Which is the Best Pre-1985 Prog Epic?

almauro · 02-13-2010, 11:30 AM

^No need for that, Tarkus is probably their most epic. But it was interesting how ELP tried to one up Yes and Genesis by exceeding the single side length barrier. That competition amongst them and other prog bands yielded some pretty great stuff.

ProggyMan · 02-13-2010, 12:49 PM

Edit: nvm

gunnels · 02-13-2010, 01:13 PM

Close to the Edge takes it for me, closely followed by Genesis, and Van der Graaf Generator.
I'm not voting yet though, I haven't heard most of these.

ProggyMan · 02-13-2010, 01:36 PM

Starless for me, Thick As A Brick a close second.

Comus · 02-25-2010, 10:30 AM

Lizard, hands down for me.

But I am a Lizard fanboy

Captain Awesome · 02-25-2010, 01:01 PM

Mike oldfield or pink floyd I can't make my mind up lol

crash_override · 02-25-2010, 01:22 PM

Has to be 2112, that song single handedly got me into prog. Although I would like to see another Rush song on the list. Cygnus X-1 or The Necromancer perhaps? Maybe even Fountain of Lamneth. But 2112 is by far their most popular and probably the best song to represent their entire epic works in a poll such as this.

B More Melo · 03-14-2010, 09:00 PM

Close to the edge is fabulous. Although I have not heard a ton of stuff on this list.

Terrible Lizard · 03-14-2010, 09:07 PM

I am outraged this underrated masterpiece of progressive rock was ignored.

mccres · 03-23-2010, 06:05 PM

I chose Supper's Ready, but a close second was Lady Fantasy by Camel. Kind of surprised there are no votes for Camel, but there aren't a lot of votes total anyway.

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

02-13-2010, 11:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
almauro Way Out There Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 850	^No need for that, Tarkus is probably their most epic. But it was interesting how ELP tried to one up Yes and Genesis by exceeding the single side length barrier. That competition amongst them and other prog bands yielded some pretty great stuff. __________________ rock n music blog

02-25-2010, 01:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
Captain Awesome On A Rampage Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 317	Mike oldfield or pink floyd I can't make my mind up lol __________________ "If we're all merely players in a play on this great stage, the problem is the script writers ain't on the same page, I echo through the mountain when I'm singing in the air, from my lab a lad with lavish lyrics living in his lair." "Wake up and listen, hear what's not for the public's ears Pinocchio poets played by profiting puppeteers"

03-14-2010, 09:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
B More Melo Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 41	Close to the edge is fabulous. Although I have not heard a ton of stuff on this list. __________________ Chill Out

03-14-2010, 09:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
Terrible Lizard **ER OF HOLES Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Butt**, Nebraska Posts: 1,211	I am outraged this underrated masterpiece of progressive rock was ignored. __________________ “YOU ARE SCUM SLUT.” -John Martyn

02-13-2010, 12:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	Edit: nvm

02-13-2010, 01:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	Starless for me, Thick As A Brick a close second.

03-23-2010, 06:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
mccres Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 8	I chose Supper's Ready, but a close second was Lady Fantasy by Camel. Kind of surprised there are no votes for Camel, but there aren't a lot of votes total anyway.