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POLL: Pick your favorite EPIC tracks for this month's Fan Favorites video (Patreon)

Published:
2024-10-24 14:53:11
Edited:
2024-10-24 20:30:28
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2026-06
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Poll

POLL: Pick your favorite EPIC tracks!

  • Kraftwerk - Autobahn 97
  • Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 93
  • Focus - Hamburger Concerto 102
  • Pink Floyd - Sysyphus 79
  • Kansas - Mysteries and Mayhem/ThePinnacle 64
  • Yes - Mind Drive 67
  • Rodrigo y Gabriela - Echoes (P.F. cover) 33
  • Yes - "Fly From Here" Suite (Return Trip version) 61
  • Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday 62
  • Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn, Part 1 107
  • Caravan - A Hunting We Shall Go 38
  • 10cc - Feel the Benefit 45
  • Genesis - Supper's Ready (Live) 155
  • Iona - The Man 19
  • Return to Forever - Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant (Live) 57
  • 2024-10-24
  • —2024-10-29
  • 1079 votes
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Content

Here's the result of our first round of submissions and voting from Discord. Thanks to Ray and to all of our participants for attending the listening parties and giving us a great array of choices for this round.

YOUR TASK: VOTE FOR YOUR TOP 5

I'm not sure how many songs will end up in the countdown...it depends on the voting and the duration of each song.

The poll will be active through this coming Monday! Happy Voting!

Here's a playlist for your benefit: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0n3LrUjxKpa6lFJmRrmKMtqyFc4SDwY&si=s5X927U0yOPJ7RG9

**PLEASE NOTE: The poll selection that reads “Iona - The Man” should actually read as “Iona - Matthew: The Man”

Comments

Jesse L. Purdom

I would love to hear you're thoughts on Ommadawn! An absolute favorite of mine 🙂

Si

There is a criminally low amount of Mike Oldfield on the channel. It is time for Ommadawn!

Trevor Cotterell

Oh well, even going mainstream for once I still didn't get into the shoot-out :(

Blinky
>>153244748

Ommadawn (and Return to Ommadawn) is peak Oldfield for me. Perfectly distilled into everything that makes his music great.

Daniel Travers

I rejoice at any mention of 10cc. Always worth a listen.

Illume Eltanin

Dr. Doug has heard various versions of Echoes performed by Pink Floyd. The performance of the track on nothing but two acoustic guitars, I believe, is astonishing. Especially the middle part where any melody disappears. Give it a listen if you’re unfamiliar with it before voting.

Tom (the soggy one)

I understand two Yes tracks made the final vote- will you allow two Yes tracks in the video?

Pam Norris

Just so everyone knows the Suppers Ready is from 1972 or 1973 with Peter Gabriel. The video isn’t clear on the date but has lots of good costume changes and theatrics.

Lars
>>153244748

All his other epics are also worthy of analysis - Hergest Ridge, Incantations, Amarok, TB2 and Songs of Distant Earth in particular.

Matthew Hackbert

The Kansas and Caravan selections are top-notch! Also hoping for one of the Yes tunes and the essential O.G. epic of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Heep always needs more love as well!

Charles A Herndon

Thank you so much for including Iona, one of the great underrated Celtic-Rock-Progressive-Faith/Inspiration-Jazz bands ever! Would love to see an Extended Play on "Beyond These Shores" or "Journey Into the Morn" someday soon. Spectacular music!

Guitar Channel

I thought there was already a live version of Supper's Ready video? Anyway, plenty of other great songs here. Good to see 10cc, which eventually spun-off Godley-Creme as an innovative duo. Not sure if this Caravan is post David & Richard Sinclair? (For Canterbury prog, Hatfield and the North is probably stronger, especially than later Caravan.) RTF's 'Romantic Warrior' album is represented and so is Oldfield, perhaps my favorite of his. Focus still had Jan Akkerman on this album before going more fusion with Philip Catherine.

Guitar Channel
>>153256212

Okay, so this is that YouTube video of Supper's Ready (live)? Genesis typically play their stuff live as studio version replications anyway, to my ears. (Unless they medley and splice sections of multiple songs, which I never cared for.) Of course, listening to Phil sing Peter's vocals is different.

