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Philéas 
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 Topic: 'Delirious' prog symphonies
Posted: October 27 2006 at 14:44 |
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2112 by Rush is pretty delirious, and worth checking out if you don't know it yet.
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ozzy_tom
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Posted: October 27 2006 at 14:33 |
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ELP - "Brain Salad Surgery", "Tarkus"
Eloy - "Land of No Body", "The Light From Deep Darkness"
Jethro Tull - "Thick as a Brick"
Eloy's suites are very "delirious"....
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Anthony
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Posted: October 22 2006 at 14:09 |
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The Flower Kings - The truth will set you free
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Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love
(Introitus - The hand that feeds you)
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Passionist
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Posted: October 16 2006 at 07:04 |
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[/QUOTE] O yeah, thanks! I don't really know Renaissance - do they have good electric guitars? [/QUOTE]
They actually do have electric solo guitar every now and then. Why I pointed out Mother Russia and Ashes are Burning is that they're also available at progarchives iirc. So you don't have to go through a lot of trouble to take a quick peek into the music.
But basically they're closest to what is opera. Ok, we have Nightwish there too, but blegh.
Renaissance goes quite close to classical music, and is very ambitios, that's why it's one of my favourites and I have bought all the albums.
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Philéas
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 13:27 |
 Jeff Schu wrote:
Magma - Khontark pts 1 - 2... Amazing!!! |
Good recommendation! Continuing on the Magma theme, If you like the
above mentioned pieces, also check out De Futura (on Üdü Wüdü).
Edited by Philéas - October 14 2006 at 13:27
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Jeff Schu
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 12:25 |
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Magma - Khontark pts 1 - 2... Amazing!!!
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patomtz
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 11:13 |
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symphony x - the odyssey
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I still can't get how Dream Theater music is created by humans
Dream Theater in Monterrey, Mexico 03.03.06 Unforgettable
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Walker
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 09:21 |
fuxi wrote:
akin wrote:
Or if you want a 30-minute song from Renaissance, try Scheherazade and Other Stories.
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O yeah, thanks! I don't really know Renaissance - do they have good electric guitars? |
For an intereresting twist... they have NO ELECTRIC GUITAR!! Michael Dunsford plays acoustic throughout, but its perfect. You don't miss the electric guitar because the song is so well arranged that the piano, orchestra and acoustic guitar, and of course a Rickenbacher bass, more than make up for the loss. Get it, if you like sympho, you won't be disappointed. I'm going to listen to it right now!
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Lex C
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 06:49 |
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I dont know if delirious would be a good word to use, but hypnotic would be Catch 33 or Cassandra Gemini
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Tony Fisher
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 06:12 |
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The "Hamburger Concerto" off Focus' Hamburger Concerto album springs to mind.
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Great, but I prefer Eruption off Moving Waves. Also Midnight Mushrumps by Gryphon is brilliant.
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fuxi
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 05:42 |
Thanks everyone, for all your recommendations! I can now prepare a shopping list. (By the way, Wobbler, I quite enjoy Wobbler!) 
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el böthy
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 20:51 |
fuxi wrote:
akin wrote:
Or if you want a 30-minute song from Renaissance, try Scheherazade and Other Stories.
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O yeah, thanks! I don't really know Renaissance - do they have good electric guitars? |
No, only acoustic...well, I think
Great epic by the way!
maybe the Tangent´s In Earnest? its nothing like Gates...but what the hell, its a great piece of music
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sleeper
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 19:44 |
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Try the five main Transatlantic epics:
All Of The Above
Duel With The Devil
Stranger In Your Soul
My New World
In Held ('Twas In) I
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Logan
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 17:56 |
Philéas wrote:
Logan wrote:
The "Hamburger Concerto" off Focus' Hamburger Concerto album springs to mind.
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A great epic, although I'd hesitate to call it delirious. It's still a great recommendation though!
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I must have been delirious to mention it, or maybe it's just that I have hamburger for brains. It's a little crazy in parts, but not in a "Gates of Delirium" sort of way. This might seem a touch blasphemous (as it's recognised as such a great Prog piece) but I'm not that keen on "GoD" to tell the truth. Mahavishnu Orchestra has some of the same delirious qualities, I feel, but the songs I'm most familiar with of theirs are shorter. "Hymn to Hymn"... hmm. And Magma's "MDK" has some of those qualities, but not that appropriate I guess.....
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valravennz
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 17:20 |
How about "Space Truckin' " from Deep Purple's "Made In Japan"? I would say that comes very close to being a "delerious" instrumental - well worth the listen regardless. 
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"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence"
- Robert Fripp
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akin
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 16:20 |
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A song that doesn't have much vocal on it, that has 16 minutes and has
great electric guitar solos is Salisbury, from Uriah Heep.
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akin
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 16:18 |
fuxi wrote:
akin wrote:
Or if you want a 30-minute song from Renaissance, try Scheherazade and Other Stories.
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O yeah, thanks! I don't really know Renaissance - do they have good electric guitars? |
No, Renaissance usually have only acoustic guitars, but they have
superb acoustic guitars along with great keyboards and bass (sounding
somewhat like Chris Squire), There are the vocal talents of Annie
Haslam (5th octave range!) and great orchestral arrangements.
If you are into Yes, Genesis, etc, you will surely find them interesting.
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Atavachron
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 15:54 |
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fuxi-- love your avatar. Of course 'Tarkus' is a must. Happy the Man's 'Death's Crown' (Cuneiform), Bo Hansson's 'Lord of the Rings' (One Way) and Eccentric Orbit's 'Attack of the Martians' is fun and a great CD (eoband.com).
Edited by Atavachron - October 13 2006 at 15:55
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Vodkagunblast
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 15:42 |
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Uhhh...they're not mainly instrumental...but obviously the first half of TFTO by Yes just wins.
I second the VdGG reccomends.
Hamburger Concerto isn't really "delirious" but it is quite good.
Soft Machine's Third is 3/4's instrumental and 5/4's brilliant.
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ANDREW
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 15:23 |
Any recommendations???[/QUOTE]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "Pictures At An Exhibition" (1971)
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