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Topic: The official epics top
Posted By: el böthy
Subject: The official epics top
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 17:51
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We need an official epics top 10, don´t we? Ok, so I have made a lot of this threads, but not in this section of the forum, so LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!!! ...ok... Here I go
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 18:06
This is always fun!!!  1. Pink Floyd - Echoes 2. YES - Close to the Edge 3. Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery 4. Nektar - A Tab in the Ocean 5. YES - Gates of Delirium 6. Pink Floyd - Dogs 7. Genesis - Supper's Ready 8. Phoenix - Negru Voda (I love all of the above the same, there's no actual top...) 9. Harmonium - Histoires Sans Paroles (B member_profile.asp?PF=1995&FID=79 - ö thy....?!!) 10. VdGG - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 18:19
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Yes - Awaken and Close To The Edge
Genesis - Supper's Ready and The Musical Box
Rush - Xanadu and 2112
ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition
Anglagard - Kung Bore
Outer Limits - The Scene Of Pale Blue
Camel - Lady Fantasy
....that's already 10, I have to stop!
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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 20:39
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Yes - Close to the Edge
Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick Yes - Gates of Delerium Pink Floyd - Dogs Meshuggah - I Edge of Sanity - Crimson Transatlantic - All of the Above Genesis - Supper's Ready |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 21:34
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1. Marillion - "This Strange Engine" 2. Genesis - "Supper's Ready" 3. Genesis - "Cinema Show" 4. Yes - "Close To The Edge" 5. Spock's Beard - "The Great Nothing" 6. Transatlantic - "Stranger In Your Soul" 7. Marillion - "Ocean Cloud" 8. Kansas - "The Pinnacle" 9. IQ - "The Harvest Of Souls" 10. The Flower Kings - "Stardust We Are" E ------------- 
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Posted By: Deus_Nova
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 22:24
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Rush - 2112 Dream Theater - Octavarium Yes - Close to the Edge Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (i like it very much... )IQ - The Narrow Margin Symphony X - The Accolade Queensryche - Suite Sister Mary ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 17 2007 at 09:50
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1. Yes – Awaken 2. Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond 3. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus 4. Yes – The Gates Of Delirium 5. Procol Harum – In Held Twas In I 6. Yes – The Ritual 7. Coda – Lament For Planet Earth 8. Twelfth Night – The Collector 9. Camel – Lady Fantasy 10. Cliffhanger – Ragnarök |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: November 17 2007 at 13:54
Ah yes, Histories sans paroles... would be 11 or so...  ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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andu wrote:Posted By: sean
Date Posted: November 17 2007 at 13:55
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okay, this is going to be tough, i don't think i can do it in any order: Yes-Close to the Edge, Gates of Delerium Opeth-Black Rose Immortal ELP-Tarkus Dream Theater- A Change of Seasons, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Rush-Cygnus X-1 Book 2: Hemispheres, 2112 Porcupine Tree-Anesthetize Symphony X-The Divine Wings of Tragedy i'm sure in a couple minutes i'll think of something that i wish i had put on there but hadn't, oh well. just out of curiosity, how are we defining epic? is there a minimum length or any other specific qualifications? i just used things that i think of as epics, usually they are over fifteen minutes and tell a story of sorts, which is why i didn't use any bands like Godspeed You! Black Emperor or any other band of the sort that has a lot of long songs. |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 17 2007 at 14:01
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Epics are minimum 15 minutes long.
