Some Renaissance Songs
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Topic: Some Renaissance Songs
Posted By: Argo2112
Subject: Some Renaissance Songs
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 14:00
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I kept the epics out of this one (Ashes are Burning & Scheherazade) just to keep it fair. Have at it!
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 14:24
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I would have included "Black Flame" and pre-Haslam music, but of course it's your poll. I don't remember all of these, so I'll have to come back to the poll once I refresh my memory. But from memory, Prologue maybe, or Mother Russia, the latter probably. I have now listened to enough and decide to vote for Mother Russia. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Various music I am very into: a youtube playlist with two tracks per act |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 14:33
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I think Mother Russia is one of Renaissance's epics. Voted for it, but would have voted for Black Flame had it been on the list. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 14:37
I feel exactly the same on all points. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Various music I am very into: a youtube playlist with two tracks per act |
progmatic wrote:Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 14:39
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[QUOTE=Logan]I would have included "Black Flame" ... Damn, I forgot that one. Great song , wish I had included it.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 14:43
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You could always do a part two and three, there's plenty of Renaissance to love. :) ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Various music I am very into: a youtube playlist with two tracks per act |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 14:45
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A bit of a mini epic, I'll go with Day of The Dreamer. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 14:45
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Running Hard is my overall favourite Renaissance song. ------------- 
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Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 14:58
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I think "A Trip to the Fair" is underrated. It has a very eerie overtone to it. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 15:05
I agree - a great track - it's grown to be my favourite - it does conjure up that eerie, dreaminess and surreal nature of the carnival. Out of those listed, I think Ocean Gypsy just edges Mother Russia. Practically oozes with melancholy. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 15:25
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Mother Russia is absolutely my favorite Renaissance track. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 15:38
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Mother Russia from the list but as several have mentioned Black Flame and also A Trip To The Fair. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 16:44
| I haven't heard every song, so won't vote, but I would like to see "I Think of You" on here. |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 16:56
| Prologue has that speedy groove and a bit of acid rock guitar. I dig. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 17:53
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Today, it's Ocean Gypsy. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: August 17 2018 at 18:55
| I've always had a soft spot for this band; I love their arrangements, instrumentation, vocals, and superb orchestration, so it's hard to pick one of this list. I'll vote for "Day of the Dreamer", but any of them that wins is quite fine with me. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 18 2018 at 17:04
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Lots of good ones here. My no. 1 is Running Hard, the two from ASFAS are not far behind, neither are Ocean Gypsy, Mother Russia, Prologue.... |
Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: August 19 2018 at 13:54
| Kings and Queens. The only Renaissance that mattered had Keith and Jane Relf. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 19 2018 at 13:58
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The debut is a great album but I disagree. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 19 2018 at 15:01
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Black Flame and Cold is Being would also be at the top of my list, but I voted for Ocean Gypsy. They're all wonderful. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: August 19 2018 at 20:07
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SUCH a hard poll for me. I had to go with Mother Russia because of that middle section that is the purest example of musical beauty for me. But I think that Day of the Dreamer, A Song for All Seasons, and Midas Man are all absolutely superb and the others are all at least very good, even Jeckyll and Hyde. ps - Black Flame is also superb
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 19 2018 at 21:12
| Mother Russia for me, easily. |
Posted By: The Jester
Date Posted: August 20 2018 at 00:57
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Thank God, Cold is Being was not included, so I voted for Mother Russia. But it is a difficult Poll anyway. Many great songs! ------------- If anybody wants please visit: http://www.gfreedomathina.blogspot.com/ This is my Blog mostly about Rock music, but also a few other things as well. You are most welcome! Thank you. :) |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 20 2018 at 08:15
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"Trip to the Fair" and "Can You Hear Me?" are my faves. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 20 2018 at 11:05
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All great songs. I have been listening to Renaissance for 40 years now. My vote went to Running Hard, which defines their sound more than any of the others. ------------- 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: Junges
Date Posted: August 20 2018 at 11:58
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Ocean Gypsy ------------- 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 20 2018 at 14:00
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The Vultures ------------- 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: rogerthat
Date Posted: August 20 2018 at 18:48
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Went with Day of the Dreamer. Had Things I Don't Understand and Trip to the Fair been included, would have been a tougher choice for me.
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 02:40
I tried to find a reason not to vote for the latter epic as I like the rest of the songs (except Ocean Gypsy is just a tad too much on the musical-sounding side to my tastes - would be from one of the better musicals ever made though) and love Vultures, Prologue + Running Hard. But my honest vote has got to be for the wondrous epic already comfortably ahead of the rest. -A personal favorite not in any of the four Renaissance-polls is Touching Once (Is So Hard To Keep)... and seemingly one of the few that considers their first and only sidelong Song of Scheherazade not all that successful as a whole. ------------- 
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 06:11
I love Touching Once too. Both the studio cut and the wonderful performance in the Albert Hall concert. And yeah, don't like Scheherazade all that much. I prefer the 'other stories'. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 19 2020 at 00:02
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Mother Russia ------------- 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… < |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 19 2020 at 17:01
I'm not sure if it's so easily any more, but I guess it might still be the one. However, Ashes are Burning and Scheherazade are just so gorgeous too. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 19 2020 at 17:03
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the Vultures Fly High above me sometimes so I picked that. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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