Your favourite magical moments

the part of tools eulogy where maynard asks " would you die for me?"

the last SHARP        DISTANCE in heart of the sunrise..

bass solo in flower kings´s adam&eve

and last but not least, nevermore by queen.

Middle part and the end of Genesis' "The Cinema Show"
Pink Floyd's "Dogs", "A Pillow Of Winds", "Atom Heart Mother", "If" and "Echoes"
IQ's "The Wrong Side Of Weird"(oh, so powerful!)
Camel's "Lawrence", the whole song, especially the guitar solo at the end
Moody Blues' "Melancholy Man", the chorus at the end, oh, it is soo awesome and powerful! As if you were at a party with ten 50 year old drunken men!
Procol Harum's "A Salty Dog", it is just so beautiful

Genesis - entangled  (the final) 

Forgot the all time magic moment!!! SUPPER'S READY LIVE FROM SECOND'S OUT!!!! Collins is a GOD, he does SO MUCH better than Gabriel, with his voice he takes the music and moves it where he wants, Gabriel was just another instrument. this 24 minute song makes me cry almost every time, it's the best and most powerfull piece of music EVER!!

Peter Gabriel-Lead a normal life and the intro to Wallflower.
Ayreon-2084:The sound of the air raid sirens and machine gun fire.
Alice Cooper-Nobody likes me:The instrumental bit in the middle and Alice holding the note when he sings"Never.."
Bloodrock-D.O.A.:This whole song gives me the creeps."I remember..!"
Jon And Vangelis-A play within a play:the last 2:45
Jon And Vangelis-The friends of Mr Cairo:6:54;"One and one to talk to you like film stars they get close to you".
Yes-The revealing science of God:The keyboards right after"..freedom of life everlasting".
Yes-Awaken:"Like the time I ran away...."
Yes-Take the water to the mountain(unreleased version):Steves solo
Marillion-Sugarmice"Daddy took a rain check".
Frank Zappa-nearly all the guitar solos on Joes Garage,especially Packard goose and of course,Watermelon in Easter hay.

I could go on and on about Queen but heres a few:
Bijou-0:59.Brians guitar is crying
The show must go on:second verse and the line about "My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies",and at 3:12 when Freddie belts out another "Yeah".
Made in Heaven:Brians intro,2:28"When stormy clouds come around...".I also love Freddies backing vocals during this section.
I was born to love you:With all due respect to Freddie,this version is much better.
A winters tale:Brians guitar solo and at 2:50 when Freddie sings of landscapes and mountains,as though he is telling the listener what he knows he will see once he leaves this world.
Track 13:This is the unlisted very long instrumental at the end of the final Queen album;Made In Heaven.According to Roger and Brian it is supposed to symbolize Freddies spirit entering Heaven.The whole piece is very "magical"and hypnotic but there are a few bits that really do it for me.5:46-6:06 which brings back the Its a beautiful day theme,7:19-9:47,and most of all,16:06-18:00.Theres just something so hauntingly beautiful about that almost 2 minutes of music.I also get a kick out of the sound of rain fall and Freddie laughing.Just a fantastic piece and a great way to end it all.
Queen and David Bowie-Under pressure:"Why can't we give love give love give love...".

Vangelis-Blade Runner soundtrack.
Holst-The Planets:To think that all 7 pieces were composed by just one man blows my mind.I'm convinced Gustav was not of this world.
Ennio Morricone with Edda Del Orso-Once upon a time in the west:The most beautiful piece of music I have ever had the pleasure of hearing.

NJprogfan wrote: Gentle Giant (Three Friends) - the beautiful choir/Mellotron on the last song, "Three Friends". Heaven on earth!!!

That's one of mine too. I consider side 2 (sorry, the LP-age) of Three Friends the best side they ever did.

just simply finding this web site & discovering Premiata Forneria Marconi is the most recent "magical moment"

There are so many Genesis moments on Looking For Someone, The Musical Box, Firth Of Fifth and even Aisle Of Plenty

the sound of two keyboards together often gets me going in ... so Procol Harum (keyboard solo on As Strong As Samson and guitar solo on Crucifiction Lane as well as almost the whole of Whiter Shade Of Pale, to name a few) also figures quite a lot for me

but my current chilling moment of brilliance is in PFM's Impressioni Di Settembre off the Storia di un Minuto album ... right after the second chorus, when one keyboard starts soloing while another plays the main theme again ... heavenly

 

   Great thread!  Here's my pick:

   1 .- "Red" (King Crimson): That opening riff that grabs all previously recorded riffs in the world and tells them Robert Fripp is making history with his Gibson and a stool. Seventeen, young and stupid, in a small province town: louder, louder, louder...

   2 .- "Halleluhwah" (Can): Last minutes of rythm blast after the long keyboards section.  Holger and Jaki propel the groove and Damo Suzuki takes it higher and higher in a paroxsysm of pidgin English.
 
   3 .- "Marquee Moon" (Television): The whole second solo. If I should take a single bit of it, it would be the first minute, with Tom Verlaine's guitar soaring over the drummer's backbeat. "The darkness doubled.."

   4 .- "The Lie (Bernini's St. Theresa)" (Peter Hammill): Second chorus. After a second of silence, the VOICE screams... A thousand multi - layered screams ascending like cathedral towers.

  

Hehe, can't help but mention the Imperial March reference in one of the tunes @ 12:5.
About 2:30 into Reconciliation, I think it was a cool move of them to include that one :)