Favorite songs from the " Big Six"
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Topic: Favorite songs from the " Big Six"
Posted By: Argo2112
Subject: Favorite songs from the " Big Six"
Date Posted: December 05 2019 at 14:06
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Lots of Big Six polls going around. What are your favorite songs from the big six prog bands? (One song per band please)
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 05 2019 at 14:13
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GENESIS - Firth of Fifth KING CRIMSON - Epitaph PINK FLOYD - Us and Them JETHRO TULL - Living in the Past YES - Awaken ELP - Lucky Man
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: December 05 2019 at 14:42
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Genesis - any thing off foxtrot but today I’ll say suppers ready Floyd- Dogs Yes - Revealing Science Of God ELP - Tarkus Jethro Tull - tough one, something off songs from the wood King Crimson - Epitaph ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: December 05 2019 at 15:19
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Aren't Van der Graaf Generator in the Big Six? I Boycott thhs Thread!  ------------- "Happiness is real only when shared" |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 05 2019 at 15:27
There's no "ing" on Awaken.
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Psychedelic Paul wrote:Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: December 05 2019 at 18:03
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Genesis - Supper's Ready Yes - Close to the Edge King Crimson - Starless Pink Floyd - Echoes Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus I like my prog extra-prog!
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 00:13
disappointing that you cannot find anything by ELP you like. Not even Lucky Man or Knife Edge?
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 00:13
stop it
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 00:18
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ELP - Karn Evil 9 Genesis - Suppers Ready Yes - Gates of Delirium Tull - Aqualung Floyd - Time Crimson - Cirkus the only tricky choice was Crimson. They have so many classic tracks but nothing that is obviously head and shoulders above the rest
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 00:52
Thanks for reminding me about "Lucky Man". I'll choose that as my favourite, seeing as that's the only ELP song I really know.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 00:55
Thanks for point-"ing" that out.
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Posted By: Anstey
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 03:07
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Posted By: Foxprog
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 04:37
Wow, Toccata, impressive choice :)
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Posted By: Foxprog
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 04:43
Me too!  But seriously, Genesis - The Knife (Hard one for me, could be "Supper's Ready too...) Yes - Awaken (Or Close to the edge, I love both) King Crimson - Lizard (Or Starless, both are masterpieces) Pink Floyd - Echoes Jethro Tull - Taab part 1, (not the biggest fan of Tull honestly but I really like TaaB) ELP - Tarkus!! And I'm deeply sorry for the alternative choises.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 06:05
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GENESIS - Suppers Ready KING CRIMSON - Starless PINK FLOYD - Dogs JETHRO TULL - Songs from the wood YES - Awaken ELP - Tarkus ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 06:52
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Dancing with the Moonlit Knight - Gates of Delirium - Echoes (wins the price for the best of the best big 6 tracks) - Industry - Dun Ringill - Take a Pebble Went for extreme outsider choices of KC and Tull because of both of these I love about 5-10 equally. Could also have nominated Starless and Aqualung but wanted to have more fun.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 14:19
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Yes - Awaken. Pink Floyd - Shine on you Crazy Dimond. Genesis - Firth of Fifth, or Supper's Ready, or Dancing with the Moonlit Knight. King Crimson - Epitaph, or Starless. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (as it is on Live... Bursting Out). ELP - Tarkus (an about 10 min edit I did for my own listensing). |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 14:42
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Not really definitive just off the top of my head: Pink Floyd - Echoes Jethro Tull- Songs from the wood (title track)(one of their proggiest) Genesis - Cinema Show Yes- Close to the Edge King Crimson- 21st century schizoid man ELP- Tarkus
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 06 2019 at 15:14
