Which is the Best Pre-1985 Prog Epic?

jastrub · 11-07-2010, 04:14 PM

Rush for sure, but you forgot hemispheres! So much better. Supper's Ready is a close second.

mandelstam13 · 11-09-2010, 12:43 AM

You forgot Can's Tago Mago!

Or are Can not prog enough for you??

Master_Yumyums · 03-11-2011, 04:22 PM

I picked Supper's Ready, with Starless and Close to the Edge as close seconds, followed by Gates of Delirium.

Howard the Duck · 03-12-2011, 10:13 AM

lotsa good stuff there - I picked Tubular Bells just because of its progression, virtuosity and melodicism

CTTE a second, Starless 3rd and 2112 4th, Echoes 5th, Gates of Delirium 6th Thick as Brick 7th mostly because I don't like Pt. 2 much

Guybrush · 03-12-2011, 10:15 AM

My favourite at the moment is Mumps .. I've fallen so deeply in love with Hatfield and the North that it's probably bordering on soppy.

TockTockTock · 03-13-2011, 03:41 PM

Voted on the Soft Machine one. Didn't get enough attention, and I love the band.

ReadyWhenCalled · 03-13-2011, 03:44 PM

That's a tough one to choose, but I don't you can go wrong with Pink Floyd on this choice.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 03-13-2011, 03:52 PM

Weird choice for Magma. I would have went with "Mekanik Zain" from HHai. It's basically a super condensed amazing life performance of a rearranged MDK(with added fiddle). Eighteen minute performance, powerful as all Hell.

Guybrush · 03-13-2011, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Skaligojurah

Weird choice for Magma. I would have went with "Mekanik Zain" from HHai. It's basically a super condensed amazing life performance of a rearranged MDK(with added fiddle). Eighteen minute performance, powerful as all Hell.

I'll reply to your post with a quote from my first post :

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Originally Posted by tore

If you wanna vote for something which is not in the list, please, let me know with a post and I'll put it up there. Some of the bands here have several "epics" and in those cases, we chose one. That doesn't mean we can't add them to the poll! I just don't want to spend time adding stuff noone will vote for, so only suggest additions to the poll if you're gonna vote for them!

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 03-14-2011, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tore

I'll reply to your post with a quote from my first post :

Naw, I think I already voted for something. It's more just, I was curious why of all Magma songs that was the one picked since I haven't seen it as a standout. At least compared to Kontarkoz(both Part 1, and 2), Riah Sahtiaahk, etc.

It's no biggie or anything. Just more a curiosity.

View Poll Results: Which is your favourite 1985-Prog epic? (* = not in compilation)
Camel - Lady Fantasy	2	2.17%
Capability Brown - Circumstances	0	0%
Caravan - Nine Feet Underground	0	0%
Egg - symphony2	0	0%
Eloy - Poseidon's Creation	0	0%
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus	1	1.09%
Focus - Anonymus II	0	0%
Genesis - Supper's Ready	12	13.04%
Harmonium - Histoire Sans Paroles	0	0%
Hatfield and the North - Mumps	1	1.09%
Jan Dukes de Grey - Sun Symphonica	0	0%
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick	7	7.61%
Kansas - Incomudro - Hymn to the Atman	0	0%
King Crimson - Starless	5	5.43%
Lucifer's Friend - Sorrow	0	0%
Magma - Na Ektila	0	0%
Marillion - Grendel	1	1.09%
Mirthrandir - For Four	0	0%
Nektar - A Tab in the Ocean	0	0%
Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Downwind	0	0%
Renaissance - Song Of Scheherazade	1	1.09%
Rush - 2112	19	20.65%
Samurai - King Riff and Snow Flakes	0	0%
Soft Machine - Out-Bloody-Rageous	1	1.09%
The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis	0	0%
Van Der Graaf Generator - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers	2	2.17%
Yes - Close To The Edge	20	21.74%
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells *	5	5.43%
Pink Floyd - Echoes *	11	11.96%
King Crimson - Lizard *	2	2.17%
Yes - Gates of Delirium *	2	2.17%
Voters: 92. You may not vote on this poll

03-11-2011, 04:22 PM	#43 (permalink)
Master_Yumyums Groupie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 9	I picked Supper's Ready, with Starless and Close to the Edge as close seconds, followed by Gates of Delirium. __________________ Yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

03-12-2011, 10:15 AM	#45 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	My favourite at the moment is Mumps .. I've fallen so deeply in love with Hatfield and the North that it's probably bordering on soppy. __________________ Something Completely Different

11-07-2010, 04:14 PM	#41 (permalink)
jastrub Groupie Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 47	Rush for sure, but you forgot hemispheres! So much better. Supper's Ready is a close second.

11-09-2010, 12:43 AM	#42 (permalink)
mandelstam13 Groupie Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 12	You forgot Can's Tago Mago! Or are Can not prog enough for you??

03-12-2011, 10:13 AM	#44 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	lotsa good stuff there - I picked Tubular Bells just because of its progression, virtuosity and melodicism CTTE a second, Starless 3rd and 2112 4th, Echoes 5th, Gates of Delirium 6th Thick as Brick 7th mostly because I don't like Pt. 2 much

03-13-2011, 03:41 PM	#46 (permalink)
TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	Voted on the Soft Machine one. Didn't get enough attention, and I love the band.

03-13-2011, 03:44 PM	#47 (permalink)
ReadyWhenCalled Groupie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American residing in Canada Posts: 32	That's a tough one to choose, but I don't you can go wrong with Pink Floyd on this choice.