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Originally Posted by moses
Return To Forever - Excerpt From The First Movement of Heavy Metal
Some might say this song has a misleading title. I won't argue. I guess "Excerpt From The First Movement of Piano Solo Followed By Groovy Funk" doesn't really sound as cool.
Steve Howe - Desire Comes First
Steve is the guy who gets credit for getting me interested in playing the guitar. Not that I've reached his level of proficiency or anything. He just does some really neat things sometimes, and I love his arrangements. He does *not* sing on this song.
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
Vocal mode is on. This is the first of the "epics" for the show. Of course, this is the title track from the Polish group's second full album. That double-qualifies it. Come to think of it, the Canvas song was from their second album too! I don't know that I'd agree 100% with the "prog metal" label this band has been given. Heavier than the Moody Blues*, sure, but I don't know about metal. Just my opinion.
Genesis - Home By the Sea/Second Home By the Sea
Our second "epic." I'd imagine they did this live like this quite a bit, although I never saw them in any lineup. But hey, if they did it on the "We Can't Dance" tour... never mind. Still, not too bad a song, especially the second part.
Gong - Second Wind
A great live rendition of this song. Everything you'd expect from PM Gong... Keyboard percussion, kicking guitars, odd meters, etc... it doesn't get much better than this.
Spock's Beard - Second Overture
From "Snow," this is the start to the second disc. More horns! I wouldn't mind if Spock's Beard did more instrumentals rather than just one here and there.
* I absolutely *love* the Moody Blues, especially "Days of Future Past" through "Seventh Sojourn."
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I always appreciate your comments on the songs...and a lot of diversity and obscurity too!
RTF - IQ has a song called "My Baby Loves Me Cause I'm A Hard Lovin' Man All Night Long" that's a short piano piece...love it!
Howe - another vocal dig
Sometimes I think his vocal contribution in Yes was to make Squire sound bad!
Riverside - awesome song!
Home By the Sea - Did see that once live - I'd stack that up against any of the epics. It builds intensely.
Gong - Live version...from where? Great tune...
Spocks - Agree wholeheartedly.