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20+ Minute Epics from the 1970's
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Poll Question: Which is your favourite?
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7 [14.00%]
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7 [14.00%]
11 [22.00%]
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    Posted: July 07 2025 at 09:03
A selection of my personal 20+ minute epics from the 1970's here - two by each band. Which is your favourite?
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As long as Echoes is in a poll there's really not that much to think about:)

-of course there are others as well.
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I picked other; Mister Ten Percent by Triumvirat    
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Other - Supper's Ready
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A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers, of course! (Other 1970's epic)
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Originally posted by Mormegil Mormegil wrote:

Other - Supper's Ready


I suspected that would come up sooner rather than later - as I hinted these artists are personal favourites of mine from my prog collection, but Genesis have never quite managed to press all the right buttons for me.
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Close to the Edge is less than 20 minutes.

I'll choose other. Hatfield and the North "Mumps"
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Close to the Edge is less than 20 minutes.


Well it's close enough for me, if you pardon the pun.
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Yeah, I just wrote in the Echoes vs Tarkus poll how much Echoes means to me. Same thing here, most of these are very nice but they're not Echoes.
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Funny cuz the songs on the very list I find quite meh. Yeah, they're all classics but at this point in my prog rock journey, I've grown tired of "default" epics like those. Especially Close to the Edge and Tarkus. Whenever someone mentions these two, I'm like: "come on, give me something fresh to listen to. xD I need some deep cuts dammit".
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Anyway, the epics Mumps by H&tN and Mr. 10% by Triumvirat that were mentioned here are some of my personal favorites. 👍
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Yeah, I just wrote in the Echoes vs Tarkus poll how much Echoes means to me. Same thing here, most of these are very nice but they're not Echoes.


Hi,

Just saw, last night, Dream Theater doing Echoes ... it was nice, to see the band going back to doing some far out encores like they used to ... I bet that is a Portnoy thing!

While I love Echoes, Tarkus gets my vote. A Piano Concerto that too many folks here can not exactly hear ... as their ears are not desensitized from everything being way too electric ... turn on Rachel Flowers doing TARKUS on a piano ,and while Echoes is special .. Tarkus will be even more so.
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Karn Evil 9 - ELP
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

turn on Rachel Flowers doing TARKUS on a piano


I have seen this on YouTube. It's quite impressive.
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6 of the mentioned epics are superb, but my favourite is Supper's Ready.
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KE9 trumps everything for me...
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ELP – "Karn Evil 9"

OTHER: Tangerine Dream – "Monolight"
OTHER: Todd Rundgren's Utopia – "Utopia Theme"

Yes – "Close to the Edge"
ELP – "Tarkus"
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Hatfield And The North's Mumps.
Jazz Rock / Fusion · Canterbury · Psych / Space Rock · Krautrock · Prog Electronic · RIO / Avant-Prog · Post Rock
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