A Farewell to Kings Epics
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Topic: A Farewell to Kings Epics
Posted By: WrytXander
Subject: A Farewell to Kings Epics
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 09:42
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Just the two "epics" from A Farewell to Kings. Feel free to mention if you'd prefer a different song from the same album as well, such as the title track or Madrigal. I'll be going for Cygnus X-1. Very complex (especially with the 11/8 bits), atmospheric, spacey and even spooky! I also love the "...APART!" scream at the very end  ------------- 20+ prog bands discovered and explored in 3 years, still going strong... |
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 09:46
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I much prefer Xanadu, especially after hearing it live back in the early 80's such an amazing song and soundscapes. The drumming/percussion playing is brilliant and I really like the up and down feeling of the song, the slowing tempo parts. -------------   
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 10:04
ah man. Cygnus X-1  something about Xanadu just never clicked... oh well Neither one approaches the shear awesomeness of The Necromancer though. ooohh.. wife is away.. neighbors at work.... time to put that on.. .and BLAST IT!!! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 10:06
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both are amazing but I will dine on honeydew ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 10:24
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Cygnus X1. But only just and because I prefer the ESL version of Xanadu to the original. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 10:24
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Xanadu for me. I suppose as an astrophysicist who carried out research into black holes, I should vote Cygnus X1, but it's just a bit - well, pretentious for me. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 10:46
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The instrumental intro to Cygnus is among my fav Rush moments, but the remainder of the song doesn't match it. Xanadu is good all the way through but I got tired of it years ago. Hmm. Going with Cyggie. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 11:16
C. X-1 
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Posted By: WrytXander
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 11:29
------------- 20+ prog bands discovered and explored in 3 years, still going strong... |
digdug wrote:Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 12:52
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I'm quite surprised Xanadu isn't winning. One of Rush's best songs, by far the better of the two. |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 13:21
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Cygnus X-1 ------------- 
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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 15:10
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these are AWESOME along with the rest of the album, but the favorite of the album is one of these epics: Xanadu, baby. vote goes their immediately. ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 16:28
...and drink the milk of paradise. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 16:39
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^ What they said. -------------  
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Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 16:47
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Cygnus is my favorite song by Rush, but Xanadu is also impressive ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 17:08
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Xanadu does Kubla Khan proud. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 19:18
Same here  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 20:05
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Cygnus X-1 ------------- 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. |
Posted By: Friday13th
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 21:28
| Hard choice...going with Cygnus cause it's one of the few Rush songs that suggests prog metal. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 00:03
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Xanadu for me. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 02:54
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Cygnus X-1 is good, but Xanadu is the best thing Rush ever did. ------------- 
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 02:55
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Xanadu
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Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 08:28
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Xanadu is great but I go with Cygnus X-1 this time. It was hard decision this time, but Cygnus X-1 is rather more complex and slightly "gloomy" than Xanadu and that did it. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 15:32
Ditto ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 16:28
| Xanadu just for those lovely twiddly synth bits |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: January 08 2015 at 15:00
That "...APART!" scream makes me wince and was a poor ending for this beloved epic. I try to appreciate everything Geddy does, but, really! I'll go with Xanadu because the whole thing sucks the listener into this pleasure dome in the midst of a frozen region high above. The wind sound effects at the beginning make me imagine a slow descending bird's eye view of snow laden mountain tops viewed through thin wisps of Cirrus clouds. Enchantment ensues. Whatever. |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: January 08 2015 at 15:38
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Xanadu, because I think it is the more cohesive of the two pieces. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: WrytXander
Date Posted: January 09 2015 at 08:07
I feel like that does a good job of representing the terror of someone who is being swallowed by a "mysterious, invisible force"; I doubt that I could keep my throat from getting ruptured at that kind of situation... Whatever though, different strokes for different folks  Also kudos for your description about the wind thing ------------- 20+ prog bands discovered and explored in 3 years, still going strong... |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: January 09 2015 at 11:01
| I like both, but I guess I'll go with Xanadu this time. |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: January 13 2015 at 04:28
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To stand within the Pleasure Dome. Decreed by Kubla Khan. To taste anew the fruits of life. The last immortal man. ------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: The Son of Gorp
Date Posted: January 13 2015 at 07:03
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Xanadu manages to grab me every time; Cygnus, not so much. ------------- When Da Zeuhl Wortz Mekanik, you just know. |