"thick as a brick" Side 1 or Side 2 ?
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Topic: "thick as a brick" Side 1 or Side 2 ?
Posted By: Rocket_Bob
Subject: "thick as a brick" Side 1 or Side 2 ?
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 13:07
It is a mood thing for me get me on a good day I can get into side 2 np but when I`m not feeling up to it Side 2 it can seem to bug me a bit 
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Posted By: Prometheus
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 13:51
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side two does have more variety, it seems, although the first side is more fun...honestly, though, the entire song(part 1 and 2) is at least 30 minutes longer than it needs to be.
------------- "Tell me why world, unfathomable and good, The beauty of everything is infinite and cruel." --Kayo Dot |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 14:02
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I like both, but I think Side 1 is more cohesive and works better as a song. -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: 33rpm
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 15:21
I like them both!!  ------------- Vinyl just sounds better!! |
Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 15:36
| For me the condensed version, on BURSTING OUT! |
Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 15:50
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I voted for Side One, but I love them both! I really like the finale of
Side Two, but the first side edges it out ever so slightly.
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Posted By: Endless Wire
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 16:20
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Side two seems a little incohesive to me, almost as if they just slapped a few riffs together. ------------- . |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 16:29
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Listen to any side first (not necessarily the first one) and it will get your vote. Both are equally terrific!!! I can't vote then.... |
Posted By: Guillermizzimo
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 16:46
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I find Side Two boring and, as many pointed out, not nearly as cohesive as the first. My vote goes to Side One then!
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 16:48
Yeah!
Too hard to choose. ------------- 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. |
33rpm wrote:Posted By: proglil49
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 16:58
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The choice is not very easy. I think I prefer the second ------------- I want to be an astronaut |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 17:09
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True !!! where is the choice of selecting the whole album. This masterpiece has to be listen in his entirely. so my vote is for the whole album. ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 17:11
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hmm, I believe this very poll and the very last answer have already been done and given...
You have entered the Twilight Zone... ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Ryth
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 17:20
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Probably the first side, but for one to listen to Thick As A Brick one must listen to both sides. ------------- http://rateyourmusic.com/~Ryth"> 
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: June 12 2007 at 17:31
True, although for a bunch of hastily slapped together riffs it's still pretty f***ing amazing.
Side 1 is just about flawless though. ------------- '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 |
Posted By: bruin69
Date Posted: June 13 2007 at 14:56
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Never mind the choice of both, what about the choice of neither? I really don't like this album! Repetitive, cliched, boring... ------------- A dog is for lunch and not just for breakfast |
Posted By: Eerichtho
Date Posted: June 13 2007 at 15:40
| Side 1 for me as well. |
Posted By: prognose
Date Posted: June 13 2007 at 23:30
It's a much better piece than relayer. Constant musical changes, great song writing, great vocals, great musicianship, great sound. The first side is constantly changing and amazing, the second side has some awesome moments and revisits a couple of moments from side 1 briefly. 9.5/10 rating for this album and as close to perfect you will ever find. As for Relayer:
Gates-great first 5 minutes, next 10 minutes filler
Soundchaser-great first 5 minutes, annoying repetition afterwards
To be over-nice tune
Not the warmest recording I know of either
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 13 2007 at 23:33
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side 2
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: June 13 2007 at 23:46
I'm going to pretend you didn't say that.
 Thick as a Brick is an album experience, to be honest, although I suppose I'll spring for Side 1.
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Posted By: hazard
Date Posted: June 14 2007 at 08:37
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i like both of them ------------- Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends... |
Posted By: ArtRockFan
Date Posted: June 14 2007 at 14:58
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Side 1 but if side 2 would have been on side 1 I would have probably picked that, only listened to both sides without stopping 3 times and all the other times I usually stop it almost at the end of side 1 so I am much more familiar with that side. I should just listen to the second side a couple of times to really listen to it.
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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: June 15 2007 at 03:07
1) That's like saying side one essentially. But with a less inventive bass player.
2) The Madison Square Gardens version was better anyways... ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: June 15 2007 at 03:10
That sounds...really awesome when you put it like that actually. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: June 15 2007 at 10:32
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Side one. Side two is good too, but all that noisy nonsense at the beginning feels like filler to me.
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Posted By: Rocket_Bob
Date Posted: June 15 2007 at 10:51
| I like the first half of side two after that I start to drop off a bit |
Posted By: dralan
Date Posted: June 15 2007 at 11:51
| Well I like the whole thing myself. It was and is one continuous piece of music. The technology of the time required they split it up into two halves. |
Posted By: raindance2007
Date Posted: June 15 2007 at 12:16
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This is one the greatest 5 minutes of prog rock history and it is from side 2
http://raylomus.com/Thick_as_a_Brick1972/EDIT10-11full.mp3 - http://raylomus.com/Thick_as_a_Brick1972/EDIT10-11full.mp3
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Posted By: bruin69
Date Posted: June 15 2007 at 16:12
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Sorry, I was a bit harsh before. I don't mind the album that much, it's just I feel it's 10 minutes of superb music which is then repeated with variations for a little too long ------------- A dog is for lunch and not just for breakfast |
Posted By: raindance2007
Date Posted: June 15 2007 at 18:39
The whole of side 1 sounds like 20 minutes of superb music. But I think the best 5 minutes of prog history is on side 2. The edit below
http://raylomus.com/Thick_as_a_Brick1972/EDIT10-11full.mp3 - http://raylomus.com/Thick_as_a_Brick1972/EDIT10-11full.mp3
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