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Posted: October 01 2004 at 02:54

The instrumental section of 'Firth of Fifth' on 'Seconds Out' - Genesis.

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Posted: October 01 2004 at 04:13

'...And Harold Demure who's still not quite sure ,fires acorns from out of his sling...Here come the Cavalry.' - Genesis-Battle of Epping Forest

Ditto above...'nips up the nearest tree...Here come the cavalry.'

'A flower?...' Genesis - Supper's Ready

The Slide accompanying Fly on a Windshield-Genesis-Lamb Lies Down tour/ Lamb Stew - Trick of the Tail tour.

Steve Hackett's splendid 'debut goal' for Genesis on
The Musical Box.

Cadence and Cascade - King Crimson

The final coda on VdGG's The Arrow

David Jackson's sax on Pilgrims - VdGG

That'll do for starters

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Posted: October 01 2004 at 04:17

There are almost too many to mention but Alex Lifeson's guitar solo on the Rush track "YYZ" is definitely one and Steven Rothery's on Marillion's "Easter". Other great Marillion moments are when Steve Hogarth yells "But not as much as this!" and the band comes crashing in on "Splintering Heart" and the bit in "Out Of This World" when Hogarth sings "What the hell do we want?". And the entire "Memory Of Water" which is one of the most heartfelt deliveries by any singer ever. And then there are the IQ moments. Mike Holmes beautiful guitar solos at the end of "Harvest Of Souls","Common Ground" and "Came Down" and the classical guitar ending of "Wurensh". And Martin Orford's solo piano part that comes out of nowhere in the middle of "The Seventh House",a real goosebumps moment. And about a thousand others!

Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.

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Posted: October 01 2004 at 04:19

The Slide accompanying Fly on a Windshield-Genesis-Lamb Lies Down tour/ Lamb Stew - Trick of the Tail tour.

Man Erg: I'm intrigued, can you describe it, or better still post a pic

I love seeing classic pics of the Lamb tour. There are not enough around. Or maybe I'm not looking in the right places.

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Posted: October 01 2004 at 04:35

Blacksword wrote:

The Slide accompanying Fly on a Windshield-Genesis-Lamb Lies Down tour/ Lamb Stew - Trick of the Tail tour.

Man Erg: I'm intrigued, can you describe it, or better still post a pic

I love seeing classic pics of the Lamb tour. There are not enough around. Or maybe I'm not looking in the right places.

I'm unable to post a pic bit it has been burned into my memory for 30 years. The screen behind the band was black but in the centre you could just make out a speck of white. As the the music began to build ,the speck became larger and larger. Then the song explodes.Well! I nearly spilled my 'merchandise' all over the floor. The speck that grew & grew becomes a SKULL!

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Posted: October 01 2004 at 04:51

Man Erg wrote:

Blacksword wrote:

The Slide accompanying Fly on a Windshield-Genesis-Lamb Lies Down tour/ Lamb Stew - Trick of the Tail tour.

Man Erg: I'm intrigued, can you describe it, or better still post a pic

I love seeing classic pics of the Lamb tour. There are not enough around. Or maybe I'm not looking in the right places.

Sounds brilliant, and sadly before my time, I was only 5 years old in 1974. Not wishing a few more years on myself, but I reckon I was born ten years too late.. I'm an old progger in a young(ish) body.

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Posted: October 01 2004 at 04:58

Blacksword wrote:

Man Erg wrote:

Blacksword wrote:

The Slide accompanying Fly on a Windshield-Genesis-Lamb Lies Down tour/ Lamb Stew - Trick of the Tail tour.

Man Erg: I'm intrigued, can you describe it, or better still post a pic

I love seeing classic pics of the Lamb tour. There are not enough around. Or maybe I'm not looking in the right places.

The Musical Box are touring USA & Europe 2004/05 celebrating 30 years since the original Lamb tour using all 1000+ slides plus lights & costumes etc.

lighting etc that Genesis used on that tour

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Posted: October 01 2004 at 05:12

Thanks for that tip Man Erg! I'll look out for that on the web.

