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Originally posted by 33rpm 33rpm wrote:

Not all prog but...
 
"The Runaway" - Gentle Giant
"Tubular Bells" - Mike Oldfield
"Rudy" - Supertramp
"Frame by Frame" - King Crimson
"Brothers in Arms" - Dire Straits
"With a Little Help from My Friends" - Joe Cocker
"Seasons of Wither - Aerosmith
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The opening to "Home of Fadeless Splendour", by the Cardiacs, when I'm wearing headphones.  I swear, it makes me jump and look around every single time.
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Trilogy - ELP
Breathe (the yelling just before thoses awesome univibe chords give me chills) - Pink Floyd 
The Return of the Giant Hogweed - Genesis

And there must be alot more, but these are the ones I have in my mind right now :)
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Uncle Remus has a great piano intro...
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Originally posted by livinginthepast livinginthepast wrote:

Trilogy - ELP
 

I love the opening to Trilogy. Very different to ELP's usual openers which tend to be loud and bombastic. That almost imperceptable heart beat and the slow building piano is spot on brilliant and sets the theme for Endless Enigma perfectly.Approve
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by livinginthepast livinginthepast wrote:

Trilogy - ELP
 

I love the opening to Trilogy. Very different to ELP's usual openers which tend to be loud and bombastic. That almost imperceptable heart beat and the slow building piano is spot on brilliant and sets the theme for Endless Enigma perfectly.Approve

This too, but I was refering to the song not the album. But both are very cool :)
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Originally posted by livinginthepast livinginthepast wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by livinginthepast livinginthepast wrote:

Trilogy - ELP
 

I love the opening to Trilogy. Very different to ELP's usual openers which tend to be loud and bombastic. That almost imperceptable heart beat and the slow building piano is spot on brilliant and sets the theme for Endless Enigma perfectly.Approve

This too, but I was refering to the song not the album. But both are very cool :)
 
In fact all the songs have really good intros on this albumThumbs Up
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

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Originally posted by livinginthepast livinginthepast wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by livinginthepast livinginthepast wrote:

Trilogy - ELP
 

I love the opening to Trilogy. Very different to ELP's usual openers which tend to be loud and bombastic. That almost imperceptable heart beat and the slow building piano is spot on brilliant and sets the theme for Endless Enigma perfectly.Approve

This too, but I was refering to the song not the album. But both are very cool :)
 
In fact all the songs have really good intros on this albumThumbs Up
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Endless Enigma, all the way up to the first verse
And You and I
Watcher of the Skies
Time Table (Genesis)

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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

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Originally posted by livinginthepast livinginthepast wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by livinginthepast livinginthepast wrote:

Trilogy - ELP
 

I love the opening to Trilogy. Very different to ELP's usual openers which tend to be loud and bombastic. That almost imperceptable heart beat and the slow building piano is spot on brilliant and sets the theme for Endless Enigma perfectly.Approve

This too, but I was refering to the song not the album. But both are very cool :)
 
In fact all the songs have really good intros on this albumThumbs Up
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esepcially that oneBig smile
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

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Originally posted by livinginthepast livinginthepast wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by livinginthepast livinginthepast wrote:

Trilogy - ELP
 

I love the opening to Trilogy. Very different to ELP's usual openers which tend to be loud and bombastic. That almost imperceptable heart beat and the slow building piano is spot on brilliant and sets the theme for Endless Enigma perfectly.Approve

This too, but I was refering to the song not the album. But both are very cool :)
 
In fact all the songs have really good intros on this albumThumbs Up
What about From The Beginning? Clap
esepcially that oneBig smile

Right. They are all awesome, and From The Beginning is one of the best ;-)
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So many intros, so little time. Here's ten:
 
The bass line at the start of "One of These Days"
 
The acoustic intro to "Crazy On You" (not prog, I know, but still exquisite)
 
The acoustic intro to "Baker St. Muse" (complete with Ian Anderson swearing after take #1)
 
The acoustic intro to "My God" as well
 
What the heck, the piano intro to "Locomotive Breath" also
 
The acoustic intro to "Blood on the Rooftops"
 
The synth intro to "In the Light" (again, not prog, but oh well)
 
The Pipe organ blast at the beginning of "The Three Fates"
 
The phased bells at the start of "Bridge of Sighs"
 
The phased gong turned insane choir at the beginning of "Ogre Battle"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamonds
Dream Theater - Pull Me Under
Pink Floyd - Time
Rush - 2112
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It's got to be the intro to Watercolour Days by Clouds, as the forum review says, turn the volume right up before the piece starts to get the full effect of dazzling cacophony. A slice of the best Prog from an essentially proto-prog band. If you're a prog purist, turn it off after the intro, or you'll find a song of Beatleish quality and that wouldn't do, would it?
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Points: 1781 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 27 2011 at 03:32
I have 2.

1. Live album song: The intro to "No Lullaby" from Jethro Tull's Bursting Out...get a load of teh first 40 sec of this...............



It has always blown we away.
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Points: 1781 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 27 2011 at 03:36
The 2nd.....and I still get goosebumps.

The intro to Carmen's "Viva Mi Sevilla" from "Dancing on a Cold Wind.

The amazing thing is this and theabove both feature the incredible bass of the late John Glascock.

Please listen to this...................
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My favourite debut is:
 
Lunar Sea by Camel
The Colony of Slippermen by Genesis
 
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Renaissance - Trip To The Fair
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Ozric Tentacles - The Hidden Step

Those comes to mind in 5 seconds Smile
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The fountain of Salmacis, no competition. It's the biggest mellotron orgy the world of prog has seen.
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