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seventhsojourn 
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 Posted: January 23 2010 at 17:58 |
 someone_else wrote:
Brain Salad Surgery, ELP's masterpiece. The epic on side 1 of Tarkus is great, but the other side is just mediocre. |
Agreed, but I still prefer it to BSS.
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Morningrise
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 10:49 |
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Tarkus. I don't enjoy BSS that much.
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TheGazzardian
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 10:34 |
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I voted BSS but if the truth be told, I don't think either are really all that impressive and rarely feel bothered to listen to them.
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Raff
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 09:53 |
Leftoverture wrote:
Tarkus for me, but I actually like ELP's first album the best....does that make me weird?? |
Not at all, because I agree with you 100%  . BTW, in this poll I voted for Tarkus. The suite is by far my favourite ELP composition, and one of the cornerstones of progressive rock.
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Leftoverture
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 09:51 |
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Tarkus for me, but I actually like ELP's first album the best....does that make me weird??
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Bitterblogger
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Posted: November 19 2009 at 21:53 |
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The beginning of Tarkus is great on the studio effort, but it really shines, IMO, on Welcome Back. . .and the comments re Side Two are, shall we say, duly noted (although, when in the mood, Are You Ready Eddy is a hoot). Everything's good to great on BSS.
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J-Man
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Posted: November 19 2009 at 17:37 |
Neither  No, in all seriousness Tarkus is a pretty good album. Not much from ELP has mightily impressed me though.
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Bostock
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Posted: November 19 2009 at 17:23 |
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Tarkus...it's my favorite animal...
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"And the poet lifts his pen while the soldier sheaths his sword."
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Phideaux
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Posted: November 19 2009 at 10:08 |
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Easily Brain Salad. Although I don't really like ELP that much any more, BSS is a definite desert island disc (assuming I can take 101)
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TheCaptain
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Posted: November 18 2009 at 23:41 |
Moogtron III wrote:
Brain Salad Surgery as an album (which I voted for), but the Tarkus suite as a track.
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Yup. BSS is consistently great while side 2 of Tarkus is merely good. It's a very close race however with BSS barely beating out Tarkus.
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
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Sckxyss
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Posted: November 18 2009 at 20:59 |
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Has anyone else even heard side B of Tarkus? BSS by a mile.
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JD
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Posted: November 18 2009 at 05:52 |
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Both are great pieces IMHO, although I prefer Trilogy above them both. I chose Tarkus for it's raw sounding production. By the time BSS was done the production was just a little too polished and sterile for the music they were doing.
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Thank you for supporting independently produced music
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someone_else
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Posted: November 18 2009 at 02:54 |
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Brain Salad Surgery, ELP's masterpiece. The epic on side 1 of Tarkus is great, but the other side is just mediocre.
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questionsneverknown
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Posted: November 18 2009 at 02:11 |
Tarkus was how I got introduced to ELP, and so there's a lot of love there for that album, but I think there's a lot more going on with BSS. So, though Tarkus was the hors d'oeuvre, Salad for once is the more fulfilling meal.
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b_olariu
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Posted: November 18 2009 at 00:31 |
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Tarkus by far, one of my fav albums ever
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valravennz
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Posted: November 17 2009 at 20:01 |
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Tarkus was my intro to ELP so is a sentimental favourite. I also find it more accessible than BSS.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: November 17 2009 at 19:58 |
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Tarkus all the way!! Itīs the only thing ELP ever did to blow my socks off! The moogsolo at the end is just mindblowing, whilst it also sounds like an angry electrified duck.
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clarke2001
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Posted: November 17 2009 at 17:18 |
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BSS is more pompous than good (although it's brilliant). Tarkus is one megaparsec above.
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Atavachron
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Posted: November 17 2009 at 16:44 |
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love both but Tarkus got me started and re-started on prog..nothing like it before (or since for that matter), maybe the single most imitated record in prog history, a church of Prog
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Moogtron III
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Posted: November 17 2009 at 16:15 |
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Brain Salad Surgery as an album (which I voted for), but the Tarkus suite as a track.
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