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What is the best Gentle Giant song?
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    Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:16
I chose both some of my favorites and the most popular. Sorry, nothing from:
Gentle Giant(self-titled)
Interview
The Missing Piece
Giant for a Day
Civilian

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From the list, "Just the Same". "Prologue" close behind.

Shout out to the rockin "For Nobody" on the overlooked "The Missing Piece".

Edited by Grumpyprogfan - July 23 2023 at 11:42
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I went with "Pantagruel's Nativity". "Nothing at All" off thew debut is another particular stand-out for me, as well as "Three Friends". Anyway, Gentle Giant has no shortage of great songs. While I did not vote other, the one that I tend to think of most is "The Moon Is Down" and I would have voted for it if it was a specific selection in the list. I love it.
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i like a lot .. voted for Aspirations
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My favourite band. I love all of them, but voted for 'Think Of Me With Kindness'. Smile
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I don't have a favorite song, but if I had to pick it would be The Giant off their first album. And that is mainly because it's super overlooked.
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^ that above although in its absence I went for So Sincere
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Super band, almost impossible to vote, they have such strong material, but I will go this time with Prologue, but other I love also a lot Think Of Me With Kindness - what a beautiful piece, heart breaking 
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Too many great songs from them to me. So, I cannot vote on this poll.
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Not an easy pick. I love Gentle Giant, so it'll take me a while to choose one over the other.
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His Last Voyage, the missing piece off Free Hand in thuis selection. The twin peak in GG's catalog is Memories of Old Days.

The best one in this list is Raconteur, Troubadour.
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That's a hard one since there are so many great ones. Picked The Advent of Panurge, but on another day it could be something else. I sometimes get complaints about my burping in the Tech Talk section.
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"Funny Ways" for me.

The live version is better because the debut album was poorly produced.
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The only one of my 5 favorites that are on the list is Peel the Paint.

1. Knots
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3. The Runaway
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5. Cogs in Cogs

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Where the hell is "In A Glass House"? THAT is my favourite GG track...
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I voted for Peel The Paint. Proclamation is up there too.
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I went with "Pantagruel's Nativity". "Nothing at All" off thew debut is another particular stand-out for me, as well as "Three Friends". Anyway, Gentle Giant has no shortage of great songs. While I did not vote other, the one that I tend to think of most is "The Moon Is Down" and I would have voted for it if it was a specific selection in the list. I love it.
Yes all of that. No band I can think of made each song a complete sonical universe quite like (early) Gentle Giant.
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