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Topic: Top 5/10 Return to Forever Songs?

Posted By: SuperMetro
Subject: Top 5/10 Return to Forever Songs?
Date Posted: June 25 2022 at 16:30

What are your favorite RTF songs? In un-numbered order, I like:

Light As A Feather
Spain
Crystal Silence
Return To Forever
Sometime Ago/La Fiesta
Song To The Pharaoh Kings
Duel of The Jester and The Tyrant

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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: June 25 2022 at 18:27

Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy

After The Cosmic Rain

Captain Senor Mouse

Vulcan Worlds

Flight of the Newborn

Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant

Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: June 25 2022 at 18:56

All of "Romantic Warrior". As close as you can get to fusion perfection.

Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: June 25 2022 at 20:36

"Romantic Warrior"

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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: June 26 2022 at 02:40

Hymn of the 7th galaxy

Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: June 26 2022 at 04:21

1. Medieval Overture

2. Song To The Pharoah Kings

3. Duel Of The Jester And The Tyrant

4. Majestic Dance

5. Vulcan Worlds

6. Sorceress

7. The Romantic Warrior

8. Space Circus

9. The Game Maker

10. Captain Señor Mouse

11. Light As A Feather

12. Theme To The Mothership

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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: June 26 2022 at 23:54

Return to Forever

Light as a Feather

The Romantic Warrior

Vulcan Worlds

Spain

Crystal Silence

Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant

Song to the Pharaoh Kings

No Mystery

Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy

Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 27 2022 at 01:06

Return To Forever

Sometime Ago / La Fiesta

Song to the Pharoah Kings

Celebration Suite Part 1

Celebration Suite Part 2

500 Miles High

Spain

Crystal Silence

The Shadow of Lo

Light As A Feather

Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 28 2022 at 02:33

Romantic Warrior is what I associated fusion with back was when I was certain it was the worst music made by mankind. It didn't really sound to me like it's made by human beings really. In retrospect I suppose a highly advanced "jazz-fusion-generator" could come up with something like this. The medieval/fantasy songtitles however appears to have been made by a progrock-title-generator. Unfortunatly the latter was exactly what I found so attractive in my formative years. So when I stumbled over the (to me) equally attractive cover art in the cheap bins, I was probably hoping for was some Gryphon/Jethro Tull-like music (without having heard of any of them yet). For a long time I was certain fusion was like this and Mezzoforte/Tower of Power - that I had heard on the radio/TV. Sterile and show-offy stuff that "says nothing to me about my life". It set me back for years, jazzwise:). Now I can appreciate the chops it takes to pull this off, but I still understand my younger self. Needless to say I'm much more of a jazz-flute and latin-flavoured kind of Return to Forever-fan.

Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 28 2022 at 05:41

Overlooked gem here. A 1968 Corea-piece gets a 1972 fusion update, but first included as a bonus on the 1998 re-release of Light as a Feather. It wouldn't have sounded out of place on Miles Davis first few semi-fusion styled albums (Filles De Kilimanjaro, Miles in The Sky...). Probably among my ten favorites, had I remembered it

Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: June 28 2022 at 10:40

Everything on Where Have I Known You Before and Romantic Warrior.

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