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Topic: Gentle Giant - Octopus Posted: January 30 2018 at 17:42
Just what it sounds like; what's your personal favorite track from this seminal Gentle Giant record?
This isn't easy for me, as I really, REALLY enjoy several tracks on this one. River and The Boys in The Band, along with Dog's Life are constantly stuck in my head. If I had to choose one track to exemplify the magic of this record, it would have to be The Advent Of Panurge.
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"The Boys in the Band" with "Panurge" and "Raconteur, Troubadour" close behind.
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Posted: January 30 2018 at 20:05
The Dark Elf wrote:
Knots, Boys in the Band and Advent of Panurge.
That would also be my top 3 - today, anyway.
As for my vote, I had to go with Knots. That song is madness incarnate! Everything about it should be going horribly, horribly wrong. The whole song is balanced so precariously on the fine line between complexity and chaos, but somehow they pull it off and the whole thing just works wonderfully.
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Posted: January 31 2018 at 02:56
Frenetic Zetetic wrote:
<span style="line-height: 16.5455px;">Glad I'm not the only one who's like "Boys in The Band...WAIT...PANURGE IS VERY DYNAMIC!" </span><div style="line-height: 16.5455px;"> <div style="line-height: 16.5455px;">That song encompasses a ton of GG's style.
.....so does Boys In The Band, so does Raconteur, so does River etc. Even the ‘ballad’ Think Of Me With Kindness is exquisite. I simply adore this album. In fact, I’m so ‘lost’ these days, I obsess over Devo and Slayer, Kajagoogoo and Gorguts. I just.........dunno ? I’m truly messed up.......
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Posted: January 31 2018 at 02:58
Tom Ozric wrote:
Frenetic Zetetic wrote:
<span style="line-height: 16.5455px;">Glad I'm not the only one who's like "Boys in The Band...WAIT...PANURGE IS VERY DYNAMIC!" </span><div style="line-height: 16.5455px;"> <div style="line-height: 16.5455px;">That song encompasses a ton of GG's style.
.....so does Boys In The Band, so does Raconteur, so does River etc. Even the ‘ballad’ Think Of Me With Kindness is exquisite. I simply adore this album. In fact, I’m so ‘lost’ these days, I obsess over Devo and Slayer, Kajagoogoo and Gorguts. I just.........dunno ? I’m truly messed up.......
You can never be too shy shy about listening to Gorguts "The Erosion of Sanity" and "Obscura"!
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Posted: January 31 2018 at 03:12
^ Oh man, you know this stuff ?? God, I love Opeth so much, and I do love Sade too. Just random things I’m spilling out here. But I truly get into each and every band I love. I could ramble for ages.......
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Posted: January 31 2018 at 04:02
River
...the groove JP and Kerry establish between the verses ...the smoking Gary Green doubletracked guitar "duo" ...the Ray and Gary violin/guitar hook ...Derek's oblong vocal with Kerry's obtuse organ in the verses
Appropriately ending the album with a bang. There's a reason they used River to conclude this masterpiece, Octopus.
Edited by Frankh - January 31 2018 at 04:05
Perhaps finding the happy medium is harder than we know.
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Posted: January 31 2018 at 04:06
Frankh wrote:
River
...the groove JP and Kerry establish between the verses ...the smoking Gary Green doubletracked guitar "duo" ...the Ray and Gary violin/guitar hook ...Derek's oblong vocal with Kerry's obtuse organ in the verses
Appropriately ending the album with a bang. There's a reason they used River to conclude this masterpiece, Octopus.
Yes, this is one of my favorites as well! I LOVE Phil's lyrics and vocals here honestly, some of my favorite he's ever done with the band. I also love how he/Derek call-and-response with the second half of Gary's lead; so classic!
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Posted: January 31 2018 at 05:02
Frankh wrote:
River
...the groove JP and Kerry establish between the verses ...the smoking Gary Green doubletracked guitar "duo" ...the Ray and Gary violin/guitar hook ...Derek's oblong vocal with Kerry's obtuse organ in the verses
Appropriately ending the album with a bang. There's a reason they used River to conclude this masterpiece, Octopus.
Agreed ! River could only be an ‘ending’ track !!!! Perfect ending to a perfect album.
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