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el böthy 
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 Posted: May 11 2007 at 18:36 |
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In a gagada vida doesnt hold a canddly against Close to the edge... nothing really does
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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yface1
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Posted: May 11 2007 at 19:31 |
 Snow Dog wrote:
The Whistler wrote:
Plus, Gadda has the world's only good drum solo. What did Close do, aside from invent rap music? Think about it. |
I could name many good and great drum solos. |
YYZ from the Exit Stage Left album to name but one... Also, I know I'm going to be hated for saying this but, I prefer IAGDV. Just because I, umm, don't like CTTE that much... oh well, at least I'm being honest.
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My entertainment dollar is burning in my pocket!
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Zepology101
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Posted: May 11 2007 at 20:59 |
Why is there a thread on this?
Close to the Edge, of course.
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Bj-1
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Posted: May 11 2007 at 21:51 |
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CTTE.
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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The Whistler
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Posted: May 12 2007 at 01:18 |
Okay, before I read/reply/defend myself from any of the responses, let me say this:
YEAH!!!
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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The Whistler
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Posted: May 12 2007 at 01:22 |
proglil49 wrote:
Don't know the second, I can't vote. |
You don't know Gadda?
YOU'VE NEVER LIVED?!?
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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The Whistler
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Posted: May 12 2007 at 01:28 |
erik neuteboom wrote:
Funny comparison The Whistler because to me CTTE epitomizes the early Seventies symphonic prog in al its splendor (compelling shifting moods, bombastic eruptions with exciting vintage keyboards and great soli) while I A Gadda Da Vida was a perfect example of the late Sixties experiments with extended tracks featuring long soli on all instruments, at some moments mindblowing but at other moments close to boring. |
Hey! And I can totally switch those around in my head:
Gadda features a couple of themes (assuming you can count the funky drum solo and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen as additional themes), keyboard soloing and atmosphere, and various solos within and throughout.
Close is sometimes really exciting, sometimes kinda dull, with lotsa folks sayin', "Lookit me, I can play [instrument] real good!"
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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Atomic_Rooster
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Posted: May 12 2007 at 01:29 |
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In a Gadda has a sort of stoner charm, but it just can't compete... pretty funny really to compare the two (especially after listening to a smashing cover of it in The Resident's Third Reich N' Roll)
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I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers.
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Atavachron
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Posted: May 12 2007 at 01:30 |
The Whistler wrote:
erik neuteboom wrote:
Funny comparison The Whistler because to me CTTE epitomizes the early Seventies symphonic prog in al its splendor (compelling shifting moods, bombastic eruptions with exciting vintage keyboards and great soli) while I A Gadda Da Vida was a perfect example of the late Sixties experiments with extended tracks featuring long soli on all instruments, at some moments mindblowing but at other moments close to boring. |
Hey! And I can totally switch those around in my head:
Gadda features a couple of themes (assuming you can count the funky drum solo and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen as additional themes), keyboard soloing and atmosphere, and various solos within and throughout.
Close is sometimes really exciting, sometimes kinda dull, with lotsa folks sayin', "Lookit me, I can play [instrument] real good!" |
good point
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MattiR
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Posted: May 12 2007 at 08:06 |
Yes is Goliath and Iron Butterfly is David. But this time only Goliath is the winner 
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: May 12 2007 at 10:57 |
Originally posted by erik neuteboom
Funny comparison The Whistler because to me CTTE epitomizes the early Seventies symphonic prog in al its splendor (compelling shifting moods, bombastic eruptions with exciting vintage keyboards and great soli) while I A Gadda Da Vida was a perfect example of the late Sixties experiments with extended tracks featuring long soli on all instruments, at some moments mindblowing but at other moments close to boring. |
Originally posted by The Whistler
Hey! And I can totally switch those around in my head:
Gadda features a couple of themes (assuming you can count the funky drum solo and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen as additional themes), keyboard soloing and atmosphere, and various solos within and throughout.
Close is sometimes really exciting, sometimes kinda dull, with lotsa folks sayin', "Lookit me, I can play [instrument] real good!" | Funny reply The Whistler  , a matter of taste but for me your answer is a kind of 'tales of the unexpected' 
Edited by erik neuteboom - May 12 2007 at 10:59
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Dim
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Posted: May 12 2007 at 19:45 |
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This pole is pointless, umless you like getting kicked i the face... ctte
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The Whistler
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 03:51 |
erik neuteboom wrote:
Originally posted by erik neuteboom
Funny comparison The Whistler because to me CTTE epitomizes the early Seventies symphonic prog in al its splendor (compelling shifting moods, bombastic eruptions with exciting vintage keyboards and great soli) while I A Gadda Da Vida was a perfect example of the late Sixties experiments with extended tracks featuring long soli on all instruments, at some moments mindblowing but at other moments close to boring. |
Originally posted by The Whistler
Hey! And I can totally switch those around in my head:
Gadda features a couple of themes (assuming you can count the funky drum solo and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen as additional themes), keyboard soloing and atmosphere, and various solos within and throughout.
Close is sometimes really exciting, sometimes kinda dull, with lotsa folks sayin', "Lookit me, I can play [instrument] real good!" | Funny reply The Whistler , a matter of taste but for me your answer is a kind of 'tales of the unexpected'
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I believe you mean, Tales from the Topographical--WHAT THE CRAP IS THAT?!?
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Badabec
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Posted: May 13 2007 at 14:34 |
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I personally do not think that In A Gadda Da Vida is such a good song and anyway, I do not know any song that is better than Close To The Edge. There may exist some songs that are similiar good as this masterpiece, for example Time To Kill by Gentle Giant, Level Five by King Crimson, Karn Evil 9 by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Supper's Ready by Genesis and maybe Retropolis by The Flower Kings or Hinterland by Wobbler.
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The Whistler
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Posted: May 14 2007 at 02:40 |
Badabec wrote:
I personally do not think that In A Gadda Da Vida is such a good song and anyway, I do not know any song that is better than Close To The Edge. There may exist some songs that are similiar good as this masterpiece, for example Time To Kill by Gentle Giant, Level Five by King Crimson, Karn Evil 9 by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Supper's Ready by Genesis and maybe Retropolis by The Flower Kings or Hinterland by Wobbler. |
You go through all that and dont once mention Thick? ...Get out of my thread.
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cookieacquired
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Posted: May 14 2007 at 10:47 |
oh come on, we all know that one is a classic, while the other is at most, an earworm (gets stuck in your head)...
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Abstrakt
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Posted: May 14 2007 at 10:49 |
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Close To The Edge
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