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Darth Nisis View Drop Down

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Posted: March 25 2005 at 18:34

Close to the edge - Yes

A change of seasons - Dream Theater

Karn Evil 9(all parts together) - ELP

Larks´Tongue in Aspics - KC

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Posted: March 25 2005 at 18:59

Echoes.........

Also love:

Magnum Opus - Kansas
Magic Train - Grobschnitt
Ghosts - The Strawbs

And these Yes ones:

Perpetual Change
Starship Trooper
Machine Messiah

And lots of Renaissance classics.....

Just take a pebble, and cast it to the sea....

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Posted: March 25 2005 at 19:02

Godspeed You Black Emperor - (Wait a minute... all their songs are long)

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Posted: March 25 2005 at 19:05

huh? the defination of a longtrack is just above seven minutes? the beautiful with an awesome longtrack and that makes it so good is that it can entertain you for atleast 16 min, so with that as an standard my list follows:

Static - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Force Maejure - Tangerine Dream
The Odyssey - Symphony X
Sleep - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Lizard - King Crimson
Suppers Ready - Genesis
Thick As A Brick (both) - Jethro Tull
Mekanik Kommandöh - Magma
A Change Of Seasons - Dream Theater

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Posted: March 25 2005 at 23:35

popesta wrote:

Why isn't A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers by VDGG included?

I don't knpw, but I included in my list. :)

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Posted: March 26 2005 at 00:40

Has to be Supper's Ready.....Phil Collin's vocal version on Second's Out is excellent too!! Stop knocking the guy he is an intergral part of Genesis and no-one could have replaced Gabriel's voice better than he:-)

Gates of Derilium

Amarok by Mike Oldfield too...all 60 minutes.

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Posted: March 26 2005 at 01:55

Tarkus...

THIS IS ELP

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Posted: March 26 2005 at 02:38

Changing my vote from Echoes to Supper's ready. Thanks to a lot of relistening I'm finally convinced that Supper's ready is an absolute masterpiece.

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Posted: March 26 2005 at 08:15

....Oh heck they are all great - But I voted for "Echoes".

"Starless" and "Tarkus" tied equal followed very closely by "Close to the Edge."

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Posted: March 26 2005 at 12:28

Reed Lover wrote:

Certif1ed wrote:

Until a week or two ago, it would have been a close call between "Supper's Ready" and "Grendel" (if only because it's hard to tell them apart...).

Good God Cert,your progress is amazing! 6 months ago you wouldnt have admitted any similarities between SR and Grendel-now you are even joking about it Wink
And no 100 line epic answer either LOL
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I've always said that the penultimate section practically is the "Apocalypse in 9/8" riff from Supper's Ready - but that the rest of the song is pure Marillion

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Posted: March 26 2005 at 15:12

Certif1ed wrote:

Reed Lover wrote:

Certif1ed wrote:

Until a week or two ago, it would have been a close call between "Supper's Ready" and "Grendel" (if only because it's hard to tell them apart...).

I've always said that the penultimate section practically is the "Apocalypse in 9/8" riff from Supper's Ready - but that the rest of the song is pure Marillion

I am starting to believe it is better than Supper's Ready! The story is really exciting and the music very evocative.The emotion that Fish wrings out of his voice-wow! He is the Gielgud of the prog world! Big smile

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Posted: March 26 2005 at 15:28

I love Yes & ELP & Floyd so.

Yes:Close to the edge.

ELP :Karnevil 9.

Floyd:One of these days

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Posted: March 26 2005 at 15:41

Zero the hero wrote:

Floyd:One of these days

So, a "long track" now kicks in at 5:57?

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Posted: March 26 2005 at 15:48

Dragon Phoenix wrote:

Zero the hero wrote:

Floyd:One of these days

So, a "long track" now kicks in at 5:57?

That short?Have to cut the mushromms down then

Echos would then take me a week it seems

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Posted: March 26 2005 at 15:57

Reed Lover wrote:

Certif1ed wrote:

Reed Lover wrote:

Certif1ed wrote:

Until a week or two ago, it would have been a close call between "Supper's Ready" and "Grendel" (if only because it's hard to tell them apart...).

I've always said that the penultimate section practically is the "Apocalypse in 9/8" riff from Supper's Ready - but that the rest of the song is pure Marillion

...Fish's theatrical singing style and mastery of lyrics is at an all-time for that tune. Nevermind "the musicians" of Marillion hadn't caught up with him yet and had to plagerize a tad to weave the music for this tune....Grendel is the superior to Supper's Ready.

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Posted: March 26 2005 at 20:58

Hi People,

The Gates of Delirium, and I'm hearing it now !

Soooooooooooon oh soon...

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Posted: March 27 2005 at 04:23

From the list I went for Close to the Edge, though my favorite long track at the moment is Stranger in your Soul from Transatlantic.

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Posted: March 28 2005 at 18:57

I voted for" Echoes" earlier and gave "Starless" a close second with "Tarkus". Have just been listening to "Starless" and wow! Easily imo KC's 'magnum opus'. Because of its technical layers musically and sheer brilliance in the way the piece builds through out to its jazz inspired finale - it is moving into the number one position.

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Posted: March 28 2005 at 19:27

This isn't remotely difficult CTTE is the best piece of music ever written with Gates a close second, but I do love Supper's Ready too and many others.

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Posted: March 28 2005 at 22:48

From the list i went for Supper's Ready, i would then go for Close to the Edge... then there are surely some missing songs in the list, for example, Hemispheres and 2112 of Rush, The Great Nothing and The Water of Spock's Beard, Grendel of Marillion, Thick as a Brick and Passion's Play of Jethro Tull... but sure those posted there are very representative, excepting Fracture and Anne

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Poll Question: favourite longtrack ?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Close to the Edge (yes)	43	[22.99%]
The Gates of Delirium (yes)	25	[13.37%]
Starless (king crimson)	13	[6.95%]
Fracture (king crimson)	2	[1.07%]
Supper’s Ready (genesis)	60	[32.09%]
Tarkus (elp)	13	[6.95%]
Echoes (pink floyd)	31	[16.58%]
Anne (discus)	0	[0.00%]
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