"Little" Masterpieces
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Topic: "Little" Masterpieces
Posted By: Varon
Subject: "Little" Masterpieces
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 14:02
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I've seen many polls like "best epic" , "best long composition" but nobody mentions these Wonderful pieces of Music. It's not fair.
Here you can find only the compositions (veryvery good ones) no longer than 2.30.
I hope to enlarge this list with your help. ------------- Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words??? |
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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 14:06
| Spirit of the Water is a song that has touched me for years now. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 14:15
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I'll go other for "The Owl": ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 14:17
| If you want another great short song you should try Kayak's Well Done or His Master's Noise. |
Posted By: 33rpm
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 14:22
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"Wond'ring Aloud" by Jethro Tull. Also "Nursie" and "Cheap Day Return". Tull were masters of the short song. ------------- Vinyl just sounds better!! |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 14:24
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My fave is not on the list: "Pioneer" by Split Enz, a wonderful instrumental with wonderful synth waves, chord changes etc. Absolutely great stuff by keyboardist Eddie Rayner. Bubbling under: "For Absent Friends" by Genesis, "Reunion" by Gentle Giant and "Pomp And Circumstance" by Camel.EDIT: I also agree with friso with Kayak's "His Master's Noise": great chords and vocal harmonies.
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Posted By: TheClosing
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 14:25
| Goodbye Blue Sky |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 14:26
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Eleanor Rigby from the list. ------------- 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 14:39
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Cardiacs' Angleworm Angel: ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 14:56
Excellent one!  I love that track and album it's off. Forgot it's short enough since it feels so full (though I thought of the album it's off). I'll change my other vote to that one for now.And one that I feel like embedding (interesting vid, though not a Residents favourite of mine): ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
SaltyJon wrote:Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 15:07
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My choice (2 minutes 19 secs
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 15:20
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Good poll, originality is always good.
I'll go for one of my all-time faves:
Although with the title track as an opener it's not the same, still this is rather a short instrumental gem for me.
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 15:22
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Kansas- "The Spider"
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 15:26
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Because of the absence of Nick Drake's Road, I tend to vote for more than half of them. Out of these I choose Acquiring the Taste. ------------- 
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Posted By: DeKay
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 15:37
| Spirit of the Water |
Posted By: Lynx33
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 16:15
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yes: onward
------------- Mindez elmúlt. Ma már tudom köszönteni a szépséget. |
Posted By: GY!BE
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 17:24
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Something Else
------------- It is all a dream, a dream in death... |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 17:28
------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 20:11
| Leaving out the "other" option due to my personal laziness, Eleanor Rigby is the only one of those I consider a masterpiece |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 21:45
| Hairless heart is the best. Spirit of the water, Cans and Brahms and Horizons are really good too. I don't think that Lavender fits in this clasification. I don't think is little, maybe a masterpiece but not so little. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: September 28 2010 at 21:58
| Goodbye Blue Sky.....with Rigby as the runner up |
Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 04:38
This :) As well as Goosegash, Bell Stinks, Eden on the Air and There's Good Cud ------------- http://mlyk.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 04:43
From the list it has to be Horrizons. Who on earth voted for cans and Brahms. It is horrid! Sorry.......... ------------- "I always say that it’s about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place". Rick Wakeman |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 04:57
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From this list, Hairless Heart, closely followed by Lavender.
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Posted By: Shevrzl
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 07:19
| Torn between Horizons and Eleanor Rigby. I'll just vote for the one with the less votes then! |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 07:24
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From the list I went with the utterly gorgeous Goodbye Blue Sky, easily my favourite from The Wall.
Probably my two favourite 2-minute tracks though are State Of Mine by IQ and Roygbiv by the truly amazing Boards Of Canada. Boards Of Canada may not be on PA but Roygbiv is 2 minutes of electronic prog heaven.
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 08:03
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This one:
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Posted By: jimidom
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 08:11
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Hairless Heart gets my vote because of the power in its in simplicity.
------------- "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - HST |
Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 08:21
------------- "I always say that it’s about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place". Rick Wakeman |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 08:25
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 13:07
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Good list....I'll be the first to vote ofr Ponker's Theme...excellent short song by David Jackson. ------------- 
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Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 13:16
Can't say I'm a big fan of any of those tracks, but Devin Townsend's 'Ants' seems to pack quite a punch into two minutes! 
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Posted By: rod65
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 14:14
| I've always love "Horizons." "Lavender" is a close second. |
Posted By: Lozlan
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 14:16
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Spirit of the Water. I tried and tried and tried to get into Camel in the early days, but they always lost my interest somehow. This song singlehandedly kept me coming back, until finally I learned to admire and love the band. Two minutes of music that totally changed the prog landscape for me.
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Posted By: Shevrzl
Date Posted: September 30 2010 at 02:13
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I prefer Hypergeek! |
Posted By: JakoCba
Date Posted: September 30 2010 at 10:20
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In the prog my favorite is "Tapping into My dark Tranquility" - Kiko Loureiro (Angra).
In the Not Prog, Enya's song "Watermark".
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Posted By: Camel666
Date Posted: September 30 2010 at 12:17
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A penny for your thoughts my dear A penny for your thoughts my dear I.O.U. for your love I.O.U for your love btw it lasts more than 2.30
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Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: September 30 2010 at 13:24
Good choice, I would have chosen War by SH/HC. I
 Dagmar. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: September 30 2010 at 16:35
Cans and brahms...
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Posted By: Chela
Date Posted: October 03 2010 at 22:03
| Hairless Heart. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: October 03 2010 at 22:10
| From the ones I know, I guess my favourite would be Eleanor Rigby. Though as far as I remember, Genesis ones and Pink Floyd's one are rather nice too. However, my favourite short song might just as well be Dream Theater "Wait for Sleep". Oh, by the way, "War inside my Head" is really cool too, though completley different to Wait for Sleep. |
Posted By: idiotPrayer
Date Posted: October 04 2010 at 14:48
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no-man - the ballet beast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOxn_XIPKUU - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOxn_XIPKUU radiohead - hunting bears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWe-ZgjTrYE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWe-ZgjTrYE (has anyone seen the movie "hunter"?) and faust arp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjkHmkCpQJA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjkHmkCpQJA mastodon - crusher destroyer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBZlrxRRrWw - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBZlrxRRrWw |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: October 04 2010 at 16:25
Absolutely. Plus It's Only Solitaire, a great shorty.
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Posted By: arnold stirrup
Date Posted: October 04 2010 at 20:15
under wraps II ------------- So much music. So little time. |
Posted By: spookytooth
Date Posted: October 04 2010 at 20:21
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Hairless Heart wins this one for me.
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Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: October 05 2010 at 03:07
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Camel's Irish Air had no vote !
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Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: October 05 2010 at 03:27
| I think that allot of the little songs on Minstrel in the Gallery were great, like Grace and Requiem. |