Best king crimson long epic track
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Topic: Best king crimson long epic track
Posted By: geneyesontle
Subject: Best king crimson long epic track
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 18:35
| All these songs are over 8 minutes long. |
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 18:44
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All parts of Larks' Tongue? Sure! ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: emkogceo
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 18:45
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"Fracture" for me, followed closely by "Lizard." ------------- www.emkog.com |
Posted By: jsrosalg
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 19:10
| I can't no vote, but anyway Fracture... |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 19:22
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Sheltering Sky.
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 21:47
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1.Starless 2.Larks' Tongues In Aspic 3.Islands 4.The Court Of The Crimson King 5.Fracture ------------- 
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Posted By: Camel_APPeal
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 22:51
| Hard for me to choose between Starless and Sheltering Sky, but Sheltering Sky never fails to put me in a nice mood, so it gets my vote |
Posted By: MattGuitat
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 23:07
| Starless is Crimson's peak. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: January 27 2012 at 23:43
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Starless followed by Epitaph and ITCOTCK!! ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 01:23
| Starless, absolutely their best track! |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 01:37
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Hard...could be
Epitaph
Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Starless
But i voted "Formentera Lady" because that what i would put on right now if i should choose. ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 03:00
| Have to go with the flow and vote Starless. John Wetton has done some great live versions of this as well. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 03:52
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1. Starless 2. In the Court of the Crimson King 3. Epitaph 4. Larks' Tongues in Aspic 5. Islands |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 03:59
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Starless, my favourite song in the world. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 06:25
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Starless ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 07:42
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Starless, Formentera Lady and Islands about equally. Voted for Formentera Lady. ------------- 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 08:37
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1 Larks 2 Starless 3 Epitath 4 Court ------------- 
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 08:47
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Epitaph, followed by In the Court.
Don't enjoy any of the rest. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 08:51
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Lizard. A true epic. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 08:57
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Shouldn't In The Wake Of Posieden been included? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 09:06
| It's because it's not over 8 minutes long. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 09:08
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^Oh so what? It is 2 seconds short. It is your poll tho..... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 09:41
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Starless just might be one of the finest creations to have emanated from the prevailing Zeitgeist that made 'Prog' possible in the first place. Fracture (ditto)
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 11:37
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Ugh, too difficult a choice. Consider that some bands are too consistent to have 'peaks'. King Crimson are fantastic for a long period of time.
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Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 12:14
Just one vote for Islands??  In my opinion it's one of the Greatest peaks that few musicians manages to reach. It's my favourite KC's composition (with Starless) As Starless will win I will not hesitate - ISLANDS ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 13:01
| Epitaph for me, really love that song, and Lake's vocals on it are among my favourite in prog. Starless is a very very close second, but I like it live much more... for me the main theme of the song was made to be played with violin, otherwise, it doesn't sound so good. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 28 2012 at 13:03
| As ever, "Larks' Tongues in Aspic". |
Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: January 29 2012 at 10:23
I can understand you.
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thehallway wrote:Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: February 01 2012 at 05:15
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Epitaph.
-------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: spknoevl
Date Posted: February 01 2012 at 08:20
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I went with Starless, but Fracture was a very close second. Really, these are all great tracks. ------------- http://martinwebb.bandcamp.com The notes are just an interesting way to get from one silence to the next - Mick Gooderick |
Posted By: MichelStrogoff
Date Posted: February 03 2012 at 18:58
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Such a difficult task. Well here I go: 1) Starless 2) The Court of the Crimson King 3) Lark Tongues In Aspic (All Parts) 4) Lizard 5) The Sheltering Sky 6) Fracture 7) Epitaph |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 03 2012 at 21:11
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From a structural standpoint, the greatest Crimso epic is "Court of the Crimson King". It bridges earlier works by such bands as the Moody Blues, Procol Harum and Beatles (without the psychedelic trappings) with later prog stalwarts such as Yes and ELP (and Greg Lake never reached the heights of that song with ELP). With its mellotron, orchestral movements, obscure lyrics, acoustic and electric guitars, bold percussion, grand flourishes and dreamy, mystical quality it is the prototype of all progressive epics. ------------- ...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: Bj-1
Date Posted: February 04 2012 at 15:58
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Fracture followed by Lark's. ------------- 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: MonsterMagnet
Date Posted: February 05 2012 at 03:59
| I vote Lizard. Without it, I could'nt choose! |
Posted By: YesBrittain94
Date Posted: March 27 2012 at 09:48
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If i could vote it would be fracture, that part around 8 mins in where it just explodes is just incredible |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: March 27 2012 at 17:16
Oh yeah!! |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: March 27 2012 at 17:20
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So many great choices! what a band!! I will go with lizard, so special... |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 27 2012 at 17:25
| I can't choose! We are talking apples and oranges and berries and vegetables and stuff. OK, fine: for a loud track, Fracture, and for a soft track, The Sheltering Sky. |
Posted By: progprogprog
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 04:03
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How could I leave Providence with no vote!
