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HolyMoly 
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Posted: January 28 2011 at 12:32 |
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Couldn't have picked two more incredible pieces to compare. I voted for Tarkus, because I like singing along with the syncopated rhythms on that one more.
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ThinLizzy
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Posted: January 28 2011 at 12:11 |
 chopper wrote:
ThinLizzy wrote:
The intro from Close To The Edge is unique. |
The intro to every song is unique, otherwise it's plagiarism. |
I mean is something really unusual.
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And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
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Posted: January 28 2011 at 12:08 |
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Wow so close. I thought Yes would be mopping up.
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Posted: January 28 2011 at 10:34 |
ThinLizzy wrote:
The intro from Close To The Edge is unique. |
The intro to every song is unique, otherwise it's plagiarism.
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Posted: January 28 2011 at 09:53 |
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Eruption
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Really don't mind if you sit this one out.
My words but a whisper, your deafness a shout.
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 21:14 |
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Close To The Edge has a beginning of chaos that comes together with Jon's vocals into the theme. Wonderful.Tarkus has the slow buildup, a choral sound, that erupts into life. Tarkus gets my vote. After voting it occurs to me. Do you mean the intro or the whole first section?
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As a matter of fact, I thought of the Intros and the whole first section as the same thing. I meant the whole instrumental beginning of each song (before the vocals kick in, of course), which are named "The Solid Time of Change" and "Eruption" on each song. I hope this makes it clearer...
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Man With Hat
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 20:48 |
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Close To The Edge.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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richardh
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 17:15 |
Very interesting question.
Both are perfect intros for their respective peices of music. Tarkus is about violence and brutality. The birth of some indestructable part organic part machine like creature. Emerson nailed it.
But I also love the intro to Close To The Edge. Quite unique as someone else said and draws you in. Seems to almost start off a bit over the place with everyone playing against each other.I love it but then the whole album is a massive achievement.
Anyway I voted Tarkus because it turned me onto prog and away from dullness!
Edited by richardh - January 27 2011 at 17:16
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 16:55 |
Jake Kobrin wrote:
As much I love the rest of the song and album, I actually thought that the intro to CttE was a bit misconstrued. The drums are great, but everything just doesn't mesh. It's actually better live, from what I've heard, with more energy and such. |
I've never heard a live version that beats the studio, but that's just my opinion.
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 16:52 |
i just love both, i won't vote 
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Moogtron III
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 14:33 |
Just the intro, so the intro of Eruption vs. Solid Time Of Change which is an intro from beginning to end: Solid Time Of Change.
Solid Time Of Change vs. Eruption as a whole though: the latter. I think Eruption becomes really brilliant from the moment the tempo goes down, just before Stones Of Years.
Edited by Moogtron III - January 28 2011 at 02:18
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silverpot
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 13:39 |
ELP always beats Yes for me. 
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 13:13 |
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Yes always beats ELP for me
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 12:02 |
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CttE for me. It sets the up the whole tone of the song.
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 11:23 |
Both are fantastic and among the best.
Most of the amazingness of CTTE comes in the second half though, while Eruption is an excellently apt introduction to our armadillc friend.
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 08:39 |
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Overall I prefer CTTE, but in terms of the intro, Tarkus gets the vote. It encapsulates all that was good about ELP at the time.
The CTTE intro sounds pretty messy to me.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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yanch
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 07:54 |
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They are both great songs, but CTTE is one of my favorites. As mentioned, the intro is so unique and one of the best 5 minutes in prog.
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 06:04 |
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The intro from Close To The Edge is unique.
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And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 05:30 |
someone_else wrote:
Tarkus by the thickness of a hair. |
Oh so close.
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Posted: January 27 2011 at 05:15 |
Close To The Edge has a beginning of chaos that comes together with Jon's vocals into the theme. Wonderful. Tarkus has the slow buildup, a choral sound, that erupts into life.
Tarkus gets my vote.
After voting it occurs to me. Do you mean the intro or the whole first section?
Edited by Snow Dog - January 27 2011 at 05:16
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CttE vs Tarkus intros
