if you could pick only 1 song
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Topic: if you could pick only 1 song
Posted By: Lydianlover
Subject: if you could pick only 1 song
Date Posted: April 02 2019 at 15:41
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1) If you could pick only 1 song for the rest of your life, which one would it be? 2) If you could pick only 1 band for the rest of your life, which one would it be?
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 02 2019 at 18:09
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1) Fiery Gun Hand 2) Cardiacs Seriously I have over 1600 albums on CD and I can't tally up the bands that compromises. One simply does not have to or even want to do that.  But let's think again about the logic of the question. I you could only pick one song for the rest of your life, wouldn't the band have to be the ones that made the song??? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: April 02 2019 at 21:36
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Beethoven's 9th. The Martin Barre Band.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 02 2019 at 23:15
logically it's the complete opposite as you would have access to all the bands songs ( I presume)
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Slartibartfast wrote:Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 02 2019 at 23:19
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Tarkus (live version from WBMFTTSTHE)- ELP Vangelis (as long as I can have access to everything he's been involved with inc Aphrodite's Child , J&V and Socrates)
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Posted By: 2dogs
Date Posted: April 02 2019 at 23:58
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2) Tangerine Dream. In part because they’ve been very varied over nearly 50 years and have somewhere over 150 albums - many of them quite good . 1) Ricochet. As it’s an album length piece with many different sounds. ------------- "There is nothing new except what has been forgotten" - Marie Antoinette |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 01:17
1) Franz Schubert - String Quartet n. 14 (Der Tod und das Mädchen) yeah
its quite lenghty and contains all that I love in music. Intensity,
brains, emotion, beauty light and dark etc... - in bundles 2) its got to be some jazz for sure. Seems I never need breaks or grow tired of: Mal Waldron... -but I don't trust myself and probably change my mind tomorrow to Can, Magma, Miles, Schostavovich... ------------- 
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 01:32
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1) Transatlantic - The Whirlwind, because it lasts 74 minutes so I won't be repeating a 3 minutes song. 2) I could say Rick Wakeman because has a lot of albums, but all the newage stuff is quite boring. I also need some real drums sometimes, so it can't be Tangerine Dream. A good ratio between number of releases and quality seems to be YES, even if the last album is very poor. I will miss Zeuhl, but I couldn't listen to Magma only for a lifetime... ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: 2dogs
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 07:25
Has Green Desert passed you by? And Electronic Meditation which would make a bit of a contrast with the synth albums .------------- "There is nothing new except what has been forgotten" - Marie Antoinette |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 07:26
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Hi, NONE! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 08:18
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Tough questions: 1) Either - Tchaikovsky, Symphony #6, or Shostakovich, Symphony #5 2) King Crimson ------------- He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me -- John Barrymore |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 08:50
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 08:51
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice Frank Zappa ------------- |
Posted By: fredyair
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 09:03
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Echoes Pink Floyd ------------- Long live Progresive music! |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 09:04
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The Subhuman (from Blue Öyster Cult - On Your Feet Or On Your Knees) Van der Graaf Generator ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 09:12
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Posted By: Braka
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 09:55
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Can you imagine how tired you'd get of that song, whatever it is? |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 09:56
Sure, Klaus Schulze is a drummer, but having to choose one band only for the rest of the Times a couple of albums in about 200 is not very much. YES have a bit of everything. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 12:04
I like the way you think! That's the plain truth. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 12:46
If you're stuck with one song for eternity then memorizing 30000 words seems more of a challenge than hearing a regular tune forever ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 16:52
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Echoes Can |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: April 03 2019 at 23:40
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You Suffer by Napalm Death, because it's only one second long and I can maximise the number of times I hear it. Pink Floyd, always ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 04 2019 at 00:15
