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    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.

So I'll have you do it for me!! Evil Smile
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2010 at 00:38
Originally posted by Zombywoof 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

This, though I had a hard time deciding whether to vote for S.H.M. or Eyewitness. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2010 at 00:48
Most definitely Kosmos.
Trendsetter win!

The search for nonexistent perfection.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2010 at 01:01
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
and now my knights are numbered too.

-Peter Hammill
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2010 at 02:44
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2010 at 07:58
One more vote for the closing part.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2010 at 08:44
"The Clot Thickens". There are probably people who regard it as a kind of filler section, but for me it’s pure bliss.
He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)
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Direct Link To This Post 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.
 
"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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2010 at 03:32
Originally posted by Mr. Maestro 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.
 


Amazing...

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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2010 at 11:10
Originally posted by The Truth 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2010 at 11:11
Another vote for The Clot Thickens Smile Thanks man.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2010 at 11:11
Which is the bit that sounds like Stagnation by Genesis?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2010 at 23:02
Definitely the "Would you cry, if I died" and the part right after it. Crushes me every time.  
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2010 at 23:59
Only vote for Custard's Last Stand? You can't be serious.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2010 at 00:03
I don't even know which part is when
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2010 at 00:03
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

I don't even know which part is when
Me neither at first but this helped me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2010 at 05:26
The first 5 minutes easily. The rest is a bit blande
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