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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 07:52

Originally posted by Progger 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 07:57

Originally posted by Ricochet 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 08:20

ELP:  The Barbarian

ELP:  Tarkus

ELP:  Jerusalem

ELP:  Pirates

THIS IS ELP
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 08:24

IQ- Sacred Sound

Genesis- Filth Of Fifth

-ELP: Pirates 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 09:47
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 10:00

Originally posted by Progger 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 10:13
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

ELP - Tarkus

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IQ - Widows Peak

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Yes - Awaken

 

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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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...
A flower?

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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 11:33

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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 11:36
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
Can you tell me where my country lies...
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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