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The Pessimist 
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 Topic: - E P I C S - pick your poison
Posted: February 25 2008 at 14:54 |
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CTTE
Plague of Lighthouse Keepers is a EPIC to be reckoned with also, I would have picked that if it were on the list.
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GhostWorks
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Posted: February 21 2008 at 15:27 |
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CTTE, definitely.
Supper's Ready had to happen to get to 'Epping Forest' and 'Lamb' - and I love it - but it's a disjointed, rough-and-tumble affair contrasted against CTTE.
ELP don't even register as a blip on my radar. Not enough variety there. Lots of organ (of course) and little else, save for Carl palmer's notoriously over-rated drumming. No love there.
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crimhead
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Posted: February 21 2008 at 11:59 |
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Suppers,CTTE and tarkus in that order for me.
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Gog/Magog
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Posted: February 21 2008 at 08:26 |
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Supper's Ready is the top for sure, Close to the edge is a rare bearable Yes tune, and Tarkus, well I don't really like otters so I can't say I've ever heard it!
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Okocha
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Posted: February 21 2008 at 06:23 |
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horsewithteeth11
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 19:22 |
1. CTTE for sure
2. Supper but it's OH so close  3. Tarkus
Though all of them are great IMO
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Evandro Martini
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 16:34 |
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The three of them are really favourites of mine, I like the 3 in all aspects.
But Close to the Edge is unsurpassable to me.
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 15:17 |
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Given that there's no risk of The Gates Of Delirium winning, I can happily vote Tarkus.
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Zargus
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 11:15 |
1. Close to the edge
2. Tarkus
3. Suppers ready
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ES335
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 10:59 |
"Supper's Ready" is about the only Genesis song I like a lot . "Tarkus" is wonderful too. But I am going with "Close to the Edge" though "Gates of Delirium is even better, and depending on my mood, I might select anything off of Tales too. \
I like "Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" more than "Din-din" and "Tarkie" too, but I think the idea here is the heavyweights of British Symphonic Prog". It might be interesting to do a poll about eclectic epics.
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Nightfly
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 10:49 |
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Close to the Edge.....just.
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Raff
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 03:13 |
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"Tarkus" for me, though CTTE comes very close. "Supper's Ready", as I have said numerous times already, does very little for me, unfortunately.
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micky
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 19:53 |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Nash
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 19:33 |
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Tarkus!
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 19:20 |
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definitely Supper's Ready from this
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keiser willhelm
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 19:19 |
 moreitsythanyou wrote:
The best on the list is Supper's Ready. One of my top 5 songs of all time.
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and speaking of top songs, when is that list going to start up?
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keiser willhelm
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 19:17 |
i searched for polls of this kind but didnt see anything and i wouldnt have posted this if i had found another one... maybe ill blame the infamous search button. i was curious as to how everyone measured up the classics. CTTE for me... the I get up - organ climax might be my favorite piece of music ever written. been listening to a lot of Tarkus though lately. this 'old prog' stuff is kinda cool i guess  
Edited by keiser willhelm - February 19 2008 at 19:29
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Evans
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 18:42 |
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Tarkus is the one i haven't gotten tired of, but i have liked all of them at some point. Tarkus is also the one o have listened to the most.
CTTE may be the most epic one, though. Supper is also pretty epic, but CTTE is most like one solid song.
Edited by Evans - February 19 2008 at 18:44
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 18:41 |
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The best on the list is Supper's Ready. One of my top 5 songs of all time.
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MusicalSalmacis
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 18:35 |
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Supper and Plague of Lighthouse Keepers are my two favourite epics ever. But Tarkus and CttE aren't far behind. And then there are many more as well
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