Epic ballads from classic bands part 1
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Topic: Epic ballads from classic bands part 1
Posted By: windycrawford
Subject: Epic ballads from classic bands part 1
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 11:39
| Almost impossible to decide |
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Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 11:52
| Shine On I can see, but how is Starship Trooper a ballad? |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 11:52
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Startless ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 11:54
| Starless |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 12:05
Not sure how many are technically 'ballads'... I went with ELP as Greg Lake seemed to know a ballad when he saw one.... |
emigre80 wrote:Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 12:08
Literally impossible, I can only really eliminate one or two but they're all at least 10/10 songs 
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Posted By: windycrawford
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 12:11
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'? 
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Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 12:11
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Starless (aka the greatest song ever written)>Lady Fantasy>Firth Of Fifth>Shine On>Starship Trooper>Lost>Take A Pebble ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 12:14
Sorry, can't help it - so where is the 'Ballad of Big' by Genesis then, eh? |
Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 12:33
I would have preferred 'song'. Ballad is a subset of songs. Not all songs are ballads, but all ballads are songs. it just seems like a good day to be pedantic, you know?
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Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 12:55
| Starless... |
Posted By: windycrawford
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 13:00
Sure I wouldn't miss the opportunity of putting in the ballad poll a song with such a name, but it wouldnt stand a chance against hmm.. Starless. Rly, I shoulda put Epitaph instead of Starless for the contest to be fair
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 13:32
| Camel - Lady Fantasy |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 13:36
| Shine On You Crazy Diamond, but most songs in the list belong to the best songs prog ever had. |
Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 13:59
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Starless in one of my favourite pieces of music ever but as Lost has 0 vost I cant help voting for it because it's great too. ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 14:16
same here, but i chose Starless...for now. ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 14:21
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My difficult choice was Pink Floyd or Camel. I had to pick one, so it was Pink Floyd.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 14:23
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ELP ------------- |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 14:32
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So tough! Firth of fifth. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 15:31
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KC....but I also question calling several of those 'ballads'.
and yes...song would have been better.
 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 16:51
| Firth of Fifth is the best song on Selling' which is saying loads, so it outclasses much of the competition here (sorry, Starless). |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 16:56
What's that expression the English have: "Do come along."? |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 17:07
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Firth of Fifth just above Shine On 1-5. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 17:24
Absolutely. Apart from Starless, they're all 9/10, but LF is 10/10. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 20:02
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Lol Ballads. Starless ------------- 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. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 21:38
| 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). |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 27 2015 at 22:06
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Crimson > Floyd > Genesis (I love you Hercules) ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 28 2015 at 00:36
One more ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: April 28 2015 at 00:46
| Firth of Fifth with Shine On You Crazy Diamond a close second. |
Posted By: JesusisLord
Date Posted: April 28 2015 at 00:53
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I Refuse to Vote AGAINST Any of Those Great Songs…….
------------- And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Phillipians 2:11 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 28 2015 at 02:03
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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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Posted By: Terakonin
Date Posted: April 28 2015 at 06:01
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Sorry to say it again, but they're not ballads. Starless though, my go-to answer for favourite song. ------------- You left a note in your perfect script Stay as long as you like I haven't left your bed since |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 28 2015 at 07:20
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Voted Starless but hard choice. The ending sells it though, obviously. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: April 28 2015 at 08:25
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Today, Shine on... - Starless - Firth of fifth ------------- 
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Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: May 21 2015 at 19:31
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. |
Posted By: A_Flower
Date Posted: May 22 2015 at 08:04
| 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) |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: June 15 2015 at 21:04
| but Camel of course |