and when I think about it 2) Can has got something for all moods and seasons -------------
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 04 2019 at 00:17
Plus Force Majeure and Cylone from the classis era From the later era Jerome played drums quite frequently to lets say a 'competent level'
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 04 2019 at 01:06
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1) Bruckner's 9th Symphony, conducted by Bruno Walter 2) Triumvirat (Fritz, Koellen, Bathelt era)
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Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: April 04 2019 at 01:48
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One track only? You would get sick of any track after a time. One band...probs The Tangent.... ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 04 2019 at 01:51
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^ Great choice for band-- such a varied, rich and complex catalog. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Crimsoncrow
Date Posted: April 04 2019 at 02:00
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The first thing I would think of in such a situation is to kill myself :) But since life is still something of value :) I would choose -1. Symphony No.9 in E minor - Antonin Dvorak 2. Gentle Giant ------------- https://danieleliseevproject.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - https://danieleliseevproject.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: April 04 2019 at 05:24
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1) Supper's Ready 2) Steve Hackett ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: April 05 2019 at 07:25
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1) The Revealing Science Of God 2) Neal Morse
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 05 2019 at 12:08
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Band....? Probably The Beatles.....after all these years they still have such a rich variety to their music. Song..? As said above after a while any song would get tiresome...probably...but maybe In The Court of the Crimson King or Variation on a theme by Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: VicRelayer
Date Posted: April 05 2019 at 12:48
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Band? Probably Black Sabbath. Song? Probably Tarkus.
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Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: April 05 2019 at 21:08
| Hiromi's Time Control, or Controlled by Time, cause why the hell not? It's all good, plus it's easy to get tired of vocals. |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: April 06 2019 at 00:58
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For fans of the avant garde. Just listening to the background noise of the desert island would be a top ten track. They also probably lie back at night after a heavy beer and curry session and groove over their stomach grumbles with the background beat of their heart... ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 06 2019 at 02:50
| For this moment, I pick White Willow’s Cryptomenysis. Just PERFECT in every way. |
Posted By: 2dogs
Date Posted: April 06 2019 at 21:56
This would be the best strategy. I sometimes sit in the garden and listen to music through headphones that let the sounds of planes, birds, traffic through making it a bit different every time. ------------- "There is nothing new except what has been forgotten" - Marie Antoinette |
Posted By: Frankh
Date Posted: April 07 2019 at 05:22
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The Gates Of Delirium King Crimson Tomorrow may be Larks Tongues In Aspic, Pt.I and Yes The next day Supper's Ready and Gentle Giant And next after that The Runaway, or His Last Voyage and Genesis. But, only through Abacab. And thus have I cheated. ------------- Perhaps finding the happy medium is harder than we know. |
Posted By: 2dogs
Date Posted: April 07 2019 at 06:13
^ You have admitted your guilt and I sentence you to listen to Abacab on  .------------- "There is nothing new except what has been forgotten" - Marie Antoinette |
Posted By: Frankh
Date Posted: April 07 2019 at 22:19
You know, you may be right Canis Plural. I may have gone too far. Can I plead back to Duke? I certainly have gone too far.  ------------- Perhaps finding the happy medium is harder than we know. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: April 08 2019 at 16:19
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Song : Kohntarkosz Band : Can ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: April 08 2019 at 18:08
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Option 1: 1) Man-erg 2) Springsteen Option 2: 1) 2) VdGG/Hammill ------------- "Happiness is real only when shared" |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: April 09 2019 at 07:49
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Comfortably Numb IQ
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 09 2019 at 11:14
Great track from my favorite White Willow record.....I honestly don't think they ever did a better lp after that first one....though I do like all of the later ones. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: indiscipline200
Date Posted: April 10 2019 at 13:22
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Song -- Starship Trooper Band -- IQ
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: April 11 2019 at 00:29
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Song = "Revealing Science of God" - every time I listen to it, I discover something new! Band = King Crimson, Happy 50th Birthday! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 13 2019 at 21:48
Agree !!