 ------------- Always thinking in extremes.That's my way to beat boredom. |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 06:01
I salute you, a lot of people doesn't like it for some reason. |
Posted By: spknoevl
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 08:05
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Starless is perhaps a microcosm of the band's entire career, up to that point, contained within one song.. The balance of a great vocal tune in the first half followed by the slow build up to the frenzied ending with it's wailing sax before finally culminating in a restatement of the opening guitar motif. It has both the symphonic mellotron sound of ITCOTCK and the metallic guitar of 70s band. ------------- http://martinwebb.bandcamp.com The notes are just an interesting way to get from one silence to the next - Mick Gooderick |
Posted By: FunkyHomoSapien
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 09:25
| Crimson King - what grandeur. |
Posted By: progprogprog
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 16:57
 ------------- Always thinking in extremes.That's my way to beat boredom. |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 18:23
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despite of my name.... Starless! ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: March 30 2012 at 00:50
Well, I do too. I'm pretty sure that lots of people out there actually like it.
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Posted By: iamathousandapples
Date Posted: March 30 2012 at 00:57
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Starless was their huge moment of glory before disbanding for about 7 years so Starless, no doubt. Islands would probably come second though. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/thamazingbender" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: March 30 2012 at 00:58
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Lizard was my vote. Dominated by brilliance. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: otto pankrock
Date Posted: March 30 2012 at 19:51
| Islands for today. This would make a great playlist. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: March 31 2012 at 10:43
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Starless is of course the obvious answer.... but I keep going back to Islands. And listing LTA (all parts) is quite unfair. ------------- 
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Posted By: progresssaurus
Date Posted: March 31 2012 at 11:28
| For me unequivocally Epitaph |
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: March 31 2012 at 11:38
I love Providence. There's so much tension in that song, you could cut it with a knife. I love the way it builds, and the dissonant melodies are just brilliant. With that said... Starless is probably my favorite Crimson song ever. But it's going to win, so my vote goes to my second favorite KC song: Moonchild, which is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. The interplay between the instruments in the improv part is phenomenal. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: March 31 2012 at 17:31
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Starless. -------------  
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 02:07
You definitely nailed it, the mood and tension is very high with sometimes only one note is playing, phenomenal stuff. Divided in two, one part builds the tension and the other breaks it madly, one of my most favourite tracks by the band. Like i said before i can't believe it's improvised! |
Posted By: Capt Fongsby
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 07:34
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Tough poll. What a band! So much great music. Having to pick only one, I'll go with Larks' Tongues in Aspic. Edit: But if the first three tracks on the Lizard album -- Cirkus, Indoor Games, Happy Family -- had been presented as a three part suite, thus reaching "epic" length, that would have been my choice. Hey ho! |
Posted By: filster8
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 22:53
| In the Court of the Crimson King still gets my top vote. Dark Elf explained it well, but aside from its influence on later prog-rock, the tune achieves a perfect balance of melodic appeal, strong vocals, well-crafted orchestration, powerful use of instruments, all working to create a deep, moody, and mysterious piece of music. Islands is wonderful as well. In the Wake of Poseidon is supposedly not on the list because it about a minute too short, but it also ranks among my favourites. Not that I don't appreciate their later, more hard rock periods, but these earlier pieces are quasi masterpieces in my view. |
Posted By: mohaveman
Date Posted: April 05 2012 at 16:40
| Epitaph |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: April 05 2012 at 19:03
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Gotta say Starless. Brilliant. |
Posted By: theadolescentprogger
Date Posted: April 07 2012 at 13:34
| They've never made a bad epic. But Starless is just so beautiful yet so genius. |