"The Best Of Focus: Hocus Pocus" songs poll
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Topic: "The Best Of Focus: Hocus Pocus" songs poll
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Subject: "The Best Of Focus: Hocus Pocus" songs poll
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 10:41
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Pick your favourite. Then it explains because that song chosen it is the yours favourite. I pick "Focus IV". However I don't succeed to say because. In fact I am in difficulty to choose!!! So I choose that for it give beginning to the dances. Nevertheless it is one of my favourite song!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 11:42
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Got to be "Sylvia" for me. Superb guitar on that one.
Time to get some of the original albums Mandie!
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 11:53
HAREM SCAREM, part of the fabulous HAMBURGER CONCERTO album, one of my all time favourite prog album. The s/t suite is out of this world
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 12:04
Mandy is our King of Compilations... which are quite useful you know hahhah. for me.... Hocus Pocus... It's a classic for a reason. It ROCKS! hahha ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Easy Livin wrote:Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 12:09
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I've voted "Focus II", but there's also that amazing excerpt from "Eruption" with Ackermann performing that amazing guitar theme which can kick Santana off... unfortunately I haven't got the album in my hands and I cannot remember its "stand-alone" title. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 14:15
But "Sylvia" is on "Focus III" one of my next reviews!!! -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 14:19
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Focus was a group I never really got 'into'... other than The Hamburger Concerto.. that album is a bonified classic of symphonic prog... but it's the only album that really grabbed me.
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 14:50
| Sylvia - Jan Akkerman on guitar. |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 15:03
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well this song:
Answers? Questions! Question!?and Answer,! Akkerman is Amazing on this track.
that isn't on this limited album. Focus is one my all time favorite prog band. ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: Runaway
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 15:04
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Focus II
Always enjoyed the melodies, the drums, the guitar, and the atmosphere that this song creates.
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Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 19:34
Absolutely agreed. My vote too. That song is mindblowingly excellent.  The compilation as a whole is truly fantastic. See my review, hehehe...... ------------- The best you can is good enough... |
Posted By: Komodo dragon
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 19:46
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I listened Focus for most of the day and even now can't find what I prefer from the list ------------- 
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Posted By: pero
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 08:42
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I picked Hocus pocus, but Focus III is also one of my favs.
"Anonymus II" from Focus III is for me fav song
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: December 06 2007 at 20:07
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I happen to be watching My Name Is Earl, and they were playing Hocus Pocus from Focus. I just thought I would mention the prog reference. ------------- 
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: December 08 2007 at 00:04
| picked hocus pocus although high recommendations go to Janis, Focus II, House of the King. Sylvia is pretty good too. |