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wjohnd 
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 Posted: September 17 2011 at 11:15 |
ooh so much choice.. limiting to one per band
Prog Related & Prog Suppers Ready - Genesis Awaken - Yes This strange Engine - Marillion All of the above - Transatlantic The Great Nothing - Spock's Beard A Change of Season - Dream Theater 2112 - Rush Orgone Accumulator (space ritual version) - Hawkwind Dogs - Pink Floyd No Quarter (live TSRtS) - Led Zep
Worthy Contenders:- Neal Morse - the Door IQ - Province of the King Flower Kings - the Truth Will Set you Free Karmakanic - Send a Message from the Heart Frost* - Milliontown Porcupine Tree - Anaesthetise Riverside - Second life Syndrome
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NeoGnostic
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Posted: September 17 2011 at 11:47 |
Top Ten Epics...hmmm.
Well, maybe not in this order... 
Echoes - Pink Floyd
Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graff Generator
Night On Bald Mountain - Fire Ballet
Close To The Edge - YES
Lark's Tongues In Aspect (1) - King Crimson
A Tab In The Ocean - Nektar
Mister Ten Percent - Triumvirat
Supper's Ready - Genesis
Ashes are Burning - Renaissance
Lumpy Gravy - The Mothers Of Invention
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Posted: September 17 2011 at 11:52 |
 NeoGnostic wrote:
Top Ten Epics...hmmm.
Well, maybe not in this order...
Echoes - Pink Floyd
Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graff Generator
Night On Bald Mountain - Fire Ballet
Close To The Edge - YES
Lark's Tongues In Aspect (1) - King Crimson
A Tab In The Ocean - Nektar
Mister Ten Percent - Triumvirat
Supper's Ready - Genesis
Ashes are Burning - Renaissance
Lumpy Gravy - The Mothers Of Invention |
I probably would have put Lumpy Gravy in my list, but it's kind of an anti epic isn't it? 
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E-Dub
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Posted: September 17 2011 at 12:35 |
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"This Strange Engine" by Marillion
"Ocean Cloud" by Marillion
"Supper's Ready" by Genesis
"Six Degrees..." by Dream Theater
"Gates Of Delerium" by Yes
"The Great Nothing" by Spock's Beard
"The Whirlwind" and "Stranger In Your Soul" by Transatlantic
"Xanadu" and "The Camera Eye" by Rush
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SaltyJon
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Posted: September 17 2011 at 13:35 |
Epignosis wrote:
Assuming epic is 16+ minutes, in no particular order, something like this:
Magma - Theusz Hamtaahk
Frank Zappa - Dupree's Paradise (especially the version from You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2)
Can - Yoo Doo Right
Tangerine Dream - Birth of Liquid Plejades
Present - Promenade au Fond d'Un Canal
Soft Machine - Moon in June
Holger Czukay - Canaxis (or is it Boat-Woman-Song I like more?)
Franco Battiato - Sequenze e Frequenze
Art Zoyd - Musique Pour l'Odyssée
Sotos - Malstrom (yes, I'm aware it's broken up into 7 parts on the album, but it's all one piece when it gets right down to it).
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Originally I was going to stick solely to "songs" of an epic length, but then I realized I like so many more epic-length instrumentals, so I included some of those as well. Also, I stuck to one piece per group, otherwise I would have h ad more of some artists (specifically Can and Zappa, I'd say).
Edited by SaltyJon - September 17 2011 at 13:35
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lazland
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Posted: September 17 2011 at 13:36 |
The trouble is that these lists are subject to change, based upon taste at the time, but here goes:
1. Marillion - Neverland 2. Genesis - Suppers Ready 3. Yes - Gates of Delerium 4. Yes - Awaken 5. Pendragon - Green & Pleasant Land 6. IQ - Harvest of Souls 7. Introitus - Soulprint (for mother) 8. Marillion - This Strange Engine 9. Flower Kings - Stardust We Are 10. Mike Oldfield - Crises
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SaltyJon
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Posted: September 17 2011 at 13:39 |
lazland wrote:
The trouble is that these lists are subject to change, based upon taste at the time |
Definitely...I tried to include bands/epics on mine which have been past favorites but now aren't (for example, I'm no longer the 100% crazed Magma fan I once was, though I still quite enjoy their music). If I was absolutely forced to make an all-time top 10 list, some of these would make it, some would probably be cut...who knows, really?
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Posted: September 17 2011 at 13:56 |
OK, 15 minutes and up to be considered epics: 1. Supper's Ready - Genesis
2. Echoes - Pink Floyd
3. Köhntarkösz - Magma
4. Hamburger Concerto - Focus
5. Karn Evil 9 - ELP
6. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
7. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
8. The Gates of Delirium - Yes
9. El Infierno de los Buenos - Alejandro Matos
10. Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull Bubbling under (a selection, no ranking): What Love (Suite) - Collectors
KA II - Magma
Close to the Edge - Yes
Tarkus - ELP
Hemispheres - Rush
Anaesthetize - Porcupine Tree
So Many Roads - Neal Morse
9 ft Underground - Caravan
Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
Mr. 10% - Triumvirat
Edited by someone_else - September 17 2011 at 13:58
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kevin4peace
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Posted: September 18 2011 at 18:02 |
Very loosely from 1 to 10:
Thick As A Brick Close To The Edge Dogs Shine On You Crazy Diamond Tarkus Echoes Foreigner Suite (Ya, thats right) Karn Evil 9 Atom Heart Mother Billy The Mountain
My list is kind of bland, seeing as there are 4 Pink Floyd songs, but whatever.
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Nothing to say here. Nothing at all. Nothing is easy.
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sleeper
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Posted: September 19 2011 at 07:25 |
Kayo Dot- The Manifold Curiosity
Between the Buried and Me- White Walls
Genesis- Suppers Ready
In the Woods... Omnio
Transatlantic- All of the Above
White Willow- Searise
Soft Machine- Out- Bloody-Ragious
Dream Theater- A Change of Seasons
The Mars Volta- Cassandra Gemini
Wobbler- Imperial Winter White
No order to these.
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voliveira
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Posted: September 19 2011 at 16:16 |
It is always difficult to make a list of these, but I will make an effort (which does not represent exactly the reality):
1-Close to The Edge(Yes)/The Gates of Delirium(Yes)/Supper´s Ready(Genesis)(My Top 3 of all-time) 2-Dogs(Pink Floyd) 3-All the epics of Neal Morse 4-All the epics of Dream Theater 5-Chupacabras(Phideaux) 6-All of the above/Duel with the Devil(Transatlantic) 7-Starless(King Crimson) 8-The Divine Wings of Tragedy(Symphny X) 9-2112/Xanadu(Rush) 10-Awaken(Yes)
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"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be" Matthew 6:21
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Horizons
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Posted: September 19 2011 at 18:51 |
First time i've seen 20 songs fit in a Top 10 
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criticdrummer94
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Posted: September 20 2011 at 17:54 |
I can't put them in order but here they are
Xanadu-Rush
Heart of the Sunrise-Yes
Thick as a Brick Parts 1 and 2-Jethro Tull
Tubular Bells Parts 1 and 2-Mike Oldfield
Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part 1-King Crimson
Pigs (Three Different Ones)-Pink Floyd
Get 'Em Out by Friday-Genesis
Karn Evil 9 (all parts)-Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Lady Fantasy: Encounter/Smiles For You/Lady Fantasy-Camel
The Great Nothing-Spock's Beard
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goldenarmz97
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Posted: September 29 2011 at 03:32 |
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No mention of A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers?
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Atoms
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Posted: September 29 2011 at 06:34 |
1. Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd 2. A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - Van Der Graaf Generator 3. Supper's Ready - Genesis 4. A Passions Play - Jethro Tull 5. Lizard - King Crimson 6. Meurglys III - Van Der Graaf Generator 7. Moon In June - Soft Machine 8. Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh - Magma 9. Nine Feet Underground - Caravan 10. Yoo Doo Right - Can
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Jbird
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Posted: September 29 2011 at 16:45 |
Hmm, don't know if I can come up with 10 at the moment, but here goes, in no particular order......
Sapphire - Redemption
2112 - Rush
Hemispheres - Rush
Dante's Inferno - Iced Earth (at 13:00+ minutes, the shortest song on the list)
Anesthetize - Porcupine Tree
The Odyssey - Symphony X
The Divine Wings Of Tragedy - Symphony X
The Great Escape - Seventh Wonder
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colorofmoney91
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Posted: September 29 2011 at 18:34 |
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I have too many to list, but I'm sure my top 30 is mainly Klaus Schulze, Edgar Froese, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and Tangerine Dream.
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TheLionOfPrague
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Posted: September 29 2011 at 18:55 |
1-Echoes 2-Rime Of The Ancient Mariner 3-Supper's Ready 4-Thick As A Brick (Part 1) 5-Close To The Edge 6-Atom Heart Mother 7-Tarkus 8-Dogs 9-Nine Feet Underground 10-Lizard
I probably forgot one or two...
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40footwolf
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Posted: September 29 2011 at 23:18 |
My own personal barometer for a prog "epic" registers it at over 15 minutes, so with that in mind:
1. Supper's Ready-Genesis 2. Close to the Edge-Yes 3. Dogs-Pink Floyd 4. Karn Evil 9-Emerson, Lake and Palmer 5. Cassandra Gemini-The Mars Volta 6. In Held 'Twas I-Procol Harum 7. Song of Scheherazade-Renaissance 8. Milliontown-Frost* 9. The Sky Moves Sideways, Part 1-Porcupine Tree 10. Octavarium-Dream Theater
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Heaven's made a cesspool of us all.
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Jazzywoman
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Posted: September 30 2011 at 23:47 |
1. Xanadu - Rush (Unbelievable technique and ambience about this song, not to mention amazing lyrical content on top of flashing and brilliant instruments)
2. The Revealing Science of God - Yes (The album may be inconsistent, but its an amazing song)
3. Amboss - Ash Ra Tempel (Not in the sense of a normal epic, but psychedelic acid jamming could never be any better)
4. Assault and Battery/The Golden Void - Hawkwind (What a turely hypnotizing and other-wordly song by none other than the masters of the outer universe)
5. Bel Air - Can (An oriential jam that has true improv value and amazing rhythms and grooves)
6. Plague of the Light House Keeper - Van Der Graaf Generator (An extremely emotional and touching movement and piece of artwork by all means)
7.July Morning - Uriah Heep (Though not as percise as some of the above mentioned songs, its very well written and has incredibly well thought out structure)
8. The Apocolypse - Eloy (An inspirtational song that has an amazing groove to it)
9. Remember the Future (Both Parts) - Nektar (An amazing movement of emotion, technical ability and harmonies)
10. Echoes - Pink Floyd (Beautiful vocals accompanied by impedeing jams that never end)
In no particular order..:)
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