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Topic: Passages that make your hairs stand up
Posted By: frosty
Subject: Passages that make your hairs stand up
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 12:24
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Some tracks have lots of varying pieces, not all of which instantly spring to mind as memorable. However many songs have passages that make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. These might last for 10 seconds or even 10 minutes, sometimes even an entire song might do it for you, which are your favourites? To get you started how about (in no particular order)
That's only off the top of my head, if I think of any more I'll post them. Let's hear your suggestions |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 12:36
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the guitar 'solo' on the KC's Starless - first time I heard that was a proper hair-stand-er-up-on-neck-er! the climactic build in Awaken - "Workings of Man Set to ply out Historical Live " blimey prog music's littered with them: Into to "Sound Out the Galleon" on Olias by Jon Anderson intro to Eclipse on DSOTM the end of "Childlike faith in Childhood's End" on Still - "let us MAke Computations of the Stars" - Peter Hammil's finest lyric when the riff kicks in on The Mountain by PFM |
Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 12:39
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KC's Starless camel's airborne pfm's river of life -------------  
Reed's failed joke counter: ||||| R.I.P. You could have reached infinity.... |
Posted By: selling_echoes
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 12:48
 Three time's the charmer -- the guitar in Starless IS lovely. I'd have to say the four repeating solitary notes in Shine On You Crazy Diamond, after the first guitar solo, before the vocals begin. Jordrök --- by itself. All of it. Thank God for Anglagard. Um... the instrumental section in "Can Utility and The Coastliners" ....  |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 12:49
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This part of the song gives me chills ... WOW !
Great thread idea by the way !!! ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 12:52
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Most from Genesis to be sincere:
Iván |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 12:53
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I think there is a definite link with prog and these emotional moments - i recall an interview on Yes Years when Wakeman said they actively persued musical composition in which the maximum amount of emotion was garnered from the listener - much in the classical symphonic mould - by using key changes etc... i think he was referring to And You and I in particular
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Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 13:49
WOW Iván, ------------- Prog On ! |
ivan_2068 wrote:Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 13:55
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Maybe part of it was heightened sensitivity from lack of sleep, but I had forty minutes of that hair-raising during Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians" last night. What an amazing piece! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: Bellringer
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 14:03
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Has anyone stopped to wonder exactly why these passages affect us the way they do? I've got my own theory, of course, but I'm not telling ('cause I'd get laughed out of the discussion). My own moments include the harp portion of "Awaken" with Rick's keyboards played down the telephone line, "Soon," "Diamond" before the vocals start, "Heart of the Sunrise" live in '95 sitting so close that Chris sweated on us and Floyd in '94, when I practically crapped myself when I realised that they were starting off with "Astronomy Domine." Isn't it moments like these that we all listen to prog for? Few other types of music seem to convey them regularly, at least to me. ------------- Psalm 69:6 |
Posted By: Captain Fudge
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 14:19
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The Pixies' solo from Monkey gone to Heaven The first riff on Shine On... The beginning of Us And Them The background of Dazed And Confused ------------- 
Teenage sucks hard -- Emo sucks even harder Epic. Simply epic. |
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 14:20
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My top-of-the-head top 20
1. The 'new jerusalem' line on Supper's Ready 2. The arrival of the mellotrons on 'Cinema Show' 3. The piano insert on Kansas' 'Song for America' 4. The awesome synth, guitar, bas, piano, violin interplay on Kansas' 'Miracles out of Nowhere' 5. The whole intro to Rush's 'Camera Eye' 6. The first bass synth pulse that starts 'Tom Sawyer' by Rush 7. Alex Lifeson's mind-blowing solo on 'La Villa Strangiato' 8. Clare Torry's vocal on Great Gig in the Sky 9. The first spooky, ringing guitar notes from Gilmour on 'Shine On' 10. When Roger Waters sings 'Got to be crazy, gotta have a real need' on 'Dogs' 11. The monosynth coming in against trhe acoustic guitar on Yes 'And You & I' 12. Steve Howe's guitar on Wurm 13. The huge guitar chords after the choir intro on PFM's L'Isola de Niente (recent addition thanks to ProgArchives  )
14. The slightly off time keyboard stab that brings in the body of 'Turn It on Again' by Genesis. 15. Chris Squire's thunderous bass runs on the coda to It Could Happen from Drama 16. The harp/organ interlude on Yes' Awaken 17. Those first spectral, sonar-like piano notes on Pink Floyd's 'Echoes' 18. The keyboard solo on Genesis' 'Colony of Slippermen' 19. When the electric guitar fades in on 'natrual science' by Rush. 20. The moment the fuzz bass kicks in on Radiohead's 'Exit Music' (also a bit controversial) |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 14:24
ok... I'll move on...
