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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2005 at 16:45

Quite a few from Genesis's "The Musical Box" alone (The Greatest song of all-time, IMO):

-The part which reeks of beauty right before Gabriel repeats the "Play me My Song" bit for the second time

-When the drums kick in during the first hard rock section

- When the first hard rock section ends and the awesome brass instrument kicks in (I think its brass)

-When the keyboards kick in during the second hard rock section

- During the second hard rock section exactly at 7:00

Others:

-Also from Genesis, the flute intro to "Apocolypse in 9/8" from "Supper's Ready"

-The part right after Anderson says "Long ago, set into rhyme" in Yes's "Soon"

- The part during "Last Skirmish" from "The Battle of Glass Tears" from "Lizard" on the "Lizard album (DAMN THESE QUOTATIONS!!!) from King Crimson when the second set of saxophones come in (If anybody knows what I'm talking about, let me know)

- The second chorus of the first part of "Moonchild" from King Crimson, thanks to Michael Giles's drumming

-In "Peace- An End" from King Crimson, when he says "Searching for you, you look everywhere except inside you"

There's more but I really don't feel like typing anymore


 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2005 at 16:46
PoS: on 12:5 a 50 second or so track around 4-6 (can't remember the title). It sounds so heavy for an acoustic song!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2005 at 17:14
oh! and another one while im listening to it is the intro of 'The Revealing Science of God'
i just find it cool how it slowly builds up with the slide(?) guitar, drums, bass and keyboards and chris'  and steves backing vocals are just tops in it!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2005 at 18:06
Hehe, can't help but mention the Imperial March reference in one of the tunes @ 12:5.
About 2:30 into Reconciliation, I think it was a cool move of them to include that one :)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2005 at 18:08
Good that you mentioned Tales, jman89. I always love the section in part 4, where the band keeps singing "and more" over and over again, and then the fast jam that follows, and afterwards you hear some kind of musical ritual of some ancient tribe that doesn't even exist, : verry innovative stuff and pure magic!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2005 at 19:11

   Great thread!  Here's my pick:

   1 .- "Red" (King Crimson): That opening riff that grabs all previously recorded riffs in the world and tells them Robert Fripp is making history with his Gibson and a stool. Seventeen, young and stupid, in a small province town: louder, louder, louder...

   2 .- "Halleluhwah" (Can): Last minutes of rythm blast after the long keyboards section.  Holger and Jaki propel the groove and Damo Suzuki takes it higher and higher in a paroxsysm of pidgin English.
 
   3 .- "Marquee Moon" (Television): The whole second solo. If I should take a single bit of it, it would be the first minute, with Tom Verlaine's guitar soaring over the drummer's backbeat. "The darkness doubled.."

   4 .- "The Lie (Bernini's St. Theresa)" (Peter Hammill): Second chorus. After a second of silence, the VOICE screams... A thousand multi - layered screams ascending like cathedral towers.

  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2005 at 20:19
Theres just to many moments were this happens , I'll only mention my favorite and most spine chilling moment:
The guitar solo on the Firth of Fifth (love it!!!just love it!!!)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 04 2005 at 23:14

There are so many Genesis moments on Looking For Someone, The Musical Box, Firth Of Fifth and even Aisle Of Plenty

the sound of two keyboards together often gets me going in ... so Procol Harum (keyboard solo on As Strong As Samson and guitar solo on Crucifiction Lane as well as almost the whole of Whiter Shade Of Pale, to name a few) also figures quite a lot for me

but my current chilling moment of brilliance is in PFM's Impressioni Di Settembre off the Storia di un Minuto album ... right after the second chorus, when one keyboard starts soloing while another plays the main theme again ... heavenly

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2005 at 06:18
one fantastic moment that comes to mind is the closing part of Starless by King Crimson. Just when the sound of the mellotronmelody from the beginning is returning at the end of the song. kinda symbolic this is the end of the first chapter of the band, you can even hear it. great moment !!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2005 at 12:01

just simply finding this web site & discovering Premiata Forneria Marconi is the most recent "magical moment"



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2005 at 12:28

These popped in my head immediately:

Giant Giant (Three Friends) - the beautiful choir/Mellotron on the last song, "Three Friends". Heaven on earth!!!

And, Yes (Close To The Edge) - Steve Howe's slide guitar on "And You and I" Brought tears to my eyes the first time I heard it.

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2005 at 12:46
Originally posted by NJprogfan NJprogfan wrote:

Gentle Giant (Three Friends) - the beautiful choir/Mellotron on the last song, "Three Friends". Heaven on earth!!!

That's one of mine too. I consider side 2 (sorry, the LP-age) of Three Friends the best side they ever did.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 05 2005 at 19:35
The last couple of minutes of Remember Us by Pineapple Thief just blows me away.  I've never heard anything like it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2005 at 03:17
Peter Gabriel-Lead a normal life and the intro to Wallflower.
Ayreon-2084:The sound of the air raid sirens and machine gun fire.
Alice Cooper-Nobody likes me:The instrumental bit in the middle and Alice holding the note when he sings"Never.."
Bloodrock-D.O.A.:This whole song gives me the creeps."I remember..!"
Jon And Vangelis-A play within a play:the last 2:45
Jon And Vangelis-The friends of Mr Cairo:6:54;"One and one to talk to you like film stars they get close to you".
Yes-The revealing science of God:The keyboards right after"..freedom of life everlasting".
Yes-Awaken:"Like the time I ran away...."
Yes-Take the water to the mountain(unreleased version):Steves solo
Marillion-Sugarmice"Daddy took a rain check".
Frank Zappa-nearly all the guitar solos on Joes Garage,especially Packard goose and of course,Watermelon in Easter hay.

