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Poll Question: Which of these tracks is your favorite?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
1 [1.96%]
3 [5.88%]
2 [3.92%]
2 [3.92%]
1 [1.96%]
1 [1.96%]
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3 [5.88%]
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2 [3.92%]
4 [7.84%]
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2 [3.92%]
1 [1.96%]
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12 [23.53%]
3 [5.88%]
6 [11.76%]
0 [0.00%]
4 [7.84%]
3 [5.88%]
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Went with PT. A lot of their earlier stuff owes much to Floyd. You could have included a bunch of RPWL tracks, especially from Trying to Kiss the Sun and World Through My Eyes. They too owe much to Floyd.
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I don't know if I would call it Floydian or not, but Blade Runner Blues is an exquisitely moody piece, head and shoulders above the rest of these, and there are some great tracks here!  After that, I would go with Eloy, Camel, and King Crimson, in that order.
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went with TD's "Cloudburst Flight".   Eloy close behind. 
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Xanadu, from PANGEA's INVASORI (1976)
 
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Originally posted by NotAProghead NotAProghead wrote:


Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Oh, the beautiful Novalis `Sommerebend' track, what a lovely floating classic! It better get some more votes!

I voted for "Sommerabend" too. Though I don't think it's Floydian.

Yeah, you might be right! There's little moments where I briefly think of Floyd, maybe in the sort of hazy drowsy vocals, but not a lot else.
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Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Oh, the beautiful Novalis `Sommerebend' track, what a lovely floating classic! It better get some more votes!
I voted for "Sommerabend" too. Though I don't think it's Floydian.
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Starless is one of my all time faves, but it in no way sounds even remotely Floydian.
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Originally posted by Fox On The Rocks Fox On The Rocks wrote:

Starless is one of my favourite tracks of all time, of course, but I'm giving my vote to my beloved Sigur Ros - spread the love for this band! Bowdown
Starless is also one of my all time favorites but I'm spreading the love to Roy Harper, gorgeous track.
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The track 'Pollen' by Pulsar.......or, 'Window' ......(by Pulsar).......
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Oh, the beautiful Novalis `Sommerebend' track, what a lovely floating classic! It better get some more votes!

But the competition is strong, lots of great tracks here!
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Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

Starless


Indeed. I never thought of it as Floydian, more like Royal Crimsonian, but in the given list Starless would be my favorite song
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Let's kill this "Mostly Autumn are like Pink Floyd" thing. Sure, they adore Floyd and were influenced to play music by them but, unless Floyd released a load of tracks I've never heard with female vocals, flute, violin, Uillean pipes, tinged by Celtic folk, I don't find their music very similar. Oh, sorry, Brian Josh plays a bit like Dave Gilmour and their record company promoted them (unwisely) as "The New Pink Floyd". And Rick Wright and Dave Gilmour liked them (a lot) and they released an album of Pink Floyd covers. That means MA are Floyd clones. Does it ****.  But I love both bands.
 
As for Nimrodel, this is not remotely like Floyd either.
 
But my favourite IS a Mostly Autumn track which does sound a bit Floydian in mood (though not execution) and that's The Night Sky from their debut. Sensational.
 
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Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

But I have found another track which fints perfectly on this list: a Meddle-era Pink Floyd atmosphere with vocals which are somehow strongly reminiscent of David Gilmour:
Wow, I would never have guessed that was Anekdoten. So different from everything else I've heard by them, which is usually very King Crimson-esque. There we go, another band making that King Crimson-Pink Floyd link LOL Clap
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Points: 1729 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2012 at 16:21
Originally posted by Wanorak Wanorak wrote:

Ocean Cloud, very Floydian. Starless is in no way Floydian IMO.
you don't think so? The first time I heard it, it reminded me very strongly of Floyd (and so *unlike* anything else in the KC discography, at least until the long solo section comes in). The beat of it particular - that kind of slow, de de DAH shuffle in 4/4 found on classic Floyd tracks like "Atom Heart Mother" (at the 10:23 mark, when Gilmour's solo comes in). Brilliant tune, anyway :-)
 


Edited by jude111 - November 30 2012 at 16:42
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Points: 276 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2012 at 16:07
"Silent Lucidity" seems like an intentional ripoff of "Comfortably Numb."
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Ocean Cloud, very Floydian. Starless is in no way Floydian IMO.
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Eloy wins this for me. But I have found another track which fints perfectly on this list: a Meddle-era Pink Floyd atmosphere with vocals which are somehow strongly reminiscent of David Gilmour:
 
 
The Queensr˙che and PT tracks are also rather floydish. Silent Lucidity has a strong Roger Waters-feel.


Edited by someone_else - November 30 2012 at 15:58
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Starless is one of my favourite tracks of all time, of course, but I'm giving my vote to my beloved Sigur Ros - spread the love for this band! Bowdown
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I love that Tangerine Dream track on the list. I suppose the lushness of it is a bit like Floyd in some respects.Soaring guitar was a bit unusual at that time for TD.The drummer is much better than dear ole Nick though!
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