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    Posted: September 19 2019 at 13:35
I'm kind of obsessed with tarkus those days, could you give some songs that are similar? I'm getting bored with it..
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How about Quill - Sursum Corda? The entire album is a single song in two movements. Another cool song that's very similar to Tarkus is: Fugitive by Duncan Mackay from the album Score.

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Wobbler - Hinterland. At least parts of it
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Really?!?  I find Tarkus to be unmatched.. .in a category all its own.  heh LOL
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Just curious, how do you quantify "similar"?
By length, theme, instrumentation?

The thing about Tarkus is that it is absolutely unique.
I suppose Triumvirat's Illusions on a Double Dimple might qualify, or perhaps Mediterranean Tales (Across the Water) might as well.
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I would like to know other songs that: are composed of movements, have their rhythm often changing, with ambitious sonritoes etc..
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I already wrote this in the ELP poll elsewhere: The album "Reise zum Mittelpunkt des Menschen" of Stern Meissen (from East Germany when it was still communist) is probably the best fit I know.
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See the ELP soundalike poll thread. Lot's of good suggestions in there especially Triumvirat. I recommend PLP also.
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Originally posted by softandwet softandwet wrote:

I would like to know other songs that: are composed of movements, have their rhythm often changing, with ambitious sonritoes etc..

Sonritoes?

Ça se goupille bien, I will definitely add it to my PA vocabulary.
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Originally posted by cemego cemego wrote:

Really?!?  I find Tarkus to be unmatched.. .in a category all its own.  heh LOL
I second This. Tarkus is one of a kind.
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So basically any Symphonic prog tracks that are 20 minutes or so?

Although not a ELP soundalike ( more Yes if anything) I would recommend the band Glass Hammer. Fred Schendel is extremely well versed with Emerson's stylings and you can hear a lot of that on the album Chronomotree. Also Disc One of The Inconsolable Secret is just 2 long tracks and is very tasty! 
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^ Aye. Inconsolible secret, disc 1 The Knights...Veru good. Especially track 1...
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Originally posted by softandwet softandwet wrote:

I'm kind of obsessed with tarkus those days, could you give some songs that are similar? I'm getting bored with it..

Then go die away listening to Rachel Flowers do this piece on solo piano ... and if that doesn't grab you then watch her do this on organ ... and if that doesn't grab you ... I recommend going outside and listening and watching cars drive by! Wink

If you don't realize that is one of the great compositions by a great composer in the 20th century ... then ... just go ahead and go back to listening to rock'n'roll ... ELP/Keith simply isn't for you, I don't think! I imagine that you are just awestruck by its "ferocity" in the way that all 3 guys "attack" the music ... but watching this on Rachel's hands, defines this piece of music ... as a lot more ... rarely does ANY KIND OF MUSIC going back 500 years blast your imagination so far and so fast ... but I don't know if saying something like this on a fan board that seems to love top ten too much, is as valuable a comment on MUSIC as it needs to be. 

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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

If you don't realize that is one of the great compositions by a great composer in the 20th century ... then ... just go ahead and go back to listening to rock'n'roll ... ELP/Keith simply isn't for you,
 
You missed the point (again) - he said he was obsessed with it but has apparently played it to the point of getting bored with it so wants something similar. You could have just suggested Rachel Flowers without being abusive.


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^ You're probably asking too much of him.

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I've already seen the Rachel's one and to be honest I prefer the Keith Emerson Band's Concertante one!

I do catch the sensibility of this music and how it's unique. But I was just asking if someone new some songs which would be almost as good as it but less known. I have some exemples of unknown prog songs that nearly exceeds some of the best songs by Genesis and was nothing but wondering if there was any song that could be the same.
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(Sorry for my English, I'm French...)
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

I already wrote this in the ELP poll elsewhere: The album "Reise zum Mittelpunkt des Menschen" of Stern Meissen (from East Germany when it was still communist) is probably the best fit I know.


Can you provide links to samples? I've searched multiple pages of Google and YouTube and have found only one sample...



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Originally posted by wiz_d_kidd wiz_d_kidd wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

I already wrote this in the ELP poll elsewhere: The album "Reise zum Mittelpunkt des Menschen" of Stern Meissen (from East Germany when it was still communist) is probably the best fit I know.


Can you provide links to samples? I've searched multiple pages of Google and YouTube and have not found any samples of this album. (Yes, there are samples of other works by Stern Combo Meissen, but they don't sound anything like ELP).


I think I found it, but not so sure:

https://youtu.be/cjAm77wdmzc
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^ Yes, found it (after my original post, which is now edited).
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