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tamijo 
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 Posted: August 29 2009 at 03:22 |
Infact i dont often listen to a full album.
Back when i was using records a lot :
Skip Minstrel in the Gallery side 1........ 75-80% of the time, not that i dont like it but i LOVE side 2
Skip Dark side........Money 90% of the time, just move pick-up to second track.
Skip Foxtrot side 1........... 75-80% of the time
ect. ect.
Edited by tamijo - August 29 2009 at 03:23
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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The Truth
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 21:55 |
Normally if I don't like one side, I don't like an album, although Brain Salad Surgery was kind of like that with me. I like the tracks on the first side, don't get me wrong, but Karn Evil 9 is so good the first side to me is kind of boring.
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tdfloyd
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 21:04 |
 PinkPangolin wrote:
Dean wrote:
tdfloyd wrote:
Pink Floyd's Meddle. I don't mind the first side but it pales in comparision to the second, so many times I don't play it. BTW, I don't mess with the order with the exception of PF's Wish You Were Here. In the days of cassettes, I recorded the second side first, followed by the first side. That way you get Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts 6-9, followed by parts 1-5 together. About 25 minutes of bliss and the rest of the tracks are great too! |
 mess with Floyd and then have the audacity to use their name...
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What - messing with the Floyd. Hmmm - aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhh
Hey - you ever tried putting together parts 1-5 with 6-9 straight off on "Shine On.." - eh why parts 6-9 then 1-5 - I feel upside down and inside out - Hey, didn't Rick Wright say that?
But I could mess with Yes - actually I would put my mess on Yes...
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I never was a big fan of Pillow of Winds and Fearless and lets face it, Meddle is all about Echoes. So side 2 was always first.
I loved to listen to WYWH with the headphones on. If you played the album, those big black 12" discs for the younguns ;-) , side 2 first , you got Have a Cigar, Wish You Were Here, Shine on 6-9. Then side 1, so Shine On 1-5 and then Welcome to the Machine. All copied album and played from cassette. Shine On 1-5 was too slow to start, Have a Cigar was a great starting song, and then the music slowed in pace until it kicked butt again with Welcome to the Machine.
Rememeber this was an album taping to cassette, not programming the CD. Also I tried to put Shine On together 1-9 but I could not get the fading right from one track to another for the rest of the album. So that is why I sinned, I hope all is forgiven.
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Progosopher
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 20:32 |
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I'm generally a complete album kind of guy. If I don't listen to the whole thing I feel sort of incomplete inside. A good album is not just a set of songs, but one that works also as a whole. This is not to say all albums are good in that way. There are a couple of albums I have that I will play on shuffle though, neither prog: Derek and the Dominoes and The UFO Has Landed by Ry Cooder. For some reason, I like to be surprised by what will come next on either of those. Skipping tracks is also a rarity for me. If I like the artists I will tend to like all of their songs, or at least not dislike them.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Phideaux
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 19:12 |
The Quiet One wrote:
Thick as a Brick side 2.
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Thank god I have my sedatives handy!!!
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micky
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 18:24 |
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hahhaha.. how about side 1 of L' Egitto prime delle Sabbie
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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PROGMONSTER2008
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 17:56 |
Aqualung 
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PinkPangolin
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 17:51 |
Dean wrote:
tdfloyd wrote:
Pink Floyd's Meddle. I don't mind the first side but it pales in comparision to the second, so many times I don't play it. BTW, I don't mess with the order with the exception of PF's Wish You Were Here. In the days of cassettes, I recorded the second side first, followed by the first side. That way you get Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts 6-9, followed by parts 1-5 together. About 25 minutes of bliss and the rest of the tracks are great too! |
mess with Floyd and then have the audacity to use their name...
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What - messing with the Floyd. Hmmm - aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhh Hey - you ever tried putting together parts 1-5 with 6-9 straight off on "Shine On.." - eh why parts 6-9 then 1-5 - I feel upside down and inside out - Hey, didn't Rick Wright say that? But I could mess with Yes - actually I would put my mess on Yes...
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Hercules
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 17:12 |
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Also, side 2 of Midnight Mushrumps.
Side 1 is one of the greatest works of prog. Side 2 is mediocre except for the last track, Ethelion, which is also one of the best tracks ever.
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Hercules
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 17:10 |
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Close to the Edge.
I can't remember the last time I listened to the second side. Side 1 - 5*. Side 2 - 2*.
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A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:50 |
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Thick as a Brick side 2.
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Ricochet
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:26 |
For a second (okay, maybe more), I read tdfloyd plays parts 6 to 9 of Shine On... before the first five. 
Edited by Ricochet - August 28 2009 at 16:27
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Dean
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:21 |
tdfloyd wrote:
Pink Floyd's Meddle. I don't mind the first side but it pales in comparision to the second, so many times I don't play it. BTW, I don't mess with the order with the exception of PF's Wish You Were Here. In the days of cassettes, I recorded the second side first, followed by the first side. That way you get Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts 6-9, followed by parts 1-5 together. About 25 minutes of bliss and the rest of the tracks are great too! |
mess with Floyd and then have the audacity to use their name...
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Pale Ale
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:20 |
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I think all with all my vinyl, I have a favoured side. And hence generally opt for that side. I'd never skip tracks though, for fear of scratching my beloved babies. However I would say that my copy of the live album from Ummagumma is pretty worn whilst the studio album is fairly pristine
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tdfloyd
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:14 |
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Pink Floyd's Meddle. I don't mind the first side but it pales in comparision to the second, so many times I don't play it. BTW, I don't mess with the order with the exception of PF's Wish You Were Here. In the days of cassettes, I recorded the second side first, followed by the first side. That way you get Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts 6-9, followed by parts 1-5 together. About 25 minutes of bliss and the rest of the tracks are great too!
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American Khatru
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:08 |
akamaisondufromage wrote:
American Khatru wrote:
Two records come immediately to mind Laz, and they are
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With both, side 1 is some of my most favorite music. And with both, side 2 often goes unplayed. Sorry, but it's true. In fact I can listen to side 2 of Wizard before I'll listen to side 2 of Tarkus. At least with Relayer (which we were discussing in the "All YES" thread) I listen to Sound Chaser on side 2, and fairly often I'll listen to To Be Over. |
Its always best to be honest. However, you are hencesforth vanquished from Prog land never to return. For admitting to such crimes!
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Phideaux
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 16:07 |
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I totally agree about Tarkus
and Wizard, I mostly agree, except I like the beginning and the end of side 2...
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darkshade
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 15:49 |
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i used to ignore the second side of The Bedlam in Goliath by TMV, after track 6 i would change it. Now i love the second half, but barely listen to the first half...........
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Snow Dog
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 15:39 |
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I used to liste to side 2 of Tarkus, but not 1.
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 15:22 |
American Khatru wrote:
Two records come immediately to mind Laz, and they are
and
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With both, side 1 is some of my most favorite music. And with both, side 2 often goes unplayed. Sorry, but it's true. In fact I can listen to side 2 of Wizard before I'll listen to side 2 of Tarkus. At least with Relayer (which we were discussing in the "All YES" thread) I listen to Sound Chaser on side 2, and fairly often I'll listen to To Be Over. |
Its always best to be honest. However, you are hencesforth vanquished from Prog land never to return. For admitting to such crimes!
Even though IMO you have the right to listen to prog however you see fit! Bad Luck!
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