------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 14:29
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"I feel lost in the city" from "Heart of the Sunrise" (Yes) the final refrain of "I get up, I get down" at the end of CTTE (Yes) the double-tracked solo in "Dogs", PF the double-tracked solo in "Fallen Angel" by KC intro and solo to "The Night Watch", KC harmonica solo on "The Rainbow"...ah, too many to list from Talk Talk and almost anytime Liz Fraser opens her mouth to sing. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: Captain Fudge
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 14:29
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Teenage sucks hard -- Emo sucks even harder Epic. Simply epic. |
Posted By: Abbath
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:00
Yes! Absolutely a great moment! - I'm a huge fan of the break in Tarkus near the end (16:39 - whenever). - Yes - To Be Over; when the great bit of emotional playing by Howe kick in around the 4:58 - A few Gentle Giant passages rock. In Experience when the piano comes crashing in and the vocals really shine through. I'll be sure to edit when I decide not to be lazy. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 15:09
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James Lee - kudos for the TALK TALK insertion - TOTALLY!!!!! this is the kind of thread I like to read on Prog Archives - |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 16:00
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The end of 'Entangled' from 'A trick of the tail' always gets me, not to mention.. 'In the cage' - Tony Banks' solo 'Xanadu' - Guitar solo 'Incubus' - Marillion, 'But now I'm the snake in the grass...' etc.. 'Ashes are Burning' - Rennaisance (The whole damn thing!) 'Lunar Sea' - Camel (Latimers guitar work generally) 'The Ninth Wave' - Kate Bush (The whole suite) 'Twilight..' into 'Nights in White Satin' - The Moody Blues (Days of Future Passed) 'Heaven or Las Vegas' - Cocteau Twins (especially that uplifting chorus!!)
------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: alan_pfeifer
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 16:23
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- the opening two songs on The Mars Volta's De-loused in the Comatorium. It just explodes form ambinece into a full- tilt rocker! -Maynard's scream in the song "The Grudge". Also, the double bass pattern Danny Carey pulls off at the beggining -The "Battle" section of Gates of Delerium from Relayer. And a whloe ton of Rush stuff. |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 18:58
Excellent choice, fully agree. |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 19:33
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The part around 4:10 of "Day Three: Pain" by Ayreon where the music starts to go away until eventually it's just the one female vocalist, and then suddenly the whole thing kicks back in with Devin Townsend screaming. The "Spiralling to the ground below, like autumn leaves left in the wake to fade" bit from "The Drapery Falls" by Opeth. Tim Bowness' vocals on the song "Together We're Stranger" by No-Man. David Gilmour's guitar intro to Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd. The ending to Tool's "Push*t". The "rain down" section from Radiohead's "Paranoid Android". All of "Jordok" by Anglagard. |
Posted By: The Silent Man
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 19:35
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The two bits where the drums go 4,8,16,32nd in The Grudge by Tool. Love that bit!!
------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity. |
Posted By: The Silent Man
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 19:37
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The first low B in Dream Theater's version of Deep Purple's Perfect Strangers
------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity. |
Posted By: The Silent Man
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 19:40
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The Chorus from Long Distance Run Around by Yes. Dunno why. I guess it's kinda sappy, but it makes me feel good!!! I still remember... the time when said goodbye, Did we really tell lies, Waiting in the sunshine, Did we really count toooooo oooonnee huundreeeed!! Brilliant! ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity. |
Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 20:07
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KC - Starless, Epitaph, ITCOTCK, I talk to the wind, moonchild (hmm, do i like their debut? Genesis - Cinema Show keyboard solo, beginning of dancing with the .... Yes - Gates of Delirium (especially Soon), a lot of tales of topographic oceans, close to the edge parts Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (when the whole orchestra plays), SUmmer 68 trumpet part Camel - nice guitar and flute on: nimrodel, lady fantasy, mystic queen, la princess perdue, song within a song, air born, another night, fox hill (i love that solo at ~5:40), raindances Godspeed You! Black Emperor - JUST ALL OF IT!!!!!! Rush - Temples of syrinx part of 2112 VDGG - Sleepwalkers Anglagard - Jordrok!! |
)Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 20:14
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The guitar solo in 'Yo Mama' when the keyboards join in, and it sounds so majestic that it takes your breath away. My favourite piece of music ever. Totally spine tingling. Worship at the feet of the master. The best five minutes of rock music, EVER. OK so i'm a fan. |
Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: January 22 2005 at 21:22
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"Well son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?" ------------- Sun Tsu said: To fight and conquer in your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. Sun Tsu: The art of War |
Posted By: starofsirius
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 01:11
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Whoa there are many that I could think of The solo guitar at the beginning of the very last section of "Lady Fantasy" the rhythm break and also the slide guitar solo in "Nimrodel" the synth solo in "Song within a Song" Andy Latimer's solo in "Rhayader Goes to Town" Steve Howe's solos in "Yours is no Disgrace" "Starship Trooper" and the slide guitar "victory" part of "Gates of Delerium" "The Preacher and The Teacher" section of "And You and I" Steve Hackett's solo in "Fly on a Windshield" the "Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man" and "Apocalypse in 9/8" and "As Sure as Eggs is Eggs" from "Supper's Ready" David Gilmour's solo in "Time" "Comfortably Numb" all of "Echoes" and all of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" just to name a few ------------- "I'm in a freefall like a snowflake falling down down down down down." |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 06:29
| The guitar/keyboard solo near the end of Dream Theater's "Learning To Live". |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 06:49
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The guitar melody in the second movement of DT's "A Change of Seasons",
and the very beginning of the last solo in "Learning to Live" (where it
sort of gets slower and slower). The synth melody a couple of minutes into the first track on the first Transatlantic album. Bits all over Soft Machine's "Third" album. |
Posted By: frosty
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 07:46
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Thought of a few more... Rush - Between The Wheels, Alex Lifeson' guitar solo towards the end. Twelfth Night - Sequences 'all right lads, over the top we go...' fabulous IQ - The Last Human Gateway, the end which sounds remarkably like 'Supper's Ready' heh-ho never mind it's still great.