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Pink Floyd - Dogs Jethro Tull- TAAB Pt 1 Genesis - The Knife Yes- Close to the Edge King Crimson- Starless ELP- Karn Evil 9 Imp 1 Part 2 ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 01:09
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 01:42
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Valid only for the next few hours (just time enough to listen to them all and change my mind) Tull - Thick As A Brick (second Baker St Muse) Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (second Echoes) Yes - CTTE (second Delerium) Gen - Supper's Ready (second Epping Forest) Crim - Lizard (second Starless) ELP - Tarkus (second Pebble) |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 07:42
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◦ King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 08:29
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That's a real tough one... Anyway, here it goes: Tull - My God Floyd - Careful With That Axe, Eugene (live version) Yes - CTTE Gen - Dancing With the Moonlit Knight Crim - Starless ELP - Tarkus |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 08:36
sexcellent choices darling  pre-Dull Tull- With You there to help me.. the best thing they ever did IMO.. Floyd - God that is tough... hate to do it.. and not chose Cymbaline.. but have to give it up to Us and Them. Pure perfection there. Yes - The Ancient Genesis - Cinema Show KC - Indiscipline ELP - coin flip between Toccata and The Barbarian. For pure perfection.. giving it to Toccata today. Only ELP could have pulled that piece off... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 08:44
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the "big six" are not my big six, so I come up with some unexpected choices: Genesis - Waiting Room Pink Floyd - Seamus ELP - Benny the Bouncer Jethro Tull - The Story of the Hare who Lost His Spectacles King Crimson - Moonchild Yes - No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 09:28
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Like Sean, as of this present moment: Tull - Living in The Past Floyd - Sheep Yes - Gates of Delirium Gen - Stagnation Crim - Discipline ELP - Lucky Man ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 08 2019 at 02:03
I thought the thread was best tracks not the worst the bands ever did (actually the Yes choice is solid
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: December 08 2019 at 02:41
believe it or not, I really love "Moonchild" and wrote about why I love it in detail ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 08 2019 at 08:23
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I'll do another six. Genesis - Supper's Ready (since I didn't have it on my first list) King Crimson - the night watch Pink Floyd - Dogs Jethro Tull- Thick as a brick (if you can count the whole thing as one song) ELP - Trilogy Yes - The Gates of Delirium
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Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: December 17 2019 at 06:12
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Genesis - The Cineam Show ELP - Karn Evil 9 Jethro Tull - TAAB1 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb King Crimson - 21stCSM Yes - Roundabout
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: December 17 2019 at 07:54
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Genesis - Dancing With The Moonlit Knight (tough one to pick. Wanted Cinema Show but went with the less obvious choice) ELP - Tarkus Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick Pink Floyd - Echoes (Live at Pompeii version) King Crimson - Lament Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace (ask me again and it will be Heart Of The Sunrise) ------------- We all live in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: Timeaisis
Date Posted: December 17 2019 at 12:47
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Genesis - The Musical Box ELP - Lucky Man Jethro Tull - Baker St Muse Yes - Starship Trooper King Crimson - Starless Pink Floyd - Echoes (Pompeii version)
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: December 17 2019 at 19:14
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ELP - Tarkus Genesis - Supper's Ready Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath King Crimson - Lizard medley Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky Yes - Sound Chaser |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: December 18 2019 at 16:59
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Genesis - Supper's Ready Yes - The Revealing Science of God King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic pt.1 Pink Floyd - Echoes Jethro Tull - A Passion Play ELP - Karn Evil 9 (all of it but, if not, then...) 1st Imp/ Pt 1 ------------- 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: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: December 19 2019 at 11:52
What a great bunch! I especially like: Have a Cigar, Minstrel and Heart... Stagnation also !
