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J-Man
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 07 2008 Location: Philadelphia,PA Status: Offline Points: 7826 |
Topic: Short and Speechless Posted: September 15 2008 at 20:16 |
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Hairless Heart without a doubt. A beautiful emotional peice (I love how it flows into Counting Out Time!!!).
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Dr. Occulator
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 04 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 627 |
Posted: September 15 2008 at 20:05 | |
I went for Talybont because it's such an intelligent compact happy little package.
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My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head.
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MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 09 2008 Location: Beasty Heart Status: Offline Points: 32181 |
Posted: September 15 2008 at 19:45 | |
That's hilarious timing. |
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32482 |
Posted: September 15 2008 at 19:44 | |
I was going to use "Five Percent For Nothing," but I didn't think it would have the slightest shot. The first time I played it, I sneezed, and missed it. I guess that's not so bad. |
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tszirmay
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Posted: September 15 2008 at 18:25 | |
I like Kemps Jig by Gryphon or Jan Akkerman , both are nice renditions of a classic
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Bitterblogger
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 04 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1719 |
Posted: September 15 2008 at 18:15 | |
All are worthy, but a vote is a vote, so I'll go with Cinema, since it was an extremely rare case of Grammy voters getting it right!
BTW, if we're talking really short, here's two (ironically, with long names):
Five Percent For Nothing-Yes Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love-Mahavishnu Orchestra (even the band name is long) |
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MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 09 2008 Location: Beasty Heart Status: Offline Points: 32181 |
Posted: September 15 2008 at 17:34 | |
Kansas is one of my favorite bands, so I definitely have to agree there. I couldn't imagine if Walsh felt the same way about composing as Livgren did... that have been amazing. But maybe there's good reason that it never happened, as I quite like both sides of Kansas (though, being a progger, I obviously prefer the proggier side usually if forced to choose). I guess part of the uniqueness of Kansas was in their roots, so if you take those away, they definitely wouldn't be the same band. Still would be interesting to hear nonetheless what they would have accomplished. |
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32482 |
Posted: September 15 2008 at 12:16 | |
I completely agree with you on the piece's placement. It's a haunting instrumental, but "Back in NYC" is angry and full of machismo, and "Counting Out Time" is a bit, shall we say, horny? |
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Jozef
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 17 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 2204 |
Posted: September 15 2008 at 11:42 | |
Hairless Heart. A beautiful and calm instrumental piece. It sounds strange though being sandwiched between "Back in NYC" and "Counting Out Time" to me though.
Edited by Jozef - September 15 2008 at 11:42 |
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ten years after
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 07 2007 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1008 |
Posted: September 15 2008 at 09:26 | |
It is positioned perfectly on the album providing a beautiful contrast to the anarchy of Back in NYC and then it flows neatly into the opening bars of Counting Out Time.
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someone_else
Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: May 02 2008 Location: Going Bananas Status: Offline Points: 23996 |
Posted: September 15 2008 at 08:53 | |
I like all of these. I voted for Talybont as the best o'five. |
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Roj
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Manchester, UK Status: Offline Points: 3126 |
Posted: September 15 2008 at 07:51 | |
This is a really good poll! I'll go with Camel, just ahead of Hairless Heart, which I agree is also exceptional.
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 14 2008 at 17:39 | |
I too chose "The Spider." Kansas are masters of the short progressive rock format, able to fill each second with genuine prog goodness.
It makes us wonder what Steve Walsh would have accomplished if his heart was in prog. |
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tszirmay
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Posted: September 14 2008 at 17:26 | |
Absolutely! It remains a classic example of the incredible emotional impact that prog can provide , a few minutes of inspired and inspiring music that exudes all the feelings needed to be expressed WITHOUT WORDS .
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MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 09 2008 Location: Beasty Heart Status: Offline Points: 32181 |
Posted: September 14 2008 at 16:32 | |
Good choices. I went with The Spider by Kansas.
Superb song. |
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Epignosis
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2007 Location: Raeford, NC Status: Offline Points: 32482 |
Posted: September 14 2008 at 16:27 | |
Unfortunately, "The Snow Goose" didn't qualify for this poll- it's twelve seconds too long. |
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Forum Senior Member Joined: December 05 2007 Location: Portland OR Status: Offline Points: 352 |
Posted: September 14 2008 at 16:06 | |
Hairless Heart. Had the Camel song been "The Snow Goose" I woulda gone for that.
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crimhead
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Posted: September 14 2008 at 14:14 | |
I am fond of Hairless heart but I am going with Snow goose just for the grand scheme of the whole work. To me Lamb and Snow goose are great concepts. I just like Snow goose better with the full orchestra.
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Pekka
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 03 2006 Location: Espoo, Finland Status: Offline Points: 6435 |
Posted: September 14 2008 at 14:00 | |
^I second that. Probably the first time I've ever voted for Genesis over Camel at any poll.
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The Pessimist
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 13 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3834 |
Posted: September 14 2008 at 13:20 | |
I'd go as far as sayin Hairless Heart is of Genesis's best songs. Utterly flawless and almost tearjerking.
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