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stonebeard 
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 Posted: November 30 2005 at 07:17 |
 Prog-jester wrote:
MARILLION'S ballad-like endings are all awesome |
Damn straight. 
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Heraclea
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Posted: November 30 2005 at 11:25 |
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Well, most of them has already been mentioned, but here are a few of my favourites, anyhow.
Genesis ~ Supper's Ready
Genesis ~ The Musical Box
Genesis ~ The Return of the Giant Hogweed
Genesis ~ The Fountain of Salmacis
Träd, Gräs och Stenar ~ Sanningens Silverflod (very good for being a fade-out)
Jethro Tull ~ Thick As A Brick
Emerson, Lake & Palmer ~ The Great Gates of Kiev
Someone said something about us thinking only symphonic prog bands could do good endings, so I'll bring you:
Ixthuluh ~ Rubber Rope To Repose After Storm
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magog
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Posted: November 30 2005 at 11:51 |
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Gentle Giant "As old as you're young": Shulman's voice slowly fades, a
moment of silence and ,from the nothing, a hit of drum...simple!
More epical: "Grendel" from Marillion
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lunaticviolist
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Posted: November 30 2005 at 13:00 |
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A Day in the Life - great orchestral chaotic climax, and a chord that lasts forever...
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My recent purchases:
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Bt-Tor
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Posted: November 30 2005 at 18:25 |
Yes - Gates of Delirium,
Rush - Cygnus X-1 (this ending is wild!) 2112, Xanadu,
Marillion - Incubus, The Invisible Man(powerful, especially live DVD), Man of a Thousand Faces, Easter
Also the end of Genesis' The Lamia. Hackett's solo at the end is brilliant; so desperate and melancholy. And then Gabriel's quick little fade outro on the flute.
There's just too many.... this is by no means exhaustive!
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Emiaj
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Posted: November 30 2005 at 19:35 |
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newbie on the forum but an old prog music lover...an amazing ending not just for a song but for an album it came to my mind as soon as I read what the poll was about..someone already have mentioned it:
Shadow Of The Hierophant from Hackett's first solo album
Rutherford (who co-wrote it) and Collins played on the whole record...don't wanna think how it would had sounded with Banks on keyboards, produced & arranged by Genesis...
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 20:58 |
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stonebeard
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 22:22 |
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Marillion "Easter"
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Biggles
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Posted: December 03 2005 at 12:08 |
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Oh, and has anyone mentioned Roundabout? That has an awesome ending, going from the vocal harmonies to the final bit of classical guitar.
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The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe.
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White Duck
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Posted: December 14 2005 at 07:55 |
The Musical box-Genesis
Nothing is easy-Jethro Tull
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A'swepe
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Posted: December 14 2005 at 08:45 |
Already been mentioned more than once...
The last minute & a half or so of Genesis' The Musical Box
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David - Never doubt in the dark that which you believe to be true in the light.
http://www.myspace.com/aardvarktxusa - Instrumental rock
http://www.soundclick.com/aardvarktxusa
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Machinemessiah
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Posted: February 10 2006 at 12:06 |
I mentioned before Siberian Kathru because of the great lines of Howe by the end of it. Now I realize there's another Yes song that ends with Howe making of his at the end, and that's Wonderous Stories, which is one of those songs that gets you hooked when you're new to prog but later starts to get eclipsed by the other songs in the album (at least that happened to me when I got Yes - Classic!).
Edited by Machinemessiah
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Atkingani
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Posted: February 10 2006 at 12:19 |
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The almost-end of Tull's "A Passion Play" after the 40' is fantastic... when Ian sings 'Hail, Son of Kings...' and then after the 42' he changes time singing 'Break the circle, stretch the line...' and again 'The passengers on the ferry-crossing...'. AMAZING!!!
Edited by Atkingani
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Guigo
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philhepple
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Posted: February 10 2006 at 12:35 |
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The song "Ice Age" from Ambrosia's Road Island album.
Not many song start with a Saber Toothed Tiger Growl and
end with a Glacier Crash! Just an awesome Metal/Prog song!
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daz2112
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Posted: February 10 2006 at 12:49 |
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Genesis - Supper's Ready
Yes - Close To The Edge
Yes - Starship Trooper
Caravan - Nine Feet Underground
Status Quo - 4500 Times
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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: February 10 2006 at 12:51 |
Despite I love Supper's Ready, I don't like the ending of this song, the fading is simply anti climatic.
A long epic, with such drama, a fight of good against evil can't simply fade, the ending goes in crescendo until the last word and then slowly vanishes, totally anti climatic.
It should have ended (IMO) right after Peter sings the word Jerusalem, in that way the song would finish exactly when they reached the climax, as they did in The Musical Box, where they only aded a short closing after the touch me section, but this short instrumental ending keeps growing, instead of the boring ending of Supper's Ready that fades.
Iván
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Ray Lomas
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Posted: February 10 2006 at 13:24 |
Like many others, I really love the ending of Musical Box. Many other Genesis songs have really great engings like Chamber Of 32 Doors and Ripples... Supper's Ready is very good too('to the new Jerusalem' -part, Ivan has a good point) Other great endings: Museo Rosenbach - Dell'eterno Ritorno (The ending is really amazing and gives me goosebums every time  ) Yes - Starship Trooper, Close To The Edge Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven Gentle Giant - Three Friends Spirit - Soldier (The last track on the Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardanicus -album)
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greeboullak
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Posted: February 10 2006 at 17:31 |
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Yes ;: To be over from relayer is my favorite ever:!
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May the force be with the Prog
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oracus
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Posted: February 10 2006 at 17:34 |
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Two songs in Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada of GY!BE
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progaeopteryx
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Posted: February 10 2006 at 19:46 |
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In addition to those mentioned previously...
Genesis -- Duke's Travels/Duke's End
Genesis -- Los Endos (from Seconds Out)
Pink Floyd -- Bike
ELO -- Kuiama
Spock's Beard -- Flow
Steve Hillage --Aftaglid
Solaris -- The Martian Chronicles
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