Your top 3 epics
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Topic: Your top 3 epics
Posted By: Lucent
Subject: Your top 3 epics
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 15:57
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Too many negative topics are spreading around. Lets make this one for the best :3 1. All Of The Above - Transatlantic 2. 2112 - Rush 3. Close To The Edge - Yes |
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Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:03
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Supper's Ready - Genesis Tarkus - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer Anesthetize - Porcupine Tree |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:06
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Yes - Close to The Edge
Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick |
Posted By: Astrodomine
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:13
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A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - Van Der Graaf Generator Remembering/High The Memory - Yes Mister Ten Percent - Triumvirat For now... |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:14
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1. Yes - Gates of Delirium 2. Genesis - Supper's Ready 3. King Crimson - Lizard |
Posted By: Desoc
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:17
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Would have to be Supper's Ready - Genesis Close To The Edge - Yes Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull Define "epic", by the way? Anything above n minutes? |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:18
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Nine feet underground - Caravan
A plague of lighthouse keepers - VdGG
Karn evil 9 - ELP
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Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:22
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Pink Floyd - Echoes. The epic that started it all for me.
Yes - The Gates of Delirium. Yes' masterpiece, in my humble opinion.
Voivod - Jack Luminous (18:00 minutes of pure prog metal genius) ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Negru Voda
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:25
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Magma - Rïah Sahïltaahk (so underrated) King Crimson - Lizard Yes - Gates of Delirium |
Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:31
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Trick of the mind - Magic Pie
Harvester of Souls - IQ
A Change of Seasons - Dream Theater
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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:33
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Rush-2112
Yes-Close to the Edge Rush-Fountain of Lamneth |
Posted By: Lucent
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:34
Above 15 |
Desoc wrote:Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:36
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Focus - Eruption Jethro Tull - TAAB King Crimson - ISland (in the case that were an epic; I reccomend to take seriously Desoc's question ^^^^) ------------- The best you can is good enough... |
Posted By: TheMadCap
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:42
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Echoes - Pink Floyd Close to the Edge - Yes Animals (I couldn't decide between Sheep, Dogs and Pigs (three different ones)) - Pink Floyd |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:47
It's hard to make a specific number. I personally don't often consider a 20 minute jam to be an epic, but I'd consider a 15 minute song with many separate sections to be one. It's all personal, all definitions are subjective. Which means that personally an epic is a song that is circa 20 minues (as low as 15, maybe, sometimes even shorter. and anything longer, too) which is made up of separate movements or sections, or, if not, at least has an 'epic' feel and rises with climax(es) and/or reoccurring themes, et cetera. Y'know? |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:50
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^ Could be so. In that case, KC's Islands self-titled song isn't an epic. Then I'll replace it with..... hmmm........ .... Focus - Hamburger Concerto!
------------- The best you can is good enough... |
Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 17:05
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Genesis-Supper's Ready
Focus-Hamburger Concerto Caravan-Nine Feet Underground (medley) ------------- Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat? |
Posted By: cacha71
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 17:09
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Nine Feet Underground - Caravan
Karn Evil 9 - ELP
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
Supper's Ready - Genesis
Chupacabras - Phideaux
2112 The temples of Syrinx - Rush
OOPS! Did you say just three? That's cruel...!  ------------- http://www.last.fm/group/Progressive+Folk |
Posted By: darkmatter
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 17:12
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1. The Sky Moves Sideways (Porcupine Tree) - An unbelievably good song in my opinion, and my favorite PT song. It's perfect from beginning to end. 2. Dance with the Shadow (Riverside) - Such an awesome song! I really like the angry tone in this song. 3. Wings for Marie / 10,000 Days (Tool) - I love the lyrics in this song, many times I don't pay attention to lyrics, but they're too excellent to ignore. Very dark, sad song. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 18:04
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Yes - Gates of delirium Yes - Close to the edge Meshuggah - I three are just too few... at least give us 5, man!  ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 18:55
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KOHNTARK....................Magma
HAMBURGER CONCERTO..........Focus
SOLAR FIRE........Grobschnitt
MOON IN JUNE........Soft machine
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Posted By: Genesister
Date Posted: October 09 2007 at 20:57
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A Change of Seasons - Dream Theater
Anesthetize - Porcupine Tree Dogs - Pink Floyd |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: October 11 2007 at 04:37
Excellent choice - I agree wholeheartedly with your number one! My three would be:
1. All Of The Above - Transatlantic
2. Awaken - Yes (a short epic, but a classic nonetheless)
3. Misplaced Childhood - Marillion (the whole album as one epic suite on commonthread songs, split "at the seam" from vinyl side A to side B)
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Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: October 11 2007 at 09:12
| To not make it a comlete Yes Kingdom one piece per band for now: The Gates of Delirium A Plague of Lihthouse Keepers Supper's ready |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: October 11 2007 at 09:20
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There are many I like, and all from the classic era of prog. However, if I have to choose only three, let's see.... Yes - CTTE ELP - Tarkus Caravan - Nine Feet Underground With a very honourable mention for a concept-album-cum-epic, that is, JT's "Thick As a Brick". |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: October 11 2007 at 09:23
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...cum laude Close to the Edge Echoes Baker Street Muse ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: October 11 2007 at 09:30
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DT - A Change Of Seasons Marillion - This Strange Engine ELP - Tarkus ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 11 2007 at 10:08
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1. Yes - Awaken
2. ELP - Tarkus
3. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
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Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: October 11 2007 at 17:17
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Don't know if all of these would be called epic but as far as long songs go...
Magma - Köhntarkösz
Univers Zero - La Faulx
Yes - The Gates of Delirium
I also agree with one of the previous posters that The Sky Moves Sideways is the best PT song.. it just doesn't quite top the above 3 for me!
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Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: October 11 2007 at 18:11
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Yes - The Gates of Delirium ELP - Tarkus Harmonium - Histoires Sans Paroles |
Posted By: Teh_Slippermenz
Date Posted: October 11 2007 at 19:48
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Supper's Ready - Genesis The Gates of Delirium - Yes Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes (it's all one epic song with four movements, it's not an album really) |
Posted By: superprog
Date Posted: October 11 2007 at 22:38
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yeah fav 3 epic tracks:
Yes - Gates of Delirium (Relayer)
Pink Floyd - Time (DSOTM)
King Crimson - Starless (Red)
powerful and tear-jerking...........
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Posted By: Gog/Magog
Date Posted: October 12 2007 at 08:27
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Supper's Ready -- Genesis
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers -- Van der Graaf Generator
A Black Box -- Peter Hammill
Thank you! -------------  |
Posted By: Axel Dyberg
Date Posted: October 15 2007 at 02:34
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Univers Zero - La Faulx Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Caravan - Nine Feet Underground ------------- 
''WE'RE BALLS TO THE WALL, MAN'' |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: October 15 2007 at 02:59
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I'll comply with the "over fifteen" rule, although I feel that's a tad unfair. No "When the Music's Over" that way. First, and formost, gotta give props to my man "Tank as a Bank," as if you couldn't see that coming. Just the greatest album ever made, that's all. Second, and ever so slightly less foremost, "Super's Needy." Certainly the most Brick-like of the various opussies in general, and perhaps the quintessential Genesis song (although "Dancing Without a Moonlit Shirt" certainly gives it a run for its money). And, just because I haven't seen it so far, and just because I haven't hear "Tarkus" yet, "Punktures at an Explanation." Quite underrated, as far as "live/let's play an entire classical styled piece" albums go. For the moment I'll let it go with that. I mean, if I honestly thought about this, I'd probably never say anything. Just three? And over fifteen? You're killing me... ------------- "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 |