Some great short instrumentals
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Topic: Some great short instrumentals
Posted By: windycrawford
Subject: Some great short instrumentals
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 00:00
| Here you go |
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Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 00:38
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Barbarian is a killer ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 01:47
| Bugger I'm going to have vote against one of ELP's finest. This is going to be a rout unfortunately. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 02:56
| Love all 3 - I will lean towards ELP in this case - Rush has the tightness and incredible production, Generale has that typical Italian touch, ELP has the outright 'balls' on this amazing track - love how it veers from the heavy fuzz-bass and Hammond assault, to a lovely piano/jazzy interlude, and back again. Simply outstanding. Like a smidge over the others. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 03:02
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YYZ. ------------- 
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Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 03:05
| YYZ+1 |
Posted By: windycrawford
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 04:00
| Too bad PFM's song is so overlooked. Actually, not worse than other listed songs. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 04:09
| ^ No-one said it's inferior, just most of us 'prefer' the other 2 tracks. |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 04:13
| PFM for me. |
Posted By: windycrawford
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 04:15
Hope, this applies to everyone voting here.
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Tom Ozric wrote:Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 04:24
PFM, easily 
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 04:28
| Generale by PFM |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 05:02
I first discovered ELP before I knew PFM. I listen to ELP more than Rush. I probably spend more ear time with PFM than Rush. But that first track off the first album, that I first heard back in 1987 - a little time before Rush and PFM entered my ears, it's hard not to vote for them. Nothing wrong with Generale ! though. And the Per Un Amico version is superior to the Photos Of Ghosts version. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 06:29
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YYZ. Especially the version from Exit Stage Left. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: windycrawford
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 07:37
Thank you for your detailed explanation. I like Per Un Amico version better, as well. |
Posted By: A_Flower
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 07:44
| Sorry, but I think I'm gonna have to go with YYZ |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 07:52
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all 3 are amazing songs Barbarian takes it for me ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 07:56
 .......but hopefully you got what I meant...... 
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 08:06
These are all good instrumentals, but the version you suggest is my favourite. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 08:07
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Interestingly, both The Barbarian and YYZ feature the tritone interval quite prominently (augmented fourth for the academics in our midst) Is this maybe why the poll maker associated them together (albeit subliminally?) Adore all three tracks hugely but voted for The Barbarian as it's probably the pivotal reason I started listening to Prog in the first place. (and Bartok is slumming it even in this esteemed company) ------------- 
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 08:15
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Posted By: windycrawford
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 08:15
Just subliminally, I'm no musician) Still, thank you for your feedback.
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Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 08:29
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Why Why Zee ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 09:03
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YYZ is quite good but this has to be "The Barbarian". Brilliant piece of music! BTW check out the original too: Bela Bartok's piano piece "Allegro Barbaro".
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 09:23
| PFM, but the other two are great. |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 09:56
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Can't vote against "The Barbarian", not even for "Generale". -------------  
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 11:28
------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 12:10
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Yep, YYZ ------------- |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: April 30 2015 at 19:24
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YYZ!!!!! ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 01 2015 at 02:03
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I thought YYZ would run away with this ( and I voted for it!) The live version of The Barbarian from the Lyceum show is quite nice for those that are interested. ELP pretty much dropped it from their live repertoire after about 1971. I don't think it ever returned..
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: May 01 2015 at 08:54
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ELP performed it at High Voltage, 2010! |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: May 01 2015 at 22:16
Thanks Moogtron for your suggestion, I didn't know the name of this GREAT Bartók's piano piece. Listened on YouTube to some superb recordings, including one that seems to have been performed by Béla Bartók himself, at least so it seems by the liner notes, stunning performance ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=KWadpIl3O3U" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=KWadpIl3O3U ) And I'm loving even more the fantastic ELP's piece!, even realizing now that it is indeed entirely based on Bartok's composition, the first third of it wow! is just bombastic. And in the second third it's amazing how Emerson on a short piano midsection manages to include some other personal "subito fortissimo" variations giving an extra edge of wild force! (incl. those in tempo too.) But, about the classical piano performances of Béla Bartók's "Allegro Barbaro", my favourite was easily the hungarian Zoltán Kocsis's, a contemporary classical pianist very talented and famous, he has recorded the complete solo and with orchestra piano work of Béla Bartók. The pretty faster sounding tempo of this preformance gives even more dynamics to the melody, and the piano pedals make a decisive difference to my ears too - loved those enhanced strenght of the lower notes throughout the piece. In fact it felt way more impressive to me, just awesome indeed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Qh7zojWI7eA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Qh7zojWI7eA -------------  "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 02 2015 at 02:45
I was there as well
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