Knots
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Topic: Knots
Posted By: Olympus
Subject: Knots
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 01:05
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I give it 5 stars. ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
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Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 08:05
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Knots is the gem of the Octopus album! Never listened to something similar!! |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 08:09
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All tracks on Octopus are 5 star tracks (minus "Dog's Life" - which is a 4-star), IMO ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 08:51
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Posted By: Cygnus
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 09:05
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I love Octopus but Knots is my least favorite song. I bet its a matter of taste. mY fav is the boys in the band . I give Knots 3 stars... |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 09:10
| I admire it..its a clever song...but I couldnt say I really liked it. So only 3 stars from me. |
Posted By: Dan Yaron
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 09:19
| I really like it, but it's not their best effort IMO |
Posted By: Odd24
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 09:25
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Knots...is not a perfect song. It's almost perfect. If it was shorter, then it was perfect. There is a part which hangs too long ("It hurts him to think that she is", etc). Sorry...but the song definitely swings... But "The boys in the band" is also not perfect, there are parts in which the drums are not tight. That really is a pity, because it's such a clever song!! ------------- Right down the line |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 10:19
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Great song worth every one star out of five! On Reflection slightly better though! ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Pafnutij
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 10:43
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3 stars. An interesting piece, but not very striking. Alucard is their best ever IMO. |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 10:50
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Great song. Not their best, but close. ------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:17
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Knots is a most truly amazing tune. This song, more than any other GG song has influenced many bands to make their own "Knots like" song. |
Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:34
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This song is embarrasing, painful, and disturbing to listen to. It is probably the worst song Gentle Giant ever did. I don't understand it.
The moment I spin the disc and hear that tune, I beg for mercy or just skip it.
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:41
I've highlighted the most significant part of that post. Anyway, no need to say how I voted on this poll. |
Zitro wrote:Posted By: Under
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:47
Good idea. I was all exited the first time I was going to listen to this song. Then I said to myself I need to hear it again, but no... it is definitely not my favorite from Octopus. Perhaps my expectations were too high.
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 12:15
| Yes, I like Knots, but it's certainly not one of my favourite Gentle Giant tracks, not even one of my favourite Octopus tracks. |
Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 15:16
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five Stars, excelent song, but not the best song of GG imo ------------- Most listened albums last week 
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Posted By: Fritha
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 16:04
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"Knots" is not my favourite on Octobus by any means, but it is one of those songs that are able to give an album a lot of character. It is song number four out of eight and thus the hard, unbreakable core of the record in a way. No half stars in offer, and I can't give it only three, so I will opt for four stars then -if only for the creativity to come up with something like that in the first place. ------------- I was made to love magic |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: November 05 2005 at 19:23
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Knots is my GG favorite song...but I dont really know that many songs from them ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Damen
Date Posted: November 05 2005 at 20:23
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5 star song on a 5 star album. ------------- "It's amazing that we've been able to put up with each other for 35 years. Most marriages don't last that long these days." -Chris Squire |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: November 05 2005 at 20:52
5 star album, my favorite GG, but that's my least favorite song on it. 4 stars ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Korova
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 09:13
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knots is a masterpiece! 5 stars without any doubt!!  ------------- La Speranza della coscienza è forza La Speranza del sentimento è schiavitù La Speranza del corpo è malattia (G.I. Gurdjieff) |
Posted By: Korova
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 09:22
If you don't understand something what exactly allows you to judge it? ------------- La Speranza della coscienza è forza La Speranza del sentimento è schiavitù La Speranza del corpo è malattia (G.I. Gurdjieff) |
Posted By: Ray Lomas
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 11:38
I love Knots! Brilliant song on a brilliant album. So
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Posted By: Badabec
Date Posted: November 19 2005 at 09:33
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5 Stars! With "On Reflection" best acapella-song I've ever heard!!! |