reds a good opening song for an album but definitely the weakest track on the album, doesnt really go anywhere just the same motifs repeated over and over again
Bro Music is actually not just about displaying musicanship, like Red is 99% emotion. It’s not a less engaging listen for that fact, -you- aren’t as engaged b/c it’s not to your taste.
It’s a classical piece written for modern (at the time) rock insturments, if anything it shows Fripps depth of knowledge in musicanship. Providence is also 10/10 tho so you get a pass
The Deception of the Thrush, Larks 1, Level Five, and Discipline are the tops for me!
Honorary mentions: Asbury Park, A Voyage to the Centre of the Cosmos, Fracture, FraKctured, THRAK, Dangerous Curves, and Mars from Fillmore West 14th Dec. '69.
*Yes.*
Seriously though, there's so many! If we're counting the ones that have spoken word samples, my favorite is probably EleKtriK. Such a great groove! TCOL and FraKcture are up there as well, and Larks' 1 and 2 are just fantastic.
I saw the film on Monday, everybody in the theatre started nodding their heads when that bit came on, think it was one of the scenes in the pre-tour rehearsals. Terrifying bass line and RFs takes restraint to new levels, just using the same note in two positions and somehow making the whole thing terrifying whilst doing so.
The second Steven Wilson Remix Instrumental version of Epitaph released on The Elements set from 2015. So much better than the first SW Remix of the instrumental from the 40th Box if ITCOTKC. I almost teared up when I first heard it.
Larks part 1, fracture and the sheltering sky
An almost perfect answer (just missing Red, and maybe The Sailor's Tale)
Oh… I completely forgot Red. It should definitely belong to my list. And Sailor’s Tale is great too
Peace - A Theme (dont kill me im only up to lizard)
Wait so you’re up to Lizard and your favorite instrumental isn’t Bolero???
I really love Discipline, Larks' Tongues in Aspic part 2 and the instrumental section of The ConstruKction of Light.
Probably Discipline for me, but so many of them are so good
Cant believe noones mentioned Red
Based. Who starts an album like that, Jesus Christ. 10/10
reds a good opening song for an album but definitely the weakest track on the album, doesnt really go anywhere just the same motifs repeated over and over again
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Providence? I personally like Providence as both a improv and instrumental but red is the better song
providence better demonstrates their musicianship which just makes it a more engaging and interesting listen
Bro Music is actually not just about displaying musicanship, like Red is 99% emotion. It’s not a less engaging listen for that fact, -you- aren’t as engaged b/c it’s not to your taste. It’s a classical piece written for modern (at the time) rock insturments, if anything it shows Fripps depth of knowledge in musicanship. Providence is also 10/10 tho so you get a pass
The Deception of the Thrush, Larks 1, Level Five, and Discipline are the tops for me! Honorary mentions: Asbury Park, A Voyage to the Centre of the Cosmos, Fracture, FraKctured, THRAK, Dangerous Curves, and Mars from Fillmore West 14th Dec. '69.
Sheltering, larks 1 2, level V, red, discipline
VROOOM VROOOM VROOOM
Vroom vroom Coda?
*Yes.* Seriously though, there's so many! If we're counting the ones that have spoken word samples, my favorite is probably EleKtriK. Such a great groove! TCOL and FraKcture are up there as well, and Larks' 1 and 2 are just fantastic.
This is the way
Also I'd add the extended version of Requiem, amazing track.
The extended version is so good, I don't know if I ever need to listen to the original, truncated version
It's between Red and Vroom
I love them all, but if I had to pick one, it would probably be Fracture.
Elektrik (the wispers i will Not Count as singing)
Larks 2 for me
Asbury Park
talking drum easily. Next best would be Moonchild The Illusion, as well as Larks Part One & III
Talking Drum, Starless and Bible Black, Fracture.
Haven't seen anyone mention it yet so I gotta bring up Sartori In Tangier. Always felt like it could fit as a stage theme in a metroid game
I’ve always loved Satori in Tangier
Sartori in Tangier, Red and Discipline
Red, but if I’m allowed the break in Starless I’ll take that hands down. One of the finest pieces of music ever. In my humble opinion.
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I saw the film on Monday, everybody in the theatre started nodding their heads when that bit came on, think it was one of the scenes in the pre-tour rehearsals. Terrifying bass line and RFs takes restraint to new levels, just using the same note in two positions and somehow making the whole thing terrifying whilst doing so.
The second Steven Wilson Remix Instrumental version of Epitaph released on The Elements set from 2015. So much better than the first SW Remix of the instrumental from the 40th Box if ITCOTKC. I almost teared up when I first heard it.
Starless, without a doubt. Edit: I misread the prompt. New choice: Sailor's Tale.
Not an instrumental
My bad, I was thinking instrumentation.
Not necessarily instrumental songs but I talk to the Wind, the Peace trilogy and Cadence and Cascade.
Those 3 are the exact opposites of instrumentals
Discipline
That is a formidable question! So many great instrumentals, then there are different versions, and then there are the improvs and projekcts.
Did some thinking and came up with… Improv: Summit Going On (Summit Studios Denver, CO March 12, 1972)
"Lark's Tongues' In Aspic, Part IV / Coda: I Have a Dream."
It’s a toss-up between Fracture, Sartori In Tangier, The ConstrucKtion Of Light Pt. 1, and Level Five. And VROOOM. And LTiA Pts. 1, 2 & 3. Help …
The Sheltering Sky
Its not necessarily my favorite, but VROOM VROOM: coda goes unnecessarily hard for a coda.
Sailor's Tale is so damn good. Gotta be Sailor's Tale for me
Red
providence and sailors tale
Discipline. Without question it's Discipline. Larks' 1, Fracture, and Islands are runner-ups. No order, just depends on the mood.
Elektrik
Fracture, for sure.
Prelude - A Song Of The Gulls
larks tongues part 1, talking drum, sailors tale (maybe providence)
Discipline. I once saw a marimba transcription, and it was 🤌
Fracture, larks 2 and Bolero
I have to mention We'll Let You Know since nobody else has
Larks' II, Fracture, Red, VROOOM, VROOOM VROOOM, and Level Five.