Which 23 (ish) minute song is your favourite?
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Topic: Which 23 (ish) minute song is your favourite?
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Subject: Which 23 (ish) minute song is your favourite?
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 16:48
| Which of these close to 23 (and in one case exactly 23) minute songs is your favourite? |
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 17:00
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If A Change of Seasons were substituted for Octavarium, DT would've gotten my vote. It's a tough call between The Water (Spock's Beard) and Supper's Ready (Genesis), but I'll go with the Genesis masterpiece in the end. That album was one of my first prog rock acquisitions.
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 17:02
 Wow, I never thought you would put any epic alongside Supper's Ready, unless maybe a Prog Metal one. |
J-Man wrote:Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 17:07
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VDGG !!! ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 17:29
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I voted for Genesis here.
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 17:54
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I went for 9 Feet Underground this time, but Lighthouse Keepers, Supper's Ready, Autobahn and Eruption could also have got my vote on a different day. ------------- '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 |
Posted By: The Monodrone
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 18:02
"Walking Across the Sitting-Room..."
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 18:26
| Ha nice poll title |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 19:31
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Lighthouse Keepers!! |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 19:36
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1. Supper's Ready
2. Autobahn
3. Lizard
4. Eruption ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Anirml
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 19:40
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1. Supper's Ready 2. Lizard 3. A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers ------------- 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 19:40
| I'll go for Nine Feet Underground this time, though most of the others are top-notch, and when I mean top-notch I really mean it. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 19:59
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Nine Feet Underground just over Plague and Lizard.
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Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 20:02
Without a doubt! ------------- Les mains, les pieds balancés Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 20:04
Not 23-ish enough.  Anyways, aCoS gets my vote as it is my favourite song of all time. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 20:37
| I see I'm the only one who went with Autobahn |
Posted By: TheOppenheimer
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 20:41
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I went with Supper because Octavarium's not there. Anyway, its a really tight battle.
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Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 21:00
Once again, no "Greggery Peccary"?  "Lizard" gets my vote.------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 21:11
Supper's Ready. I so badly wanted to vote for VdGG, but in the end, I just can't make myself  ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 21:36
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Lighthouse Keepers, with Lizard as a close second.
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Posted By: Evan
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 22:41
| My vote goes to VdGG. For the record, The Hour Candle isn't 23 minutes - a lot of the track is silence. |
Posted By: kawkaw123
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 22:52
| A Change of Seasons. though i love suppers ready. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 02:23
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Supper's Ready. Eruption and Nine Feet Underground come second and third. ------------- 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 02:26
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Great thread
Of course as soon as I saw one song i didnt bother to read the others
ahem
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: bsms810
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 17:44
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Suppers Ready!! ------------- 'when was the last time you had a girlfriend?' 'I dont look at it as when, I look at it as who...and why' - David Brent |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 17:51
| A Change of Seasons for sure... That song changed my view on metal. |
Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 17:54
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"Still waiting for my saviour "Plague" for me, but voting over "Supper's Ready" and "Lizard" isn't easy.
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Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 18:13
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"Supper's Ready" gets my vote, but "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" and Focus' underrated "Eruption" gave it a run for its money. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 03:31
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It's a really really close call between "Plague", "9ft", "Supper", and "Eruption". Just heard 9ft and Plague the other day, Supper's I remember already, so I'm giving Eruption a listen and I'll vote later.
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Posted By: Malve87
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 05:53
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1. Supper's Ready 2. Lizard 3. Lighthouse Keepers ------------- ] 
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 06:01
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And, my vote goes to Eruption!
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 07:29
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1. 9 ft underground
2. Supper's Ready
3. Eruption ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Progist
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 07:53
From that selection Supper's Ready folowed by Lighthouse Keepers 
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Posted By: KingCrimson250
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 11:36
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Supper's Ready, with Lizard in a reasonably close second. I think Plague would make an amazing 17 minute song. As it is there's a few minutes of mediocrity in there that drag it down and make it lose focus, and seriously diminish the overall effect of the song. |
Posted By: CyberDiablo
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 12:12
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Actually Echoes or Atom Heart Mother would be my decision but as long as they are not here, I'll choose Supper's Ready. ------------- Music is some kind of art. -- Anonymous |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 12:57
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And it's...hey babe......
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 16:18
Crimson by Edge of Sanity is my favorite epic ever (40 minutes of prog-death metal awesomeness!!). Supper's Ready is right after that. The Water is just fantastic, and I knew from the beginning that Supper's Ready would get more than its share of votes. Otherwise, Supper's Ready is miles and miles ahead of The Water IMO, and that's why I ended up voting for it. It's still worth giving the Beard some recognition! -------------
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 03:47
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A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------
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Posted By: kole
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 04:55
| Eruption by Focus. Followed by Lizard. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 06:40
OK we get the idea. Stop now.
