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Poll Question: What is your favorite track on ELP's Tarkus
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
6 [11.76%]
2 [3.92%]
9 [17.65%]
7 [13.73%]
1 [1.96%]
0 [0.00%]
2 [3.92%]
6 [11.76%]
1 [1.96%]
13 [25.49%]
3 [5.88%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [1.96%]
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    Posted: June 23 2009 at 21:58
Whats your favorite track from Tarkus?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 23 2009 at 22:20
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 23 2009 at 23:42
You have to put Tarkus as one whole song (it IS one song)
Anyway I voted for The Only Way (If you had put Tarkus as a song I would have voted for this one)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 00:46
Originally posted by ProGR72 ProGR72 wrote:

You have to put Tarkus as one whole song (it IS one song)
Anyway I voted for The Only Way (If you had put Tarkus as a song I would have voted for this one)


That would have been to easy... Everybody would have voted for Tarkus!

Anyway, the opener of the album, Eruption, is one of the most amazing prog composition, and arguably the finest moment of ELP's career.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 01:16
Is Aquatarkus the part where it's like, "clear the battlefiiieeeld and let me seee", that'll be my fav
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 02:40
Like some others here, I see side 1 of Tarkus as one epic track. I vote for Battlefield, which is my favourite part of it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 03:43
Tarkus is one track, I would like to refer to the Gestaltpsychologie: The whole is more then the sum of parts.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 03:58
Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

Is Aquatarkus the part where it's like, "clear the battlefiiieeeld and let me seee", that'll be my fav

That would be Battlefield then.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 03:59
Originally posted by kingfriso kingfriso wrote:

Tarkus is one track, I would like to refer to the Gestaltpsychologie: The whole is more then the sum of parts.

It may be one body of work or a suite, but it definitely isn't one track.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 06:07
I agree that Tarkus one unit, but so what?  Then this poll would be pointless.  Let's do what we prog-lovers do best- over-analyze!

And over-analyze I shall.  I think I will listen to Tarkus as soon as the wife leaves and vote.  Big smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 06:11
Originally posted by ProGR72 ProGR72 wrote:

You have to put Tarkus as one whole song (it IS one song)
Anyway I voted for The Only Way (If you had put Tarkus as a song I would have voted for this one)


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 07:28
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeruption!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 07:51
I went with "Battlefield."
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 12:54
I didn't vote because ProGR72 is right Tarkus is the best track as one whole track
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 13:15
Battlefield for me.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 13:17
I'm gonna give "Stones of Years" some love.  Great section.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 13:26
Mass.

Favourite moment.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 15:45
Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

I'm gonna give "Stones of Years" some love.  Great section.
 
Me too.
 
For me it's one of the most wonderful moments in prog moments when Greg Lake starts singing: "Has the dawn ever seen your eyes, have the days made you so unwise..." Magnificent lyrics, sung by Lake in a great way, over the wonderful chord changes of Emerson.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 17:41
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

Is Aquatarkus the part where it's like, "clear the battlefiiieeeld and let me seee", that'll be my fav

That would be Battlefield then.
I really should have looked closer at the damned section names. ConfusedTongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2009 at 17:59
Stones of Years.
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