The Official DTF Best of the Epics- Final Results, Page 6!!!!!!!!

[lonestar]

This idea popped into my head on the way home, and it seemed like a good idea.


So, DTF, let's once and for all decide the best epics of all time by vote. Here's how it's gonna work.....

-Voting will be open between now and September 10 (I'm on vacation then and will have time to tally the votes)

-Each member may vote for up to ten songs, but no more than ten.

-Only one song per band per ballot (this is mainly to avoid a final list with four DT songs in it)

-Votes will be counted as follows.... 10 pts. for a #! vote, 9 for a #2, 8 for a #3 and so on down to 1 pt. for a #10 vote

- Final list will be made according to points, no second voting wound.

-All songs submitted will be at studio tracks of at least 18:43 in length (the length of Yes' Close to the Edge ) ABSOLUTY NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!

You may go back and edit your list, but do it in the original post, I'm not gonna hunt down shit. Just make an official post like so....

VOTING CLOSED, I AM COUNTING BUT VERY BUSY AT WORK
SHOULD TAKE ABOUT A WEEK

[King Postwhore]

I'm in like flint.

[wolfking]

Great idea, now the hard part.  looking forward to discovering some new epics too.

[TAC]

Great idea, now the hard part.  looking forward to discovering some new epics too.

[lonestar]

Great idea, now the hard part.  looking forward to discovering some new epics too.

One of my first thoughts was "How much money is this gonna cost me..." 

[King Postwhore]

You already put a dent into my wallet RJ.  My turn!

[TAC]

So Rush's Hemispheres is out..

[King Postwhore]

So Rush's Hemispheres is out..

One of 3 you like Tim.

[lonestar]

 

Sorry man, I had to draw a line, and Close to the Edge seemed to be it.

[wolfking]

Wow, just looking at some of my library, and I didn't realise that I didn't actually have that many songs longer than 19 minutes.    Might be easier than I thought.

[Orbert]

Okay, I'm in.

[Tom Bombadil]

Sounds like fun. I'll start organizing my list

[Zyzzyva17]

Is there a reason that no one has voted yet? I know we're taking our time to make our lists, but I thought someone would have jumped to it by now.

Edit: Apparently my forum time is in the wrong time zone. I thought this thread was older than it is.

[TAC]

Sorry man, I had to draw a line, and Close to the Edge seemed to be it.

You might say at 18:07, Hemispheres is close to the edge..

Sorry.

[Scorpion]

And put in order! If I think of anything that desperately needs to be added, then I shall return, but I'm quite happy with the list.

OFFICIAL VOTE

1. Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness
2. Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
3. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-IX)
4. Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
5. Agalloch - Our Fortress Is Burning
6. Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape
7. Edge of Sanity - Crimson
8. Meshuggah - I
9. Fates Warning - The Ivory Gate of Dreams
10. Shadow Gallery - First Light

[Mosh]

1- Moon Safari - Other Half of the Sky
2- Haken - Visions
3- Transatlantic - Duel With the Devil
4- Dream Theater - Octavarium
5- Spock's Beard - The Great Nothing
6- Symphony X - The Odyssey
7- Genesis - Supper's Ready
8- Frost - Milliontown
9- Yes - Close to the Edge
10- Flower Kings - Monsters and Men

[wolfking]

My list;


1. Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness
2. Edge of Sanity - Crimson
3. Dream Theater - Octavarium
4. Symphony X - The Odyssey
5. Rush - 2112
6. Frost - Milliontown
7. Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
8. Sleep - Dopesmoker
9. Opeth - Black Rose Immortal
10. Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape

[lonestar]

With apologies to Geddy, Neil, Alex, and TAC, Hemispheres will not be allowed. 2112 however is totally allowed, and will surely make my list as well.

[TAC]

2112 IS my list!

[King Postwhore]

TAC.  The 4th member of Rush they kicked out before they made it.

[TAC]

TAC.  The 4th member of Rush they kicked out before they made it.

