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Topic: Some Organ Prog Pieces Posted: August 23 2014 at 21:54
I selected some prog rock compositions in which the organ plays an important role, if not essential, and just one piece for each artist or band. Of course there are many others, for them the option "Other" could not miss in this poll.
Anyway I think it's a tough task to choose just one from this list, as I enjoy very much these BIG SEVEN compositions, but my opening vote goes for Rick Wakeman - Judas Iscariot - I get damn stunned by the strenght of this organ melodies!!
Here are the YouTube links for the seven selected tracks:
Unfortunately I didn't find the official release YouTube video - the entire piece which is 19:35 min. long., an awesome prog rock piece with an important presence of pipe organ!
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Posted: August 24 2014 at 01:07
This ain't easy! I love Wakeman's playing on both "Parallels" (that great solo!) and "Judas Iscariot," and Emerson's theme for The Church is a great jam, too!
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Posted: August 24 2014 at 01:22
Le Orme for me.
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Posted: August 24 2014 at 07:41
verslibre wrote:
This ain't easy! I love Wakeman's playing on both "Parallels" (that great solo!) and "Judas Iscariot," and Emerson's theme for The Church is a great jam, too!
Yeah nice call, that main theme for "La Chiesa" is amazing too! And I should know this whole Keith Emerson's album tbh, which includes also music composed and arranged by Fabio Pignatelli and performed by Goblin, a band that I still don't know btw although reading pretty much mentions in the forum.
But the track The Church I refered to in this selection is another stunning Keith's track from the following album:
From this album, by now besides The Church I already could afford to listen to Another Frontier too - just another awesome piece of music! , I enjoyed even more this original version than the ELP's Changing States.
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Posted: August 24 2014 at 13:23
Going for Parallels. The organ adds an expansive dimension to the piece, although I prefer how it works in Awaken.
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Posted: August 24 2014 at 20:14
From this list I have to say Emerson's The Church reigns supreme. I would have picked the Three Fates if it had been a choice as it is the Cohbas, the Montecristo of Prog organ tunes.
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Posted: August 24 2014 at 20:18
As I posted before, I don't know enough songs from here to vote... but I do know that I like Judas Iscariot much better than Parallels and The Great Gates of Kiev.
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Posted: August 25 2014 at 00:58
Rick Robson wrote:
From this album, by now besides The Church I already could afford to listen to Another Frontier too - just another awesome piece of music! , I enjoyed even more this original version than the ELP's Changing States.
On that note, I prefer the version of "Romeo & Juliet" (from Black Moon on Changing States, called "Montagues & Capulets."
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