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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%
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Old 09-25-2011, 02:37 PM   #61 (permalink)
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My 2 favorite prog epics aren't on the list!

Cygnux X-1 Book II by Rush and The Musical Box by Genesis are both remarkable tracks that really shouldn't be overlooked. Both are really lifechanging.
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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!
So if you'd vote for any of those, they can be added.
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Old 10-09-2011, 03:36 PM   #62 (permalink)
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While I like Tull's TAAB better as a complete album. Close to the Edge I think is the greatest prog epic; it is just flawless in every way.
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Old 10-09-2011, 04:17 PM   #63 (permalink)
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My favourite prog epic at the moment is National Health's Tenemos Roads (which is not in the list), but I guess I can still stand by my vote for Close to the Edge. It really is brilliant even if I've long since listened the crap out of it
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Old 07-03-2012, 06:10 AM   #64 (permalink)
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Probably few people have even heard of it, but "Creepshow" by Twelfth Night is a great prog epic, if it could be added?
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Old 07-03-2012, 08:11 AM   #65 (permalink)
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Maybe I'm just an idiot asking stupid shit, but isn't Shine On You Crazy Diamond a prog epic?
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Old 07-03-2012, 08:42 AM   #66 (permalink)
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Maybe I'm just an idiot asking stupid shit, but isn't Shine On You Crazy Diamond a prog epic?
it's spilt into two parts

you should either vote for Parts I to V

or VI to IX

it's not one huge epic
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it's spilt into two parts

you should either vote for Parts I to V

or VI to IX

it's not one huge epic
That be true. If they would've just made sure that the parts could be played right after each other, but no.
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Old 07-03-2012, 11:44 AM   #68 (permalink)
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As far as proggy epics go, I've always felt Starcastle deserve a bit more love than they get.



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if you want to get all technical about it, "echoes" isn't even prog

it has about 3 chords, and the solos are improvised jams

not really a "traditional" prog song, in any sense of the word
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Old 07-03-2012, 01:03 PM   #70 (permalink)
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Echoes is psycedelic prog.

But the best epic is Pink Floyd - Dogs.
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