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Topic Closed"The Knife" vs. "Knife-Edge"
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Poll Question: Which knife-titled song do you like better?
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"The Knife" Trespass best track and one of Genesis best one. 
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Picked Knife Edge although I have a framed, signed by Paul Whitehead print of the Trespass cover hanging above my bed. ELP was the first band to get me into prog and Knife Edge had a part in that.  The Knife is brilliant but Genesis was to come to bigger and better things.  I will always take the Genesis Live version with Collins and Hackett over the Trespass version. 


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Originally posted by Garion81 Garion81 wrote:

I will always take the Genesis Live version with Collins and Hackett over the Trespass version. 

Me too. Absolutely brilliant!
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Garion81 Garion81 wrote:

I will always take the Genesis Live version with Collins and Hackett over the Trespass version. 

Me too. Absolutely brilliant!

I third that! With out a doubt my favorite version, so powerful!
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Points: 3449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 28 2011 at 22:21

I tend to like my prog songs, especially those with the word 'Knife' in the title, to have a little edge.  So ELP of course.
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A certain amount of irony in this poll as Banks was inspired to write the main keyboard riff for The Knife after hearing The Nice - Rondo (Rutherford was a big fan apparently of Emerson's previous band and played Rondo to Banks who was impressed by the excitement and aggression of the peice)
ELP are my favourite band but Knife Edge is probably one of my least favourite tracks by them. Heavily disjointed with Palmer actually struggling to back up Emerson's brilliant organ work. The lyrics are not my cup of tea either and sound a bit ridiculous even for ELP. This was ELP as work in progress and trying to find their feet.
Some might wonder why they keep trotting it out.Mostly I believe because the song does suit Greg Lake's deep baritone voice. He can comfortably sing it which can't be said of a lot of other ELP tracks.


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The Knife. BUT I love ELP. I cant ignore what richardh said before easily. I agree with you richardh but I dont care about Banks inspiration. The Knife is very different to every ELP's songs. Maybe you find some similarities in details like one keyboard melody or something like this but I think Genesis is different to ELP from A to Z. (IMO)
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Originally posted by O666 O666 wrote:

The Knife. BUT I love ELP. I cant ignore what richardh said before easily. I agree with you richardh but I dont care about Banks inspiration. The Knife is very different to every ELP's songs. Maybe you find some similarities in details like one keyboard melody or something like this but I think Genesis is different to ELP from A to Z. (IMO)

 
You are right of course.
 
Banks wasn't a fan of ELP has to be said. He preferred The Nice.
The Nice were a very influential band in the late sixties. Deep Purple took a lot of notice of them and you can hear a bit of Jon Lord doing something very much like Rondo on Made In Japan.
ELP were much more of a showcase for the individual talents of each member and were considerably more symphonic in approach than Genesis. For what its worth Keith Emerson was very fond of Genesis in the early days even if the feeling wasn't reciprocated!
 
btw I love The Knife and that got my vote as well just in case it wasn't clear from my post.
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