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Poll Question: Which song do you like best
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21 [31.34%]
16 [23.88%]
2 [2.99%]
4 [5.97%]
4 [5.97%]
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Firth of Fifth is the best song on Selling' which is saying loads, so it outclasses much of the competition here (sorry, Starless).
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Originally posted by Flight123 Flight123 wrote:

Originally posted by windycrawford windycrawford wrote:

Stop being that harsh on the definitions. 'Ballad' is kind of a general word here. Would u have felt easier, had I put as the word 'song' instead of 'ballad'? LOL


Sorry, can't help it - so where is the 'Ballad of Big' by Genesis then, eh?Smile

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Firth of Fifth just above Shine On 1-5.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Camel - Lady Fantasy

Absolutely.

Apart from Starless, they're all 9/10, but LF is 10/10.
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Lol Ballads.

Starless 
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Indeed almost impossible, all are wonderful, except that I don't recall the song "Lost" from VDGG. And "Take a Pebble" is indeed beautiful, but I feel the instrumental mid section is just a bit too long and sort of patchy or something... I just don't enjoy it so much and feel that kind of cuts the enjoyment of the main song. However, by definition my favourite song of all is Shine on You Crazy Diamond (usually thinking about the whole 25 min thing), so I have to go with that one (to be fair, I'm not really sure it is still my very favourite among all this choices... Lady Fantasy, Firth of Fifth, Starless are just as wonderful... but then I put Shine On again and listen to those first notes and I remember why it's suposed to be my favourite song of all).
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Crimson > Floyd > Genesis

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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Camel - Lady Fantasy

Absolutely.

Apart from Starless, they're all 9/10, but LF is 10/10.
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Firth of Fifth with Shine On You Crazy Diamond a close second.
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I Refuse to Vote AGAINST Any of Those Great Songs…….
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Just happened to listen to Starless this morning so hard not to vote for that ( so I did!)
 
I can't help but think there should be something by Supertramp from Crime Of The Century in there somewhere or maybe the impressive Child Of Vision ( perhaps 7 minutes is not long enough though)
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Sorry to say it again, but they're not ballads.
Starless though, my go-to answer for favourite song.
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Voted Starless but hard choice. The ending sells it though, obviously. 
Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Today, Shine on... - Starless - Firth of fifth
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Genesis, Firth of Fifth.
When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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Firth of Fifth for sure, that song's gotten me through some really hard times. Also followed by the ones that have the word star in them (KC and Yes)
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but Camel of course
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