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Posted: October 07 2004 at 12:25

Muse seem to be popular on this one, what about the closing section to Space Dementia (more than a nod to the mellotron part in And You And I I feel), or that monstrous church organ sound on Megolamania just before (and during) the "take off your disguise" bit.

Also the part just following "so we close our eyes" in 100 Nights (from Holidays In Eden, Marillion,) where the band crashes in, another Rothery pinnacle and Moseleys drums manage to sound emotional if you know what I mean. Another excellent moment of Hogarths Marillion is the "Don't ask me why I'm doing this.." bit at the beginning of Falling From the Moon (Brave). In fact there are many in Marillion post 1989 which compound for me they are at least as good as Fish's incarnation.

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Posted: October 07 2004 at 20:41

my favorite moment is when steve howe does his guitar solo in awaken. i imaging im playoing it infront of my whole high school. i actually grab like a closet hanger and pretend im playing it. makes me feel so kool. Boy if i did that infront ogf the whole school! i would be so kool!

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Posted: October 07 2004 at 21:42

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Posted: October 07 2004 at 23:17

Favorite prog moment?

1. The whole of "Apocolypse in 9/8 Time" from Supper's Ready, plus Hackett's angel's cry during the New Jerusalem section right afterwards (especially on Seconds Out).

2. The Live Moog sequence at the end of Karn Evil 9, 3rd Impression (ah hell, all of that live album is pretty amazing IMHO, especially Aquatarkus).

3. Any Wakeman/church organ combo during Yes' career (Close To The Edge and Parallels)

4. Any Tony Banks/Mellotron choir usage on Seconds Out.

5. Lastly, all of This Is The 21st Century by Marillion. Once I figured out that the song is a conversation between two lovers with radically differing views of the world, the whole song clicked for me big time. With each proclomation that "This is the 21st Century" growing in intensity, I'm in prog heaven. Sorry they didn't play the song last night at Irving Plaza but a great show nonetheless!

Pierre

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Posted: October 08 2004 at 01:08

Glad to see you here Pierre...and again welcome.. Thanks again for keeping me and Maani company last night. It was really nice meeting you.. and you should of stuck around... we got to hang with the band a little afterwards...

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Posted: October 08 2004 at 03:12

Another one for me is Paul Cook's drumming at the beginning of IQ's 'Widows Peak'.It starts off really quietly then Cookie comes in like a herd of stampeding elephants on heat.One to turn up as loud as the neighbours allow you!

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Posted: October 08 2004 at 03:28

Favourite prog moment:

- Almost any 'Oldfield Climax (tm)'. Specially in 'Amarok' and 'Ommadawn Pt 1'. Nobody does this things like this guy.

- As almost everybody in this world the 'Firth of Filth' solo

- The start of ''Hero and Heroine' by Strawbs.

- Many, many more...

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Posted: October 08 2004 at 04:32

I think threefates is fast becomming the Prog Archives official photographer

Great photos threefates.

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Posted: October 08 2004 at 09:53

Thanks Sigod. At least I have a better camera these days. I need to see if I got any good shots from the Marillion show a couple of nigts ago... I wasn't fighting my way up to the stage.. so I hung in the balcony with Pierre and Maani... Digitals don't do as good out of flash range...

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Posted: October 08 2004 at 09:54

In regard to the Pink Floyd picture above... The five-member Floyd was one of my favorite prog moments....

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Posted: October 08 2004 at 10:23

without contest the intro of "Watcher Of The Skies" by the cover band called "The Musical Box" for their first show in Montreal in November 1993...for me 8'000 kilometers from Switzerland to Canada only for this event...a fantastic show...

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Posted: October 08 2004 at 10:49

Hey Max-imum,

I saw "The Musical Box" do their Selling England
show in NYC in the late 1990's. I agree, having the
show start with Watcher, with the lead singer coming
out with the bat wings and flourescent face paint was
really remarkable. I was too young to see
Gabriel-era Genesis when they toured and this was
as close to the real thing I could imagine. I'd love to
see their "Lamb" show.