Top Forgotten Epics
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Topic: Top Forgotten Epics
Posted By: The Whistler
Subject: Top Forgotten Epics
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 03:55
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Here's a stupid topic! You sick of all dem nasty ole Top Epics topics where people talk about "Supper's Ready" and the like? Yeah, well, I heard "Supper's Ready," and it ain't that great! ...Okay, actually, it's pretty damn awesome, but that's beside the point.
In other words, I don't want "Karn Evil 9," I want...oh, I dunno. "Pirates" or something. What do you feel are the most underrated epics? Here's a couple to chew over.
"Maggie M'Gill" -The Doors (Morrison Hotel): Okay, I know, I know. It's not REALLY an epic, right? But it's so goddamn cool! It's far more musically mature than that...I dunno, "The End" thing, and people adore that. It's divided in two, and each half contains its own mystical feel.
"Rememberences" -Carmen (Dancing on a Cold Wind): Not the strongest of the strong, but some kinda interesting parts here; might be the most forgotten side long epic in the history of side-long epics.
"Rocks on the Road" -Jethro Tull (A Little Light Music): Really quite fascinating. An epic with NO KEYBOARDS, that actually manages to be more epic than the album version (that DID have keyboards! Take THAT keyboards!). Dig that coda man...awesome.
More later... ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 04:04
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Hard to come up with ten but...
Phish - "You Enjoy Myself". Only 12 or so minutes in the studio, but the live versions are all over 20 minutes long, and feature a vocal jam with all the band members at the end.
Phish - "Harry Hood". A 15 minute epic with lots of cool riffs and exciting tempo changes.
Phish really don't get enough credit on this site. ------------- 
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 04:18
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I think 3rd Impression off BSS has gotten a bum rap. If there is one track that encapsules all that ELP accomplished, then that's it.
Yes's That, That Is suffers from an absolutely stupid section about a drive-by shooting. Replace that with something good and you have an epic that is worthy.
If Genesis had had Hackett and any sort of drive to get back to what they had accomplished earlier in their career, Domino could have been pretty good.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 05:09
Colorblind James Experience - Considering a Move to Memphis 
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Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 12:15
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NINE FEET UNDERGROUND (Caravan)
Valentyne Suite (Colosseum)
Il Giardino del Mago (Banco)
August in the Urals (Deluge Grander
Nostos (Ubi Maior)
El Cortejo de un Dia Amarillo (BuBu) ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 12:26
Thats my favorite epic right now and has been since i bough the album 1 or 2 months ago so awsome, and i agree seems to be very underated. ------------- 
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jimmy_row wrote:Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 13:09
| King Crimson's Lizard? |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 13:15
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I think Nine Feet Underground gets plenty of credit on this site.
Midnight Mushrumps by Gryphon isn't mentioned often. It's an amazing song, too.
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 13:24
| Eloy - Land of no Body |
Posted By: Astrodomine
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 13:25
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Mister Ten Percent - Triumvirat
Illusions on A Double Dimple - Triumvirat
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 13:26
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Triumvirat is awesome! Havn't heard those two yet, though.
"Across The Waters" by Triumvirat is worth mentioning
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 13:32
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Pendragon - Queen of Hearts suite
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 14:20
Magellan - Magna Carta ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! http://www.last.fm/music/Exerior" rel="nofollow - EXERIOR Experimental tech/death/progmetal from Norway! |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 14:26
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MIA´s Cornostipicum!!! Circus´s Movin´on Edge of Sanity´s Crimson (for being the classic it is it´s not that mentioned...) Fredik Thordendal´s Special defect´s Sol niger within ...I will get back with some more ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 02:56
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Gustavo Montesano- Cuando La Duda Se Hacer Grande Alrededor Essentially a Crucis song, since Montesano's backing band consisted of the Crucis line-up. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 03:16
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The Pentangle - Jack Orion. ------------- |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 12:28
How come I´m not familiar with this? On which album is it, how long is the song? ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: November 24 2007 at 05:14
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queen the march of the black queen rpwl the gentle art of swimming pallas the last angel
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Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: November 24 2007 at 16:25
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I don't know if it fits here, but In The Wake Of Poseidon is a great song. I'd say it should be on the debut KC album. ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |
Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Date Posted: November 24 2007 at 16:47
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Marillion- Bitter Suite ------------- Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat? |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: November 24 2007 at 16:54
It's on Montesano's 1977 solo album, "Homenaje." It's about 9:12 long. I tried to get Ivan to include the album in the archives, but its yet to go up under the "Various Artists" rubric. Maybe I still need to give him more information. The album itself consists of two great prog songs, two awfully insipid ballads and three atmospheric pieces. The entire Crucis line-up plays on the prog tunes. Though not necessarily at par with their original albums, they're fine songs. Naturally, "Cuando la duda se hace grande alrededor" qualifies as a forgotten one. |
Posted By: Aldi
Date Posted: November 24 2007 at 17:14
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Renaissance - Song of Scheherazade Phoenix - Negru Voda |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 24 2007 at 17:16
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^ Good one, but was it really known, to be latter forgotten? And, welcome on the forums ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: November 24 2007 at 17:17
| TALK TALK - "Spirit of Eden" side A, which wasn't split into tracks in some editions as far as I know |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 05:55
I second that  . Great song indeed - listened to the album earlier this morning with a view to writing a review. Another great prog-folk epic that gets mentioned all too rarely is Fairport Convention's "A Sailor's Life", probably their proggiest track ever.Other personal favourites that deserve a mention: Tenemos Roads - National Health For Richard - Caravan L'Auberge du Sanglier - Caravan Out-bloody-rageous - Soft Machine Suite Sister Mary - Queensryche |
Posted By: Negru Voda
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 11:47
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Magma - Rïah Sahïltaahk Best 21 minutes of music. :D |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 12:12
BTW great review!! ------------- |
Posted By: electricsilence
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 17:13
| Invisible's "Encadenado al Anima", one of the best songs ever, by one of the best bands ever, that sadly seems to be quite unknown in this site. |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 25 2007 at 17:56
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Worth another mention: El Cortejo de un Día Amarillo (Bubu) Also, A Tab In The Ocean (Nektar) ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: November 29 2007 at 16:44
| Utopia - Singring and the Glass Guitar |
Posted By: Abrawang
Date Posted: November 30 2007 at 01:35
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Live at Carnegie version of Ashes Are Burning by Renaissance
Spirit of the Age - Hawkwind ------------- Casting doubt on all I have to say... |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 30 2007 at 08:10
How exactly to you expect me to remember epics I've forgotten? 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: December 02 2007 at 16:17
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NOFX´s The Decline, a 17 min punk song... and it kicks ass!!! I know, punk and epic dont go together... well, this guys made it work, and it works!!!
