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Poll Question: Pick your favourite first song from the each artist's debut!
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    Posted: March 12 2013 at 06:16
I assume that the inclusion of  "21st Century Schizoid Man" would significantly affect the results of this poll because it is probably the best opener of all openers ever.
 
I've included here the most famous Classic Prog artists (Symphonic, Electronic, Prog Folk, Eclectic, Heavy, RIO/Avant, Canterbury, Psych/Space, Jazzrock/Fusion, Neo, Zeuhl) with their debut before 1990, but predominantly in the 70's.
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The Barbarian - ELP

And Shizoid Man wouldn't have changed my vote...not even in my top five.
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Other - National Health - s/t - Tenemos Road.
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From this list: Giant.
 
Other suggestions (about equally good):
Long Live man Dead - Gnidrolog
Reason for It All - Kayak
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The Barbarian (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
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Astronomy Domine! Apart from 21st Century Schizoid Man it's one of the most cardinal early Psychedelic Prog songs ever.
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Script from this list, and Schizoid wouldn't have changed that.

Of all time, I'd have to have a serious think on that.
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I'm going with Return To Forever from this list, such an incredible atmosphere and some top notch playing, I guess it's my favorite song by the band too.

ELP would be my second choise here followed by Giant.
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Going to have to go with Script, although Kings and Queens is a very close runner-up.  
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Originally posted by Gandalff Gandalff wrote:

Astronomy Domine! Apart from 21st Century Schizoid Man it's one of the most cardinal early Psychedelic Prog songs ever.

And it gets my vote. 
Few seconds and it's already a mindblower with that sort of Morse code, then Barrett sings things like "Oberon there on the run" or "Floating down the sound resounds around the icy waters underground"....Words which have a bit of sense and a so particular sound. A masterpiece for me.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

The Barbarian - ELP

And Shizoid Man wouldn't have changed my vote...not even in my top five.
 
Nor me -not even in my top 100.
 
I'm going for Kings and Queens. The first incarnation of Renaissance made some great music, both as Renaissance mk1 and Illusion.
 
 
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The Barbarian. Absolutely wonderful track, and interesting to see that Emerson took so much of Bartok's Allegro Barbaro for The Barbarian, more than from Janacek's Sinfonietta for Knife Edge. 
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Just to be different I've gone for the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Other - National Health - s/t - Tenemos Road.
Amazing tune !  
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"Lime and limpid green, a second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew.
Floating down, the sound surrounds
Around the icy waters underground."
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Hope for Happiness followed by Astronomy Domine from that list.

Some other favorites would be:

Tenemos Road
Father Cannot Yell 
Long Live man Dead
Kanaan 
Diana
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Afterwards, such a beautiful, beautiful song. Giant isn't far behind.
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Script by far from this list.
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I voted other. 
I've always considered Introduzione and Impressioni di Settembre as one song - hell it's the same chords and melody and there's nothing distinguishing them apart. 
Anyway that start to PFM's career is one of sheer and utter musical bliss. I love that song.
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