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Epignosis
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Topic: Short and Speechless Posted: September 14 2008 at 13:18 |
All of these songs are under three minutes in length and feature no lyrics. So which one is the best?
Edited by Epignosis - September 14 2008 at 13:23
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The Pessimist
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Posted: September 14 2008 at 13:20 |
I'd go as far as sayin Hairless Heart is of Genesis's best songs. Utterly flawless and almost tearjerking.
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Posted: September 14 2008 at 14:00 |
^I second that. Probably the first time I've ever voted for Genesis over Camel at any poll.
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Posted: September 14 2008 at 14:14 |
I am fond of Hairless heart but I am going with Snow goose just for the grand scheme of the whole work. To me Lamb and Snow goose are great concepts. I just like Snow goose better with the full orchestra.
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Posted: September 14 2008 at 16:06 |
Hairless Heart. Had the Camel song been "The Snow Goose" I woulda gone for that.
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Posted: September 14 2008 at 16:27 |
listen wrote:
Hairless Heart. Had the Camel song been "The Snow Goose" I woulda gone for that.
| Unfortunately, "The Snow Goose" didn't qualify for this poll- it's twelve seconds too long.
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Posted: September 14 2008 at 16:32 |
Good choices. I went with The Spider by Kansas. Superb song.
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Posted: September 14 2008 at 17:26 |
kibble_alex wrote:
I'd go as far as sayin Hairless Heart is of Genesis's best songs. Utterly flawless and almost tearjerking. |
Absolutely! It remains a classic example of the incredible emotional impact that prog can provide , a few minutes of inspired and inspiring music that exudes all the feelings needed to be expressed WITHOUT WORDS .
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 14 2008 at 17:39 |
I too chose "The Spider." Kansas are masters of the short progressive rock format, able to fill each second with genuine prog goodness.
It makes us wonder what Steve Walsh would have accomplished if his heart was in prog.
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Posted: September 15 2008 at 07:51 |
This is a really good poll! I'll go with Camel, just ahead of Hairless Heart, which I agree is also exceptional.
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Posted: September 15 2008 at 08:53 |
I like all of these. I voted for Talybont as the best o'five.
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Posted: September 15 2008 at 09:26 |
kibble_alex wrote:
I'd go as far as sayin Hairless Heart is of Genesis's best songs. Utterly flawless and almost tearjerking. |
It is positioned perfectly on the album providing a beautiful contrast to the anarchy of Back in NYC and then it flows neatly into the opening bars of Counting Out Time.
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Posted: September 15 2008 at 11:42 |
Hairless Heart. A beautiful and calm instrumental piece. It sounds strange though being sandwiched between "Back in NYC" and "Counting Out Time" to me though.
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Posted: September 15 2008 at 12:16 |
Jozef wrote:
Hairless Heart. A beautiful and calm instrumental piece. It sounds strange though being sandwiched between "Back in NYC" and "Counting Out Time" to me though.
| I completely agree with you on the piece's placement. It's a haunting instrumental, but "Back in NYC" is angry and full of machismo, and "Counting Out Time" is a bit, shall we say, horny?
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Posted: September 15 2008 at 18:15 |
All are worthy, but a vote is a vote, so I'll go with Cinema, since it was an extremely rare case of Grammy voters getting it right!
BTW, if we're talking really short, here's two (ironically, with long names):
Five Percent For Nothing-Yes Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love-Mahavishnu Orchestra (even the band name is long)
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Posted: September 15 2008 at 18:25 |
I like Kemps Jig by Gryphon or Jan Akkerman , both are nice renditions of a classic
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Posted: September 15 2008 at 19:44 |
Bitterblogger wrote:
All are worthy, but a vote is a vote, so I'll go with Cinema, since it was an extremely rare case of Grammy voters getting it right!
BTW, if we're talking really short, here's two (ironically, with long names):
Five Percent For Nothing-Yes Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love-Mahavishnu Orchestra (even the band name is long)
| I was going to use "Five Percent For Nothing," but I didn't think it would have the slightest shot. The first time I played it, I sneezed, and missed it.
I guess that's not so bad.
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: September 15 2008 at 19:45 |
Epignosis wrote:
Bitterblogger wrote:
All are worthy, but a vote is a vote, so I'll go with Cinema, since it was an extremely rare case of Grammy voters getting it right!
BTW, if we're talking really short, here's two (ironically, with long names):
Five Percent For Nothing-Yes Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love-Mahavishnu Orchestra (even the band name is long)
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I was going to use "Five Percent For Nothing," but I didn't think it would have the slightest shot. The first time I played it, I sneezed, and missed it.
I guess that's not so bad.
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That's hilarious timing.
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Posted: September 15 2008 at 20:05 |
I went for Talybont because it's such an intelligent compact happy little package.
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