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: December 03 2007 at 05:40
I heartily endorse these selections! |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: December 03 2007 at 05:53
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Caravan - With an Ear to the Ground you can make it / Martinian / Only Cox / Reprise (9.56)
Caravan - Can't be long now / Francoise / For Richard / Warlock (14.18)
Caravan - Nothing at all / It's Coming Soon / Nothing at All (Reprise) (10.25)
Caravan - The Love in your Eye / To Catch me a brother / Subsultus / Debouchement / Tilbury Kecks (12.31)
Eloy - Land of no Body (17.14)
Eloy - The Light from Deep Darkness (14.37)
Triumvirat - Across the Waters (16.37)
Triumvirat - Illusions on a double dimple (22.59)
Triumvirat - Mister Ten Percent (21.22)
Triumvirat - The History of Mystery (11.49)
The Flower Kings - Big Puzzle (13.35)
The Flower Kings - World of Adventures (13.37)
And many more...
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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: December 03 2007 at 05:55
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Edgar Broughton Band - Evening Over Rooftops
Alex Harvey Band - Anthem
Al Stewart - Roads to Moscow
The Beatles - Its all too Much
Colosseum - Valentyne Suite
David Bowie - Cygnet Committee
Wishbone Ash - Persephone
Amazing Blondell - Fantasia Lindum
Uriah Heep - Wake up (set your sights)
Curved Air - Vivaldi
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Posted By: BigHairyMonster
Date Posted: December 07 2007 at 02:44
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A few of my picks: Echolyn - Mei Canarios - Ciudad Futura Anglagard - Hostsejd Banco - L'Evoluzione Wobbler - Hinterland Procol Harum / Transatlantic - In Held (Twas) In I Twelfth Night - We Are Sane Pink Floyd - The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Gracious! - Supernova Arachnoid - Le Chamadere Aphrodite's Child - All The Seats Were Occupied IQ - The Last Human Gateway Island - Empty Bottles Hands - Antarctica ------------- Big Hairy Monster's debut CD "View" coming soon! www.bighairymonster.com |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: December 07 2007 at 11:44
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Mars Volta - Tetragrammaton Van Der Graaf Generator - Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Pendragon - Guardian of my Soul Mars Volta - Cassandra Gemini Porcol Harem - In Held (Twas) In I Gino Vannelli - War Suite Pallas - Beat the Drum King Crimson - Starless |
Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Date Posted: December 07 2007 at 11:45
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Focus-Eruption Overshadowed unfairly by Hamburger Concerto. ------------- Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat? |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: December 07 2007 at 11:48
| Any GYBE! song. |
Posted By: Damjan
Date Posted: December 10 2007 at 19:13
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Kraan - Head Smak - Put Od Balona Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book ll: Hemispheres Voivod - Jack Luminous ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingofhebrews/?chartstyle=MDK">  |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: December 10 2007 at 19:15
I forget.... ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 00:39
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OH! OH! I got one..."The Soft Parade" by Thu Doorz. That's REAL innovative and sh*t, not to mention just a great song. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: indiscipline200
Date Posted: December 19 2007 at 02:10
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Here's a list of my 'guilty pleasures' that I haven't seen above.....may not be 'epic length' but ones that have 'burnt holes in the ipod drive'..... Supertramp -- Brother Where you Bound Pink Floyd - High Hopes -- I know....without Roger...... Peter Gabriel - Signal to Noise Jethro Tull - Baker St. Muse Steve Hacket - Shadow of the Hierophant Roger Waters - It's a Miracle/Amused to Death Oingo Boingo - Insanity Porcupine Tree - Radioactive Toy (especially the Como Divine version) and maybe a bit too recent...Galahad - I could be God I would have listed Triumvirat, Renaissance, IQ, and others....but thought it was not necessary to repeat........ |