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Poll Question: Which do you prefer, Tarkus or Brain Salad Surgery
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Points: 1719 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2010 at 10:45

I really like the beginning of Tarkus, with that buildup of intensity, but I think the live version on "Welcome" is overall far superior. And when you factor in side 2, mostly filler, I don't get how Brain Salad Surgery, with almost all strong tracks, is getting beat.Ermm
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Points: 377 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 26 2010 at 10:10
I like more songs on Brain Salad Surgery, but the song Tarkus trumps anything on BSS.
"The things that we're concealing, will never let us grow.
Time will do its healing, you've got to let it go.
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Points: 265 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 27 2010 at 10:43
I prefer Tarkus.
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Points: 20 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 09 2010 at 09:03
Tarkus. The title track itself is enough for the(my) vote, though I do enjoy side B and BSS with the latter being the better overall package, imo. 
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Points: 638 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 10 2010 at 01:37
Tarkus, it's just a fun song to listen too. Cool
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Originally posted by Sckxyss Sckxyss wrote:

Has anyone else even heard side B of Tarkus? BSS by a mile.

Tarkus has a second side? Are you sure?

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I jest, of course. In fact, some of the material on the second side, I actually PREFER to the epic suite (namely the fast 'n furious "Bitches Crystal" and the goofy fun "Jeremy Bender"). 

However, in terms of total package, I STILL stand behind the belief that Brain Salad is a perfect product (not a perfect album). The album cover absolutely fits the work (something that the cartoon rodent on Tarkus can't quite live up to), and the songs that span it cover just about everything that ELP ever was at first, was then, and turned out to be.

The second half of Tarkus sounds mostly like outtakes of the epic (well, barring "Jeremy" and "Eddie"), but on Brain Salad you got your Brit-deconstructionism in "Jerusalem," nutty experimentalism in "Toccata," sappy guitar pop in "Still," Western pianer in "Benny," and the epic covers the rest (symph crap, space crap, jazzy piano crap...hell, there's even a touch of synth pop crap in "Karn Evil 1: Part 2!"). 

Admittedly, "Tarkus" in full is a bit easier to listen to than "Karn Evil 9," but internally the latter wins out. Given the limited abilities of ANY mathematical ratings system, I would probably rate both the same, but Brain Salad wins out for me. 
"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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