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Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:

Fox Hill - By Camel, like nothing they’ve ever done, seemed weird to me at first but it’s clicked and it’s one of my favorite tracks
It still leaves me cold, but I've never been a Genesis fan, so this may be a resaon. 
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Some Cat Stevens songs are sort of like that, specialy on Catcher Bull at Four

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^I don't see it. I presume "in the style of The Battle Of Epping Forest" means (a) a journey song (b) dense with words sung at at galloping pace, (c) telling a story (d) delivering the direct speech of a variety of characters in the story (e) interspersed with Prog-worthy instrumental passages. I can't think of anything that thoroughly fits this bill. There probably isn't anything.





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Not really in the same style but how about solsbury hill by the man himself? :)
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I'd double the suggestion of Al Stewart's longer tracks, add a suggestion of Jan Dukes de Grey - Mice and Rats in the Loft for more of the folkier side, and finish off with one of my more obscure favourites that has a lot of similarities to Battle I think, Emmanuel Booz - Dans quel état j'erre:
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Try the King Crimson song "Thela Hun Jinjeet" from "Discipline."  It tells a rather chilling tale....

Here's the story in Belew's own words:



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Originally posted by HackettFan HackettFan wrote:

^I don't see it. I presume "in the style of The Battle Of Epping Forest" means (a) a journey song (b) dense with words sung at at galloping pace, (c) telling a story (d) delivering the direct speech of a variety of characters in the story (e) interspersed with Prog-worthy instrumental passages. I can't think of anything that thoroughly fits this bill. There probably isn't anything.




If you're talking about the track I posted, said track checks all those boxes, sir. Which, is why I posted it. It's just a single 40 minute track that goes ape sh*t. 

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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:

Fox Hill - By Camel, like nothing they’ve ever done, seemed weird to me at first but it’s clicked and it’s one of my favorite tracks

It still leaves me cold, but I've never been a Genesis fan, so this may be a resaon. 


Im a big fan of how that song progresses and there’s some great melodies, but I understand it’s not for everyone
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I was listening to Citizen Cain the other day and thought they might be what you're looking for.  Especially the album "Somewhere But Yesterday."  Looks like theBox's already posted a couple of links!
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Originally posted by TerLJack TerLJack wrote:

I was listening to Citizen Cain the other day and thought they might be what you're looking for.  Especially the album "Somewhere But Yesterday."  Looks like theBox's already posted a couple of links!

Yes, actually "Somewhere but Yesterday" is EXACTLY what the OP is looking for, even though he doesn't know it yet Tongue.
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Ogre Battle - Queen 
Empire of the Clouds - Iron Maiden 
The Trial - Pink Floyd
A Passion Play/Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
Gates of Delirium - Yes 

Those might fit the bill.
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two bands artists come in mind
 
first was citizen cain which was mentioned
 
second is chris judge smith curly's airship which is excellant.
 
one more in the same vein is Sigmond snopec iii trinity seas seize sees


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I think the Battle of Epping Forest has a unique style that is just amazing. Lots of other songs use a narrative approach but just seem to have a different vibe. Zappa did a lot of this (Billy the  Mountain, etc.), but I know of nothing else that propels a song like Peter Gabriel's performance in the Battle of Epping Forest. One of many reasons why Selling England by the Pound is such a huge deal here!
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One that occurred to me yesterday was 10CC - Rubber Bullets . It has a similar vibe and a bit of 'larking around' re the Padre .
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