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Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: April 22 2019 at 15:34
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Tarkus (or Starless) Gentle Giant
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Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: April 22 2019 at 20:22
I absolutely agree with this and WOULD pick them myself. But, 62 albums(and most of it high quality).. Plus I'd probably get access to all the postumous stuff too like Trance Fusion, putting the album total at well over 70. That's too much music to pass up lol. The Beatles were awesome, just didn't make enough music. For song, even though I'm not a huge fan of them(like them just not a massive fan), I'm going to cheat a little and go with Thick as a Brick.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 22 2019 at 22:34
Hmmm NO ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: tailings
Date Posted: April 23 2019 at 12:47
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1) Nearly impossible. Surely any song chosen would eventually become tiresome. Could I possibly do that to something I love? Dozens and dozens of possibilities, so at random: Godflesh "Flowers". I'd squirrel it away on a high shelf, only to be listened too when I needed that kick of energy, drive and inspiration this song delivers. 2) Same risks as above, though not nearly as acute. Rush and Floyd are possibilities. Nurse With Wound a very likely choice. But I couldn't imagine passing over either Darren Tate or Autechre, and pushed into a corner it would have to be Autechre. May I never tire of "19 Headaches" or "Acroyear 2".......
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: April 23 2019 at 15:35
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Probably just kill myself. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: April 23 2019 at 17:02
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"The Killing Moon" by Echo & The Bunnymen The 2nd question is tougher for me. It could be Genesis, Opeth...but I'll go with Nick Drake |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: April 23 2019 at 17:21
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Song = Anesthetize Band = Rush -------------   
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Posted By: GrafHaarschnitt
Date Posted: April 25 2019 at 03:21
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Song: Kevin Ayers - Shouting In A Bucket Blues Band: Cardiacs No I would be dead inside... No Folk, No Symphony, No real Jazz, No all this great diversity, no industrial and funky dance tunes.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: April 25 2019 at 09:11
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Band - Rush Song - Stairway to Heaven ------------- 
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Posted By: UncleWally
Date Posted: April 26 2019 at 16:53
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SOYCD Umphrey's McGee
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Posted By: The Son of Gorp
Date Posted: April 27 2019 at 09:13
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If beholden to a single song, I would only play the track on
special occasions. Echolyn’s “Mei” would make a lovely birthday present. Kept to one artist, I’d plan on playing an album of theirs
each weekend. Genesis isn’t my favorite, but they’d do well to keep me company. ------------- When Da Zeuhl Wortz Mekanik, you just know. |
Posted By: Clepsydra
Date Posted: April 27 2019 at 16:53
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Close To The Edge Marillion
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Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: April 27 2019 at 17:29
Like these choices. I've been listening to "Marbles" and, although it doesn't have Fish it's actually really good. Obviously their first four albums are great. I like the choice of Marillion for band. And you could do a whole lot worse for a single song than Close to the Edge.
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Posted By: Magog2112
Date Posted: August 05 2023 at 09:01
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1. Marillion - Neverland 2. Marillion
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: August 05 2023 at 11:41
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Fanboy says... 1 song = Karn Evil 9 1 Band = ELP ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: August 05 2023 at 14:25
| This makes no sense. If you can only have one song then the follow up of only one band contradicts the only one song question. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: August 05 2023 at 14:30
| I will be sad :-) |
Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: August 05 2023 at 14:50
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Ah, so easy to pick. (See my avatar and signature also.) The band would be Symphony X. They are still active! And the "song" is... For the Love of Art and the Making is an album by Danish https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Progressive_metal" rel="nofollow - progressive metal band https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Beyond_Twilight" rel="nofollow - Beyond Twilight .
The album is one song split into 43 parts. According to Finn Zierler, there are another three hidden tracks that complete the album's concept. To date, said tracks have not been identified. Furthermore, the order of the track list on the album is not the actual one. Since the album is divided into 43 parts, the listener is able to arrange the parts in any order they regard as logical ------------- 
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Posted By: Harold B
Date Posted: August 05 2023 at 16:10
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CTTE Genesis
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 05 2023 at 16:31
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This will change on a daily basis, but as of today... Chick Corea (all his projects) or Rush
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Posted By: UnderGround
Date Posted: August 10 2023 at 13:25
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Song - Eleanor Rigby Band - The Beatles ------------- https://antonisadelfidis.bandcamp.com/album/zantea-chronicles-the-dream-dominator |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 10 2023 at 13:32
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One song - Shine On You Crazy Diamond One band: Marillion
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Posted By: bardberic
Date Posted: August 10 2023 at 22:25
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One song: idk, I guess "The Odyssey" by Symphony X One band: Orphaned Land. No question.