I drove a van!

Not sure if you knew this but the working title was The Fountain Of TACneth.

[Mosh]

With apologies to Geddy, Neil, Alex, and TAC, Hemispheres will not be allowed. 2112 however is totally allowed, and will surely make my list as well.

Hm. In that case, I'm gonna actually put Milliontown there. Edited my post accordingly.

[jingle.boy]

I'm in.  My brother (he's a classic rock guy) told me once he had a playlist called "size matters" for all of his really long songs.  I asked him what the cutoff was.  He told me "8 minutes".

I couldn't contain my laughter.   

Will post my list later.

[King Postwhore]

TAC.  The 4th member of Rush they kicked out before they made it.

I drove a van!

Not sure if you knew this but the working title was The Fountain Of TACneth.

You do know they named that tour, "The Down The Tubes Tour"?

I'm in.  My brother (he's a classic rock guy) told me once he had a playlist called "size matters" for all of his really long songs.  I asked him what the cutoff was.  He told me "8 minutes".

I couldn't contain my laughter.   

Will post my list later.

Holy Shit.

[lonestar]

With apologies to Geddy, Neil, Alex, and TAC, Hemispheres will not be allowed. 2112 however is totally allowed, and will surely make my list as well.

Hm. In that case, I'm gonna actually put Milliontown there. Edited my post accordingly.

You can edit the original post as much as you want, up to Sept 10

I'm in.  My brother (he's a classic rock guy) told me once he had a playlist called "size matters" for all of his really long songs.  I asked him what the cutoff was.  He told me "8 minutes".

I couldn't contain my laughter.   

Will post my list later.

 

[bl5150]

It's extremely rare for a song of this length to get top marks from me - the only two in my iTunes ratings that do are:

Symphony X : The Odyssey
Dream Theater: Illumination Theory
 

[wolfking]

Stratovarius: Elysium

I was going to put this one in too, but it was 30 seconds too short. 

[senecadawg2]

1- Agalloch - "Our Fortress is Burning"
2- Dream Theater - "A Change of Seasons"
3- Rush - "2112"
4- Jethro Tull - "Thick as a Brick"
5- Yes - "Close to the Edge"
6- Steven Wilson - "Raider II"
7- Seventh Wonder - "The Great Escape"
8- Opeth - "Black Rose Immortal"
9- Porcupine Tree - "Side Moves Sideways
10- Transatlantic - "Duel With the Devil"

ETA: completely unoriginal list, I know. But it'll do

[bl5150]

Stratovarius: Elysium

I was going to put this one in too, but it was 30 seconds too short. 

Ah crap , so it is    Edited out.

[wolfking]

Stratovarius: Elysium

I was going to put this one in too, but it was 30 seconds too short. 

Ah crap , so it is    Edited out.

That was actually one of the first ones I think of.  One of the greatest longer tracks I've heard for quite some time.

[lonestar]

When I was thinking of this thread, I was initially gonna make the limit twenty minutes, but then realized I wouldn't be able to include CttE, so that became the standard.

[Zyzzyva17]

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-IX)

Is this allowed? It's technically more than one track.

[Sacul]

Will get the order later, but by now some songs that would fit are:

1- Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2- GYBE! - Providence
3- Green Carnation - Light of day, Day of Darkness
4- Liquid Tension Experiment - Three Minute Warning
5- Jordan Rudess - Explorations of Keyboard and Orchestra
6- Haken -  Visions
7- Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
8- Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
9- Porcupine Tree - The Incident
10- Jethro Tull - Think as a Brick

Edit: Now they're in order

[lonestar]

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-IX)

Is this allowed? It's technically more than one track.

Hmmmm, if I get three peeps to agree, I'll allow it. Yay or nae folks....

[wolfking]

When I was thinking of this thread, I was initially gonna make the limit twenty minutes, but then realized I wouldn't be able to include CttE, so that became the standard.

It's your thing, so you can make the rules, whatever the hell you want.