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Posted By: sean
Date Posted: November 17 2007 at 14:31
okay, i've always been unsure as to what exactly constitutes an epic |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: November 18 2007 at 13:20
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1. A Plague of Lighthouse Keppers - VdGG
2. Nine feet Underground - Caravan
3. Close to the Edge - Yes
4. Karn Evil 9 - ELP
5. Tubbular Bells - Mike Oldfield
6. The Reaveling Sience of god - Yes
7. Facelift - Soft Machine
8. Tarkus - ELP
9. Soap Shop Rock - Amon Duul II
10. Force Majeure - Tangerine Dream
Thats what came to my mind today might be totaly difrent tomorrow..  ------------- 
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 01:26
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Dood:
Transatlantic - All of the Above Transatlantic - Duel With the Devil Transatlantic - Stranger in Your Soul The Flower Kings - The Truth Will Set You Free Spock's Beard - At the End of the Day Spock's Beard - Flow Transatlantic - My New World Transatlantic - Suite Charlotte Pike Spock's Beard - The Great Nothing Yes - Close to the Edge 
I'm sorry dude, new epics just own old epics, they're like the old epics times a million and one in epicness and catchiness |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 01:35
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Let's see, no order here: A Change of Seasons- Dream Theater Anesthetize- Porcupine Tree Cassandra Gemini- The Mars Volta (hee hee) Supper's Ready- Genesis Close to the Edge- Yes The Gates of Delirium- Yes Godspeed You! Black Emperor- 09-15-00 (pt. 1) Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Motherf**ker=Redeemer (pt. 1) Jethro Tull- Thick as a Brick Pink Floyd- Echoes ------------- 
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 04:12
Gotta agree with you there
Marillion - Grendel
Transatlantic - My New World
Transatlantic - Duel With The Devil
Transatlantic - All Of The Above
The Flower Kings - Devil's Playgroud
The Flower Kings - TTWSYF
The Flower Kings - Humanizzimo
Phish - You Enjoy Myself
Spock's Beard - The Light
Ween - Poopship Destroyer
Couldn't put them in order, but Grendel always comes out on top. ------------- 
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Posted By: SilverEclipse
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 13:32
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1 Echoes - Pink Floyd (23:28) 2 The Willing Well (suite) - Coheed & Cambria (29:43) I: Fuel For The Feeding (7:17) II: Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness (7:28) III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth (7:18) IV: The Final Cut (7:40) 3 Close To The Edge - Yes (18:44) 4 Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd (26:11) 5 Awaken - Yes (15:26) ------------- "and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 07:47
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1 Karn Evil -ELP
2 Suppers Ready - Genesis
3 Gates Of Delirium -Yes
4 The Last Human Gateway - IQ
5 Tangram Pt1 - Tangerine Dream
6 2112 (Different Stages version) - Rush
7 Tarkus (Welcome back my friends version) -ELP
8 Close To The Edge - Yes
9 Degrees Of Inner Turbulence - Dream Theater
10 And All The Seats Were Occupied - Aphrodites Child
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Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 07:59
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1.Marillion - This Strange Engine 2.Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons 3.ELP - Tarkus 4.Rush - 2112 5.Pink Floyd - Echoes 6.GYBE! - Moya 7.Porcupine Tree - Buying New Soul 8.Camel - Lady Fantasy 9.Yes - Awaken 10.Jethro Tull - TAAB Pt1 ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 13:17
That's answered my first question. Here goes - In length order (according to my Sonic Stage listings)
Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness
Mike Oldfield - Amarok
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells I
Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
Pink Floyd - Echoes Goes without saying really Focus - Hamburger Concerto
Yes - Close to the Edge (Yessongs version)
Satellite - Evening Games
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
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Posted By: Genesister
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 17:12
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Anesthetize - Porcupine Tree
Octavarium - Dream Theater Second Life Syndrome - Riverside Dogs - Pink Floyd Awaken - Yes |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 18:02
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Ask me six months ago, that would have been easy. Now, I dont even want to attempt it. ------------- 
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Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: November 30 2007 at 15:57
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1. Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
2. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 3. Yes - Relayer 4. Genesis - Supper's Ready 5. Pink Floyd - Dogs 6. Symphony X - The Odyssey 7. Dream Theater - Octavarium 8. Harmonium - Histories Sans Paroles 9. Rush - 2112 10. Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy ------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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Posted By: Teh_Slippermenz
Date Posted: December 11 2007 at 02:21
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Supper's Ready - Genesis Karn Evil 9 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Gates of Delirium - Yes Lady Fantasy - Camel Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull 2112 - Rush Echoes - Pink Floyd Close to the Edge - Yes The Cinema Show - Genesis A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - Van der Graaf Generator |
Posted By: Damjan
Date Posted: December 11 2007 at 16:00
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Yes- Close To The Edge Voivod - Jack Luminous Yes - Relayer Rush - Cygnus X-1 book ll: Hemispheres Rush - 2112 Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (Parts 1 + 2) Van Der Graaf Generator - Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Rush - Fountain of Lamneth Venom - At War With Satan (It's not really prog, but its a very cool song) ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingofhebrews/?chartstyle=MDK"> 
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Posted By: ES335
Date Posted: December 12 2007 at 20:17
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The Gates of Delirium-Yes
Close to the Edge-Yes
Terrapin Station-Grateful Dead
Echoes-Pink Floyd
Joe's Garage-Frank Zappa
A Quick One-The Who
2112-Rush
Cygnus X-1-Rush
Fountains of Lamenth-Rush
Abbey Road Medley-Beatles
This may change. I'm new to prog, Santa is bringing me Tales From Topographic Oceans for Christmas. Also, I found this site the other day and have discovered all kinds of great new stuff in the MP3s. I'm listening to Spock's Beard right now. If this song is 15 minutes I may add it!
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Posted By: progrules
Date Posted: January 21 2008 at 10:50
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1. The Odessey - Symphony X
2. Garden of Dreams - Flower Kings
3. Octavarium - Dream Theater
4. All of the Above - Transatlantic
5. Monster & Men - Flower Kings
6. Milliontown - Frost
7. Great Nothing - Spocks Beard
8. Knight of the north - Glass Hammer
9. Change - Magic Pie
10. Devine wings of Tragedy - Symphony X ------------- A day without prog is a wasted day |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 21 2008 at 11:06
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To name a few which are not on the list: Mother Gong - Wassilissa Clearlight - Clearlight Symphony Part 1 and 2 Van der Graaf Generator - Meurglys III, the Songwriter's Guild Peter Hammill - Flight Peter Hammill - Incoherence Mythos - Encylopedia Terra Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass The first album of Hatfield and the North could be considered to be one big epic, since it is played as one piece of music. The same is true for the second side of Steve Hillage's "Green" album. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 10 2008 at 18:51
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Top 10 of classic prog bands. Not exactly in that order.
1- Shine on you Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd 2- Thick as a Brick pt 1 - Jethro Tull 3- Supper's ready - Genesis 4- Gates of Delirium - Yes 5- Echoes - Pink Floyd 6- Close to the Edge - Yes 7- Dogs - Pink Floyd 8- Musical Box - Genesis 9- Karn Evil 9 - ELP 10- Tarkus - ELP |
Posted By: ES335
Date Posted: February 10 2008 at 22:25
As predicted....the problem is knowing what to drop. I guess I would drop the prog-related/proto epics, though I still love them and add
Plague of Lighthouse Keepers/VdGG
Solar Music Suite-Steve Hillage
Supper's Ready-G-dogs
Love is the Answer-Flower Kings
The Sky Moves Sideways-Porcupine Tree
Nous Sommes du Soleil-Yes
This will be interesting to revisit again in two more months I imagine by that time trying to narrow it to ten will seem pointless.
Someone above talked about how new epics "own" old epics. I am getting into some newer bands, but ultimately they don't seem to have the same depth as the older bands. The reason why (I suspect) is that the first generation of prog bands had such a wealth of influences, different types of jazz and classical, celtic, folk, as well as contemporary rock at a point in time where experimentation was encouraged. The newer bands seem to be getting this all second hand, filtered though Yes and Genesis, ELP and Pink Floyd, etc. Again, some of the newer bands are great, I really enjoy them, but it's hard for me to see how they "own" their predecessors. I understand what it's like to be 17 and think I know everything, but I also know what it's like for my ears to get bigger and bigger. My ears hear a much deeper sound from the first generation of prog greats.
