Favourite Song With a "Keyboards Intro"
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Topic: Favourite Song With a "Keyboards Intro"
Posted By: Rick Robson
Subject: Favourite Song With a "Keyboards Intro"
Date Posted: October 28 2014 at 21:30
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I'm opening this thread with a vote to Triumvirat - Broken Mirror, today it is my favourite among these, for its stunning melodies! , and the awesome piano intro is a plus. By the way I regarded only songs starting with standard keyboards (no synthesizer sounds). I would like pretty much to know people's preferences, and I'm guessing the option 'others' is surely going to be quite useful here. Go ahead please! -------------  "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
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Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: October 28 2014 at 21:34
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Man-Erg, of course. ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 28 2014 at 21:35
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Man-Erg is by far the best song. IM JUST A MAAAAAAAAAAN ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 28 2014 at 22:26
| so many great ones. Went with Curved Air, but Le Orme, Genesis, and Renaissance are no slouches |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: October 28 2014 at 22:55
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John Tout's piano excursion at the beginning of Running Hard defines his style and contribution to the band; even more, it does a lot to define the sound of the whole band. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: October 28 2014 at 23:49
| Usually I don't like voting on the "other" option, but in this case I must. "Awaken", from Yes, shouldn't have been forgotten, one of my favourite songs and one of my favourite piano intro's (specially the live version on Keys to Ascension). |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 01:05
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The Tramp ------------- |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 01:25
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5thofF, of course! ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 01:30
| I would vote for "firth of fith but I won't vote because I haven't heard all of them. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 02:55
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Other Kayak - Relics From A Distant Age |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 03:13
| Man-Erg |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 03:58
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This is a very hard one: Man-erg, Firth of 5th, Running Hard, Magic Train and Fool's Overture make a handful of excellent tracks. Three of these are my favourites by their respective bands. I cut the tie and vote for Grobschnitt, because their piano intro is my favourite of these five. ------------- 
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Posted By: danyboy
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 04:26
| Rick Wakeman - Guinevere |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 05:39
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Firth of Fifth for sure from me, and can Supertramp's Rudy count here too? just wondering. ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 06:58
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Genesis and Renaissance |
Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 07:21
| Firth of Fifth... |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 07:46
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Nice selection, but Firth Of Fifth is a milestone. +1 ------------- 
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 07:49
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Fool's Overture is one of my all time faves ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 07:54
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Just looking at the thread title and my first thought was "Firth of Fifth". But then I looked at the poll and remembered the Curved Air goodness! So one for "Metamorphosis" please!
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 08:23
Good call, but boy you forgot to vote.  ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
danyboy wrote:Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 08:30
One of my faves too, and according to the mood I woke up today, that Le Orme's 'canto' got stuck in my mind till I get to work, hah! ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 09:50
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"Trip to The Fair" by Renaissance ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 12:09
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Triuvmirat for me, Ric. My favorite song on Mediterranean Tales-deeply moving. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 12:27
| Missing from this list, in my opinion, is Boston's Foreplay/Long Time. Monumental among the rest. I know, I know - it's not prog, but could you imagine what a whole album built around Foreplay would have sounded like? I once heard a rumor that Boston copied the song from an Italian prog band. If true, I wish I knew who the band was. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 13:06
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Eddie Jobson's stunning work on Metamorphosis is a classic ! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 13:10
| Firth Of Fifth obviously, but Man-Erg is incredible too. The chords are much more complex on Firth Of Fifth though, even if it's less emotional. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 13:26
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Firth of Fifth followed closely by Fool's Overture. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 15:23
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ELP-Three Fates from the first album.....very long keys intro. But from the list Genesis. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 15:24
yep that is superb and also from he best Curved Air album imo |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 15:26
very ELPish so I go for Le Orme Kansas - The Spider is also an instrumental track in a similar vein although probably doesn't qualify for the thread as the keyboard is accompanied.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 15:43
2 micky points for you... I ADORE that intro and was the first thing I thought of when I saw the poll. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 15:53
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If we talk of classic prog songs, the intro to ELP's "Take a Pebble" deserves a mention. However, when I first saw the title of this thread, I immediately thought of Deep Purple's "Highway Star". Jon Lord's Hammond is simply killer on that song. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 15:56
