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beebs 
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Joined: November 04 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 136 |
 Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:59 |
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Top 15 Gentle Giant songs? Wow, that's a really tall order. I might have an easier time with ELP, Yes, or Genesis, believe it or not. But what the hell. Here goes! NOT in particular order other than "coming to mind": 1. "In A Glass House" 2. "Schooldays" 3. "Proclamation"
4. "Think of Me With Kindness"
5. "The House, The Street, The Room"
6. "His Last Voyage"
7. "Experience"
8. "Aspirations"
9. "Black Cat"
10. "Playing the Game"
11. "Just the Same"
12. "A Song For Everyone"
13. "The Face"
14. "Isn't It Quiet and Cold"
15. "Funny Ways"
acccch!!! So hard to stop at 15, but that's what was asked for!!! So ya got it.....
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"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of one's own mind" * Ralph Waldo Emerson
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dwill123
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Posted: October 26 2007 at 18:26 |
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Playing the Game
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Anderson III
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Joined: October 25 2007 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 708 |
Posted: October 27 2007 at 07:26 |
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The most gigantic of the Giant songs in no particular order:
The Advent Of Panurge Cogs In Cogs On Reflection Pantragruel's Nativity Think Of Me With Kindness Aspirations Schooldays Funny Ways Peel The Paint But my 1# is clear: So Sincere! |
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"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo
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jimmy_row
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Joined: July 11 2007 Location: Hibernation Status: Offline Points: 2601 |
Posted: October 27 2007 at 11:39 |
From the amazon samples, I'm really diggin' the debut album. Actually I think I have almost all of the songs from that one on my list...seems kinda strange. Does anyone else prefer the first album the rest rest of Giant's work?
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Signature Writers Guild on strike
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Philip
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Joined: June 13 2007 Location: Porto, Portugal Status: Offline Points: 413 |
Posted: October 30 2007 at 12:31 |
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Three, there's the list:
Proclamation
On Reflection - This one could be on "The Art of Fugue" by J.S.Bach
Knots
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glass house
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Posted: October 30 2007 at 13:03 |
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The most chosen one; On Reflection. Then Funny Ways, Pantagruel's Nativity, The Advent Of Panurge, Schooldays, Think of me with Kindness, In A Glass House, The Runaway and Just The Same.
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mrgd
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Joined: December 02 2005 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 822 |
Posted: October 31 2007 at 01:33 |
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Mine, not including those you have identified as being most favoured to date, are
Alucard Nothing at all Black Cat The Moon is Down Working all Day Mr. Class and Quality Boys in the Band River A Reunion Experience Playing the Game No Gods a Man Time to Kill His Last Voyage Empty City Not a bad collection after you take out the most favoured. |
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Looking still the same after all these years...
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ten years after
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Joined: September 07 2007 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1008 |
Posted: November 03 2007 at 01:18 |
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Over the years I've tried to get into Gentle Giant more than any other band that didn't immediately inspire. I have still failed to find a single song to put into my top 1000.
However, for some reason that I don't understand, I will keep trying.
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Utah Man
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Posted: November 19 2007 at 11:06 |
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That's easy... No... Wait a minute  |
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King Crimson776
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Joined: October 12 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2779 |
Posted: November 22 2007 at 01:31 |
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Peel the Paint
River The Advent of Panurge Mister Class and Quality Nothing At All Funny Ways Experience In a Glass House Free Hand Aspirations |
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Astrodomine
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Joined: March 06 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 182 |
Posted: December 03 2007 at 16:11 |
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Just discovered On Reflexion today (I don't like the Free Hand album that much) but I must say that this piece will remain one of my all time favourite!
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glass house
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Posted: December 03 2007 at 16:19 |
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Astrodomine ;
Free Hand is a fine album, but if you don't know any other album give these a try;
In A Glass House
Octopus
Three Friends
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R o V e R
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Posted: December 03 2007 at 16:28 |
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Moon is Down , is my favourite these days
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sircosick
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Posted: December 03 2007 at 17:45 |
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For now (I still don't even own half of their discography), my favourite is Pantagruel's Nativity.
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The best you can is good enough...
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Astrodomine
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Joined: March 06 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 182 |
Posted: December 03 2007 at 22:26 |
Yeah, I own every album from Gentle Giant to Free Hand, and I must say that the three you listed are my favourites  . Especially Three Friends! This is one of my all time favourite album. |
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Blacksword
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Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
Posted: December 07 2007 at 11:03 |
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Raconteur Troubadour
Playing the game River The Runaway Cry for everyone Aspirations Proclamation There are still many GG albums I've yet to explore.. |
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Gentlegiantprog
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Joined: January 31 2008 Location: Stafford Status: Offline Points: 238 |
Posted: January 31 2008 at 22:24 |
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Why Not?
Wreck Mr. Class & Quality Advent of Panurge Knots In The Glass House Proclamation Free Hand Empty City Mountain Time (Live on GG at the GG) that was a tough call/ |
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Let the maps of war be drawn !
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Man With Hat
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Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166183 |
Posted: February 01 2008 at 15:56 |
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Well...
1. I Lost My Head
2. Peel The Paint
3. On Reflection
4. So Sincere
5. Nothing At All
6. The Boys In The Band
7. Just The Same
8. Proclamation
9. The Face
10. Wreck
11. Way Of Life
12. The Advent Of Panyrge
13. Working All Day
14. Interview
15. Edge Of Twilight
No Particular order.
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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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The Pessimist
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Joined: June 13 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3834 |
Posted: February 01 2008 at 16:33 |
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In A Glass House
On Reflection The Boys in the Band Free Hand Time to Kill Proclamation Cogs in Cogs Knots An Inmates Lullaby Schooldays Runaway in no particular the best of the list though? Free Hand, Boys in the Band and Glass House of course. |
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Philéas
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Posted: February 02 2008 at 10:36 |
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The Boys in the Band
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jimmy_row wrote:
but I still haven't explored their back catalogue - one of those things I "look forward" to (every progger has several bands like this - you know you love 'em but you put it off for another time) Having said that, they seem to come up a lot on internet radio stations I listen to: so I've copied a list from last.fm of Giant songs that impressed me enough to tag 'em.