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Damjan

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Posted: March 19 2008 at 20:24

antyhing off of Dun - Eros
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Hope, Thousand Island Park, Meeting of The Spirits, Birds of Fire
Rush - YYZ, La Villa Strangiato
Frank Zappa - All of Hot Rats except for the song Hot Rats
Leb i Sol - Marija, Rebus, Kako Ti Drago
King Crimson - Red
Yes - Five Percent For Nothing

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Posted: March 19 2008 at 21:38

Damjan wrote:

antyhing off of Dun - Eros
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Hope, Thousand Island Park, Meeting of The Spirits, Birds of Fire
Rush - YYZ, La Villa Strangiato
Frank Zappa - All of Hot Rats except for the song Hot Rats
Leb i Sol - Marija, Rebus, Kako Ti Drago
King Crimson - Red
Yes - Five Percent For Nothing

Which reminds me of a question which has always nagged me: What does "Leb i Sol" mean? The name always reminds me of Lebensohl, which is a very important bidding convention in the card game bridge.

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Damjan

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Posted: March 20 2008 at 00:00

It means bread and salt Smile

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Posted: March 20 2008 at 08:57

In no particular order...

Rush - YYZ
Gentle Giant - The Boys in the Band
ELP - Hoedown
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
The Flower Kings - Rumble Fish Twist
Spock's Beard - NWC
Mahavishnu Orchestra - One Word
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
King Crimson - Level Five

Edited by kibble_alex - March 20 2008 at 08:59

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toolis

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Posted: March 20 2008 at 09:20

King Crimson - Red
Rush - YYZ
GYBE! - Moya
Savatage - The Storm
Vinnie Moore - Lifeforce
LTE - Acid Rain
anything from Flecktones

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sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more...

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Rocktopus

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Posted: March 20 2008 at 10:05

BaldFriede wrote:

1) High Tide - Death Warmed Up (In my opinion unbeatable).

Forgot about that one, probably because my musiclistening focus has been elsewhere lately. But it really is perfect.

Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me

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Posted: March 20 2008 at 10:28

Damjan wrote:

It means bread and salt Smile

Probably not exactly "bread", but "loaf". I could see the similarity in the words there; "f" often changes to "b" and vice versa, because both are labial sounds, though "f" is a fricative and "b" an explosive. An etymological dictionary would probably agree with me. In German it would be "Laib und Salz", by the way.

Edited by BaldFriede - March 20 2008 at 10:29

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Posted: March 21 2008 at 22:15

Finally a great moment to mention an incredible instrumental band (because all the other topics include a band with vocals and i prefer it, anyway)
LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT what a great band.. all the people who have not heard yet, and incredible song to start is: Kindred Spirits or Universal Mind. But once already digested you MUST listen:
"WHEN THE WATER BREAKS" ,for me the best prog/instrumental/long song (for people who like more hard rock and great solos and battles between guitar and keyboard leads) whit almost 17 minutes of progresive, creativity, melodies, and all the things that lead you to a music trip that when finish you will start again. I hope the people who read listen it
and enjoy it!

PD: sorry for the spelling mistakes (i'm learning english because i speak spanish) and 14 years.

[Me¢яøpølis]

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Posted: March 29 2008 at 21:55

Some which I didn't see mentioned here but I think are great:

- Riverside: Reality Dream I/II/III (and especially RD I which is amazing)

- OSI: The Thing That Never Was

And also:

Tangerine Dream - Ricochet (all)

Rush - La Villa Strangiato

KC - Larks Tongues in Aspic pt. I

Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase 2)

Mike Oldfield - Too many to mention them all

To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica)

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Posted: March 30 2008 at 14:13

La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Los Endos - Genesis
Lunar Sea - Camel
Peaches en Regalia - Frank Zappa
Watermelon in easter Hay - Frank Zappa
Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett
The Boys in the Band - Gentle Giant
Red - King Crimson
White Rhino Tea - Ozric Tentacles
Open Book - Happy the Man

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Posted: March 31 2008 at 07:43

Rocktopus wrote:

Art Zoyd: Generations Sans Futur
Soft Machine: Slightly All the Time
King Crimson: Fracture
Tangerine Dream: Flight and Collision of Comas Sola
DAAU: My Goodness! Poetry
Picchio Dal Pozzo: Seppia
Vortex: Prolegomenes
Deuter: Babylon
Hellebore: Umanak/Marquis De Saint Cricq (if simply unmelodic grunts counts too)
Dün: Arrakis

(almost made it: KHA-YM: Recontre Impromtue, Klaus Schulze: Ludwig von Bayern, Shylock: Ile De Fievres, Univers Zero: Dense, Algarnas Tradgard: Takeoff, Dedalus: Santiago, Henry Cow: Half Asleep, Half Wake)

THAT is an amazing list, Christer

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keep our sand-castle virtues
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as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

Rocktopus

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Posted: April 01 2008 at 20:45

Thanks Sean! How 'bout making one yourself?

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Posted: April 01 2008 at 21:10

I'm not going to go with "greatest" so much as my favorites...

Keeping The Blade - Coheed & Cambria
a beautiful orchestrated intro to the third album combining the intros of the first two.

Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
I'm in love with the first 10 minutes, the rest is still good though

Careful With That Axe, Eugene - Pink Floyd
awesome organ work, love Roger's scream

One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
obvious pick

Any Colour You Like - Pink Floyd
and once again with the Floyd

I really think Pink Floyd were the best at this, they dominate the list of my favorite instrumentals. They really knew how to convey emotion and feeling without vocals.

"and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"

crimson87

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Posted: April 12 2008 at 17:59

The greatest intrumental carried through 30 years

1-LTIA part one

2-LTIA part two

3-LTIA part three

4-LTIA part four

5-Level five

(This may look as a joke but is a very serious proposal, Crimson are the Kings when it comes to instrumentals.)

Also a live version of "Sartori in Tangier" which is in the "Neal and Jack and me" DVD.There is an AMAZING solo by Bob Fripp and also the rythm sounds like a 8 bit videogame which is really adictive

I will soon come (back) with the Non-Crimsonian list of instrumentals

You ´ ll see my return

king_pin

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Posted: April 13 2008 at 08:48

Godspeed You Black Emperor - Moya
Pain of Salvation - Pluvius - Aestivus
Dream Theater - Hells Kitchen
Focus - Sylvia
To Live is to Die - Metallica