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Posted By: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: December 19 2019 at 14:08
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The Endless Enigma, Pt. 1 by Emerson, Lake & Palmer Yours Is No Disgrace by Yes Get 'em Out By Friday by Genesis A Pillow Of Winds by Pink Floyd Lizard by King Crimson Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull Runner ups: The Witch's Promise A Song for Jeffrey Wonderous Stories Cymbaline Minstrel in the Gallery Songs from the Wood One More Red Nightmare Cat Food Starless And Bible Black The Mincer Long Distance Runaround / The Fish South Side of the Sky Siberian Khatru Good Bye Blue Sky Paintbox Us and Them Breathe |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 19 2019 at 17:50
Seconds:
Thirds:
------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: December 22 2019 at 10:29
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* Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies * Yes - The Gates Of Delirium * King Crimson - Fracture * Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond * Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick * ELP - Tarkus I'm a little disappointed by how safe most of my choices are
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Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 14:56
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Genesis: Firth of fifth Yes: Herat of the sunrise KC: Starless PF: Atom Heart Mother ELP: Tarkus JT: Living in the past
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 08:56
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Great thread idea!!! Yes "Heart Of The Sunrise" Genesis "Supper's Ready" ELP "Tarkus" Pink Floyd "Dogs" Jethro Tull "Thick As A Brick" King Crimson "Fracture"
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Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 16:09
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Genesis - Supper's Ready Yes - Close to the Edge Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick ELP - The Endless Enigma/Fugue King Crimson - Starless Pink Floyd - Dogs ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 23:37
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Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother King Crimson: Starless Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick Yes: Yours Is No Disgrace Genesis: Fountain Of Salmacis ELP: Take a Pebble
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: December 30 2019 at 20:26
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King Crimson - Exiles Genesis - The Lamia Jethro Tull - Witch’s Promise Yes - Roundabout Pink Floyd - Echoes ELP - From the Beginning Frank Zappa - Soup N Old Clothes ------------- 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: Skywatcher72
Date Posted: January 17 2020 at 11:54
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King Crimson - Starless Genesis - Home by the sea I and II ( yes i know its not PG era but I love it for personal reasons) Yes - Roundabout ( that bass) ELP - From the beginning Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Pink Floyd - Echoes ( Pompeii)
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: January 17 2020 at 12:35
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Yes - Siberian Khatru (Yessongs version) King Crimson - Fracture ELP - Knife Edge (This exercise is actually making me crave this album) Jethro Tull - A Passion Play Genesis - Return of the Giant Hogweed (live) Pink Floyd - One of the Days (The real answer is, whichever song I can interrupt to put o a Magma album) ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 17 2020 at 12:36
| ^ Yeah, Home by the Sea may not be a very obvious choice for Genesis, but it's still a great song... perhaps the best from the Collins era, and proggy enough for me... a great example of a really 80's sounding prog song, evolving with the sound of music of the time while keeping some prog elements (mostly the long instrumental passage, actually), instead of desperatley trying to remain in the 70's. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: January 17 2020 at 21:13
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Genesis - Supper's Ready Yes - The Gates of Delirium King Crimson - Starless Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (all nine parts) Jethro Tull - Baker St Muse ELP - Karn Evil 9 (the whole thing) Deep Cuts Picks: Genesis - Harold the Barrel Yes - Into the Lens King Crimson - The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum Pink Floyd - The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Jethro Tull - Black Sunday ELP - Abaddon's Bolero ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: April 15 2020 at 07:06
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ELP - Pirates Genesis - Deep in the Motherlode Jethro Tull - Fylingdale Flyer King Crimson - The Nightwatch Pink Floyd - Remember A Day Yes - To Be Over
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Posted By: emisan
Date Posted: May 09 2020 at 06:08
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Genesis - The Knife Yes - The Gates Of Delirium King Crimson - Starless Pink Floyd - Echoes Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick ELP - Take A Pebble
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Posted By: Spacegod87
Date Posted: May 09 2020 at 22:18
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Yes - Awaken Genesis - Anyway King Crimson - Book of Saturday Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses ELP - Karn Evil 9 Pink Floyd - Have a cigar
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Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: May 10 2020 at 01:10
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Genesis - Supper's Ready Yes - South Side Of The Sky King Crimson - Starless Pink Floyd - Dogs Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick (but if you want one that isn't a whole album long I'll vote Baker St. Muse) ELP - Tarkus The shortest song here is like 8 minutes or something, I'd say that's pretty proggy ------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |