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whydontyoueatcarrots 
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 19:47 |
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One of the defining characteristics of prog music seems to be lengthy tunes. What was the first song that introduced you to this concept?
For me, Tarkus by ELP. I heard it on the greatest hits comp, I was just dabbling with the idea of prog at that point. Checked out a few bands, but it was a pretty new concept to me. My dad would play a lot of ELP and Genesis when I was a kid, but I was pretty metal back then, ha. Didn't care for any of that hippy crap...
Tarkus was one of those songs that turned around my opinion of prog, the Battlefield section still gives me chills and the lyrics are fantastic:
Clear the battlefield and let me see
All the profit from our victory.
You talk of freedom, starving children fall.
Are you deaf when you hear the season's call?
Were you there to watch the earth be scorched?
Did you stand beside the spectral torch?
Know the leaves of sorrow turned their face,
Scattered on the ashes of disgrace.
Ev'ry blade is sharp; the arrows fly
Where the victims of your armies lie,
Where the blades of brass and arrows reign
Then there will be no sorrow,
Be no pain.
It's funny, I don't care for the rest of the album, but that song is phenomenal. What was your first EPIC prog song experience? Super long, has chapters, etc. I'd imagine this and Close to the Edge will be the popular choices.
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 19:58 |
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2112 by Rush was my first, and it still holds a special place for me because of that.
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 20:03 |
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 20:14 |
Depends on your definition of epic. Since I tend to think about 16+ minutes, I can confidently say "Close to the Edge."
And the first time I heard it was live. 
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 20:40 |
Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Yes' Close to the Edge
Jethro Tull's Thick As a Brick
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Les mains, les pieds balancés
Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers,
Un marin mort,
Il dormira
- Paul Éluard
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 20:45 |
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Pink Floyd Shine on you Crazy Diamond.
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whydontyoueatcarrots
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 21:48 |
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 22:10 |
My first epic(16+)- Shine on You Crazy Diamonds
My first epic-epic(20+)- Octavarium
My first epic-epic-epic(30+)- The Truth Will Set You Free
My first epic-epic-epic-epic(40+)- Crimson I and II
My first epic-epic-epic-epic-epic(50+)- Mei
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 22:13 |
My first true epics I discovered through Genesis' Selling England By The Pound. If we're talking about 20+ minute epics, it would be Supper's Ready. Because of that ALL of the Peter Gabriel-era Genesis albums hold a very special place inside of me.  -Jeff
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 22:15 |
How sweet... let me give you a hug. 
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 23:08 |
 J-Man wrote:
My first true epics I discovered through Genesis' Selling England By The Pound. If we're talking about 20+ minute epics, it would be Supper's Ready.
Because of that ALL of the Peter Gabriel-era Genesis albums hold a very special place inside of me.
-Jeff
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You ate the albums? Doesn't that make it hard to listen to them? Let's see...first epic over 10 minutes was probably...Heart of the Sunrise. I got the 35th Anniversary 3-disc collection thingy as my introduction to Yes and the first disc got TONS of play. Since Heart of the Sunrise is the first song listed on it as being over 10 minutes, it gets my answer. 
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 23:12 |
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20+ Probably Close To The Edge, Gates Of Delirium or Supper's Ready. Although I can't remember the exact time I first heard parts of one of those, I remember listening to Relayer from start to finish in the car with my dad on a holiday.
If we're talking 10+, I can really clearly remember listening to The Battle Of Epping forest with my dad when I was 5 or 6.
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 23:13 |
July Morning by Uriah Heep.
Didn't even knew Prog existed.
Then Close to the Edge.
My favourite: Supper's Ready
Iván
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - January 09 2010 at 23:14
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Posted: January 09 2010 at 23:16 |
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"Echoes" by Pink Floyd. I wish it could say something else (although I still love that song,) but it was before I truly got into Prog.
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Posted: January 10 2010 at 05:14 |
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Tubular Bells
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Bigger on the inside.
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Posted: January 10 2010 at 05:22 |
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Shine On
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Posted: January 10 2010 at 05:23 |
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden was the song that introduced me to 10+ minute songs, but I think the first real epic was A Change of Seasons. Still my favourite DT track and one of my favourite songs of all time.
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Posted: January 10 2010 at 11:30 |
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My first epic track was Supper's Ready, it's still my favorite.
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Posted: January 10 2010 at 11:37 |
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Yes - The Gates of Delirium (I was listening to Relayer in its entirety for the first time)
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Posted: January 10 2010 at 11:38 |
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My first 20-minute-plus epic was Echoes by Pink Floyd.
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What was your first epic prog song?
That would be an amazing introduction to the world of the epic! I was thinking of epic in the way you are, AT LEAST over 10 minutes.
