Tarkus sh*ts all over the studio version...in fact I only mostly listen to ELP live if you include PAAE...only studio I play is KE9, 1st and 3rd impressions...
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