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Poll Question: Which song do you prefer?
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    Posted: February 14 2010 at 00:35
Which piece is your favorite from this incredible Van Der Graaf album? This could really get interesting.
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Pioneers Over C for me.
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Very difficult choice as there are no weak tracks on what is probably my favourite VDGG album. Rather ironically, the lyrics on Emperor (my vote) are perhaps the weakest of the lot (they sound like an affectionate imitation of Sinfield in places) but the music is possibly the greatest the band ever created.
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Pioneers Over C for sure.  The re-mastered/expanded edition adds my favorite track, though, Squid 1/Squid 2/Octopus.  It's definitely my favorite VdGG album overall, though.
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Lost will always have a special place with me.
Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Great album, House With No Door followed by Killers
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I could be any one of them, it's such a brilliant album. But I voted for Killer, because of the insane sax solo.
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That's a tough choice...
It would be either House With No Door, Emperor In His War Room, Lost, or Pioneers Over C... and Killer is pretty good as well.Tongue

My vote goes to Lost in the end.
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Killer
Really don't mind if you sit this one out.
My words but a whisper, your deafness a shout.
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House With No Door - like a short Beckett play in musical form, and one of VDGG's most moving songs.
'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom


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The Emperor in his War Room, but not by far. This album is the masterpiece of VdGG's early period.
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Easily one of the best albums in VDGG's catalog.  I love the whole album but I will go with Emperor in his War Room.  

Lost and Squid/Octopus, are tied for second.
"The things that we're concealing, will never let us grow.
Time will do its healing, you've got to let it go.
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Another vote for Emperor, one of my favourite songs by VDGG for sure. Micky, on the other hand, is a big fan of "Pioneers Over C".
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VdGG's best, and one of my favorite albums of all time.  I'm going to have to go with "Pioneers Over C" (I'm surprised it has the least amount of votes,) but I love all of the songs off this album dearly.
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FANTASTIC ALBUM!
 
I think I'll go for the classic: KILLER!
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Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Micky, on the other hand, is a big fan of "Pioneers Over C".


One more thing we have in common. Big smile
"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

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Killer for me
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Thats imposible to say, caus all 5 are fantastic, and the album is a real classsic.
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Lost for me.




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Emperor for me.
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