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 06:58
| Supper's Ready. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 07:05
| Lizard. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 07:42
Count one more! ------------- |
Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 10:28
| One more for A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers |
Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 11:42
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Both Genesis and Van Der Graff.
Second KC -------------  |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 14:54
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Of these "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers", closely followed by "Lizard". Does a 22:28 song count? Then it would be "Wassilissa" by Mother Gong from their album "Fairy Tales". And why is Pink Floyd's "Echoes" at 23:27 not on the list? -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 20:21
HIGH FIVE! |
Posted By: otto pankrock
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 22:40
| Lizard then Plague |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 22:42
| Thought I tend to lean towards KC, I'm going to veer into VDGG land this time. "Lizard" could've used a bit of trimming, while the masochist in me loves the aural torture of " A Plague..." |
Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 23:01
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Caravan- "Nine Feet Underground" I even used it as a presentation for a jazz studies class that I took this past semester! ------------- 
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Posted By: idoownu
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 23:23
| Gah! No respect for Echoes - Pink Floyd! I mean, many floyd songs lose their initial push over time (not The Wall imo) but this one definatly does not, a mix of uber passionate artistry and ambient super indented music (I don't even know what that means so don't ask me) |
Posted By: The Wrinkler
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 23:29
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1) Supper's Ready 2) Plague of Lighthouse Keepers 3) Lizard 4) Nine Feet Underground I'm glad I enjoy Lizard now, it compliments the whole album ^_^ |
Posted By: TwoOneOneTwo
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 23:32
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Voted for 9 Feet Underground.
Woulda voted Echoes, but... ------------- Rush - Time Machine Tour - August 7th in Seattle! |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 11 2010 at 16:18
Echoes is 23:30, and I round up at the halfway point. Sorry, no exceptions. |
Posted By: ronbo11
Date Posted: June 15 2010 at 00:58
| Gimme Genesis or gimme death! |
Posted By: rodlop
Date Posted: June 15 2010 at 11:00
| Echoes - Pink Floyd |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: June 15 2010 at 11:09
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Dream Theater... ------------- |
Posted By: PopLies
Date Posted: June 15 2010 at 16:56
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Not on the list, but I choose Symphony X - The Odyssey I voted for VDGG though. |
Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: June 15 2010 at 18:57
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Tough call between "Supper's Ready" and "APOLK"....I chose the mighty Genesis epic.
1. "Supper's Ready"
2. "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers"
3. "A Change of Seasons"
4. "Lizard"
The rest, sadly, I have not heard  ------------- 
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Posted By: DASistGrantTeeL
Date Posted: June 15 2010 at 23:03
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thats hard!!!!!! vdgg or genesis!!!!! ------------- "This dream is all I’ve ever wanted, Cared for, I only hope things haven’t changed when I awake…" |
Posted By: The Wrinkler
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 01:13
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Every time I see Supper's Ready, that's where my vote goes too |
Posted By: idoownu
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 01:15
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Okay, out of these... Lizard, been a fan of jazz and jazz fusion for a while now. |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 07:00
It's listed on PA as being 23.27. Does 23.30 not count as being 23 (ish) minutes? ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: sydbarrett2010
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 03:37
| echoes pink floyd |
Posted By: 40footwolf
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 03:43
I was gonna be like "Where's Tarkus?!" but if I'm being honest, I wouldn't have voted for it anyway.  I'll join EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD and say Supper's Ready.
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 10:11
| if suites count, the two comprising side 1 and side 2 of Triumvirat's album Illusions On A Double Dimple, self titled and Mister Ten Percent |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 10:17
from those on the list, i picked Autobahn
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Posted By: Tursake
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 10:29
Exactly  ------------- 
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 17:13
Oh! I´m curious what will be next time. 24, 25, 26, 27... minute favourite song?
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Posted By: DreamInSong
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 17:40
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Storm - GSYBE!
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 17:50
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"Nine Feet Underground" for me, followed by "Lizard". "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" has a great first half, in my opinion, but loses the plot after that - and my inability to get into "Supper's Ready" is a well-known fact around here.