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Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: August 10 2023 at 22:47
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Song? Hm, that's hard, I'd get tired of anything, but maybe Amarok, it'd take a while to fully get bored of ALL of it Artist, maybe The Beatles since there are so many recordings and demos out there it'd take a while to get through all of it once ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: Lesanderd
Date Posted: August 13 2023 at 08:54
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1. The Ivory Gates of Dreams by Fates Warning 2.Rush
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Posted By: Error Code 864G
Date Posted: August 13 2023 at 21:40
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1. Close to the Edge 2. King Crimson ------------- A Human Being, Existing. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 14 2023 at 13:17
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ONE SONG: HEART OF THE SUNRISE ONE BAND:YES!!!!! ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: August 14 2023 at 15:42
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It depends on what purpose the song would serve. Picking one song for the rest of my life would be torture, and I would grow sick and tired of it pretty soon, but I take it this is not what the topic is about. One solution would be Schubert's "Erlkönig", as performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. If we speak prog, and it has to be a song (and not, f.e. a suite, an instrumental track etc.), I think I will go with "The Carpet Crawlers". If it can be any track (that is, not necessarily a song): perhaps Neu! - "Hallogallo".
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: August 14 2023 at 15:56
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1. Song: "Slow Dance" by Anthony Phillips 2. Band: YES!
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Posted By: Fercandio46
Date Posted: September 08 2023 at 00:58
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One Song : Moondance, of Van Morrison One Band : Genesis
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 10 2023 at 10:19
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Song: Van der Graaf Generator's "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers". It covers a range of moods and is, I think, awesome. Band: Swans. It just has most of what I want from music across its discography and enough differences/ variation between albums and phases to keep me interested (and some really long albums to boot). ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Various music I am very into: a youtube playlist with two tracks per act |
Posted By: CygnusX-1
Date Posted: September 11 2023 at 11:35
An instrumental track isn't a song? But anyway, for a song I'd have to go with Thick as a Brick Pt. 2 (Jethro Tull), Lizard (King Crimson), or Heart of the Sunrise (Yes). But its hard to choose, and if you asked me tomorrow I'd probably have a different answer. As far as a band goes, either ELP, Yes, King Crimson, or Rush. Clearly I can't commit to any one answer, but its a hard question.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 11 2023 at 13:18
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^ Commonly, or often more formally, a song refers to music that involves singing (vocals)., whereas commonly an instrumental refers to music without singing. I commonly use the word track to refer to much music of the song and instrumental kind., both of which I have seen some call songs. As the web dictionary put it: " a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=564443435&sxsrf=AB5stBg6JgfpjsY-ORwnPeYlYTBW4OOPtA:1694459494374&q=sung&si=ACFMAn_T3xqeJgfJp8osGFUeHxuakZlAz1TZqzap1FGOfDeiOvxtXZ0C0C0tDo3XrgRmI51YFfxIhh7NF-e4yALvunSh8qgp9w%3D%3D&expnd=1" rel="nofollow - sung ." Commonly I would not refer to suite either that involves singing as "a song" either, ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Various music I am very into: a youtube playlist with two tracks per act |
Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: September 11 2023 at 15:24
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Since it's one song, maybe Mike Oldfield's Amorock (which fills a CD, or two sides in old format). It's dozens of little songs put together. Band.... maybe Gentle Giant, because after decades of listening, I'm still finding stuff going on in the music.
