Trilogy vs. Cinema Show |
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The Wrinkler
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Topic: Trilogy vs. Cinema Show Posted: October 21 2010 at 17:15 |
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To me, both have very similar sound. Both are really beautiful and delicate in the beginning, and then they go into a crazy proggy instrumental.
The imagery to me is like being on the countryside... and then suddenly being blasted off into space! |
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Icarium
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 17:20 | ||
I think I like Trilogy best, compositon, vocals by Greg Lake, the Lloyd Weberesque vocallines, fantstic intrumental passages,
while Cinema Show is a grea tune, Gabriel lack the tone which Lake produce, but the 7/8 part in this song is beyond real, one of the greatest pieces of music.
but the 5/4 part of Trilogi is also bindboggeling
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chopper
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 17:21 | ||
Close, but I have to go for Cinema Show.
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The Wrinkler
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 17:25 | ||
I could have added Starship Trooper as well... that one has the same formula as well
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Progosopher
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 17:26 | ||
Cinema Show, oddly perhaps, for the keyboard solo; what it lacks in Emersonian histrionics it gains in Banksian tastiness.
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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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Epignosis
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 17:26 | ||
"Trilogy" is very good- love it...but it lacks the charm and sheer number of ideas that "The Cinema Show" has.
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 17:29 | ||
This. |
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progpositivity
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 18:34 | ||
My immediate reaction was "Cinema Show - of course!". But the more I thought about it, the more difficult it became to select one over the other. Despite the similarities you mentioned, they are so very different in many ways. Trilogy actually has a vibe all its own and Emerson's keyboard work is just monstrous. Deadlocked at a virtual "tie", I almost didn't vote. In the end, rather than abstain, I thought, "this is one of those times when it is best to go with your gut instinct". Trilogy may surpass Cinema Show in some respects, but overall there is a certain depth of character to Cinema Show which elevates it (in my opinion).
Good poll! Edited by progpositivity - October 21 2010 at 18:36 |
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The Quiet One
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 18:56 | ||
Seconded.
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J-Man
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 18:58 | ||
Trilogy is okay.... Cinema Show is a masterpiece.
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crimhead
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 19:29 | ||
Aisle of Plenty.
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michellemjk
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 22:00 | ||
Trilogy is my favorite ELP's song.
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michellemjk
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 22:03 | ||
To me, Cinema Show does not go very crazy proggy instrumental. It's just beautiful. |
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Dellinger
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 22:28 | ||
Cinema Show. Trilogy starts very beautifully, then it gets a crazy cool instrumental section, and so far it's excellent... then comes the third part, the crazy part with vocals, and the song is sort of ruined for me... I hate when Lake goes into that kind of vocals and Emerson into those "Carnibal" keyboards or whatever they are.
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memowakeman
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Posted: October 21 2010 at 23:21 | ||
Nice poll, and this time I prefer the ELP one.
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someone_else
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Posted: October 22 2010 at 02:32 | ||
The Cinema Show by quite a distance.
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Posted: October 22 2010 at 02:38 | ||
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Blacksword
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Posted: October 22 2010 at 04:42 | ||
I'll go for Cinema Show.
Trilogy is among my favourite ELP songs though. Does anyone else think Lake sounds a little like Art Garfunkel, when singing in the gentle opening part of the song? |
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: October 22 2010 at 06:43 | ||
Trilogy is an unusual piece for ELP and not perhaps indicative of their broader style i.e. it's seeded from a single melodic phrase (the Moog 'violin' melody at the start) and everything that follows is developed from that tiny little 'seed' So for me it's a genuinely symphonic piece of music in the stricter academic sense of the term.
But bollocks to all that, I like them both but prefer Trilogy. |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: October 22 2010 at 06:45 | ||
Thirded. |
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