Which Prog Epic...is More Epic?! |
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tempest_77
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Posted: September 07 2020 at 15:56 |
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Easily Thick as a Brick. It's twice as long, the composition and arrangement is absolutely incredible, and in general it's an outstanding album.
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Hrychu
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Supper's Ready is definitely the most epic. However, I think that Close to the Edge is simply the best song on the list.
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This reminds me of a series of polls I did all called "Which is the (band) epic?". I believe I did them on Rush, Pink Floyd and Yes.
Went for the obvious winner... Supper's Ready.
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"Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence" - Robert Fripp
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uduwudu
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Obviously epic means how long something can be drawn out. Then its John Cage's As Slow As Possible. Next chord change in 18 months. It's 639 years long. https://universes.art/en/specials/john-cage-organ-project-halberstadt I just want to hear the single from the album version, assuming this is the album version. Betcha the B side is Silence We still wait the reviews. By the time it's finished so should Covid19. And I thought a 2 metre long CD compilation of the Bayreuth Festival was epic...
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Boboulo
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Supper's Ready
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Frenetic Zetetic
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I hear you loud and clear.
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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richardh
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Ignoring the poll choices, Gates Of Delirium and Karn Evil are about tied for me and then comes Suppers Ready. TAAB never fees that epic to me and neither does CTTE. They are too episodic and lack the fantastic finale that Suppers Ready has. Other ones I like include IQ - The Last Human Gateway and all of the second disc of Dream Theater's Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence. The Knight Of The North by Glass Hammer and Par Lindh Project - Mundus Incompertus also deserve a mention.
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Enchant X
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I thought about this and with consideration of what epic means .. meaning constant replay value and a timeless state of epic proportions I voted for Close to The Edge, for me that is so well arranged without any awkward moments the other two do have a few awkward moments, Close to The Edge is the clear winner here , I love all three but if I was showing somebody new to prog a timeless epic Close to The Edge is the one I'd select to play for them. Close to The Edge feels organic where as the other two seem to be a little forced in style, its man made verses nature really and nature wins every time for me. Genesis will win this poll I`m not expecting other people to agree with my point of view, however it is my honest feelings
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Dellinger
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The I get Up, I get Down section of CttE is very epic too, specially in it's Symphonic version. I was thinking about throwing Zarathustra from Museo Rosenback into the mix too
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Hrychu
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Humanizzimo by Roine Stolt and Brother Where' You Bound by Simon Says are my favorite epics of all time ATM.
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I find it interesting that Close To The Edge has far fewer votes than it would get in a poll about preferences. Evidently, voters are voting on the basis of epicness, and in particular that Close To The Edge is not regarded as particularly epic, in spite of its greatness.
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No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Aye...but not an option... You could also have... Garden of Dreams Gates of Delerium All of the above Stardust we Are Monsters and Men Six degrees of inner turbulence... |
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I prophesy disaster
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Even if one doesn't like the music, its epicness can't be denied. For example, the dynamics of the music ranges from almost silence to a sonic density that is quite impenetrable. |
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No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Mortte
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...to be Thick As A...Brick!
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moshkito
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Hi,
Tales from Topographic Oceans ... !!!! (with periods!)
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Hercules
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Actually, I'm going to throw a much maligned epic into the mix, which I think is the most epic of all.
Grendel - (and please - no "it's a Suppers Ready clone" because it is patently completely different in mood). It's based on the greatest Old English epic poem of all, and wonderfully interpreted.
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Frenetic Zetetic
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That entire section has some of Gabriel's best, most descriptive lyrics EVER.
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Sacro_Porgo
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Thick As A Brick should take this for length alone, but nothing is more epic than Apocalypse in 9/8. Close To The Edge is very epic as well, but then it's...
Hey babe, your supper's waiting for you, Hey my baby, don't you know our love is true?
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Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)
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iluvmarillion
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If you were voting on how well it all fits together I would vote this one.
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iluvmarillion
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I can't disagree with your logic. I've listened to some 5 minute epics which wouldn't qualify here.
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