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Offline Dave_Manchester

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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #105 on: December 12, 2020, 01:01:46 PM »
If one per band:

1. Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
2. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
3. Elliott Smith (guy in my avatar) - Between The Bars
4. Genesis - Supper's Ready
5. Dream Theater - Octavarium

Otherwise, top 5:

1. Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
2. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
3. Pink Floyd - Echoes
4. Pink Floyd - Dogs
5. Elliott Smith - Between The Bars
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #106 on: December 12, 2020, 01:20:33 PM »
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #107 on: December 12, 2020, 01:21:51 PM »
^^ Most people do, but no, it's the cover art from Elliott's album 'Either/Or'.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #108 on: December 13, 2020, 10:55:04 PM »
Oh geez, this is hard to say definitively, but for the moment...

"High Hopes" - Pink Floyd
"Anybody Listening?" - Queensryche
"Late for the Sky" - Jackson Browne
"The Light & Shade of Things" - Fates Warning
"Symbolic" - Death

But man, I feel pretty shaky on some of these picks. :lol Could easily change in a few days.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #109 on: December 15, 2020, 12:10:06 AM »
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To me personally (the reason I had it in my list) is that I think it's one of the best progressive metal tracks ever made. I could swap it with King of Loss (Pain of Salvation) or a song by Dream Theater (probably Metropolis), but in recent years Leprous have become on of my favourite bands. Bilateral was listed as my #2 album ever the last time I did a top 50 list and Forced Entry is a good reason for that. It's got everything good about prog metal in a single track and it's the best representation of the genre I could think of for this 'Top 5 songs ever' thing.
I agree it's the definitive prog metal track, hard to find a best example for the genre. In the past I had the same feeling for Haken's Pareidolia, but I don't like that song much anymore.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #110 on: December 16, 2020, 09:44:57 AM »
Its hard to pick just 5 but I will say that Nutshell by Alice in chains is definitely in the top 5 for me.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #111 on: December 16, 2020, 12:24:34 PM »
Not gonna say all-time, but instead, I'll just post 5 of my favorite songs, from 5 of my favorite artists

1. Kevin Gilbert - Water Under the Bridge
2. Marillion - Grendel
3. Fates Warning - Still Remains
4. Rush - Cygnus X-1: Book 2 Hemispheres
5. Genesis - The Cinema Show
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #112 on: December 16, 2020, 01:39:43 PM »
Quote from: SoundscapeMN on December 16, 2020, 12:24:34 PM
Not gonna say all-time, but instead, I'll just post 5 of my favorite songs, from 5 of my favorite artists

1. Kevin Gilbert - Water Under the Bridge
2. Marillion - Grendel
3. Fates Warning - Still Remains
4. Rush - Cygnus X-1: Book 2 Hemispheres
5. Genesis - The Cinema Show

Grendel!
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #113 on: December 18, 2020, 03:04:23 AM »
Very very tough but I'll try for today:

Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
David Bowie - Life on Mars
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Miles Davis - Blue in Green
Yes - Close to the Edge

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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #114 on: December 18, 2020, 03:49:39 AM »
Quote from: WildRanger on December 18, 2020, 03:04:23 AM
Very very tough but I'll try for today:

Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
David Bowie - Life on Mars
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Miles Davis - Blue in Green
Yes - Close to the Edge

Unbelievable, we have one song in common!
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #115 on: December 18, 2020, 08:44:44 AM »
Quote from: SoundscapeMN on December 16, 2020, 12:24:34 PM
Not gonna say all-time, but instead, I'll just post 5 of my favorite songs, from 5 of my favorite artists

1. Kevin Gilbert - Water Under the Bridge
2. Marillion - Grendel
3. Fates Warning - Still Remains
4. Rush - Cygnus X-1: Book 2 Hemispheres
5. Genesis - The Cinema Show

The Cinema Show!   Good call.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #116 on: December 18, 2020, 09:14:17 AM »
This is impossible.  So let's take a shot.

Transatlantic - Stranger in Your Soul
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
John Hiatt - Lipstick Sunset
Punch Brothers - My Oh My
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #117 on: December 18, 2020, 10:29:43 AM »
Yes - Endless Dream
Rush - Time Stand Still
Boston - Forplay/Longtime
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Triumph - Fight The Good Fight

There are many songs that could rotate in and out of this list but these ones are hard to beat. 😎
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #118 on: December 18, 2020, 10:48:36 AM »
Quote from: Architeuthis on December 18, 2020, 10:29:43 AM
Yes - Endless Dream
Rush - Time Stand Still
Boston - Forplay/Longtime
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Triumph - Fight The Good Fight

There are many songs that could rotate in and out of this list but these ones are hard to beat. 😎

Non-ROCK song by Rush is your favorite Rush song and one of your 5 favorite songs??? Very surprising.

