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Anything beating Emporer Penguin is a physical impossibility.
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hands down...last of the unplucked gems
I remember reading that the Hip said GEMS marked a shift in the future musical direction of the band. What's a more appropriate closer than something looking towards the future?
I will say that the extended version they play live helped make my decision.
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I've always had a sweet spot for Eldorado...really surprised nobody's mentioned it yet.
Yeah Gems is a killer ender, same with Opiated and Josephine. Hey they've got a knack for album enders.
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Eldorado is definately my favourite....sheer genious, and so beautiful. Almost has a hypnotic quality to it. It literally puts me in a trance.
...whats that ticking?
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Eldorado and Penguin for me.
Just because both songs make me want to go out and accomplish something, and listen to the discs again, simultaneously.
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ahh..but stephen..as we discussed before..if you listen to FC as it's listed on the back cover...lionized is the closer!
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My fave is Eldorado. But Emperor Penguin and Unplucked Gems are way up there.
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Dark Canuck and Impossibilium, don't know why but I really dig both of them a lot.
"Gonna have me three children, Apple, Zippo and Metronome" also love the woooh part Gord throws in there.
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Eldorado and Gems.
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Canuck, I find it is very close to "band on the run", but maybe it's just me, however the song just consumes me when I hear it.