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Question: Favorite QE2 Track :: Total Votes:104 Poll choices Votes Statistics Taurus I 30  [28.85%] Sheba 5  [4.81%] Conflict 13  [12.50%] Arrival 6  [5.77%] Wonderful Land 12  [11.54%] Mirage 1  [0.96%] Celt 8  [7.69%] QE2 27  [25.96%] Molly 2  [1.92%] Guests cannot vote

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wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Jan. 26 2010, 03:01 Molly disarms me and with its tenderness - it's powerful! -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Jan. 26 2010, 04:38 Quote (nightspore @ Jan. 25 2010, 18:42) Quote (The Caveman @ Jan. 25 2010, 12:57) Molly.Simple as you like but bloody lovely. Wot? Not "Celt"? Just for that I'm going to tell you that The Wiggles have just won an Order of Australia! (Hot potato, hot potato....) Thank you yet again for reminding me of The F*cking Wiggles (that's their full name by the way).It was a long time ago.My daughter is now 13!!!!  Yeah Celt is lovely as well.The guitar solo is wonderful and always manages to lift my mood in much the same way as QE2 the track does for smillsoid.But there's something about Molly that does it for me.Perhaps it's something to do with the subject matter (his daughter)and me having become a dad so young.Tug at the old heart strings and all that.It's very much like a lullaby.  I'd have to agree that if anything it is too short but as it is it's perfectly formed. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Jan. 26 2010, 09:17 Quote (SunkenForest @ Jan. 25 2010, 23:35)  I feel like it could have benefited from a slightly more extended cut, or maybe a variation on theme. I feel like I would like to hear a MO album in the vein of this song - Yes, you can almost hear it continuing on in your mind after it stops. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Jan. 26 2010, 09:19 Quote (The Caveman @ Jan. 26 2010, 04:38) Thank you yet again for reminding me of The F*cking Wiggles (that's their full name by the way).It was a long time ago.My daughter is now 13!!!!  Yeah Celt is lovely as well.The guitar solo is wonderful and always manages to lift my mood in much the same way as QE2 the track does for smillsoid.But there's something about Molly that does it for me.Perhaps it's something to do with the subject matter (his daughter)and me having become a dad so young.Tug at the old heart strings and all that.It's very much like a lullaby.  I'd have to agree that if anything it is too short but as it is it's perfectly formed. Ha ha - The Wiggles were on the news tonight, and I was surprised to learn that the surname of one of them was "Fat"!! One trouble I have with "Molly" is the name. It unavoidably conjures up for me connotations of a certain infamous Australian music guru who is renowned for his um's and aah's, and whom I find about as annoying as you find the Wiggles! Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Jan. 26 2010, 09:54 Quote (nightspore @ Jan. 26 2010, 09:19) One trouble I have with "Molly" is the name. It unavoidably conjures up for me connotations of a certain infamous Australian music guru who is renowned for his um's and aah's, and whom I find about as annoying as you find the Wiggles! You could argue that every track on here has a dodgy name -"Sheba"  is the name of a scruffy cat I used to have. Come to think of it some of our usernames are dodgy too - I mean why did I chose Wiga when it sounds like wiggles?   -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Jan. 26 2010, 09:59 Look guys can we please not mention wiggles in any context ever again?!It makes me feel ill and i then have annoying songs in my head all afternoon!Lol. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

SunkenForest Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: Jan. 2010 Posted: Jan. 26 2010, 13:02 Quote (wiga @ Jan. 26 2010, 09:54) You could argue that every track on here has a dodgy name -"Sheba"  is the name of a scruffy cat I used to have. Nothing's more dodgy than "The Doge's Palace" on MB! Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Jan. 26 2010, 13:55 Yes, who's Doge? Is it short for Douglas, or Douglas Fairbanks  - he played a damn good Robin Hood and a Musketeer. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Jan. 26 2010, 18:52 Quote (SunkenForest @ Jan. 26 2010, 05:35) I feel like I would like to hear a MO album in the vein of this song - a simple, creative, well-played collection of guitar lullabies.  It wouldn't be the most unique or memorable work of his, but I feel like it would be well-received... even if there would be a lot of initial complaining. I think some would argue that Mike did that already with Voyager. -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Jan. 26 2010, 19:24 Quote (wiga @ Jan. 26 2010, 13:55) Yes, who's Doge? Is it short for Douglas, or Douglas Fairbanks  - he played a damn good Robin Hood and a Musketeer. Hi Wiga, the Doge is the title of the chief magistrate of Venice. As for your name - and putting on my Freudian hat here - you've already told us that you were in this forum as Tayniee. "Wiga" suggests "a wig" - a disguise. Caveman: your wish is my command. Never again shall I mention the Wiggles here. Rest assured that "hot potato, hot potato" will not emanate from my keyboard! Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Jan. 27 2010, 03:45 Mm - the chief magistrate of Venice   On the subject, what are "Broad Sunlit Uplands?" Nightspore - yes, that's a good Freudian interpretation - a "wig" being a disguise. To be honest I was hoping someone would find me - Tayniee's and Wiga's views are one and the same, although Wiga has more of a sober disposition. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Jan. 27 2010, 04:24 @Wiga.. I seem to remember you posting "where`s Tayniee"? or something like that in a thread once,and it did kind of click for me at the time I must admit.I think I just forgot about it after that though,dammit if I was`nt gonna` mention it as well.I`ve often thought about having a different user name here.But there`d be so many stray apostrophes,and oddball sentance construction.I`d probably last about three posts max! Anyway back t` thread..I`ve gone for the popular vote it seems and Taurus 1.It`s also my favourite Taurus..Difficult choice though QE2 & Taurus. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Jan. 27 2010, 05:33 Quote (wiga @ Jan. 27 2010, 03:45)   On the subject, what are "Broad Sunlit Uplands?" They're just flat expanses of mountains above the cloud level. Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2263 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: May 10 2010, 04:30 Quote (nightspore @ Jan. 27 2010, 10:24) Caveman: your wish is my command. Never again shall I mention the Wiggles here. Rest assured that "hot potato, hot potato" will not emanate from my keyboard! You must have just been talking about this thread     Qe2 for me hands down, classic. Back to top

Drealm Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: May 10 2010, 20:56 QE2 is not only my favorite track on the album, but my favorite track from Mike (beside long compositions, of course). So my vote was for it. Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: May 11 2010, 09:11 I ended up with QE2 as well, though Taurus I and Sheba came close second and third. Been listening to this album quite a bit recently. Lots to like! -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: May 11 2010, 09:31 My favourites are QE2, Celt, and the two cover versions. The others are OK, but I sometimes skip them. Back to top

Chris Ibberson Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: Aug. 2011 Posted: Aug. 10 2011, 05:12 "Wonderful Land", by a very long distance. Celt and Taurus are very good. I am as disappointed with this album now as I was when I first bought it. -------------- Diana Luna Lucina Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Aug. 10 2011, 16:16 Today I am voting for "Arrival" - because it's a great anthem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAsqaKV1xPg&feature=related -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Aug. 10 2011, 20:37 Back on page 1, many years ago I voted for QE2, but now I'd like to chnage my  mind and go for Confilict. I guess as I get older i like simpler things, or mayne my brain can't cope with the complicated stuff. Just give it a good solid drum and guitar riff. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

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