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Points: 4160 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2012 at 12:11
Originally posted by Ambient Hurricanes Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

Originally posted by frippism frippism wrote:

 

Sleep is A Curse- motW. Not a bad song, but really unnecessary and a bit cheesy.


Unhappy  I love that song
In my opinion, it was very well needed on an album as heavy and mind-numbing as Leaving Your Body Map.  And the neo-classical guitar playing is just brilliant.

I think that the album has some great, quiet, woodwind sections. There is sometimes variety in an album, which just breaks the flow of the album. Sleep Is A Curse is one of those songs IMO.
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Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

Originally posted by rupert rupert wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

21st Century Schizoid Man.  Forget about Moonchild.


Okay, I'm with you here !!!


And while your at it kick out ' I Talk To The Wind' as well.

Oh yeah, try to kick it out, we know what will happen to your words.
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Points: 6632 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2012 at 12:58
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

Originally posted by rupert rupert wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

21st Century Schizoid Man.  Forget about Moonchild.


Okay, I'm with you here !!!


And while your at it kick out ' I Talk To The Wind' as well.

Oh yeah, try to kick it out, we know what will happen to your words.


What?
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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2012 at 14:34
Originally posted by ProgressiveAttic ProgressiveAttic wrote:

Cans and Brahams from Fragile anyone? I don't object the concept of including a classical solo piece (I am completely fine with Mood For a Day) but Wakeman is capable of higher quality... I don't know what was he thinking....


Yes! I’ve never understood why it was necessary to take a good movement by Brahms and turn it into the worst track on a Yes album.
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Its not that bad.
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Points: 144 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2012 at 15:52

cant imagine ANY album being perfect even with the exception of one song
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Points: 610 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2012 at 16:35
Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

Originally posted by rupert rupert wrote:

Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

Originally posted by rupert rupert wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

21st Century Schizoid Man.  Forget about Moonchild.


Okay, I'm with you here !!!


And while your at it kick out ' I Talk To The Wind' as well.


This I would not.


I wasn't serious!


Sorry... okay, gotcha now Smile
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Points: 7412 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2012 at 18:07
"Your Own Special Way" on Wind and Wuthering messed up a pretty good collection of prog, IMHO!  We always used to make fun of that song when it came up on the playlist....

....of course, we were so damn stoned, we'd laugh at anything!  
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If you removed 21st Century Schizoid Man from In the Court of the Crimson King it would be a perfectly bad album. So in a way, it does ruin a perfect album.

While I don't hate the track I've always thought On Horseback was inappropratly jammed on the the end of Ommadawn. I noticable flaw on an otherwise pitch perfect album.


Edited by R-A-N-M-A - March 07 2012 at 21:04
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^I like that end to Ommadawn. Actually used to look forward to it.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

^I like that end to Ommadawn. Actually used to look forward to it.


Me too.
It's a nice contrast to the rest of the music.
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Points: 10266 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2012 at 05:49
I never understood why people disliked ELP songs like "Benny the Bouncer", "Jeremy Bender" or "Are you ready, Eddy?" They are obviously meant to be humorous numbers, and as such I have always enjoyed them. Why the heck do people have to be so stiff and solemn about prog?


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^Couldn't agree more.Shocked
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I like the humor, but these songs are irritating and coming after tarkus they greatly overshadowed!
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Points: 1241 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2012 at 08:04
Caress of Steel is not a masterpiece, but the lyrics of I Think I'm Going Bald... WTF?
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Points: 144 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2012 at 15:20
Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

I never understood why people disliked ELP songs like "Benny the Bouncer", "Jeremy Bender" or "Are you ready, Eddy?" They are obviously meant to be humorous numbers, and as such I have always enjoyed them. Why the heck do people have to be so stiff and solemn about prog?


We are all big Gong and Zappa fans...I mean, we enjoy humour when it's good Tongue
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Points: 1534 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2012 at 15:33
'I Surrender' on Rainbow's 'Difficult to Cure'. It could be such a perfect dull album, but one good song ruins that harmony! Cry
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Points: 1008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2012 at 20:43
I'm tempted to say Thick As A Brick, but I won't.
 
I don't think there are any albums that are runined by a single song.  There are many which would be improved by removing a song or two.
 
If Money was removed from Dark Side of the Moon and included on Wish You Were Here it would improve both albums.
 
Similarly, The Lamb is better without Chamber of 32 Doors and Grand Parade but both tracks would improve Trick of the Tale.
 
The quality of Sgt Pepper  is significantly reduced by "When I'm 64" and "Lovely Rita" which are not even good filler.  "She's Leaving" is a good song but does not sit well in the overall tone of the album.  It would be a good addition to the White Album.  Sgt Pepper still manages to be a great album, but replace these three tracks with Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields and "It's All Too Much" and it would be close to perfect.
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Points: 4671 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2012 at 23:38
What? "Chamber of 32 Doors" is a great song!  "Counting Out Time" is the one I'd remove.
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2012 at 23:40
Agreed. Grand Parade and 32 Doors are some of my favorites. Counting Out Time is annoying after the first 5 seconds. 
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