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Niki ( IO ) ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 20 2007 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 172 |
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Which one of the GG's OCTO OPUS is your favourite?
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Mandrakeroot ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friûl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
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RACONTEUR TROUBADOUR because Folk.
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Andrea Cortese ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 05 2005 Status: Offline Points: 4411 |
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Well, The Advent of Panurge rules!
![]() Close second the crazy Knots, the most proggy song they ever recorded (IMHO).
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IVNORD ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 13 2006 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1191 |
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I love every piece on Octopus, especially The Advent Of Panurge and Knots. But I voted for River as it is often overlooked. The dissonant vocals, two guitar solo and excellent performance (as usual) makes it a great piece (listen to Derek singing along with Gary's gitar)
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Christine ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 27 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 184 |
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Gentle Giant's Octopus would have to be one of my favorites as well!If you've ever seen the dvd that has the segment called,"features from Octopus", they really demonstrate how talented they are.When I first heard the little recorder cannon that went into yankee doodle dandy I was so tickeled. Watching bands like Gentle Giant just makes me wish that I had the oppritunity to have a jam session with them!
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Moogtron III ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616 |
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The River for me, with the wonderful vibes solos.
One of these days, the mailman will bring me the Giant On The Box-dvd that I ordered. I just can't wait!
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Christine ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 27 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 184 |
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Sorry if I spoiled it! ![]() |
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Moogtron III ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616 |
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You didn't spoil it! On the contrary, I'm even more excited now. It makes me even more curious!
![]() They're definitely a band where you can expect such unexpected moves. Can't wait, can't wait!
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chopper ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 19965 |
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"Think of me with kindness" is wonderful, but I have to go for "Raconteur Troubadour". The arrangement is really clever.
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seamus ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: January 01 2007 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 300 |
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One of the best prog albums ever...i go for The Advent Of Panurge
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Melomaniac ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: May 07 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4088 |
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A Tie between 'The Advent of Panurge', 'Knots' and 'Boys in the Band'.
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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glass house ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 16 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 4986 |
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I won't vote an individual song for as a whole the album is complete masterlines
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For me "the advent of Panurge" really is the first "complete" GG song. They had been building up their repertoire of changes, tones, arrangements & influences. Then on Octopus, they started nailing classics left & right. I love the 3 previous records, but this is where GG start hitting the peaks regularly.
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glass house ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 16 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 4986 |
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I agree wholeheartedly with your remark that on Octopus "they started nailing classics left & right".
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Man Erg ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 26 2004 Location: Isle of Lucy Status: Offline Points: 7456 |
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Raconteur Troubadour
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Chus ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: October 16 2006 Location: Venezuela Status: Offline Points: 1991 |
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I choose "boys"... I don't mind weirdness but "Knots" I just can't stand.
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Jesus Gabriel
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proglil49 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 14 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 392 |
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Nobody likes A Cry For Everyone??
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I want to be an astronaut
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Lofcaudio ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 04 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 444 |
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These three are definitely my top three on the album; however, I voted for The Advent of Panurge.
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Logan ![]() Forum & Site Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 33100 |
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I vote for "Advent of Panurge" (still slightly prefer "Pantragruel's Nativity" -- great companion pieces and inspired me to read Rabelais) although "Boys in the Band" is a fantastic instrumental -- it's such a tight and exciting composition.
I'm not terribly keen on "Knots" either (love "On Reflection") -- though I actually do like it well enough. Good song; some days I really love it. For many their least favourite track is "A Cry for Everyone." This poll has been done a couple of time before, and in the last one I chose that track (would have gone for "Advent of Panurge" but it found its way into the subject line) because: "I'm going to be a rebel and choose "A Cry For Everyone". It starts off sounding as a typical kind of rock song I'd think I would hate, and then it takes some, once, unexpected and fantastic twists, and proves itself not to be typical at all (which is quite typical for GG of course)." My least favourite track, and in fact it's one of my least liked tracks of the first eight albums, is "Raconteur Troubadour" -- it's so effete. Makes me roll my eyes a bit. Though It's still really not a bad song according to my tastes.. "River" is great, as is "Think of Me With Kindness" (yeah that's rather effete and emotive but I love it anyway -- beautiful, actually), and "Dog's Life" is delightful. |
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Nowhere Man ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: September 29 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 207 |
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Boys In The Band is absolutely fantastic.
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