I could go on and on about Queen but heres a few:
Bijou-0:59.Brians guitar is crying
The show must go on:second verse and the line about "My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies",and at 3:12 when Freddie belts out another "Yeah".
Made in Heaven:Brians intro,2:28"When stormy clouds come around...".I also love Freddies backing vocals during this section.
I was born to love you:With all due respect to Freddie,this version is much better.
A winters tale:Brians guitar solo and at 2:50 when Freddie sings of landscapes and mountains,as though he is telling the listener what he knows he will see once he leaves this world.
Track 13:This is the unlisted very long instrumental at the end of the final Queen album;Made In Heaven.According to Roger and Brian it is supposed to symbolize Freddies spirit entering Heaven.The whole piece is very "magical"and hypnotic but there are a few bits that really do it for me.5:46-6:06 which brings back the Its a beautiful day theme,7:19-9:47,and most of all,16:06-18:00.Theres just something so hauntingly beautiful about that almost 2 minutes of music.I also get a kick out of the sound of rain fall and Freddie laughing.Just a fantastic piece and a great way to end it all.
Queen and David Bowie-Under pressure:"Why can't we give love give love give love...".

Vangelis-Blade Runner soundtrack.
Holst-The Planets:To think that all 7 pieces were composed by just one man blows my mind.I'm convinced Gustav was not of this world.
Ennio Morricone with Edda Del Orso-Once upon a time in the west:The most beautiful piece of music I have ever had the pleasure of hearing.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2005 at 04:00

1. the entire olias of sunhillow

2. the moment the narrator starts to narrate at the end of the last battle in wakeman's king arthur album, brings tears to my eyesCry

3. the moment the storm begins in the journey to the centre of the earth by wakemanClap

4. exiles live from the great deceiver disc 1 by KC

5. aquatarkus from wbmfttstne by elp

6. dogs, especially the beginning, by pink floyd

7. the legendary organsolo by wakeman from dream of your youth from the just a collection of antiques and curios album

8. many many parts from romantic warrior from return to forever

9. latimers guitar solo at the end of nimrodel

10. the entire yesClap catalog with highlights such as; awaken, ctte, ritual (live), gates, to be over, birthright, brother of mine, and you and I, quartet, astral traveller, starship trooper, etc etcClap

 

many more magic moments spring to mind such as the end of nine feet underground, larks tongues in aspic pt 2, many oldfield moments (amarok) but to name all is too much.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2005 at 04:06
Forgot the all time magic moment!!! SUPPER'S READY LIVE FROM SECOND'S OUT!!!! Collins is a GOD, he does SO MUCH better than Gabriel, with his voice he takes the music and moves it where he wants, Gabriel was just another instrument. this 24 minute song makes me cry almost every time, it's the best and most powerfull piece of music EVER!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2005 at 05:59
1. Incantations live on Exposed
2. Supper's ready, when I "discovered" the normal version, and the fantastic outbursting version on Second's out
3. Rick wakeman's moogsolo on Just a Collection of antiques and curious
4. The strawbs and the entire antiques and curious album
5. When Jon anderson starts singing on Heaven and Hell
6. The orgasmic four moments by Sebastian Hardie
7. The emotional last song on King arthur, by Rick Wakeman
8. Driving to my schoolexams in the Golf of my best friend, while Lucky man was Busting out of the Speakers
9. The first and the last two songs on Peter Gabriel's album Up
10. Fritha Alone on the Snowgoose, by Camel. Beautiful in all it's simpleness
11. The climax off Keith Emerson's piano concerto, tears in my eyes.
12. Jan Akkerman's concert in a very small place, orgasmic!
13. My Discovery off Tubular Bells.
14. The complete Gheese and the Ghost Album by Anthony Phillips.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2005 at 07:23

Genesis - entangled  (the final) 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2005 at 08:44

Robert Fripp's solo in Larks Tongues in Aspic I, in that little sincopated section. Angular work, very very interesting, goes beyond rock.Fripp did a wonderful solo in "St Elmo's fire" in Another Green World too.From an historical point of view, the solo in Time of Pink Floyd started my willingess to explore muisc. Though now I know more stuff, I still recon it's wonderful.

 

PS: Please, I don't have enough feedback to do it, but somebody has to put Eno in the site so we can review him and enlarge our minds.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2005 at 12:11
Middle part and the end of Genesis' "The Cinema Show"
Pink Floyd's "Dogs", "A Pillow Of Winds", "Atom Heart Mother", "If" and "Echoes"
IQ's "The Wrong Side Of Weird"(oh, so powerful!)
Camel's "Lawrence", the whole song, especially the guitar solo at the end
Moody Blues' "Melancholy Man", the chorus at the end, oh, it is soo awesome and powerful! As if you were at a party with ten 50 year old drunken men!
Procol Harum's "A Salty Dog", it is just so beautiful
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