Chris Gadsby
>>153256212

The caravan track is also often referred to as L'Auberge du Sanglier off For Girls who grow plump in the Night. The personnel were Pye Hastings and Richard Coughlan, Geoff Richardson on viola and David Sinclair on keys. Richard Sinclair had left before this album and been replaced by John Perry on bass.

Guitar Channel
>>153256212

Yeah, 'For Girls who Grow Plump....' is an excellent album. I just think Caravan sort of lost their way a bit and were at their best in the psychedelic era.

Robert Thornton

Interesting how the Discord vote had Kraftwerk in second place and they're fifth here. :)

Mats Lange

Ommadawn, yes please :) This is perhaps the only format the song will fit into.

Ruth James

Focus and 10cc are definitely my top two🙂

Darrin Snider
>>153261003

Seconded. I submitted it once, ages ago, but it didn't get legs. I think it's a fascinating piece.

Matt B

Good to see Iona "Matthew - The Man" in the mix here! @Doug, you need to correct the title to what i've just said ;-) Iona were a fantastic and unique Celtic-Progressive Rock group who were around for almost 30 years, and have contributed very well to the Prog scene in the 90s and beyond! Hopefully it will get some more votes! I know it's not as well known as the others on the list but please, everyone, give it a listen and compare it to the other bigger names in the list. You may be surprised! I know votes come from what people know and like, but it would be great to see an underdog, which is lesser known get through for a reaction

Matt B
>>153254886

Yeah, Beyond These Shores is an amazing album of theirs, although their first two are still the best for me! Iona are definitely underrated!

Matt B
>>153273754

Oh well, not to worry! Yes, Matthew is my name, but is also part of the title. I can see where it might be confusing! lol

Jean-Michel LaFontaine

Too bad the Caravan song isn't well known and won't make it. It's an amazing song.

Bill Coonley

As much as I love Genesis and "Supper's Ready", we've heard it before. Can we give other artists a chance for a change?

Ray Sincere

The Autobahn: We're fond-fond-fond of it.

Ruth James

10cc deserves more votes. Great track from a very talented and unique band👌

Ruth James

It’s great that these polls spark so much debate 🙂

Karl Stubsjoen

“Counties and Countries” by Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks, surprisingly didn’t make it to this vote. Then again, it’s from Jon’s brand new album (True) released this year. I’m confident it will prevail later 👍🏻😁 With that song out of the picture, my vote was destined for one of my all time favourite epic songs; “Supper’s Ready”. It’s the live version, hopefully from Live in Paris 1977 (Second’s Out). 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Fort-Man
>>153340592

This live version of "Supper's Ready" is from the Peter Gabriel-era. The Socond's Out version was featured last year on YouTube, episode 618.

Richard Plante

Need some more love for The Magician’s Birthday 🎉

John Baron

Hi everyone. First time post, new subscriber. Is there any love here for Marillion? I was listening to 'Grendel' a few days ago - something I'd not heard for 30-some years - and it struck me how similar the closing section is to 'Apocalypse In 9/8' from 'Supper's Ready'. I can't be the only one, surely...?

Mark Rozanski
>>153458132

Hey, I’m a relatively recent subscriber, too. Joined in part to figure out how to recommend to Doug the upcoming Marillion Weekend in Montreal. Grendel - yes, the Genesis influence is very obvious. In fact, in their early days Marillion were dismissed by critics as a Genesis rip-off band, although they developed their own ever changing style in no time.

Adrian Goodrich
>>153458132

Loads of love from Marillion from me! And Steve is SO one of my very favourite prog guitarists. But I am a funny one...my favourite album is the transition one "Season's End". I SO wish Doug would react to this bloody brilliant album!

Adrian Goodrich

I SO want to hear Doug's view on "Hamburger Concerto!" Perhaps my favourite Focus piece. And "Mind Drive" is great - I loved this on the 35th Anniversary tour - perhaps the best concert I have attended.

joey burgio
>>153290965

I would do unspeakable things to see Doug react to some Caravan/Canterbury scene music…

doughelvering
>>153458132

Hi Mark! A Marillion Weekend in Montreal sounds amazing! Thank you for subscribing, glad you’re here! Let me know if you have any questions.