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Icarium
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Topic: Epitaph vs Nothing At All Posted: June 29 2016 at 18:52 |
I like both songs much and both are emotional, Epitaph evokes much feelings, but to me Nothing At All is among the best songs ever written, to me Gentle Giants most spessial gem, not becouse of length, but the general feel, its mood. Unlike any GG songs it got a calm and gentle atmosphere, a solemn, and economic use of atmospher displayed in trinsic meassure.
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Larkstongue41
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 19:14 |
I'm not particularly fond of Gentle Giant, but I have always considered 'Nothing At All' to be one of their greatest pieces. However, 'Epitaph' definitely gets the edge as far as I'm concerned.
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 19:18 |
Nothing At All is fantastic...but...Epitaph is one of the greatest songs ever
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 20:21 |
Gentle Giant easily.
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Rednight
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 21:01 |
Nothing At All still sounds fresh to me. Epitaph sounds as ancient as the rest of that album.
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Dellinger
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 21:45 |
The.Crimson.King wrote:
Nothing At All is fantastic...but...Epitaph is one of the greatest songs ever | This.
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Posted: June 30 2016 at 01:21 |
"Nothing At All" wins just by hair. Both songs are fantastic, though. The Gentle Giant piece, though, is outstanding and incredibly creative. That drum solo in the middle is so unique and ahead of its time!
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Hercules
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Posted: June 30 2016 at 06:27 |
Epitaph is one of the few KC songs I really like, but Nothing at All trumps it.
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Posted: June 30 2016 at 06:56 |
Rednight wrote:
Nothing At All still sounds fresh to me. Epitaph sounds as ancient as the rest of that album. |
Agreed.
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Manuel
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Posted: June 30 2016 at 10:37 |
For me it's a tie. I really cannot choose between them.
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Posted: June 30 2016 at 12:21 |
Both awesome.
Epitaph
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Posted: June 30 2016 at 14:12 |
I enjoy the more powerful rockathons of Octopus personally over their debut material.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 30 2016 at 14:14 |
Nothing At All for me.
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aglasshouse
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Posted: June 30 2016 at 14:23 |
Man With Hat wrote:
Nothing At All for me. |
Does this mean you're indifferent?
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akaBona
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Posted: June 30 2016 at 14:38 |
GG
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Posted: June 30 2016 at 18:15 |
Epitaph.
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Posted: April 01 2018 at 13:58 |
Gentle Giant on this one.
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Posted: April 01 2018 at 14:05 |
Epitaph.
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Posted: April 01 2018 at 18:50 |
Pastmaster wrote:
Gentle Giant easily. | This
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