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DisgruntledPorcupine 
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 Topic: Best section of A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers?
Posted: June 21 2010 at 22:19 |
I have a hard time picking out a section of this song I like the most, as they all have some qualities that draw me to them and there are several contenders for the best in my opinion.
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Zombywoof
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Posted: June 21 2010 at 22:24 |
'Unreal, unreal!' ghost helmsmen scream
and fall in through the sky,
not breaking through my seagull shrieks...
no breaks until I die:
the spectres scratch on window-slits--
hollowed faces, mindless grins
only intent on destroying what they've lost.
- Peter Hammill
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UndercoverBoy
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Posted: June 21 2010 at 22:27 |
"Where is the God that guides my hand?
How can the hands of others reach me?
When will I find what I grope for?
Who who who is going to teach me?"
"The Clot Thickens" is one of the greatest moments in musical history. The whole suite is fantastic, though.
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The Sleepwalker
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 00:38 |
 Zombywoof wrote:
'Unreal, unreal!' ghost helmsmen scream
and fall in through the sky,
not breaking through my seagull shrieks...
no breaks until I die:
the spectres scratch on window-slits--
hollowed faces, mindless grins
only intent on destroying what they've lost.
- Peter Hammill
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This, though I had a hard time deciding whether to vote for S.H.M. or Eyewitness.
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The Runaway
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 00:48 |
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Most definitely Kosmos.
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The Wrinkler
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 01:01 |
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Still waiting for my saviour,
storms tear me limb from limb;
my
fingers feel like seaweed...
I'm so far out I'm too far in.
I am a
lonely man...my solitude is true
my eyes have borne stark witness
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now my knights are numbered too.
-Peter Hammill
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friso
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 02:44 |
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The Presence Of The Night/ Kosmos Tours is my favorite part. Especially the thirds that double in speed are very very catchy. It convinced my brother right away.
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 07:58 |
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One more vote for the closing part.
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refugee
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 08:44 |
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"The Clot Thickens". There are probably people who regard it as a kind of filler section, but for me it’s pure bliss.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)
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Mr. Maestro
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 12:05 |
Oceans drifting sideways, I am pulled into the spell
I feel you around me, I know you well
Stars slice horizons, where the lines stand much too stark;
I feel I am drowning - hands stretch in the dark
Camps of panoply and majesty, what is Freedom of Choice?
Where do I stand in the pageantry, whose is my voice?
It doesn't feel so very bad now; I think the end is the start
Begin to feel very glad now:
All things are a part
All things are apart
- Peter Hammil
Land's End (Sineline) / We Go Now. It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.
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"I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...."
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goldenarmz97
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Posted: August 11 2010 at 03:32 |
Mr. Maestro wrote:
Oceans drifting sideways, I am pulled into the spell
I feel you around me, I know you well
Stars slice horizons, where the lines stand much too stark;
I feel I am drowning - hands stretch in the dark
Camps of panoply and majesty, what is Freedom of Choice?
Where do I stand in the pageantry, whose is my voice?
It doesn't feel so very bad now; I think the end is the start
Begin to feel very glad now:
All things are a part
All things are apart
- Peter Hammil
Land's End (Sineline) / We Go Now. It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.
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Amazing...
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The Truth
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Posted: August 11 2010 at 11:06 |
Whichever part says...
I DON'T WANT TO BE BUT ONE WAVE IN THE WATERRRRRRR!!!
THE SEA WILL DROWN ME DEEEEEEEP!!!!
Little help, what section is this?
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UndercoverBoy
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Posted: August 11 2010 at 11:10 |
The Truth wrote:
Whichever part says...
I DON'T WANT TO BE BUT ONE WAVE IN THE WATERRRRRRR!!!
THE SEA WILL DROWN ME DEEEEEEEP!!!!
Little help, what section is this? |
"The Clot Thickens"
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The Truth
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Posted: August 11 2010 at 11:11 |
Another vote for The Clot Thickens  Thanks man.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: August 11 2010 at 11:11 |
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Which is the bit that sounds like Stagnation by Genesis?
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himtroy
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Posted: August 11 2010 at 23:02 |
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Definitely the "Would you cry, if I died" and the part right after it. Crushes me every time.
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Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell?
I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance.
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CinemaZebra
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Posted: August 11 2010 at 23:59 |
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Only vote for Custard's Last Stand? You can't be serious.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: August 12 2010 at 00:03 |
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I don't even know which part is when
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CinemaZebra
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Posted: August 12 2010 at 00:03 |
Triceratopsoil wrote:
I don't even know which part is when
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Me neither at first but this helped me.
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PROGMONSTER2008
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Posted: August 12 2010 at 05:26 |
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The first 5 minutes easily. The rest is a bit blande
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Best section of A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers?
