Which is the Best Pre-1985 Prog Epic?

debaserr · 09-28-2010, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Radiohead

CTTE, though Cinema Show by Genesis is a personal favorite

indeed, but my favorite track from that album is "the battle of epping forest".

Jonny Redshirt · 09-30-2010, 01:26 AM

Wow. This is a very, very tough choice. For me, it's a three way tie between "Supper's Ready," "Thick As A Brick," and "Close To The Edge." I don't even know where to begin choosing. I feel bad for "Thick As A Brick" only getting two votes, because it's one of my favorite prog albums (or, well, albums). However, I'm not sure I like it better than the other two. GAH! I might have to come back to make this choice after a good night's sleep. Considering my sleeping habits, that might mean never.

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.

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

09-30-2010, 01:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jonny Redshirt Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 64	Wow. This is a very, very tough choice. For me, it's a three way tie between "Supper's Ready," "Thick As A Brick," and "Close To The Edge." I don't even know where to begin choosing. I feel bad for "Thick As A Brick" only getting two votes, because it's one of my favorite prog albums (or, well, albums). However, I'm not sure I like it better than the other two. GAH! I might have to come back to make this choice after a good night's sleep. Considering my sleeping habits, that might mean never. __________________ "Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges." Last.FM

03-11-2011, 04:22 PM	#5 (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	#7 (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

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11-07-2010, 04:14 PM	#3 (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	#4 (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	#6 (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	#8 (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	#9 (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.