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Moogtron III 
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 Posted: September 12 2011 at 17:54 |
 Steven in Atlanta wrote:
Focus V (from the fabulous Ship of Memories collection) is just a stunning melody from a band that had plenty of 'em! Perhaps their finest.
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It is one of their best, I agree.
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Dellinger
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Posted: September 12 2011 at 21:33 |
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The first thing I thought about this poll was "Hocus Pocus"... but then I remembered "Birth", which somehow is not very apreciated, but I find extremely beautiful, with great flute and guitar solos... as a matter of fact, I want to hear it right now.
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b4usleep
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Posted: September 13 2011 at 06:23 |
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Strange, "Janis" got only 1 vote till i vote.
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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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The-time-is-now
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Posted: September 13 2011 at 08:38 |
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The house of the king.
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 One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D
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Moogtron III
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Posted: September 13 2011 at 09:11 |
b4usleep wrote:
Strange, "Janis" got only 1 vote till i vote.
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I love Janis, but there are some other good songs to vote for as well.
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crimhead
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Posted: September 13 2011 at 12:30 |
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Hocus Pocus
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Gandalff
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Posted: September 13 2011 at 13:38 |
Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:
Would be unfair to mix short tracks with epics, so here you have the shorts by the great Dutch band Focus..
Now I have to think between House of the King, Sylvia, Harem Scarem and La Cathdral De Strasbourg.
Iván
PS: Went with The House of the King, masterpiece of flute and bass often attributed to Jethro Tull. |
Where are Focus The Middles?
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A Elbereth Gilthoniel
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, sí nef aearon!
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: September 13 2011 at 13:42 |
Gandalff wrote:
Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:
Would be unfair to mix short tracks with epics, so here you have the shorts by the great Dutch band Focus..
Now I have to think between House of the King, Sylvia, Harem Scarem and La Cathdral De Strasbourg.
Iván
PS: Went with The House of the King, masterpiece of flute and bass often attributed to Jethro Tull. |
Where are Focus The Middles? |
LOL, I made it as a mockery of Genesis The Longs and Genesis The Shorts, which were terrible albums.
Now, I can't understand that Delitae Musicae and Harem Scarem don't have a vote.
Iván
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Gandalff
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Posted: September 13 2011 at 14:03 |
Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:
Gandalff wrote:
Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:
Would be unfair to mix short tracks with epics, so here you have the shorts by the great Dutch band Focus..
Now I have to think between House of the King, Sylvia, Harem Scarem and La Cathdral De Strasbourg.
Iván
PS: Went with The House of the King, masterpiece of flute and bass often attributed to Jethro Tull. |
Where are Focus The Middles? |
Now, I can't understand that Delitae Musicae and Harem Scarem don't have a vote.
Iván |
That´s easy. Overshadowed by Hocus Pocus, genial and timeless musical joke.
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A Elbereth Gilthoniel
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, sí nef aearon!
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LudwigBrahms
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Posted: September 13 2011 at 15:44 |
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Where's the love for Focus III? It's so melodic and Akkerman's guitar crescendos beautifully into that main theme that I just love. That's always been one of my favorites and would definitely be the one I'd vote for if this poll would let me.
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irrelevant
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Posted: September 14 2011 at 06:33 |
LudwigBrahms wrote:
Where's the love for Focus III? It's so melodic and Akkerman's guitar crescendos beautifully into that main theme that I just love. That's always been one of my favorites and would definitely be the one I'd vote for if this poll would let me. |
It's a great track.
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Badabec
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Posted: September 14 2011 at 06:45 |
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The awesome Carnival Fugue, of course.
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Mesmo a tristeza da gente era mais bela
E além disso se via da janela
Um cantinho de céu e o Redentor
- Antônio Carlos Jobim, Toquinho & Vinícius de Moraes - Carta ao Tom 74
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Mista-Gordie
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Posted: April 27 2012 at 17:15 |
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Birth, easily
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Dellinger
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Posted: April 27 2012 at 18:37 |
Gandalff wrote:
Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:
Gandalff wrote:
Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:
Would be unfair to mix short tracks with epics, so here you have the shorts by the great Dutch band Focus..
Now I have to think between House of the King, Sylvia, Harem Scarem and La Cathdral De Strasbourg.
Iván
PS: Went with The House of the King, masterpiece of flute and bass often attributed to Jethro Tull. |
Where are Focus The Middles? |
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That´s easy. Overshadowed by Hocus Pocus, genial and timeless musical joke. |
Indeed!!! Hocus Pocus must be about the only "Joke" song I really love. Brilliant.
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ten years after
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Posted: April 28 2012 at 02:17 |
Anonymous is a bit too long to count as a "short".
I voted for Sylvia on this list for various reasons.
Three of the short tracks on the first album (Focus vocal, Mescaline and Why Dream) are worthy of inclusion on this list.
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richardh
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Posted: April 28 2012 at 02:24 |
Its a real shame that their recent albums get completely ignored but never mind
I voted House Of The King but could easily have gone for Sylvia which has one of the best guitar melodies ever.
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Harold-The-Barrel
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Posted: April 28 2012 at 02:38 |
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Sylvia
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You must be joking.....Take a running jump......
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Dellinger
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Posted: April 28 2012 at 14:11 |
richardh wrote:
Its a real shame that their recent albums get completely ignored but never mind
I voted House Of The King but could easily have gone for Sylvia which has one of the best guitar melodies ever.
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I guess it doesn't help that their albums are rather difficult to find. I have all of the Jan Akkerman albums (as far as I know), but it was rather difficult to get them. By then I thought I already had them all, but then found out they had been releasing albums after Jan Akkerman left, but since for me he is such an amazing guitar player, and it's rather difficult to get the albums, I just thought it would be easier to stop where I was, and assume that without Akkerman they wouldn't be as great (their last or last two albums with Akkerman, the Mother Focus and Ship of Memories, were already much weaker than what they'd done before, anyway).
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BarryGlibb
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Posted: April 28 2012 at 19:17 |
C'mon you guys.. BIRTH is an absolute gem. Have a listen to it and then Hocus Pocus.
I am sure Birth will win out.
I can't get rid of this underlined italicised type!!!!!!!
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colorofmoney91
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Posted: April 28 2012 at 20:13 |
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Sylvia!
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