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What is the best Gentle Giant song?

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Topic: What is the best Gentle Giant song?
Posted By: Boi_da_boi_124
Subject: What is the best Gentle Giant song?
Date Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:16
I chose both some of my favorites and the most popular. Sorry, nothing from:
Gentle Giant(self-titled)
Interview
The Missing Piece
Giant for a Day
Civilian

Happy voting!
Prog on!



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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:41
From the list, "Just the Same". "Prologue" close behind.

Shout out to the rockin "For Nobody" on the overlooked "The Missing Piece".


Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 23 2023 at 11:55
I went with "Pantagruel's Nativity". "Nothing at All" off thew debut is another particular stand-out for me, as well as "Three Friends". Anyway, Gentle Giant has no shortage of great songs. While I did not vote other, the one that I tend to think of most is "The Moon Is Down" and I would have voted for it if it was a specific selection in the list. I love it.

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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: July 23 2023 at 12:02
i like a lot .. voted for Aspirations


Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 23 2023 at 12:08
My favourite band. I love all of them, but voted for 'Think Of Me With Kindness'. Smile


Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: July 23 2023 at 12:10
I don't have a favorite song, but if I had to pick it would be The Giant off their first album. And that is mainly because it's super overlooked.


Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: July 23 2023 at 12:13


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 24 2023 at 01:22
^ that above although in its absence I went for So Sincere


Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: July 24 2023 at 01:57
Super band, almost impossible to vote, they have such strong material, but I will go this time with Prologue, but other I love also a lot Think Of Me With Kindness - what a beautiful piece, heart breaking 


Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: July 24 2023 at 03:26
Too many great songs from them to me. So, I cannot vote on this poll.

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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: July 24 2023 at 05:45
Not an easy pick. I love Gentle Giant, so it'll take me a while to choose one over the other.


Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 24 2023 at 06:24
His Last Voyage, the missing piece off Free Hand in thuis selection. The twin peak in GG's catalog is Memories of Old Days.

The best one in this list is Raconteur, Troubadour.

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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: July 24 2023 at 11:43
That's a hard one since there are so many great ones. Picked The Advent of Panurge, but on another day it could be something else. I sometimes get complaints about my burping in the Tech Talk section.

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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: July 24 2023 at 13:27
"Funny Ways" for me.

The live version is better because the debut album was poorly produced.


Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: July 25 2023 at 00:14
Other: School Days


Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: July 25 2023 at 16:37
The only one of my 5 favorites that are on the list is Peel the Paint.

1. Knots
2. Play the Game
3. The Runaway
4. Peel the Paint
5. Cogs in Cogs


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Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: July 31 2023 at 03:55
Where the hell is "In A Glass House"? THAT is my favourite GG track...


Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 31 2023 at 12:53
I voted for Peel The Paint. Proclamation is up there too.


Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 31 2023 at 14:52
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I went with "Pantagruel's Nativity". "Nothing at All" off thew debut is another particular stand-out for me, as well as "Three Friends". Anyway, Gentle Giant has no shortage of great songs. While I did not vote other, the one that I tend to think of most is "The Moon Is Down" and I would have voted for it if it was a specific selection in the list. I love it.
Yes all of that. No band I can think of made each song a complete sonical universe quite like (early) Gentle Giant.


Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: August 08 2023 at 09:49
Think of me With Kindness

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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: August 12 2023 at 15:16


Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: August 12 2023 at 22:35
My all-time favorite band. It's hard to choose I song, but I voted for:
Other: School Days.


Posted By: Matti
Date Posted: August 13 2023 at 01:59
School Days is also my favourite, actually feels very strange it wasn't on the list.


Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: August 14 2023 at 15:43
Since Three Friends is my favorite album, a toss-up between the last two tracks (Mister Class and Quality, and the title track).



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