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I vote for Toccata.
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All top notch ELP tracks and my favourite vacillates over the years - at the moment its 'Pirates', particularly on the strength of the Nassau Colosseum version where Emerson more than compensates for the missing orchestra.
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I'll take a pebble
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Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

I'll take a pebble


So will I...
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

I'll take a pebble


So will I...

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Endless Enigma - my favourite ELP track.
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i voted for "Fanfare for the Common Man".
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Take a Pebble is the only one I really like
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Enigma (including the Fugue in the middle)
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Tough one. On this day, I'll go with "Trilogy."
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It's certainly an endless enigma.





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Nice selection. Today I choose for Abaddon's Bolero.
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All excellent pieces and so close in so many ways, but in the end it's Trilogy for me by the finest hair imaginable.
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The Fanfare
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TARKUS, dammit!   TARRRRRRRRRRRRRKUSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
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All good tracks. Depending on the mood, I might pick differently every day.
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Toccatta for me, I'm rather surprised it's doing so poorly. Take a Pebble and Trilogy are rather close. Take a Pebble is really beautiful, but I feel the instrumental section in the middle is sort of too long and strays too much away from the song. On Trilogy, I really love the first part, which is very beautiful, and then the very cool second part comes in, really wonderful, and then the third part comes and ruins the song; that third part is a perfect example of why I don't like ELP more.
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Toccatta for me, I'm rather surprised it's doing so poorly. Take a Pebble and Trilogy are rather close. Take a Pebble is really beautiful, but I feel the instrumental section in the middle is sort of too long and strays too much away from the song. On Trilogy, I really love the first part, which is very beautiful, and then the very cool second part comes in, really wonderful, and then the third part comes and ruins the song; that third part is a perfect example of why I don't like ELP more.
 
I agree regarding Toccata. One of the few ELP adaptations that is not merely a rock rendition of a classical piece, but actually a "progressive" and creative reworking of an existing composition.
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Toccatta for me, I'm rather surprised it's doing so poorly. Take a Pebble and Trilogy are rather close. Take a Pebble is really beautiful, but I feel the instrumental section in the middle is sort of too long and strays too much away from the song. On Trilogy, I really love the first part, which is very beautiful, and then the very cool second part comes in, really wonderful, and then the third part comes and ruins the song; that third part is a perfect example of why I don't like ELP more.
 
I agree regarding Toccata. One of the few ELP adaptations that is not merely a rock rendition of a classical piece, but actually a "progressive" and creative reworking of an existing composition.

If you're talking about Pictures at an Exhibition when you say "merely a rock rendition of a classical piece", I disagree. I feel it's almost as progressive as the likes of Toccata and Tarkus. The very notion of covering a classical piece alone is progressive enough if you ask me. If you weren't talking about that, then forget it I guess...

I agree on yor points with Toccata though. Toccata is my favourite ELP piece that is shorter than 20 minutes (although I do like the 20+ minuters more)!
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Endless Enigma, but all of these except the last two have been my favorite at some point
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