When I started this thread I was hoping to get some ideas of music which I hadn't heard before. Thanks to all, you haven't let me down!!
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Posted By: The Silent Man
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 08:11
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The descending acoustic progression D-C-B-Am-G-Fm-E at the end of the intro to Roundabout by Yes
------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity. |
Posted By: JrKASperov
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 11:15
Everything by vdGG. -wait till Joren reads this- King Crimson's nailbiting improvisations on Exiles. BillBruford's alternating drumming on the whole Fragile album. Song of the Gulls on Islands. ------------- Epic. |
Posted By: Pety
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 15:15
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Yes- Soon
I get up, I get down Heart of the sunrise(the vocal part) Awaken (starts at 5:11 with that amazing chord progression as Jon starts singing "workings of man set to ply out historical life" goes on for about 2 minutes. Then it starts again after a short brerak at about 9:50 with Steve's guitar and continues until 13:30 with a climax "There's no doubt, no doubt!" definitely my favorite passage by Yes) Pink Floyd - Great gig in the sky(I love her voice!:) Dogs (btw. who sings the song? is it really Roger?) One of my turns-the start of the fast part Queen -March ogf the black queen (You've never seen nothing like it, no never in your life...) Genesis- the Musical box-the beginning King Crimson - Inner garden and many many more, prog is full of such passages, that's why we listen to it:) |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 15:22
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Lots of bits in Mostly Autumn's Shrinking Violet. As billions of people have said, the guitar in Shine on you Crazy Diamond. The bit leading up to the solo in King Crimson's Epitaph. |
Posted By: slipperman
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 16:27
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Van Der Graaf Generator - "Killer": King Crimson - "The Night Watch": 2:46 - 3:35. Not their best song, but this is one of the ultimate sublime Crimson moments. Genesis - "Firth Of Fifth": 5:46 to end --- PERFECTION, led by Hackett!!!!!! Rush - "Lessons" every time they launch into the chorus. Apologies to vinyl freaks for the exact time notations (I'm also a vinyl freak, but this is much more accurate...) ------------- ...it is real...it is Rael... |
Posted By: slipperman
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 16:38
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Heck, now you got us all started frosty!: the Mellotron entrance into Genesis - "Watcher Of The Skies" chorus of Strawbs' "Ghosts" (threefates said it first, but I totally agree) first time you hear the main riff in Rush's "The Temples Of Syrinx" while we're at it: that ultra-cosmic beginning in Rush's "Cygnus X-1" ALL of Manfred Mann's Earth Band's "Father Of Night" Heck, I quit now, too many to list! GREAT idea for a thread!!! ------------- ...it is real...it is Rael... |
Posted By: -MiRaGe-
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 16:48
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I can think of these - nimrodel (intro and last solo) -all of earthrise -intro to lady fantasy (I really like mirage) -intro to Time on DSOTM -Intro to shine on -Islands by KC -Is there anybody out there? on The Wall |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 16:49
 Excellent thread, but so much to list - here's a couple to start with (no doubt I'll return soon):
1 - the mellotron coda to Genesis's 'seven stones' 2 - from 'soon' to the end of the live version of Yes's 'gates of delerium' 3 - 'eclipse' by Pink Floyd 4 - Opeth's 'in my time of need' Back soon...... ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: FloydWright
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 16:56
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I'm trying to go with one per band here...some bands actually have more really cool moments than this. Going with 2 per band...
--Ayreon: The beginning of Day 20 when you first hear the synth pattern come in. --Ayreon: The moment where you hear the Kennedy quote in "One Small Step". --Pink Floyd: "Echoes" from Meddle, right after the screaming guitars, when Wright brings the string synth back in. --Pink Floyd: "Wearing the Inside Out" from The Division Bell, where the synth horn from "Shine On" first kicks in. --Opeth: "Epilogue" from My Arms, Your Hearse, especially when the twin solo starts. --Opeth: The bass "solos" in "White Cluster" from Still Life...chilling! --Radiohead: The wordless vocal outro from "How to Disappear Completely", from Kid A. --Radiohead: The last section of "Let Down" from OK Computer. --Symphony X: "Is this the final setting sun?" and the screams that follow, from the song "A Fool's Paradise" on V. --Symphony X: The chorus harmonies in "The Edge of Forever", from The Damnation Game. --Richard Wright: "Sweet July" from Broken China. --Richard Wright: The outro to "Waves" from Wet Dream once the percussion stops. |
Posted By: slipperman
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 17:38
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great thread, fun reading and even better listening! here are other top-notch moments: Gentle Giant - "I Lost My Head" once the heavy guitar kicks in, presaged by Minnear playing the theme on straight piano first. Voivod - "The Prow", all of it really, but especially 1:22 - 2:20, bridge and guitar solo, magnificent Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - "L'evoluzione" 4:26 - 7:32. 'Darwin' is incredible, and this is one of the greatest moments on this or any other Banco album. Museo Rosenbach - beginning moments at 2:14 - 2:53, which is the main theme of the album and repeats a lot during the whole listen. An amazing melody. Pink Floyd - Live At Pompeii version of 'Careful With That Axe Eugene' when Waters unleashes that bloodcurdling scream. The most hair-raising, spine-tingling moment of all???
