A Yes Epic vs A Genesis Epic vs A Floyd Epic
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Topic: A Yes Epic vs A Genesis Epic vs A Floyd Epic
Posted By: zravkapt
Subject: A Yes Epic vs A Genesis Epic vs A Floyd Epic
Date Posted: April 28 2016 at 23:37
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
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Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 00:24
| Echoes. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 00:41
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Suppers Ready ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 01:46
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Aaaand Close to the edge :-) -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 02:47
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The two best prog epics and another not too far from #3. Supper's Ready > Echoes > Close to the Edge ------------- 
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Posted By: DDPascalDD
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 02:54
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This is one of the toughest polls I've done... I think Close to the Edge, I could still listen to that one a few times every day, but they all have a lot of detail! ------------- |
Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 03:00
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Echoes for me ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf2srRfppHAslEmHBn8QP6d_eoanh0eW" rel="nofollow - My compositions |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 03:10
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Echoes and Close to the Edge are my #1 and #2 epics... ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 03:30
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Punk Flute ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 03:38
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 03:51
| Easily Echoes |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 04:37
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1) Echoes 2) Supper's Ready 3) CTTE But they're all great. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 06:18
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Supper's Ready, with CTTE right behind it. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 07:14
| Wow. I'll go Floyd, Genesis, Yes. All 3 are wonderful pieces of Prog. |
Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 10:17
| Supper's Ready |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 10:45
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Easily Close to The Edge, which is the most thoughtfully composed of the three by a fair margin. Supper's Ready is pretty good too but if some middle sections were taken out or cut shorter it wouldn't detract (perhaps even improve). As for Echoes, that will always remain one of my least favourites. Too much droning for me. It accomplishes what it's supposed to, but it really doesn't belong in the same league as the others. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 13:44
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Supper's Ready ------------- 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. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 13:49
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Thick as a Brick ------------- |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 14:06
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all 3 of these are amazing but I'm gonna have to go with CTTE ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 14:19
| Echoes |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 15:07
| Close and suppers |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 15:10
| Supper's Ready > Echoes > Close to the Edge. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 18:11
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Supper,s Ready. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 18:21
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If there isn't Supper's Ready I'd vote for Echoes, but as it is... it have to be Genesis SR (even after more than 30 years of listening to it I love it immensely). ------------- 
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 18:24
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CTTE and a very close second---Supper I mean CTTE is a perfect piece of prog--it has everything-- Suppers Ready is a very moving piece of music--I guess if I was forced I could find a flaw.
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Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 19:03
| I think YES "Close to the Edge" is the winner, but, GENESIS "Suppers Ready" and PINK FLOYD "Echoes" are great epic tracks. |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 19:40
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Supper's Ready, even on a full stomach. ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: SquonkHunter
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 21:48
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Close to the Edge is what Symphonic Prog is all about. None better. Echoes is good Floydian epic. Supper's Ready never really did much for me. Some sections are good but overall it seems to drag. ------------- "You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..." |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 29 2016 at 22:12
| I once did this very poll... or was it Echoes against the other two separatley? Not sure. However, I was surprised Echoes was actually the winner back then... at least as far as I remember. It seems things have changed once again around here (the preference in polls is usually shifting... sometimes more than others). |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: April 30 2016 at 08:43
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As great as pieces like Tarkus, Gates of Delirium, Dogs or Lighthouse Keepers are, it's those three that are the pinnacle of prog probably. Each has their unique style, and they happen to represent perfectly the band that composed them. If I have to pick one of the three is Close to the Edge, even if they're all easily 10/10 pieces, that one is pure perfection. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 30 2016 at 08:52
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CTTE.......always thought Echoes and Supper had a few boring bits in the middle. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 30 2016 at 08:57
yep....  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
SquonkHunter wrote:Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: April 30 2016 at 16:05
| All three (but I voted for Close To The Edge.) |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: April 30 2016 at 18:28
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Supper's Ready as it was a major uproar from what was at the time a small band on this side of the pond. Yes and 'Floyd were pretty well established when their "epics" came along. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 30 2016 at 18:50
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Used to be CTTE Now it's Supper ------------- 
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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: April 30 2016 at 19:09
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Down to the f**king edge, man... ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 30 2016 at 22:52
I never imagined that at some point you might have prefered CttE over Supper's Ready... even if it's not the case anymore. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 01 2016 at 00:07
I voted for Echoes simply because I am tired of voting for the other two.  ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: ALotOfBottle
Date Posted: May 01 2016 at 01:03
| Supper's Ready, Echoes, Close To The Edge |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 01 2016 at 20:25
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Echoes > CttE > SR |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: May 02 2016 at 09:56
| only one I really like is CTTE |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: May 02 2016 at 22:31
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Supper a bit embarrassing in parts. Would only be popular in here. Solid track but even for a progger like me early Genesis is a band for outcasts. CTTE wins ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: May 02 2016 at 22:36
Lol---prog in general is for outcasts ....but get what you are saying. There are acceptable prog bands for the masses like Floyd or Rush---
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: May 03 2016 at 04:40
------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: May 03 2016 at 06:43
Most prog is accessible imo. Supper is a good song but you'd think it was 10 times better from reports here lol ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 03 2016 at 21:55
Supper's Ready is not my very favourite epic, nor the one I would choose from this, but it is still a song I love, and one I find perfect from beginning to end. Every moment, every transition is beautiful. Even Willow's Farm, which sounds as an attempt to be comic, is very enjoyable for me... one of the very few cases in which I actually enjoy one of this attempts at humor in prog/rock... and the reason for which I like better the studio version, because in later live versions they just didn't nail this part well enough. |
Posted By: bankstatement
Date Posted: May 04 2016 at 19:48
| Man, I honestly don't know. I guess I'd pick Supper's Ready, but CTTE and Echoes aren't far behind. |
Posted By: frajo99
Date Posted: May 06 2016 at 22:18
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Close to the Edge > Echoes > Supper's Ready I like them all though.
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: August 09 2016 at 17:39
Agreed. ------------- 
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: August 10 2016 at 06:58
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All 3 are great but my favourite is Echoes. Had the Yes selection been Gates of Delerium it would have been very very close. |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: August 11 2016 at 12:25
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Close to the Edge = Supper's Ready >>>> Echoes While I love Supper's Ready, I ended up voting for CTTE because it is a proper song, a cohesive piece. I don't think Echoes is bad, but it showcases the things I don't like about PF: excesive noodling and slow wailing sounds in order to extend and give artistic credibility to a fairly straightforward three-minute pop song. But this fault is what makes Floyd a great band for some. I'm pretty sure a lot of people got into prog because of them. They are THE transition band, and this is THE transition song that got a lot of people into hardcore prog epics, so that's a plus. ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: August 12 2016 at 18:13
| Ohh cruel doubt... all three are fantastic ....1º Close To The Edge , 2º Echoes , 3º Supper's Ready with a very slightly superiority between one to other !!! |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: August 14 2016 at 22:52
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Bloody Hellish Hell...Three Classic Epics From Three Iconic Prog Bands One Vote...So How On Earth Do I Yes How On Earth!!!! Yes - Close To The Edge Genesis - Supper`s Ready Pink Floyd - Echoes Ooh so-so Cruel...The Three Are Totally Awesome So Its: 3. Echoes 2. Close To The Edge 1. SUPPER`S READY... ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |