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Side 1 Track 1 Shootout! Vol. 2 |
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iancat87 
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 Topic: Side 1 Track 1 Shootout! Vol. 2Posted: June 05 2018 at 10:58 |
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Back by popular demand, live by request, the VH1 Storytellers edition of Side 1 Track 1 Shootout! Joining us again are ELP, Tull, and Yes, who received the fewest votes in Vol. 1.
And for that one guy in the Vol. 1 thread: HERE IS YOUR ZAPPA (wink wink wink wink wink we will have more for sure).
I think we all know that Yes is going to run away with this thing, but here we are. |
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Lewian
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Posted: June 05 2018 at 12:07 |
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Hmmm. I have a weak spot for opening sections of an album and often the first track is my favourite. Now four out of this selection are actually sidelong, which seems a bit unfair. I'll rate them according to their album opening qualities (obviously as I hear them, subjectively). Freefall works well as an opener but is a bit bland and when ranking the songs on the whole album it may end up last. I'm not impressed with the starts of 2112 and CTTE; 2112 has a rather lame prelude (I'm not against starting at low profile and getting more intense later but this one, no) and CTTE starts with instrumental posing and gets much better only later. The other three have really marvellous but very different ways of starting off. All of them get me from the very beginning. Hard to pick between them really. While as a full track I'd pick TAAB, my vote goes to Zappa because this is a proper opener rather than a well opened full album side. |
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Squonk19
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Posted: June 05 2018 at 12:19 |
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It is rather strange to think of many of these as openers when they take up about half an album. So, it's down to which one I like best.....Close to the Edge, the first half of Thick as a Brick or Tarkus? I think Yes have to edge it once again.
Interestingly, The very start of 2112 - Overture/Temples... (live version especially) is my favourite bit of the whole epic. If we were talking just the first few minutes of all these side-long tracks, it might have got my vote. |
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“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”
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iancat87
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Posted: June 05 2018 at 12:21 |
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Yeah, I knew there would be some gripes with the side-long bits, but whatever. Is it side one? Yes. Is it track one? Yes.
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Posted: June 05 2018 at 13:40 |
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Gee whiz. I'm gonna sit this one out, lol!
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digdug
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Posted: June 05 2018 at 14:00 |
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4 stone cold classic masterpieces here
but Tull gets my vote
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Prog On!
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Posted: June 05 2018 at 14:26 |
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Some great tracks there. I Went with CTTE.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 05 2018 at 14:28 |
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Thick
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Posted: June 05 2018 at 15:22 |
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Thick as a Brick, followed very closely by the rest.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: June 05 2018 at 18:19 |
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TAAB.
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
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Posted: June 05 2018 at 18:28 |
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Zappa.
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Posted: June 05 2018 at 19:26 |
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Would have been a tough choice if CTTE hadn't been on here, but that piece is pure ecstasy. No question.
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Posted: June 06 2018 at 00:09 |
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...to be Thick as a Brick (again).
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Posted: June 06 2018 at 00:11 |
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...but I believe this will be quote unneccessary poll, everybody knows Yes will win.
Edited by Mortte - June 06 2018 at 00:11 |
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Posted: June 06 2018 at 00:38 |
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Camel
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Posted: June 06 2018 at 01:40 |
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Close to the Edge, followed closely by Thick as a Brick and Tarkus.
Edited by someone_else - June 06 2018 at 01:40 |
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Posted: June 06 2018 at 06:13 |
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These polls are getting harder to decide - this is all great stuff! CTTE gets the nod today.
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Posted: June 06 2018 at 07:56 |
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All are great but CTTE is the greatest.
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Posted: June 06 2018 at 09:44 |
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All great opening tracks !
Yes - "Close To The Edge" > Rush - "2112" > Jethro Tull - "Thick as a Brick" (Part 1) > Emerson, Lake, & Palmer - "Tarkus"> Camel - "Freefall"> Frank Zappa - "Peaches En Regalia" |
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Posted: June 06 2018 at 13:53 |
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Tarkus, but CTTE is very, very close
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