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Posted By: frosty
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 17:52
Thanks slipperman for reminding me of Voivod Tribal Convictions from Dimension Hatross has a fantastic drum intro that explodes when Piggy's guitar hits you with those power chords, a must have for anyone who enjoys prog metal.
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Posted By: slipperman
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 19:13
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I tried to limit the Voivod selections, too numerous to mention!!! VOIVOD is TOP NOTCH STUFF. bonus Voivod hair-stander-upper: the bass break in the middle of "Missing Sequences"... ------------- ...it is real...it is Rael... |
Posted By: starofsirius
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 23:25
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Gilmour sings all of "Dogs" up until the "Gotta admit..." part which is where Roger takes over. ------------- "I'm in a freefall like a snowflake falling down down down down down." |
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 23:40
there are a few, i know some are repeats ------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: January 23 2005 at 23:51
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off the top of my head: 1. The first notes of the guitar solo in Echoes 2. Keith Emerson's solo in the beginning of Tarkus 3. The chorus to Misunderstood by Dream Theater 4. The keyboard section of Red. 5. The intro to 'Welcome to the Machine' 6. The main theme of Xanadu as it is first played 7. The clock intro to Time 8. The intro to Heart of the Sunrise 9. The 'I Get Up, I Get Down' with organ only section of Close to the Edge 10. The intro to Paradigm Shift by Liquid Tension Experiment. ------------- 
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Posted By: FloydWright
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 01:23
I'm afraid I don't get the attraction to Voivod...Nothingface hurts my ears. 
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Posted By: The Silent Man
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 04:06
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The crazy guitar sound in METAL FATIGUE by ALLAN HOLDSWORTH The descending guitar at the end of SHEEP by PINK FLOYD "All there really is, the two of us, And we both know why we've come along..." DIFFERENT STRINGS by RUSH ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity. |
Posted By: jonaev
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 06:55
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hmm, the beginning and main riff from Xanadu, beginning and the end of Supper's ready, solo from firth of fifth, Petrucci's solo 2.22-2.52 on the Glass Prison, the intro to Heart of the Sunrise, some parts on And You And I.... ------------- We shall live forever and cast out those less divine Gods we will be - rulers of the sea - in our Grand Design |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 08:08
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RE: Vocals on Dogs - I was always off the impression that Dave Gilmour sings the Verses and Roger sings the Outro - I think - "Who was born in a house" - (w/ Dave singing back up pharses) it certainly sounds like this on "California Stockyard" Bootleg - from Anaheim Stadium 77' - as to the LP I'm not sure - can anyone confirm this?
2 more hair stander-er-up-er's are: the mellotron on Heart of the Sunrise during the snakey, sinewy, bass break - it's Wakeman's most sinister tron' moment IMO and when the guitars come in on "Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man" - Yoooouuuu....can't yoy see he's fooled you all..... |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 08:26
Oh man, that's a good moment. For me: Hacket's solo from Dancing With The Moonlit Knight The Opening of Cinema Show The Final Cut from Floyd's The Final Cut The End section to 'Love Supreme' by The Flower Kings Martin Orford's solo in Widow's Peak from IQ's 'The Wake' Zappa's dubbed in solo on Yo' Mama from Sheik Yerbouti Buckley's scream in 'Grace' ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Pety
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 10:44
| I agree with starofsirius, I first noticed that it is sung by different men when I saw the live version of Dogs on Waters' "In the Flesh" DVD, where Gilmour's parts are done by Waters' keyboard/guitar player. Then I listened to the original CD and realized that "Gotta admit..." is a bit different from the first two verses. |
Posted By: Aerandir
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 11:28
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hey nice thread! pink floyd : the solo guitar in time , the whole on the turning away, the intro of echoes, and in the pigs (3 different ones) at the words "haha charade you are..." jethro tull : the intro of locomotive breath, in the passion play at the words "God of ages lord of time, mine is the right to be wrong" , in the thick as a brick from 13:00min till 20:00 pain of salvation : martiusII/nauticus , undertow , falling , the perfect element, pluvius aestivys (of summer rain) dream theater : the keyboard solo in take the time, the kbrd/guitar solo in learning to live, dance of eternity, the kbrd solo at the closing of beyond this life, the saxophone in another day, ytse jam (piano version) , the words from space dye vest "i'll have no more dreams to defend..", hell's kitchen shadow gallery : queen of the city of ice, I believe , christmas day fates warning : the intro of part XII of a pleasant shade of gray, still remains marillion : ocean cloud , neverland joe satrianni : mind storm steve vai : for the love of god and many more!
------------- That which doesn't kill you, postpones the inevitable |
Posted By: frosty
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 14:05
| A lot of shouts for KC's Starless, is this generally regarded as their best work? |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 14:09
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I often find there are two or three camps of KC fans - one's who think the first LP is their masterpiece and others who find RED [1974] their masterpiece - and other again who say their last LP is the best work they've done - it certainly was impressive the last LP. But Starless is the highlight of a brilliant LP RED and one of the most sinister pieces of music I've ever heard - excepting Univers Zero's Heresie maybe. The guitar solo's builds to an unbelievably powerful crescendo - just one note repeats up the neck at very sinister intervals indeed. It's undeniably one of KC's finest moments, Frosty.