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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #119 on: December 18, 2020, 10:54:24 AM »
Time Stand Still is just such a well written song with a lot of depth.  Rush definitely has some other contenders that could make this list.  Spirit of Radio, Natural Science, Xanadu, Red Barchetta, Headlong Flight etc.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #120 on: December 18, 2020, 12:55:01 PM »
Quote from: Architeuthis on December 18, 2020, 10:29:43 AM
Yes - Endless Dream
Rush - Time Stand Still
Boston - Forplay/Longtime
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Triumph - Fight The Good Fight

There are many songs that could rotate in and out of this list but these ones are hard to beat. 😎

That's an interesting list.   I like the Boston and Yes entries.   
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #121 on: December 18, 2020, 03:49:31 PM »
If I had to list top 5 songs that made your jaw hit the floor the quickest the first you heard it, Foreplay/Long Time would be on that list.  I couldn't believe how awesome that song was the first time I heard it back in 1989.

And if I had to expand this list to top 20-25 songs of all time, it would also make that list.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #122 on: December 18, 2020, 08:56:20 PM »
Thinking on my list, it is maybe unique in that my top 4 have probably stayed the same for the past 20 years. 2 of those are landmark songs in musical development, that sound as fresh as they did the first time I heard them all those years ago. The other two hold nostalgic value that has not diminished any in that time. 
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #123 on: December 19, 2020, 05:33:59 AM »
Quote from: Architeuthis on December 18, 2020, 10:29:43 AM
Yes - Endless Dream
Rush - Time Stand Still
Boston - Forplay/Longtime
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Triumph - Fight The Good Fight

There are many songs that could rotate in and out of this list but these ones are hard to beat. 😎

There are times in my life that the Boston and Triumph song would be way up there. Great calls. I had to buy 2 vinyl albums of that Triumph album because I played it so much. There were screeching scratches throughout.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #124 on: December 19, 2020, 07:27:59 AM »
Quote from: Stadler on December 18, 2020, 12:55:01 PM
Quote from: Architeuthis on December 18, 2020, 10:29:43 AM
Yes - Endless Dream
Rush - Time Stand Still
Boston - Forplay/Longtime
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Triumph - Fight The Good Fight

There are many songs that could rotate in and out of this list but these ones are hard to beat. 😎

That's an interesting list.   I like the Boston and Yes entries.

I love the Triumph entry... though for me, it's a close #2 behind Magic Power.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #125 on: December 19, 2020, 10:51:20 AM »
Yeah, Magic Power is a great song.  Fight The good Fight is well crafted with exciting parts the whole way through. I just love the drumming in that song too.  :metal
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #126 on: December 19, 2020, 01:27:28 PM »
Ordinary Man is my favorite Triumph song, but Magic Power and Fight the Good Fight are great as well, so I can't fault anyone for picking those either.  :hat
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #127 on: December 19, 2020, 03:56:39 PM »
Quote from: KevShmev on December 19, 2020, 01:27:28 PM
Ordinary Man is my favorite Triumph song
Good call as well!  :tup
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #128 on: December 19, 2020, 04:34:14 PM »
Ordinary Man is incredible.

I'd take Hold On over Magic Power though.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #129 on: December 19, 2020, 06:52:57 PM »
Hmm... top 5 of all time.  Obviously hard to narrow down that far, but I'll give it a shot (5 songs is such a short list!).  To make the top 5 of all time each song here is a song I considered my "favorite song ever!" for a period of years, and also really still love and consider a favorite today.

Damn Yankees "Silence is Broken"
Dream Theater "I Walk Beside You"
Neal Morse "So Many Roads"
Shadow Gallery "Rain"
Transatlantic "Duel With the Devil"
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #130 on: December 19, 2020, 07:37:05 PM »
Quote from: ronnibran on December 19, 2020, 06:52:57 PM
Hmm... top 5 of all time.  Obviously hard to narrow down that far, but I'll give it a shot (5 songs is such a short list!).  To make the top 5 of all time each song here is a song I considered my "favorite song ever!" for a period of years, and also really still love and consider a favorite today.