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: September 11 2023 at 15:47
Oddly enough, I didn't choose this as my song even though it is my favourite song. I figured that I covered it with my choice of Van der Graaf Generator as the band, and therefore chose a non-VdGG song that is special to me instead. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Disconnect
Date Posted: September 11 2023 at 18:41
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1) If you could pick only 1 song for the rest of your life, which one would it be? Sleeping In Traffic - Beardfish 2) If you could pick only 1 band for the rest of your life, which one would it be? King Crimson
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 19 2023 at 18:09
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Surprised I never saw this thread. Wonder what I was doing in 2019 … Song: "Awaken" (by Yes) Band: Bill Evans (jazz pianist) … or Usted Ali Akbar Khan ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Dapper~Blueberries
Date Posted: September 21 2023 at 08:53
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1. Close To The Edge by Yes 2. King Crimson ------------- D~B |
Posted By: Pitches
Date Posted: September 30 2023 at 09:16
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1. Midnight Mushrumps by gryphon 2. Gentle Giant |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: September 30 2023 at 09:57
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Song: Something In The Air -Thunderclap Newman Band: Gentle Giant or Jethro Tull (I just cannot decide between the two!)  |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: September 30 2023 at 11:16
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Song - Ein Kleine Nachtmusik, Mozart Band - Rush ------------- We all live in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: September 30 2023 at 12:47
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"The Revealing Science of God" from TFTO - after all these years, I am still studying and learning from it! Yes ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Hector Enrique
Date Posted: September 30 2023 at 16:38
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1. Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull. I guess after listening to it 30 times in less than a week I'd start to hate it. I'd try to keep "And You And I" from Yessongs stashed away to have at least one alternative. 2. Queen - Rush - Pink Floyd. In music it's impossible to be monogamous.  ------------- Héctor Enrique |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 04:27
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1) Oh England, My Lionheart 2) Cardiacs |
Posted By: Valdez1
Date Posted: February 13 2024 at 20:32
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Song: Grand Hotel by Procol Harum . Only Because it has a little bit of everything and is relaxing and grand! Band: Stranglers All lineups. One of those bands that does it all. And a massive discography. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: February 15 2024 at 08:00
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Echoes - Pink Floyd ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: RockHound
Date Posted: February 16 2024 at 09:31
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1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict. Because I would force everybody I meet to listen to it and gauge their reaction. I'd find out who my friends really are. 2. I'll have to think about that for a very, very long time.
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: February 20 2024 at 07:25
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Song - "Supper's Ready" Band - Yes I know I'm boring and predictable... ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 20 2024 at 09:54
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The advantage of picking a band like Yes is that there is a fair chance they will continue and produce more albums in the future. The downside is that it could end up with Bill Sherwood running the show. I picked Vangelis back in 2019 when the thread was new. That will teach me
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: February 20 2024 at 10:12
Bruckner's 9th Symphony is definitely in my Top 5, but I would choose Eugen Jochum's 1966 recording with the Berlin Philharmonic.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 20 2024 at 10:48
This just might be the same for me although I'm tempted to put Gates of Delirium or maybe CTTE for the song also.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: February 21 2024 at 02:52
I think this one has cropped up before; I' ve certainly discussed it with presdoug. If I was to only pick one 'track' then although I think B9 is fantastic, I couldn't play it thru as many times as M9, which I'd opt for. If I'd had gone for B9, then I could choose any of Jochum, Klemperer, Karajan, Wand, Giulini, Bernstein or Haitink... but I might have settled for Abbado's final, monumental performance in 2014. My choice for 'one track' however will be M9. I could have gone for many of the same interpreters, but for me, this version with Karajan has always remained my favourite: 'one band'? I think that would have to be Tangerine Dream, given the extent of their discography and the fact that I never get tired of it, these days...  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: February 21 2024 at 06:31
Ah, Mahler's 9th...what a wonderful work. As far as interpretations go, I would want the Bruno Walter recording with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra.....
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Posted By: Criswell
Date Posted: February 21 2024 at 13:52
| Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232 with the Monteverdi Chior and the English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner...the 1985 version... |