Mandrake |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 15:19
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Ooh, thanks for the reminder -
How could I have forgotten the mellotron swell in the middle of 'Epitaph'? Goosebumps, every time -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: FloydWright
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 17:15
This is also a good choice of a Floyd moment...well, really a Roger Waters solo moment, but if you count TFC as a Waters solo, it's the best he's ever done. This song is excellent because the lyrics actually approach REAL honesty (not just blind anger), and the string arrangement by Michael Kamen is nothing short of phenomenal. Two new moments. --Dream Theater: From "Space Dye Vest" on Awake when you hear the words, "I want you to have your own thoughts, even when I hold you in my arms." I admit I don't really notice the words before this, but the second I hear this section I pay attention. It's almost like an old Pink Floyd moment, like something on Dark Side of the Moon when the music and the concept/sound clip aspects were both at their best. --Dream Theater: "The Spirit Carries On", from Scenes from a Memory. I feel weird naming this song considering I'm not sure I even like the overall album or even want to keep it. But there IS something about this particular song that is special...and no matter what I do with the entire album, I'll surely burn this song and keep it. |
Posted By: alan_pfeifer
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 18:22
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though of another few, all in the same song! Well, since I am a TMV freak, here we go -The opening moments of Take the veil, the breakdown right before the bass solo (My gosh, the sweet bass solo!) Then the following jam. - Yes- Close to the edge, the whole thing. -Pink Floyd- the intro to Time. -Rush- Natural Science, the whole thing. -Rush- La villa strangiato |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: January 24 2005 at 19:25
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I woulda said the entire song. |
Posted By: kniprekcor
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 11:37
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by Pink Floyd :
bass and guitars in "Hey You" the guitar solo in "Comfortably Numb" last line Gilmour sings on "Cirrus Minor" "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" in Ummagumma Live from the moment Waters starts screaming till the end the start of "The Narrow Way Part three" in Ummagumma studio the part where's screaming vocals in "Us And Them" Guitar Solo in "Dogs" "A Pillow of Winds" all of it! guitars on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" "Near The End" guitars solo! "It's a Miracle" ending "The Fletcher Memorial Home" the part where the drums and guitar kick in! "4.33 AM (Running Shoes)" all of it! "embryo" all of it! actually there"s more!!! but that's enough. also basically all instrumentals written by David Gilmour And/or Rick Wright especially : Terminal Frost, Cluster One, Marooned, (Sweet July), Signs Of Life, Mihalis, Raise My Rent. by Non-Pink Floyd : "I Am Your Flesh" the middle part of, whole song "closing in", end of "Omino Post"(whining three guitars!) all by In The Woods . guitar in "Hope" by Anathema orignally of Gilmour's collaboration with roy harper . guitar solo in "Ghost In The Ruins" , guitar and piano interplay in"Labyrinths", the guitar on "The Storm" by Savatage. "The Apocalypse" all of it! and "Atlantis" Agony At June 5th -8498 13 p.m. Gregorian Earthtime" Live, last vocals accompanied by guitar part by Eloy. "Blind curve" By Marillion guitar solo in the second part. "In the Wake of Poseidon" Starting mellotron sound, "Epitaph" ending by King Crimson. "White Eagle" keyboards and "Cool breeze of Brighton" guitar solo by Tangerine Dream. "The Fountain of Salmacis" the begining and mellotron sound by Genesis. "How To Disappear Completely" all of it!, "The Tourist" all of it!, "The Pyramid Song" the part where the drums kicks in and "Sail To The Moon" all of it!, all by Radiohead. "Melancholic" piano solo by Roger Hodgson. "Words Unspoken" all of it!, sax and guitar solos on" Don't Leave Me Now", piano along with the orchestration on "Soap Box Opera", sax on "Fool's Overture", piano along with sax in"Crime Of The Century" by Supertramp. "Lunar Sea" all of it!, Lady Fantasy part in "Lady Fantasy", guitar in "Pressure Points" and guitars on "Harbour Of Tears" by Camel. guitar riffs and melodies on "Windowpane" and "Deliverance" by Opeth. guitar solo in " La Villa Strangiato" by Rush. "Play to The world" sax solo,"Suicide-Live tapes" keyboards and vocals and the guitar solo in "Poor Man's Moody Blues-Live at Wembley" by BJH. |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 11:50
Great moment ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: The Silent Man
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 11:54
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I know it's not very prog. But I always thought that the piano that
kicks in after the synth at the start of Baba O'Riley by The Who sounds
just like what I'd imagine flying to sound like!!
------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity. |
Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 12:09
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Lots of prog have made the hairs stand out on my neck - Genesis, Yes, IQ - Too many to list here, I usually get a thrill out of new CD's , Like with DT - SDOIT at the moment ! ------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 12:21
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There is a passage in my dad's house that makes my hairs stand up. It's bloody cold in that passage...  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 13:08
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Why tell us about your Dads passage and about how cold it was when you were last in it? I was about to relate an eerie tale one early Morning whilst cutting logs of trees - My young Son, grabbed my leg and said "Somebodies here Dad" - I turned around and through the misty day-break (Spooky huh) - I saw a man approaching dressed as though he was an extra from an episode of POLDARK (1970's 17th Century BBC Costume Drama) - Tricorn hat and all, I thought it was a fancy-dress reveller wending his drunken way home after a good-night..... When he sort of faded into the Mist...He just disappeared ! TRUE STORY..... ------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 13:26
------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |
Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: January 25 2005 at 13:39
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The opening moments of IQ's 'Sacred Sound' also the bit later in the track with that amazing church organ! On Tool's album Lateralus when the spooky quiet track 'Parabol' finishes and then it's wham! straight into 'Parabola's' massive riff, oh man that track just amazes me everytime. The guitar at the beginning of Restless Skylight by Amon Duul II Ayreons track' Day Two: Isolation', the whole song is a mixture of soft emotional singing and brilliant heavy riffs and keyboards with many, many goodbumps along the way. Porcupine Tree's 'Don't Hate Me' the whole song but particularly the Sax solo its so beautiful.. Pain of Salvation's Track 'Pluvius Aestivus' from the album 'Be' its go this wonderful piano over rain drops. Also Daniels beautiful singing on the track 'Iter Impius' it's will melt your heart Braintickets track 'Places of Light' swoozy flute and guitar and Dawn Muirs breathless talking/singing. I agree with quite a few other here that Pink Floyds 'Careful with that Axe, Eugene' is one of the all time spine tingling tracks too.
------------- Don't hate me I'm not special like you |
Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 08:24
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New addition:
Really great thread guys !!! ------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 08:39
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Some of the most hair-raising moments are provided by Peter Hammill. The moment he shouts "arrow" for the first time on "Arrow" from "Godbluff" by Van der Graaf Generator, also the closing lines he sings on it. Another moment is the line "It doesn't feel right when there's that little dark figure running. Won't somebody help me?" from "House With No Door". Or "I don't believe in anything, anywhere in the world!" from "Betrayed". Of course "hair-raising" is only a figure of speech for me.
-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: colin007
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 08:51
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Opeth - the second half of "Closure", the arabian sounding part Radiohead - all of "Exit Music (for a Film)" TooL - the part in Lateralus: "With my feet upon the ground I lose myself Spiral out. Keep going, going..." ------------- This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment. Remember. We are eternal. All this pain is an illusion. |
Posted By: Miaugion
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 10:07
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The one and only ...
Los Endos (second half)! ------------- You house proud town mouse ha ha, charade you are |
Posted By: Prog-Brazil
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 10:15
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A passage no mentioned here: Further Away (IQ): Don't let me fail, don't ever break I love that song!!! ------------- Let the sunshine in |
Posted By: Jim Prog Wizard
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 11:31
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The climatic chord change towards the end of "Stranger In Your Soul" by Transatlantic. The bit where Morse sings: "Let's dive and never hit the ceiling." The multi-layered vocal harmony during "Fluke" off TERRIA by Devin Townsend. A beautiful album anyway, but that is one of it's crowning moments. When the horns kick in on "Parting Ways" by Gentle Giant. Superb stuff. The middle section of "Ommadawn pt 2" by Mike Oldfield. So emotional! Also a lot of stuff by Sigur Ros and Ghost (Japanese psych-rock band). And a couple of choices I seem to share with everyone like the end "Entangled" by Genesis and "And You And I" by Yes. ------------- "Progressive Rock is the ultimate form of music" (Mikael Akerfeldt, 2003) |
Posted By: Henkka
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 11:47
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A lot of them are Opeth but meh. All of these songs just are just very special to me, they all make my hairs stand:
And then certain parts of these songs:
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)Posted By: Poxx
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 11:54
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Cold: Ozric Tentacles - Eternal Wheel (erpland version): The hypnotic passage at around 3:00-3:55, and the build-up + climax + guitar solo at around 4:43-6:18. Fantastic track. Slint - Good Morning Captain: The ending part where it turns into this industrial metal sound that starts at 6:00-the end, with "I miss you!!!". Great riffs, great sound. Buckethead - Jump Man: 1:45-3:30 When the bass beat starts going, and the solo "flies" in. Such butter. Warm: Buckethead - Population Override: The smooth transition into the midplay which consists of a great soundscape and superb keyboard solos, starting around 2:55-5:20. Camel - Rhayader: The 1:28-2:34 passage. Great soundscape, great solo. Focus - Focus(instrumental): Passage starting at 4:00 turning the soft ballad into a huge party of beautiful chaos. Fantastic instrumentation by Leer and Akkerman, not to mention Dresden who is superb on the bass. To name a few |
Posted By: Lyzarrd
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:30
Dream Theater - Learning to Live: The fade out alone is jaw dropping.  Genesis - Aisle of Plenty: Amazing ending to one of the greatest albums of all time. Caravan - Nine Feet Underground: This entire song leaves me completely floored, great musicianship! Renaissance - Scheherazade: The first the minutes are absolutely amazing. They sound like a supergroup. Renaissance - Mother Russia: Annie's voice really gets to me on this song. She seems to hit the perfect notes, especially the final part before the soft flute returns. Breathtaking. |
Posted By: DracoMordag
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 20:01
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Long list, not all prog: Dream Theater: Stream of Conciousness Kick-in moment at 1st chorus of Endless Sacrifice (high volume needed )Great Debate ending instrumental Finally Free End of About to Crash (both original and reprise) End of Solitary Shell Voices guitar solo CoS "She turned for one last look" and "I'm sick of all you hypocrites" Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand (especially last verse of LitS) Spirit Carries On "I'm still searching but I don't know what for" in Strange Deja Vu Piano Solo in Blind Faith These Walls chorus (can't wait for 8vm!) King Crimson: One More Red Nightmare Fallen Angel Easy Money intro The Night Watch Epitaph Court of the Crimson King chorus Transatlantic: My Cruel World We all need some Light Stranger In Your Soul (Right before Hanging in the Balance movement and then throughout HitB) Yes: I've seen all good People (accapella chorus, especially) Starship Trooper (ending riff... the one that goes on forever that they all solo over) Mind Drive (main riff) Tool: Mellow section in Stinkfist jimmy 46 & 2 Push*t (tear your F!cking throat away) Third Eye (So good to see you) The Grudge (Give away the stone) The Patient (must keep reminding myself of this...) Schism (finding beauty in dissonance) Parabol/Parabola (transition, end of parabola) Lateralus (especially "With my feet upon the ground" section) Pink Floyd: Comforably Numb Great Gig in the Sky A New Machine Goodbye Blue Sky Hey You Is there Anybody Out There? Welcome to the Machine Wish you were Here A Perfect Circle: The Noose Orestes The Hollow 3 Libras Gravity Pet The Package Weak and Powerless The Rose Audioslave: Shadow on the Sun (shapes of every size... every drop of flame) Cold: Rain Song Wasted Years Foo Fighters: Everlong Green Day (so ashamed): Boulevard of Broken Dreams .... I'm gonna go cry now ... ... back Incubus: Just a Phase Pardon Me Wish You Were Here Mexico Nice to Know You Warning John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess: Black Ice Led Zepplin: Kashmir Going to California Stairway to Heaven Limp Bizkit: Re-Arranged (wow...) Linkin Park: Krwlng (due to the stuff NOT written by them) Lost Prophets: Make a Move Papa Roach: Tightrope Okay, that kinda went downhill, but whatever. Those songs all send a chill down my spine, despite the fact that I should hate a few of them. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 20:19
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Here's my list:
...and lots of more, of course
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Posted By: Harold Demure
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 08:57
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VDGG - Plauge of Lighthouse Keepers - a lot of great moments from Presence of The Night till the end
Genesis - CAN-Utility And... - the last 1 or 2 minutes are brilliant KC - Moonchild - first part Rush - Jacob's Ladder - the very beginning, and every time the vocalist is singing (after great beginning, near the middle, and at the end) Great thread! ------------- You can choose a ready guide In some celestial voice If you choose not to decide You still have made a choice |
Posted By: firth_of_Fifth
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 09:11
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The multi layered/ medieval vocals on Pantagruels Nativity by Gentle Giant. The very last drum fill in the court of the crimson king. Argh!! it's the best! ''I have walked between the poles, for me there's no mystery''...That section (and more) gives me the shivers. As does the end of supper's ready. and another one, my favorite song ever A day in the life. John Lennons voice is just haunting on it ------------- http://www.myspace.com/chrisblackwell" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/chrisblackwell |
Posted By: progod
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 09:41
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1) Steve Howe's guitar solo at the beginning of Close To The Edge. 2) Steve Howe's guitar solo in Sound Chaser. 3) Jan Akkerman's guitar solo in the middle of Eruption from Focus Moving Waves. 4) Steve Hackett's guitar solo in the middle of Firth of Fifth. 5) The most heavy parts of the Two For the Show live version of Magnum Opus by Kansas. 6) The fusion of violin and guitar in arabic style of King Crimson's The Talking Drum. 7) Steve Hillage's guitar solo in Solar Musick Suite. 8) The chorus in PFM's River of Life 9) The guitar solo in Wishbone Ash's Phoenix. 10) The last 3 minutes of Arachnoid's Toutes Les Images (really intense) 11) The electric guitar inclusion during the middle of Gotic's Historia Di Una Gota di Aigua. 12) The acoustic guitar solos by Gary Moore on Colosseum II's The Inquisition 13) The electric guitar solos by Pino Marrone on Crucis Abismo Terrenal 14) Daryl Stuermer's guitar solo in Jean Luc Ponty's Aurora 15) The question and response guitar/moog duels in Iceberg's La Flamenca Electrica 16) The vocals of Una Delcezza Nuova 17) The Hammond solo of Colosseum's Valentyne Suite or Focus's Eruption. 18) ELP's piano trio during The Three Fates 19) Christian Boule's guitar solo during Clearlight's Without Words. 20) Stanley Whitaker's guitar solo at the end of Happy The Man's live version of Mr. Mirror's Reflection Dreams. Sudden call shouldn't take away the startled memory... ------------- Fernando Coto Posse |
Posted By: Citanul
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 09:48
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The second guitar solo in Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" The guitar solo in the "Passing Strangers" section of Marillion's "Blind Curve" The guitar fills in Rush's "Available Light" The "hole in our hearts" part of Marillion's "Berlin" The line "when love must die" from Queen's "Who Wants To Live Forever" (more accurately the "ohhh" that precedes "when") |
Posted By: lmollea
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 10:53
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I agree on the end of Genesis' "Entangled"
I'd add the 4 ending minutes of "Every Day" by Steve Hackett. |
Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 11:20
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There are soooooo many!
