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    Posted: December 05 2019 at 14:06
 Lots of Big Six polls going around. What are your favorite songs from the big six prog bands?
 (One song per band please) 

  • Genesis - Firth of Fifth
  • Yes -  Perpetual Change
  • King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
  • Pink Floyd -  Dogs
  • Jethro Tull - Hunting Girl
  • ELP - Karn Evil 9 1st Imp/ Pt 2
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GENESIS - Firth of Fifth
KING CRIMSON - Epitaph
PINK FLOYD - Us and Them
JETHRO TULL - Living in the Past
YES - Awaken
ELP - Lucky Man


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Genesis - any thing off foxtrot but today I’ll say suppers ready

Floyd- Dogs

Yes - Revealing Science Of God

ELP - Tarkus

Jethro Tull - tough one, something off songs from the wood

King Crimson - Epitaph
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Aren't Van der Graaf Generator in the Big Six?

I Boycott thhs Thread!TongueTongueTongue
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

GENESIS - Firth of Fifth
KING CRIMSON - Epitaph
PINK FLOYD - Us and Them
JETHRO TULL - Living in the Past
YES - Awakening

There's no "ing" on Awaken. Wink
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Genesis - Supper's Ready
Yes - Close to the Edge
King Crimson - Starless
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2019 at 00:13
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

GENESIS - Firth of Fifth
KING CRIMSON - Epitaph
PINK FLOYD - Us and Them
JETHRO TULL - Living in the Past
YES - Awakening
 
disappointing that you cannot find anything by ELP you like. Not even Lucky Man or Knife Edge?
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Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Aren't Van der Graaf Generator in the Big Six?

I Boycott thhs Thread!TongueTongueTongue
 

stop it Wink
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ELP - Karn Evil 9
Genesis - Suppers Ready
Yes - Gates of Delirium
Tull - Aqualung
Floyd - Time
Crimson - Cirkus

the only tricky choice was Crimson. They have so many classic tracks but nothing that is obviously head and shoulders above the rest
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

GENESIS - Firth of Fifth
KING CRIMSON - Epitaph
PINK FLOYD - Us and Them
JETHRO TULL - Living in the Past
YES - Awakening
 
disappointing that you cannot find anything by ELP you like. Not even Lucky Man or Knife Edge?
Thanks for reminding me about "Lucky Man". I'll choose that as my favourite, seeing as that's the only ELP song I really know. Smile
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

GENESIS - Firth of Fifth
KING CRIMSON - Epitaph
PINK FLOYD - Us and Them
JETHRO TULL - Living in the Past
YES - Awakening

There's no "ing" on Awaken. Wink
Thanks for point-"ing" that out. Wink
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  • Genesis - Stagnation
  • Yes -  Heart of the Sunrise
  • King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King
  • Pink Floyd -  Have A Cigar
  • Jethro Tull - Minstrel in The Gallery
  • ELP - Toccata
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Foxprog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2019 at 04:37
Originally posted by Anstey Anstey wrote:

  • Genesis - Stagnation
  • Yes -  Heart of the Sunrise
  • King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King
  • Pink Floyd -  Have A Cigar
  • Jethro Tull - Minstrel in The Gallery
  • ELP - Toccata



Wow, Toccata, impressive choice :)
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Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Aren't Van der Graaf Generator in the Big Six?

I Boycott thhs Thread!TongueTongueTongue


Me too! LOL

But seriously,

Genesis - The Knife (Hard one for me, could be "Supper's Ready too...)
Yes - Awaken (Or Close to the edge, I love both)
King Crimson - Lizard (Or Starless, both are masterpieces)
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Jethro Tull - Taab part 1, (not the biggest fan of Tull honestly but I really like TaaB)
ELP - Tarkus!!

And I'm deeply sorry for the alternative choises.


Edited by Foxprog - December 06 2019 at 04:47
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GENESIS - Suppers Ready
KING CRIMSON - Starless
PINK FLOYD - Dogs
JETHRO TULL - Songs from the wood
YES - Awaken
ELP - Tarkus
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Dancing with the Moonlit Knight - Gates of Delirium - Echoes (wins the price for the best of the best big 6 tracks) - Industry - Dun Ringill - Take a Pebble
Went for extreme outsider choices of KC and Tull because of both of these I love about 5-10 equally. Could also have nominated Starless and Aqualung but wanted to have more fun.
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Yes - Awaken.
Pink Floyd - Shine on you Crazy Dimond.
Genesis - Firth of Fifth, or Supper's Ready, or Dancing with the Moonlit Knight.
King Crimson - Epitaph, or Starless.
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (as it is on Live... Bursting Out).
ELP - Tarkus (an about 10 min edit I did for my own listensing).
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2019 at 14:42
Not really definitive just off the top of my head:

Pink Floyd - Echoes
Jethro Tull- Songs from the wood (title track)(one of their proggiest)
Genesis - Cinema Show
Yes- Close to the Edge 
King Crimson- 21st century schizoid man
ELP- Tarkus
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Pink Floyd - Dogs
Jethro Tull- TAAB Pt 1
Genesis - The Knife
Yes- Close to the Edge 
King Crimson- Starless
ELP- Karn Evil 9 Imp 1 Part 2
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richardh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2019 at 01:09
Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

GENESIS - Firth of Fifth
KING CRIMSON - Epitaph
PINK FLOYD - Us and Them
JETHRO TULL - Living in the Past
YES - Awakening
 
disappointing that you cannot find anything by ELP you like. Not even Lucky Man or Knife Edge?
Thanks for reminding me about "Lucky Man". I'll choose that as my favourite, seeing as that's the only ELP song I really know. Smile
 

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