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Poll Question: Choose youe favourite
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
1 [0.88%]
8 [7.08%]
9 [7.96%]
1 [0.88%]
21 [18.58%]
2 [1.77%]
7 [6.19%]
3 [2.65%]
0 [0.00%]
3 [2.65%]
1 [0.88%]
1 [0.88%]
3 [2.65%]
5 [4.42%]
4 [3.54%]
1 [0.88%]
2 [1.77%]
0 [0.00%]
0 [0.00%]
0 [0.00%]
8 [7.08%]
21 [18.58%]
8 [7.08%]
3 [2.65%]
1 [0.88%]
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I missed plenty, but due to the limit of 25 entries it's not possible to include every single epic, but I probably should have included "Song of Sheherezade" and "The Snow Goose" but that would of course require exclusion of 2 of epics in the poll... 

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Mmm. Lizard is pretty special.
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Definately 2112! The Overture hits me so hard everytime. After that I'd go with Close To The Edge, Echoes, Thick As A Brick, and probably Dream Theater's "A Change Of Seasons". Would Kansas's "Magnum Opus" be considered an epic? If so, that'd definately make the list too.
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Dogs, followed closely by The Gates of Delirium, Thick as a Brick and Supper's Ready.
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Suppers Ready

 
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one of my favorite epics is Spock's Beard's 27:03 song "The Great Nothing" from V.  I voted for 2112 really a great song
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TAAB. No doubt.
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After some consideration as they are all great

  • Ritual -  Nous Sommes du Soleil
  • Echoes
  • Tarkus
  • Thick As A Brick
  • Supper's Ready

 

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Close To The Edge - Yes
Echoes - Floyd
Dogs - Floyd
Hemispheres - Rush
2112 - Rush
Supper's Ready - Genesis
Awaken - Yes
Nine Feet Underground - Caravan
The Ikon - Utopia
Karn Evil 9 - ELP
Shine On... - Floyd
Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
Tarkus - ELP

Of those, Close To The Edge edges the others out (for me).
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VDGG's Plague. Nothing beats it in emotional depth! And to me an epic is not perfect if it doen't have quiet, mysterious, atmospheric parts (compare "presence of the night" in this one).
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"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly is pretty good.  May even be a bit progressive, I also enjoy "Slightly  All the Time" by Soft Machine.

At 15 something minutes "Interior Lulu" from marillion.com may or may not be an epic song (but length isn't all there is to an epic) one of marillion's better tracks from that time period of their music. 
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I voted for Tarkus (I love that track) but I've got one track that I love even more: Awaken by Yes.

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Yes: Close To The Edge.
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Gates of Delirium

I never tire of it
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My choice: Supper's Ready

The mood changes of this song are thrilling, and the movement "apocolypse in 9/8" is worth the vote alone. Some other honourable mentions:

Focus - Eruption

Caravan - Nine Feet Underground

Collosseum - Valentyne Suite
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"A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" is simply mindblowing.
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Great poll question.

I voted for Suppers Ready and had to go then dig it out on vinyl - a live
version as well as i I don't have it on CD. Gotta buy a CD version
tomorrow to put on the iPod.
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I just don't know a couple of them (Hamburger Concerto, Rïah Sahïltaahk, The Icon...), the rest are great... I'm sure these 3 as well, anyway, I voted for Gates... (not Bill ) because it has been my Yes favorite, though I hesitated between this and Plague... I love GoD so much.

Btw, I don't think MDK (Magma) is an epic, may be a concept album, but otherwise you would have to place Snow Goose by Camel or Bo Hansson's Lord of the Rings too... not to mention many concept albums here and there... (666 would be great to mention, and it has a side long epic, indeed: All the Seats Were Occupied!!)

Originally posted by video vertigo video vertigo wrote:

"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly is pretty good.  May even be a bit progressive, I also enjoy "Slightly  All the Time" by Soft Machine.

In a gadda da vida is prog, indeed... but it's questionable whether it is epic. IMHO it's just an extended song with extended (but incredible, anyway!) guitar/keyboard solos... Had it been slightly longer, Doors' Light Might Fire could have easily fit into this category!

Oh, no one has mentioned Zappa! How 'bout "Gumbo Variations"??? I'm in love with that since the moment I first heard!

Lastly: though my Tangerine Dream fave is Madrigal Meridian, I could have voted for Force Majeure too... Heavens, so many side long epics of them!!!!

nice thread, btw
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I Can't choose!  All are great!
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