Damn Yankees "Silence is Broken"
Dream Theater "I Walk Beside You"
Neal Morse "So Many Roads"
Shadow Gallery "Rain"
Transatlantic "Duel With the Devil"

Really nice to see I Walk Beside You get that level of praise! While I wouldn't say I love it that much, it's a very great song and one that I feel is looked down upon too much.
Also nice to see Duel With the Devil. The Whirlwind is my favorite Transatlantic song, but Duel With the Devil is easily my second-favorite.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #131 on: December 19, 2020, 07:58:43 PM »
Quote from: ronnibran on December 19, 2020, 06:52:57 PM
Hmm... top 5 of all time.  Obviously hard to narrow down that far, but I'll give it a shot (5 songs is such a short list!).  To make the top 5 of all time each song here is a song I considered my "favorite song ever!" for a period of years, and also really still love and consider a favorite today.

Damn Yankees "Silence is Broken"
Dream Theater "I Walk Beside You"
Neal Morse "So Many Roads"
Shadow Gallery "Rain"
Transatlantic "Duel With the Devil"

Oh wow, I love this pick!  I love both Damn Yankees records, and Silence is Broken has long been one of my favorites of theirs.   :tup :tup
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #132 on: December 20, 2020, 01:51:22 AM »
Quote from: KevShmev on December 19, 2020, 07:58:43 PM
Quote from: ronnibran on December 19, 2020, 06:52:57 PM
Hmm... top 5 of all time.  Obviously hard to narrow down that far, but I'll give it a shot (5 songs is such a short list!).  To make the top 5 of all time each song here is a song I considered my "favorite song ever!" for a period of years, and also really still love and consider a favorite today.

Damn Yankees "Silence is Broken"
Dream Theater "I Walk Beside You"
Neal Morse "So Many Roads"
Shadow Gallery "Rain"
Transatlantic "Duel With the Devil"

Oh wow, I love this pick!  I love both Damn Yankees records, and Silence is Broken has long been one of my favorites of theirs.   :tup :tup
Heck yeah, great call!  Silence Is Broken is a top tier song from Damn Yankees. It was also featured during the end credits to the movie Chain Reaction.  :coolio
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #133 on: December 20, 2020, 08:51:07 AM »
Quote from: Architeuthis on December 20, 2020, 01:51:22 AM

Heck yeah, great call!  Silence Is Broken is a top tier song from Damn Yankees. It was also featured during the end credits to the movie Chain Reaction.  :coolio

I've never seen that film, but that is cool to hear that it was used in one! 
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #134 on: December 20, 2020, 11:50:34 AM »
Glad to see some love for the Damn Yankees! One of my favorite bands back when I was in junior high/high school.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #135 on: December 20, 2020, 12:20:15 PM »
If I had to,it would be these.

No particular order

Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell

Dream Theater - Metropolis part 1

Queensryche- Suite Sister Mary

Rush - 2112

ABBA - Eagle
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« Reply #136 on: December 20, 2020, 12:31:35 PM »
Quote from: ronnibran on December 20, 2020, 11:50:34 AM
Glad to see some love for the Damn Yankees! One of my favorite bands back when I was in junior high/high school.

I was so ready for a 3rd album by them at some point, but it sadly never came.  We did get the Shaw/Blades album in '95 and the Tommy Shaw solo album, 7 Deadly Zens, in the later 90's, though, and those felt like loose extensions of the Damn Yankees sound to a certain extent, so they were basically the next best thing, for me anyway.
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #137 on: December 20, 2020, 12:33:33 PM »
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Quote from: ronnibran on December 20, 2020, 11:50:34 AM
Glad to see some love for the Damn Yankees! One of my favorite bands back when I was in junior high/high school.

I was so ready for a 3rd album by them at some point, but it sadly never came.  We did get the Shaw/Blades album in '95 and the Tommy Shaw solo album, 7 Deadly Zens, in the later 90's, though, and those felt like loose extensions of the Damn Yankees sound to a certain extent, so they were basically the next best thing, for me anyway.

Interesting, thanks for the heads up.  I got the Shaw/Blades album when it came out and really liked it, but have never checked out 7 Deadly Zens.  I'll have to check out. 
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« Reply #138 on: December 20, 2020, 12:39:06 PM »
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Interesting, thanks for the heads up.  I got the Shaw/Blades album when it came out and really liked it, but have never checked out 7 Deadly Zens.  I'll have to check out.

Cool, let me what you think!  I know the CD is hard to find now, so let me know if you have trouble finding a copy, physical or digital, and I can help out in that regard as well. :)
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Re: Your Top 5 Songs of All Time
« Reply #139 on: December 20, 2020, 12:54:08 PM »
Found it on Amazon used for four dollars plus shipping so snagged a copy. I’ll let you know my thoughts after I’ve checked it out!
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