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: February 10 2008 at 22:35
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In no particular order: Mëkanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh - Magma When performed live as a single piece De Futura - Magma Probably the most addictive bass line ever Supper's Ready - Genesis Really resonating epic The Way Up - Pat Metheny Sure it's split into three movement + the opening, but it's one song to me A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - Van Der Graaf Generator Somehow touches me really personally Köhntarkösz - Magma The most atmospheric piece of music I've ever heard K.A - Magma Extremely dynamic and varied - again, a single song in three movements Sista Somrar - Änglagård Somehow the gorgeous melodies, the sudden and exhilarating dynamic shifts, the monstrously epic rhythmic patterns all linger with me |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: February 11 2008 at 14:30
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1. Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - VDGG 2. Tetragrammaton - Mars Volta 3. Cassandra Gemini - Mars Volta 4. The Ikon - Utopia 5. The Truth Will Set You Free - Flower Kings 6. At The End of the Day - Spock 7. Thick as a Brick - The Pied Piper and his Loyal Rats 8. Queen of Hearts - Pendragon 9. Echoes - Pink Floyd 10. Revealing The Science of God - Yes If there were any more, i would choose Rubycon - Tangerine Dream, At the End of the Day - Spock and Journey... - Lord Rick. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Freak
Date Posted: February 11 2008 at 16:06
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1. "Supper's Ready" - Genesis
2. "This Strange Engine" - Marillion
3. "Echoes" - Pink Floyd
4. "Antennas To Heaven" - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
5. Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
6. "Always You" - Animal Collective
7. "Terrapin Station" - Grateful Dead
8. "Only Skin" - Joanna Newsom
9. "Voodoo Chile" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
10. "The Fare To Get Thee There" - Do Make Say Think
If we were limited to strictly prog epics, my apologies. And had there not been the 15-minute time constriction, you would be seeing some Neil Young and a lot more Genesis and Marillion. ------------- 
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Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: February 12 2008 at 13:09
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Arena - Solomon Coheed and Cambria - The Willing Well Frost - Milliontown Genesis - Supper's Ready IQ - Harvest of Souls Marillion - This Strange Engine Pendragon - The Last Man On Earth Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Red Sand - Blame Threshold - Narcissus I'm probably forgetting a load. |
Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: February 17 2008 at 21:18
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Cassandra Gemini -The Mars Volta Wings for Marie Pt 1and 2 -TOOL Weight -Isis The Necromancer - Rush Arriving Somewhere But Not Here -Porcupine Tree |
Posted By: AustinPrince14
Date Posted: February 24 2008 at 19:44
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No particular order: 1. I - Meshuggah - 2. a tab in the ocean - nektar 3. close to the edge 4. 2112 - Rush 5. in-a-gadda-da-vida - Iron Butterfly 6. Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil) - Yes 7. Light of Day, DAy of darkness - Green Carnation I love prog epics. The atmosphere is always better if you have 20+ minutes to express yourself. ------------- Give him an internet applause by tapping your fingers lightly on the keyboard. -Ninja Pirate Thilo Savage |
Posted By: AustinPrince14
Date Posted: February 24 2008 at 19:47
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Oops.... I forgot "The Divine Wings of Tragedy" by Symphony X (great choir intro, one of the greatest in prog music) ------------- Give him an internet applause by tapping your fingers lightly on the keyboard. -Ninja Pirate Thilo Savage |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: February 24 2008 at 19:56
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1. Genesis - Supper's Ready 2. The Decemberists - The Tain 3. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 4. The Mars Volta - Tetragrammaton 5. Yes - Close to the Edge 6. Il Balletto Di Bronzo - Introduzione 7. Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize 8. Pink Floyd - Dogs 9. Harmonium - Histoire Sans Paroles 10. Dream Theater - Octavarium -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: SilverEclipse
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 14:08
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Any other Yes fans find The Gates of Delirium to be noisy and annoying more than anything else? I find that song to be grossly overrated around here.