well yeah...that was..umm.. ok  but Deep Purple's cover of River Deep Mountain High had their ultimate keyboard intro. By god that was awesome. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 15:57
Wow, I always thought it was some sort of mini harp or something, but it was Emerson strumming the piano strings. So it is indeed a keyboard intro! Well done Raff!  |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 17:47
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Firth of Fifth... -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 17:52
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ELP - Trilogi -------------  
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 18:22
Then I'm one more here that falled in this 'brilliant trap', set by the magic Keith! Damned! I eagerly wanted to include some track of my favourite band in this thread, besides TAP frankly I was not sure of including also the part 2 of The Endless Enigma - it seemed to me that some drums beat accompanied the very first notes of that such an elegant GRAND piano - silly of me for not ignoring just mere details, since those incredible 2 minutes close majestically one of the most (if not the most) fantastic prog rock compositions I ever listened to! ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 18:24
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 18:27
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you see why I love her so Rick. Hot ... sexy... can cook.. puts up with my sh*t.. and loves ELP hahah |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 18:34
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^You said it all Micky! You just reminded me of something really true - behind a great man there is always a wonder woman hahaha...  ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 18:40
ahhh. but the beauty of it is Rick .. it is completely flipped in our case. Behind every great woman is a wonder man comfortable to let his wife shine. Raff is the star, she is the one the bands know, she writes the well regarded reviews, I just stand back in the shadows and comfort her and encourage her when inspiration gets low or real life drains the creative energy. She has the talent, I just have ... well .. nothing. It is why in the larger community I am (proudly) known as Mr. Raff. I like that, it suits my non-online personna very well. I like to watch, to observe rather than actively participate. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 18:45
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Man Erg ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 18:50
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: October 29 2014 at 23:52
True But I voted Genesis because "I'm just a man". ------------- Want to play mafia? Visit http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com" rel="nofollow - here . |
Posted By: ebil0505
Date Posted: October 30 2014 at 00:09
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Any room on this bandwagon for me? ------------- "I like to think oysters transcend national barriers." - Roger Waters |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: October 31 2014 at 08:27
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Didn't even have to think about this - Firth of Fifth. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 31 2014 at 09:28
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^It was kind of ingenuous from my part not realizing that this was going to be such an obvious vote here, and elsewhere, but I wouldn't believe it was going to be by such a big difference. Anyways I'm right now kind of accepting that this is gonna be forever this way, but who cares anyway about this unimportant fact? ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: October 31 2014 at 13:37
Firth of Fifth has a keyboard intro?  I know it has, but with all the Genesis fanboys around it would have won the poll even without.. Second vote for the 5 bridges, anyway. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: November 02 2014 at 18:44
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Here is another 5 Bridges 'fanboy' Octopus! , and I guess that in a general way it's not hard to get full appreciation of their whole 5 Bridges album if one is inveterate fan of classical music. ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: November 02 2014 at 20:37
Change 'Firth of Fifth' to Metallica's 'The Unforgiven III'. That oughta draw some ire. ------------- Want to play mafia? Visit http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com" rel="nofollow - here . |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: November 03 2014 at 00:16
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The all too brief intro to Karn Evil 9. Others. The rest are pretty good as well. ';) |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 13:37
I nominate "Alaska". Atmospheric to the hilt. I voted others, just to have an excuse to mention: "The Prophet". One of Tony Kaye's finest hours. "Lazy"--Jon Lord certainly isn't, especially on the "Made In Japan" version. "For Your Love"--Brian Augur's immortal four chords. "Your Time Is Gonna Come"--but not until after JP Jones' workout.
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: November 10 2014 at 09:12
| Alaska gets my vote too, and thanks for beating me to the punch. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 10 2014 at 15:32
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Should really be some Eloy in this thread |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: November 10 2014 at 20:17
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^You have great taste in music kind sir. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: November 10 2014 at 20:56
haha yes! |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 11 2014 at 21:48
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John Evan's ominous piano intro to Locomotive Breath. Still gives me goosebumps 40+ years later. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: November 12 2014 at 14:25
| Firth of fifth hands down. Epic Gabriel era Genesis song. |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: November 12 2014 at 15:10
Absolutely right Metalmarsh89! I'm gonna do it right now Goddamned!  ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: November 12 2014 at 19:43
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Not prog but still very good: |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: November 12 2014 at 20:52
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Thought about it for a while, came up with the title suite from Museo Rosenbach's Zarathustra. Quiet, light, beautiful key intro before guitar and mellotron join it for an awesome overture. Then cue Zoroaster on his mountain.
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: November 15 2014 at 18:04
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So many PF fans in PA Forum and I can't figure out why no one mentioned Summer' 68, this is one of my favourites from them. The piano intro is quite short but the music is awesome indeed.
------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 16 2014 at 02:10
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Because it's piano, not keyboards ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 16 2014 at 02:35
Piano is not a keyboard Talking of PF my favourite keyboard intro is Sheep but of course there are those animal sounds to go with it.
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Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: November 16 2014 at 04:16
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If a piano is not a keyboard what is it? A giraffe? Precision please. Are we talking synth analogue /digital, organ acoustic / electric, electric piano? Obviously acoustic piano is out as this is - not....? a keyboard. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 16 2014 at 05:07
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Technically speaking, a piano is a strings instrument ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 16 2014 at 05:53
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a percussive string instrument, an evolved form of duclimer and harpiscord. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSwKLnG8VQ -------------
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Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: November 17 2014 at 06:24
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No contest! Hands down: 'Fifth of Firth'... |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: November 17 2014 at 06:26
Actually, technically speaking - Piano is a percussion instrument: The hammers hit the strings. This is what I was taught in an all-around percussion course in college. To be an all-around percussionist, you actually need to be somewhat proficient on the piano. (Thanks, Icarium, for that endorsement...) |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 17 2014 at 14:15
that buggers up your selection then
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: November 17 2014 at 14:32
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i would think that a piano is a keyboard whether the strings are played percussively or by the bites of tiny mice it still has the primary requesite things that makes it a keyboard (CLUE : they are black and white) ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 18 2014 at 00:00
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Even if both have keys, a piano and a pipe organ are two compleyely different instruments. It's true that if you learn how to press the keys on a piano you are advantaged in learning organ, but the techniques are not the same. Electronic keyboards are derived mainly from organ in principles, but they can produce the sound of a piano, as well as strings, brasses, percussions and flutes, helicopters, storms and so on. I don't remember the name of that instrument used in schools which has black and white keys but you have to blow in it. Concertina is more similar to a pipe organ than a piano. If piano is allowed, Can you Understand by Renaissance is one of the best intros that I know ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: November 18 2014 at 01:09
| I've always considered the piano a keyboard instrument, regardless of the way the sound is generated, because of.. well.. the keys, right? You don't pluck the strings or beat them with hand-held hammers. You press keys to play, so in my opinion that makes it a keyboard instrument. I mean... you've got the Hammond organ, which utilizes tonewheels to produce the sound, the Rhodes piano with its tines and all the electronic keyboards/samplers/romplers, not to mention the Mellotron. You know what they all have in common? The keyboards? So... naturally, they're keyboard instuments, right? I agree, the piano is technically a string/percussive instrument.... but that doesn't eliminate the fact that it's also keyboard based. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 18 2014 at 02:39
Keith Emerson plucks the strings, too. The main difference between a piano and an organ is that an organ note can last as long as you want. You can't do it with a piano. The weight of the keys is different, and even if an accordion has keys, too, the three are not the same thing. An excellent pianist is not necessarily an excellent organist and vice/versa. A piano solo and an organ solo are never the same thing. You can ask your synth to produce the sound of a piano, but this is another story. Playing accordion on C'est la Vie for Keith Emerson has been probably simpler than how it could have been for Greg Lake, but it's all. Accordion has a keyboard but is not a keyboard. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: November 18 2014 at 08:44
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Posted By: WrytXander
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 12:25
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Watcher of the Skies should have been on here. It has a better intro than Firth of Fifth imo. ------------- 20+ prog bands discovered and explored in 3 years, still going strong... |
Posted By: giselle
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 17:12
| Guinevere by Rick Wakeman |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: November 21 2014 at 08:53
| I'm all in with Hammer in the Sand. Beautiful. |
Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: November 23 2014 at 15:45
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The piano/keyboard intro that never fails to attract the old goosebumps is the title track of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Also love the simple piano intro (and the playing throughout the song) of the album closer on Coldplay's (gasp) last album, track called 0. |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: November 24 2014 at 19:57
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The Doorway - Spock's Beard ------------- Want to play mafia? Visit http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com" rel="nofollow - here . |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 14:42
I can't believe I forgot to mention National Health's "Tenemos Roads"  ... Possibly Dave Stewart's finest hour! |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 15:20
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------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 15:43
got to vote other... better example for an included poll group.  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 17:08
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Well, yes there are quite a few when it comes to Renaissance for example, like one such a lovely sweet song reserved for some special moments imo: ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 22:06
Genesis, Firth of Fifth.------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |