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Paulieg 
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 13:13 |
King Crimson: Epitaph, In The Court Of The Crimson King, Larks Tongues in Aspic
Yes: Close To The Edge, And You And I, Heart Of THe Sunrise, Roundabout
Pink Floyd: Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Renaissance: Scheherazade
Black Sabbath: Iron Man( I couldn't resist)
Jethro Tull: Crossed Eyed Mary, Locamotive Breath
Led Zeppelin: Achilles Last Stand( Like Sabbath, not prog I know)
Emerson Lake and Palmer: Trilogy
Alphataurus: Croma( The whole song sounds like an introduction)
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 13:07 |
o course "watcher's" in there as well as "roundabout"
but this is my favorite:
pink floyd: "sheep"
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Infinity
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 12:51 |
Watcher of The Skies - Genesis = most atmospheric
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas = most riffy
Gentle Giant - Way Of Life = funniest and funkiest
Acres Wild - Jethro Tull = most sublime
Awaken - Yes = perfect!
The Spirit of Radio - Rush = dynamic and energetic
One More Red Nightmare - King Crimson = darkness groove
L'Via L'Viaquez - The Mars Volta = for the groove and the anticpation
17 - Yourcodenameis: Milo = Most instant
Killed By An Angel - Sunny Day Real Estate = so big and so coloured
Cuts Marked In The March Of Men - Coheed & Cambria = so direct and hard-hitting, yet still melodic
Birds Of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra = most haunting and beautiful
and last but not least...
Pampered Menial - Pavlov's Dog = get's my vote for the most consistent album for quality intro's - at some points perhaps so much so the songs don't always live up to them....hehehehe!
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Lyzarrd
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 11:36 |
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King Crimson - Larks' Tounges in Aspic Parts I & II
Starless
Renaissance - Scherehazade
Yes - Roundabout
Close to the Edge
Genesis - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
Return of the Giant Hogweed
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daghrastubfari
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 11:33 |
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Jethro Tull - Cross-eyed Mary
Pink Floyd - Pigs
Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes (padadadam, padadadam, padadadadadadadadam, BABY SNAKESSSS!!!!
Indeed, Arthur Brown - Fire
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artsagile
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 11:29 |
Three of my favourites classics:
I really love the introducción of the "The Revealing Science Of God" "Close To The Edge" and "Endless Enigma (part 1
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BiGi
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 10:37 |
I'll try and indicate some
- Genesis: Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, The Return of the Giant Hogweed, Behind the Lines
- Yes: Machine Messiah, Does it really happen?, Open Your Eyes
- ELP: The Endless Enigma
- Spock's Beard: At the End of the Day, A Flash Before My Eyes
- The Flower Kings: In the eyes of the world
- Supertramp: Bloody well right
- Dream Theater: Pull Me Under, Home
At the moment being I can't recall more...
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Jools
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 10:20 |
A few different suggestions:
Strangitude - Ozrics
Cathedral Wall - Marillion
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 10:13 |
 richardh wrote:
ELP - Tarkus
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IQ - Widows Peak
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Yes - Awaken
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Arsillus
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 10:00 |
Progger wrote:
Wev've had this thread before & 'The Revealing Science of God' won hands down! |
Yes! And rightfully so. Especially the extended intro with that extra two minutes on the 2003 remaster. With all those ocean-y sounds, quiet keyboards and echo-y notes, it add a whole new dimesion to it, at least IMHO. 
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M. B. Zapelini
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 09:47 |
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Yes's intro for "Perpetual Change" is something that once heard, never forgotten. But Wishbone Ash's acoustic intro for "Time Was" is IMHO the best of all.
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luc4fun
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 08:24 |
IQ- Sacred Sound
Genesis- Filth Of Fifth
-ELP: Pirates
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threefates
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 08:20 |
ELP: The Barbarian
ELP: Tarkus
ELP: Jerusalem
ELP: Pirates
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THIS IS ELP
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Fitzcarraldo
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 08:14 |
So many good ones already mentioned, and hundreds more.
Just to mention a more obscure band, I enjoy the intro to the opening track 'Refúgio' on the APOCALYPSE album of the same name. Check out the MP3 in the Archives.
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 07:57 |
Ricochet wrote:
Rick Wakeman - Music Reincarnate
That´s right, from the "No Earthly Connection" album; fantastic intro!
Peter Gabriel - Intruder
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Peter Gunn
Tangerine Dream - Logos
and other I cannot think of right now...
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Blacksword
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 07:52 |
Progger wrote:
Wev've had this thread before & 'The Revealing Science of God' won hands down! |
I love that intro! Its one to play very loud, sat right between your two speakers. The build up makes those hairs stand on end. Well thats the effect it has on us folk, I guess..
I've played it to others before, in the hope that they would hear it as I do, but not a chance. It all ends in tears........of side splitting laughter
Other fantastic intros...
The fountain of Salmacis - Genesis
Dance on a Volcano - Genesis
Firth of Fifth (from SEBTP) - Genesis
Xanadu - Rush
Can you Understand - Rennaisance
Sleepwalkers - VDGG
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the dragon
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 07:42 |
ELP - Tarkus
Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies
KC - Larks' Tongues In Aspic Pt. 2
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Still alive...
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Ricochet
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 06:44 |
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Rick Wakeman - Music Reincarnate
Peter Gabriel - Intruder
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Peter Gunn
Tangerine Dream - Logos
and other I cannot think of right now...
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 06:25 |
R o V e R wrote:
ENDLESS ENIGMA Part-01
great opening for the song and the album,
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Yours Is No Disgrace and Release, Release - Yes
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R o V e R
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Posted: July 29 2005 at 06:19 |
ENDLESS ENIGMA Part-01
great opening for the song and the album,
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