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Poll Question: Which song do you prefer?
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    Posted: December 01 2008 at 20:37
Blackest Eyes and Halo are my two faves.
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Originally posted by TDW TDW wrote:


(Though I still think it sucks that you did not put Radioactive Toy on that list Wink)



Ooooooooh. I agree..... That's probably my favorite PT song. I take back anything I said before that would have been to the contrary LOL
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Really love both the songs, but I can still remember I saw PT live for the first time on the Deadwing tour in the 013 (concerthall in Tilburg, The Netherlands) without knowing what the band was about before that... Arriving moved me to tears, it was so amazingly powerful!

(Though I still think it sucks that you did not put Radioactive Toy on that list Wink)


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Trains is a nice song, but Arriving is the best Porcupine Tree and one of the best songs in prog. Period.
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Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

I love the Staircase Infinities disc, Cloud Zero is excellent Clap.

 
I love that disc too.  Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape is my all-time fave PT track.  The guitar solo is mindbending.  I'm also mad for Always Never, off the main album.  Those 2 tracks sum up what I love about early PT.
 
As for the poll, I'll go for Trains, a favourite mode of transport
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       Agreed  with Toni's R  Opinion , Arriving Somewhere  is Sublime , and Trains is on the Edge of excellency //
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Originally posted by sinkadotentree sinkadotentree wrote:

I agree with you Tony. Another song i really like from early in their career is "Rainy Taxi" becuase it does have a krautrock flavour to it. Steven said he was listerning to a lot of krautrock when he came up with that song not surprisingly.


I love the Staircase Infinities disc, Cloud Zero is excellent Clap.


Tony R is very accurate in his description, though Big smile
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"Arriving" for the poll. As for an absolute favourite too hard to choose!

A song I saw them perform live this year that was outstanding was "Dark matter" from Signify.I really hope they include that on the new DVD when its released. A very unexpected but brilliant inclusion to the live set. Several people standing near me who didn't know Signify were asking what song is that and what album.
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I agree with you Tony. Another song i really like from early in their career is "Rainy Taxi" becuase it does have a krautrock flavour to it. Steven said he was listerning to a lot of krautrock when he came up with that song not surprisingly.
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Arriving Somewhere is sublime, Trains is merely "very, very good".



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can I choose 'Russia On Ice'??...Big smile
 
no, thought not...Arriving, then...
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As far as the live versions I like Arriving somewhere more, because trains, in my opinion, is missing some of the atmospheres it has on In Absentia. The studioversion of trains I find outstanding. My fave PT songs al time I can't chose between Futile and Way Out of Here. My favourite live track is The Sky Moves Sideways as they played it in Amsterdam december 5th 2007. Masterful
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Originally posted by Anderson III Anderson III wrote:

Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:

Trains is my second favorite song of all time. Just seeing the title of this thread was enough so that I had to listen to it right away. Trains, without a doubt.


Hey, speaking of favorite songs, how is it going with the Insane song list from way back? I sure would like to know how the results turn out.
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Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:

Trains is my second favorite song of all time. Just seeing the title of this thread was enough so that I had to listen to it right away. Trains, without a doubt.


Hey, speaking of favorite songs, how is it going with the Insane song list from way back? I sure would like to know how the results turn out.
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Even less, Hatesong, Radiocative toy , those are my faves
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Trains is my second favorite song of all time. Just seeing the title of this thread was enough so that I had to listen to it right away. Trains, without a doubt.
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Points: 3083 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2008 at 14:16
They're probably my two favorite PT songs, but Trains is my clear favorite.
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Arriving Somewhere but not here is one of my fav PT songs, Trains is just good, nothing more.
 
My personal all time fav PT song, is the live (Coma Divine) version of The Sky Moves Sideways

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I really like some of their earlier songs like "Starsdie" and "Waiting",although "Arriving somewhere..." is up there with "Blackest Eyes" as far as more modern ones go.
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Points: 32536 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2008 at 13:20
I'm hard-pressed to think of a favorite.  "Deadwing" might be it, but I love both poll choices.  No vote from me.

Well...maybe "Trains."  Fun to sing and play.
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