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Battle of Epping Forest or I Know What I like
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Poll Question: Which Genesis track do you prefer?
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23 [57.50%]
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4 [10.00%]
2 [5.00%]
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

My Yes poll from yesterday got me thinking about similar matchups and this one came to mind.


On both polls I have voted for the song that is losing by a lot.
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

"The Battle of Epping Forest" is the most fun Genesis song in existence.



No, that would be Supper's Ready. You can't get more fun than "Mum diddly washing" and "Dad diddly office." ;)
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IKWIL(IYW) >>> TBOEF

It’s very hard to pick a favourite Genesis album (from about 5 albums), but if it wasn’t for Epping Forest it would EASILY be SEBTP….
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Originally posted by Big Sky Big Sky wrote:

Originally posted by Steve Wyzard Steve Wyzard wrote:

In spite of its silly middle section, "Battle of Epping Forest" should not be thought of as a joke/goofball song. When Peter intones:

"There's no one left alive - must be a draw."

...we know this is about a lot more than everyday London gang fights, and this song receives my vote in this poll.

I do love "I Know What I Like", but it was obviously conceived as a Beatle pastiche/hit single attempt.


Love the lyrics to Epping Forest.


Agreed. Epping always came off to me as a very engaging piece of music, very wordy, but in a good way; the rest of the album is fairly lyrically sparse, so Epping seemed like a balance to all that. Always really loved that song.
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Not a mistery: I'm not a Genesis fan.
Anyway if I'm forced to listen to SEBTP I prefer Epping Forest
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Floydoid Floydoid wrote:

Neither - I never could get into Genesis - there goes my prog credentials.



Only if it's only the PG era you don't like.


Well I do recognise that Genesis (especially the Gabriel-Hackett era) are one of the greatest prog bands of all time, and well deserving of their place in the 'Big Six' but there's something overall about their sound (which I cannot put my finger on) that just doesn't quite click with me.
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Epping Forest.... fab lyrics!
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