Anyhoo...I think The Dark Side of the Moon has to be #1... it was originally conceived as a complete piece called "Eclipse: a piece for assorted lunatics", and almost always played in it's entirety live by Floyd, Waters, and a lot of Pink Floyd cover bands. ------------- "and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 14:46
it is noisy, very noisy, but that's exactly why it is a lot better than "Close to the Edge", which is too tame for my taste. I find "Close to the Edge" to be a lot overrated here -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 14:54
1. Dream Theater - All of Metropolis pt. 1+2 [I can't believe no one's thought of that yet  ]
2. Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize
3. Rush - 2112 4. Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond
5. Yes - Close to the Edge
6. Symphony X - The Odyssey
7. ELP - Karn Evil
8. Dream Theater - Octavarium
9. Genesis - Supper's Ready
10. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 14:55
No. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 15:05
I wouldn't say "overrated" because like many on PA I think the use of this word if extremely overrated. However, I agree with you regarding the Gates of Delerium as being too noisy. Relayer is the one album from Yes that I have a hard time listening to. I mentioned this in another recent thread regarding Relayer specifically, it is either the sound of Steve Howe's steel guitar or the sound of Patrick Moraz on keys but I strongly dislike whatever it is that is making the irritating sound throughout the entire song and it does come across to me as more noise than music.
This being said, I don't dislike the album or song, and I try to listen to it as often as I listen to their other albums, but it is definitely a more difficult listen for me. ------------- 
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 17:56
Couldn't disagree more. An epic is (just my opinion, working off the traditional meaning of the word) a self-contained story or 'fully' explored theme, musically and/or lyrically. Generally, they are quite long, but a minimum time length is silly. Hence I'd consider The Knife and Get Em Out By Friday epics, while I wouldn't consider Epitaph an epic, even though it's longer. I think the serious issue with an epics top is that people completely disagree on what exactly an epic is. Plus, there's a terrifying chance that the rather mediocre The Gates of Delirium might win.
Yes. Yes indeed. From what I've heard, and always changing. 1. Telegraph Road - Dire Straits 2. Tarkus - ELP 3. Get Em Out By Friday - Genesis 4. 2112 - Rush 5. Les Porches - Maneige 6. Pictures Of A City - King Crimson 7. Lady Fantasy - Camel 8. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull (based on the music alone, it would have been higher, but it only gets in by its parody of a traditional epic format) 9. And You And I - Yes 10. Islands - King Crimson |
Posted By: MusicalSalmacis
Date Posted: February 28 2008 at 04:07
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is it ok to include anything, not just prog?
1. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - Van der Graaf Generator
2. Supper's Ready - Genesis
3. Mode D: Trio and Group Dancers (Stop! Look! And Sing Songs of Revolutions!) - Charles Mingus
4. Tabula Rasa - Arvo Pärt
5. Histoires sans paroles - Harmonium
6. Tarkus - ELP
7. Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
8. Köhntarkösz - Magma
9. Close to the Edge - Yes
10. Les Porches de Notre Dame - Maneige
Other options: The Gates of Delirium, Hamburger Concerto, In the land of Grey and Pink, Dogs, Lizard, 299/792 km/s,
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Posted By: SilverEclipse
Date Posted: February 28 2008 at 14:33
That's a better way to put tGoD. A very difficult listen for me. I think Sound Chaser is cut from the same mold but is a lot more refined. I love that song. ------------- "and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 28 2008 at 18:44
I never had any problems listening to "Gates of Delirium"; on the contrary, I was pleasantly surprised by Yes, because usually they don't go into noisy territory and are a bit too tame for my taste (which is why "Close to the Edge" only gets 4 stars from me and not 5), but I can see why fans of Yes may have their problem with that epic. since I am used to epics like "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" or "Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandöh", which both are a lot noisier, "The Gates of Delirium" was not difficult to digest at all ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: SilverEclipse