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 17:51
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Tough choice... I think I'll vote Plague. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 18:04
| I don't know many of the tracks on the poll. From the ones I know, Supper's Ready is far the best. And from the ones I don't know, surely anything could be better than Supper's Ready. So I will go with one of the best tracks of the best band all time. |
Posted By: Jörgemeister
Date Posted: August 11 2010 at 00:02
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The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are
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Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: August 11 2010 at 01:31
| Many goodies here, but Supper's Ready is out of competition. |
Posted By: NeoGnostic
Date Posted: August 11 2010 at 17:55
| Supper's Ready is a movie in the imagination...but, A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers (with Fripp on Guitar) is a conversation with your personal god. They tie!! Lizard is then second; if Jon Anderson had done the vocals throughout, it would be a three-way tie. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: August 11 2010 at 18:35
I'm curious: Which parts would that be, in your opinion? I would not cut out a single second. My vote goes to "Plague", closely followed by "Lizard". "Wassilissa" by Mother Gong is at 22:28 two seconds too short to count, else my vote would go there. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: mmmreesescups
Date Posted: August 11 2010 at 23:35
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I went with Lizard. ------------- 
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Posted By: lensag
Date Posted: August 12 2010 at 04:08
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no echoes?
no atom heart mother suite?
then supper´s ready is just fine! ------------- "when routine bites hard and ambitions are low, and resentment rides high but emotions won´t grow And we´re changing our ways, taking different roads.. Then love, love will tear us apart again.." |
Posted By: kole
Date Posted: August 12 2010 at 08:10
| Eruption, definitely. |
Posted By: RIREINC
Date Posted: August 12 2010 at 08:15
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No Echoes?! Well... then I guess Supper's Ready...
------------- Listen to Learn, Learn to Live and Live to Listen |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 12 2010 at 14:02
| Suppers Ready for me. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 14 2010 at 05:59
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PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS {EDIT to fix embed} -------------
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Posted By: Marcos87
Date Posted: September 02 2016 at 12:18
Eruption of Focus is my favourite, and Plague of Lighthouse, of course.  ------------- galeriaderaices.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: September 02 2016 at 12:39
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A Change of Seasons ------------- |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: September 02 2016 at 15:26
| Autobahn, although Eruption is pretty damn good too. |
Posted By: EddieRUKiddingVarese
Date Posted: September 02 2016 at 15:33
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Lumpy Gravy ------------- "Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes" and I need the knits, the double knits! |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: September 02 2016 at 15:53
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Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: September 02 2016 at 18:15
| Was very hard to me decide between Focus "Eruption" and Genesis "Supper's Ready" , both are masterpieces. But I give my vote to "Eruption" . |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: September 02 2016 at 21:07
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Lizard > Nine Feet Underground > Supper's Ready Eruption is pretty great, too. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 08:28
| I'm not a huge fan od Supper's Ready to be honest (at least at the moment ;p). The thing that puts me off is Peter doing the weird, bubblethroaty voices and the obnoxious organ during the "Apocalypse" section. Also, it's really difficult for me to pick a favorite 20+ min. suite, cause it changes all the time. Right now it's Memento z Banalnym Tryptykiem... before that it was Humanizzimo. |
Posted By: David64T
Date Posted: September 03 2016 at 08:54
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My vote goes to the Dutch masters and their instrumental suite, with the "volcanic" guitarwork of Mr Akkermann and "smouldering" organ work by Mr van Leer. I love some of the other 23 minute epics too but Focus II/Moving Waves is one of the early albums I heard in my musical explorations - it swept me away then and still does...years before I knew anything of Suppers Ready or Nine Feet Underground. The story may be different if "Echoes" was also listed - but for now those Dutch masters win through being closest to my musical heart... ------------- Seasons Of Change - weekly programme on community radio: https://seasonsofchangeradio.blogspot.com.au/" rel="nofollow - http://seasonsofchangeradio.blogspot.com.au/ |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 04:36
Ditto |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 05:32
  how the hell can one vote for only one of these great bands/songs...you now! Van Der Graaf Generator A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers Genesis Supper`s Ready King Crimson Lizard Spock`s Beard The Water right which one of the above well arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh! Its hmmm... A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 08:34
| Lizard or A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - can't decide |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 00:49
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"A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers", "Wassilissa" by Mother Gong (if only 22:28 can be forgiven; but it is such a great track) and "Lizard" -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: starless2112
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 20:11
| Nine Feet Underground... - Caravan |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 21:01
| I'm not generally a fan of the "side long" suite, but, of these, easily "Nine Feet Underground" |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 21:18
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1. Supper's Ready 2. Eruption 3. Lizard ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 11 2016 at 21:23
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2 or 3 nice ones up there but in the end Caravan's 9 Feet is the winner. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |