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Rocket_Bob 
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 Topic: "thick as a brick" Side 1 or Side 2 ?
Posted: June 12 2007 at 13:07 |
It is a mood thing for me get me on a good day I can get into side 2 np but when I`m not feeling up to it Side 2 it can seem to bug me a bit 
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Prometheus
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 13:51 |
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side two does have more variety, it seems, although the first side is more fun...honestly, though, the entire song(part 1 and 2) is at least 30 minutes longer than it needs to be.
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The beauty of everything is infinite and cruel."
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 14:02 |
I like both, but I think Side 1 is more cohesive and works better as a song.
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33rpm
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 15:21 |
I like them both!! 
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Vinyl just sounds better!!
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fuxi
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 15:36 |
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For me the condensed version, on BURSTING OUT!
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Ty1020
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 15:50 |
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I voted for Side One, but I love them both! I really like the finale of
Side Two, but the first side edges it out ever so slightly.
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Endless Wire
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 16:20 |
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Side two seems a little incohesive to me, almost as if they just slapped a few riffs together.
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sircosick
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 16:29 |
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Listen to any side first (not necessarily the first one) and it will get your vote. Both are equally terrific!!! I can't vote then....
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Guillermizzimo
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 16:46 |
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I find Side Two boring and, as many pointed out, not nearly as cohesive as the first. My vote goes to Side One then!
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You can serve the Flower King.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 16:48 |
 33rpm wrote:
I like them both!! |
Yeah!
Too hard to choose.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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proglil49
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 16:58 |
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The choice is not very easy. I think I prefer the second
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darksideof
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 17:09 |
True !!! where is the choice of selecting the whole album. This masterpiece has to be listen in his entirely. so my vote is for the whole album.
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Melomaniac
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 17:11 |
hmm, I believe this very poll and the very last answer have already been done and given...
You have entered the Twilight Zone...
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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Ryth
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 17:20 |
Probably the first side, but for one to listen to Thick As A Brick one must listen to both sides.
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Syzygy
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Posted: June 12 2007 at 17:31 |
Endless Wire wrote:
Side two seems a little incohesive to me, almost as if they just slapped a few riffs together. |
True, although for a bunch of hastily slapped together riffs it's still pretty f***ing amazing.
Side 1 is just about flawless though.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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bruin69
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Posted: June 13 2007 at 14:56 |
Never mind the choice of both, what about the choice of neither? I really don't like this album! Repetitive, cliched, boring...
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A dog is for lunch and not just for breakfast
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Eerichtho
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Posted: June 13 2007 at 15:40 |
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Side 1 for me as well.
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prognose
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Posted: June 13 2007 at 23:30 |
bruin69 wrote:
Never mind the choice of both, what about the choice of neither? I really don't like this album! Repetitive, cliched, boring... |
It's a much better piece than relayer. Constant musical changes, great song writing, great vocals, great musicianship, great sound. The first side is constantly changing and amazing, the second side has some awesome moments and revisits a couple of moments from side 1 briefly. 9.5/10 rating for this album and as close to perfect you will ever find. As for Relayer:
Gates-great first 5 minutes, next 10 minutes filler
Soundchaser-great first 5 minutes, annoying repetition afterwards
To be over-nice tune
Not the warmest recording I know of either
Edited by prognose - June 13 2007 at 23:32
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 13 2007 at 23:33 |
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Leningrad
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Posted: June 13 2007 at 23:46 |
prognose wrote:
Gates-great first 5 minutes, next 10 minutes filler |
I'm going to pretend you didn't say that. 
Thick as a Brick is an album experience, to be honest, although I suppose I'll spring for Side 1.
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