Just to list some (and surely forget the most):
and naturally Genesis - Mad Man Moon Fish - A Gentleman's Excuse Me Anthony Phillips - Regrets as I said elsewhere, they nearly make me cry... ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: Harold Demure
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 13:33
Yes these are great moments, but... do you really feel shivers everytime you hear it? Because when I was discovering Genesis music, these passages always gave my shivers but now they don't - the aren't so emotive to me like they used to - why? Do I not concentrate enough on the music, should I start to understand the lyrics (because now I try to translate it to my language, but they are very difficult and I often don't see any "message" of the song), does it depend on my lousy headphones , or do I need to play music louder? Or because I know them well so they no longer surprise or impress me? I'd like you to tell me how do you listen to music eg. do you listen to the lyrics and try to analyse them (maybe the last question should be in another thread, then sorry)
Sorry for loads of language errors I've made. ------------- You can choose a ready guide In some celestial voice If you choose not to decide You still have made a choice |
Posted By: progod
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 14:04
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The language is not your problem; one of the only bands that deserve recognition for their lyrics are Kansas and maybe Yes. But you are right in something: when I first began listening to Prog Rock in 1981 I used to hear Close To The Edge, Foxtrot, Song For America, Brain Salad Surgery, Thick As A Brick, In The Court Of The Crimson King almost avery day. Nowadays I can't listen to this great music with that frequency because it will make me feel like listening to the radio. When I hear the same song on the radio every 10 minutes (just like those two songs of the The Bodyguard and Titanic soundtrack, respectively) I begin to hate it, I don't know why. I guess that apart from all of the magic, creativeness, technical performances, compositional skills, and all of the great attributes that makes progressive rock the best of music genres one that has been overlooked is the fact that it's not based on Top 40, television or radio expossure, marketing sales, Grammy nominations, and all of that things that are popular that when you think a little further that's the main reason for loving prog. Maybe this comment will not be favored by many but it's my opinion. So the maiden lies in waiting, for the sails to reach the shore, land of beauty and abundance, innocent you opened wide your door... Song For America, 1975
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Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 03:35
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Other picks have come to my mind:
For instance, Alan Parson's Blue Blue Sky: the finale, especially when that deep bass note enters, has always shaken my nerves since I first heard it! Another one: Flower Kings' Compassion, especially at the end of the sung part, when the key shifts! ------------- A flower?
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Posted By: bakerstreetmuse
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 06:45
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Thick as a Brick, side two... "Do you believe... in the day?" The instrumental break in "The dog, the dog, he's at it again" by Caravan The long instrumental closing to "A Sailors's Life" by Fairport Convention The opening of "The Raven" by Alan Parsons All of "Lady Fantasy" by Camel The bridge into, and out of the flute solo in "My God" by Tull The intro to "Blazing Apostles" by Be-Bop Deluxe The chorus in "Haunt of Roulette Dares" by Mars Volta
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Posted By: Gentle Ronnie
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 06:48
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Pretty much anything by Opeth. ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 09:57
In one of his books Douglas R. Hofstadter gave a good advice how to rexperience this tingle of listening to a certain record for the first time: Play it to a friend and rexperience it through his ears. It works! -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: beterdedthnred4
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 11:32
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Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 11:50
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Spontaneously I would say the introduction of "Traumaschine" by Ashra Tempel, the dreamy sad passages for organ and celestial guitar in the "house of Usher" (Alan Parson's tales of mystery and imagination), the synth atmospheric introduction of "Cosmic Joy" by the Cosmic jokers...and so on. ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:03
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The fnale of "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Peter Hammill, when
Madeleine approaches the door and finally opens it. Brrr. Also of the
same album the end of act 4, where the voices of the house threatingly
sing "We shall not let them go!"
------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:26
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don't know this side of Hammill's music, is this a concept album as Parson did about Allan Poe ? If you can say so what is the name of the album? -------------
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Posted By: SomethingGood
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:36
| The entirety of "BE" by Pain of Salvation. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:40
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" is an opera by Peter Hammill, based on
the Edgar Allan Poe story of the same name. There are 2 versions of it;
version number one, which was issued on the label "Some Bizarre
Records", had drums on it. When the contract with them ran out, Hammill
decided to redo the opera without drums. Version 2 is the only one
available now, and I must say I prefer it to version 1. The friend of
Usher did not have a name in the Poe story, so Hammill,
or rather his librettist Chris Judge-Smith, decided to use "Montresor"
from "The Cask of Amontillado", another Poe story. Hammill also
invented a figure named "The Chorus", a device used in ancient Greek
tragedy and Elizabethian theatre, that comments on the tale from time
to time. The singers are: Roderick Usher - Peter Hammill Montresor - Andy Bell Madeleine Usher - Lene Lovich The Herbalist - Herbert Grönemeyer The Chorus - Sarah Jane Morris The Voices of the House - Peter Hammill. Giving the house a voice, or rather a chorus of voices, was a great idea of Hammill. The whole opera is absolutely gothic! ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Paradox
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:40
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Gilmore's first solo in Comfortably Numb ------------- 
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Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:45
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Balfriede, this opera sounds interesting. I only hope that it isn't closed to Dead Can dance when you mean 'Gothic' -------------
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:47
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No, no resemblance at all. Here the cover of the 2nd edition of it:
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:48
...and many, many more! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |