Moonchild vs Providence

Providence for me. Brilliant track full of atmosphere, particularly the full version on The Great Deceiver. Not much of a fan of Moonchild, or ITCOTCK in general.

I actually like both, but Providence is much the better piece.

Tough call.

lucas wrote: ^ I thought prog encompasses more bands than KC, Yes, Genesis, ELP and Dream Theater...

Yes, it does. But that gives you no right to spam a perfectly fine poll, and criticize it at the same time.

Epignosis wrote: J-Man wrote: lucas wrote: ^ I thought prog encompasses more bands than KC, Yes, Genesis, ELP and Dream Theater... Yes, it does. But that gives you no right to spam a perfectly fine poll, and criticize it at the same time. I thought of a dozen epic retorts, but I did not wish to sully my generally admirable reputation.

I could have been SO much more epic and memorable in my post as well, but stifled myself as well.

Providence easily. I always thought it fit in well with the rest of Red.

I could never get into Moonchild and always skip it. If that weren't on the album, ITCOTK would be much more amazing than it already is in my opinion.

Providence, by far. I don't hate Moonchild, but I don't feel like it adds much aside from a bold statement. Providence is an essential piece of a perfect album.

Both are classic songs of two different eras. I personnally like both but cannot compare them to each other as they are very different from one another : moonchild is more in the romantic mood and features vocals, while providence is entirely instrumental and is clearly something of free/avant-rock.

I choosed moochild but I love both tracks.

The reason why I picked the older track is because it is more polite with the ears.

Providence has one of the best drummin I`ve ever heard, but it takes like 5 minutes to begin hearing the actual song... so it can get a little bit boring

I actuall< like both "Moonchild" and "Providence", and I don't consider them to be just senseless noodling at all.  I usually like totally free music. Strangely I don't like the second disc of the "Live" album of Henry Cow. The reason is that hwere the musicians really never seem to find together at all, which can not be said of the improvistional part of "Moonchild" or "Providence"; there obciously is a lot of interaction there. But somehow I can't find that in the free improvisations of Henry Cow.
I like the Can improvisations a lot, also what Amon Düül do in tracks like "The Marilyn Monroe Memorial Church". Not tro mention Annexus Quam's "Beziehungen" or the live album of Anima (a band which for some reason is not in the archives). There are a lot of other artists I could mention here too. But strangely only these Henry Cow tracks from the live album get on my nerves. Search me why. Since my method of listening to an album is listening to all of it, whether I like it or not, I heard these rtracks a lot of time, but they just don't get any better.