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Points: 166178 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2005 at 23:51
Originally posted by NetsNJFan NetsNJFan wrote:

Days of Future Passed is a masterpiece of the highest order

This is called hitting the nail on the head

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Points: 77 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2005 at 07:12
yes one of my favorite bands...     '''THESHOLD OF A DREAM ""   is my personel favorite. I personilly have all there cds. ( 30 at least)
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Points: 571 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2005 at 07:41

 

   Definetely very enjoyable and more accessible than other prog bands. I find the catalogue quite consistently good in quality .Not as deep or complex as Yes or Genesis and a bit too safety oriented. Their career is a bit dull due to lack of taking on a big challenge like a Thick As a Brick  or  a Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
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Points: 310 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2005 at 09:10
The suite "have you heard pt1 - the dream - have you heard pt2" on the album "on the threshold of a dream" is a symphonic prog masterpiece. Released in 1969 by musicians who were doing that kind of music for already 2 years, it is some sort of a milestone for the genre. A real 5 stars album.
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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2005 at 10:10

Days of Future Passed is good - where it's really good it's fantastic, but the orchestral interludes, while a good idea, are dreadful IMO.

It could have been great, but instead seems to be a long period of waiting for good stuff punctuated by mush.
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Points: 12288 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2005 at 10:12
The Core 7 albums plus Long Distance Voyager are a must for every prog-fan! 
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Points: 407 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2005 at 10:35

One of their most under-rated LP's, "Octave" is possibly the best record of the late 70's, in my opinion....
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Points: 76 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2005 at 10:42
My favorite album "In search of the lost chord" a truly masterpiece, following
closer by "On the threshold of a dream"
Just listen to "Legend of a mind" or "Dear diary", just to name one from each
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Points: 110 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2005 at 13:51
were they the first band to link all of the songs with now breaks in between.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 22 2005 at 13:13
 Flaxton....what the hell are you talking about???????????
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Points: 19535 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2005 at 00:15
Originally posted by Certif1ed Certif1ed wrote:

Days of Future Passed is good - where it's really good it's fantastic, but the orchestral interludes, while a good idea, are dreadful IMO.

At last someone that agrees with me (Or at last one with who I agree ), the Orchestral interludes sound artificial, like if they were not part of the songs, just something they added to enhance the album, but has no relation with the spirit of the songs.

Even they have proved this, The Night sounds pompous with the interlude, but they took it out and voila they got Nights in White Satin, a hit single ballad played in every live album.

The idea was great, but the execution of the idea was mediocre IMO.

Iván



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