Date Posted: February 29 2008 at 13:30
It's not even so much the noisiness as it is that
1) they all just sound like they're playing random notes at times
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2) there is that cool part where they all seem to come back together... but it takes far too long to get to
...and "Soon" isn't as, I dunno...."beautiful" as people make it out to be IMO. I can absolutely see why it is so highly regarded, it's a technical masterpiece and a quintessential piece of prog... but can it stand up to the likes of Starship Trooper, Close To The Edge, and Awaken?... hmmm just not sure it can. I really think the band was at it's best when Wakeman was making his classical influence heard. I really miss the haunting church organ passages that are absent on Relayer. ------------- "and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 29 2008 at 14:35
as I said, I personally consider "The Gates of Delirium" to be a lot better than the in my opinion overrated "Close to the Edge". but we seem to come from the opposite sides of the prog spectrum ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: March 01 2008 at 06:07
Eh.. no one mentioned Egg's superb epic and suitable titled: Long piece No.3, and allso Hatfield and the north's epic Mumps never get any atention, Dave Stewart on organ, music dont get much beter then that.  -------------
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 01 2008 at 07:52
I also consider the first album of Hatfield and the North to be one great epic of 46:12 length. sure, the tracks all have different names, but musically flow into each other, and the album ends as it begins ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: March 01 2008 at 14:07
In no order whatsoever. First the "obvious": (a bit unsure of the timing)
And then some personal taste:
And two that i see as epics, but are split in a bunch of songs:
Now that was a waste of time!
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 01 2008 at 15:30
Very true  . While in The Rotters' Club the various tracks can be considered as individual entities (more or less), on their self-titled debut it is not so, even if the tracks have separate titles - they can in fact be considered as movements of the same piece of music. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 01 2008 at 15:36
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No Order...
1 Passion Play both parts! - Jethro Tull 2 Song for America - Kansas 3 Echoes - Pink Floyd (this one will never leave) 4 Yours is no Disgrace - Yes 5 Perpetual Change - Yes 6 Bring me to the Power - Yes 7 Mind Drive - Yes 8 Paradise/The Spell - Uriah Heep 9 Death Walks Behind You (the entire album lol) - Atomic Rooster 10 Aries - Supertramp (marvellous, seems like Jethro Tull, a pitty that the rest of the album does me nothing) |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: March 02 2008 at 05:47
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Oops, forgot these:
The Flower Kings - World of Adventures (13 min)
The Flower Kings - Big Puzzle (13 min)
The Flower Kings - Stardust we Are (25 min)
The Flower Kings - Garden of Dreams (59 min) (They could've made an album called Garden of Dreams, that included all the parts as seperate tracks instead!)
The Flower Kings - I am the Sun (??+?? min)
Uriah Heep - Paradise / The Spell (12 min) (Unsure if it counts)
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (22+25min) (Unsure if it counts)
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Posted By: Evandro Martini
Date Posted: March 02 2008 at 08:58
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1. Close to the Edge - Yes
2. Supper's Ready - Genesis
3. The Gates of Delirium - Yes4. Karn Evil 9 - ELP
5. Histoires sans paroles - Harmonium
6. Tarkus - ELP
7. Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
8. Nine Feet Underground - Caravan
9. Shine on you crazy diamond - Pink Floyd
10. Duel with the devil - TransAtlantic
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: March 02 2008 at 09:05
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dot dot dot here's a little reminder for people who forgot the epics of a fairly good band: 1. Kohntarkosz, part I 2. Kohntarkosz, part II 3. Theusz Hamtaahk 4. MDK (Mekanik Kommandoh vers.) 5. K.A., part II 6. K.A., part III 7. Wurdah Itah 8. Retrovision (heh) 9. Udu Wudu (Jannick Top vers.) 10. Riah Sahiltaak ... (plus four ten minute+ tracks on their debut but people have scary min. reqs. for their epics these days) ... 11. Tubular Bells, part I ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |