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daz2112 
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 Topic: What is so good about The Rotter's Club?
Posted: April 27 2006 at 14:03 |
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Canterbury is one of the better styles of prog & HATH is the best band that do it!!
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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole
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Blacksword
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Posted: April 27 2006 at 10:29 |
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Along with '..grey and Pink' by Caravan, TRC is an album I've been recently revisiting. I'm trying to work out why it is regarded as such a masterpiece, and why Richard Sinclair is deemed such a great singer. I cant really work it out to be honest. I can hear there is good musicianship going on (as on virtually all prog rock albums). I can hear the humour too, but overall it just sounds like a jam session, more for the musicians benefit than that of the listener.
But, thats just how my ears recieve it. This is a basically pointless discussion, that I choose to participate in out of boredom and nothing else.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Bj-1
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Posted: April 27 2006 at 05:08 |
I actually concider "Rotter's Club" as a Jazz-Rock album, really.
It is a fantastic album, so give it a few spins more, and maybe it will grow on you.
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Posted: April 27 2006 at 01:35 |
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AND there's 'The Northettes'.......[nudge, nudge, wink, wink....say no more].
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Looking still the same after all these years...
mrgd
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Tenth Chaffinch
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Posted: April 27 2006 at 00:59 |
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The Rotters Club is one of the defining albums of the Canterbury style. Richard Sinclairs hilarious antics along with his stellar vocals fuel the highly technical caliber of musicianship. Hatfield and the North had so much to offer and were far ahead of their time. Entirely underrated (though that may be a dirty word on these forums).
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Posted: April 27 2006 at 00:28 |
There's very little one can add to what Peter said, really. I could ask somebody else "What's so good about Awake?", but there would be no point in it. As we say in Italian, tastes are tastes.
BTW, as to "The Rotters' Club", I could answer your question with the following:
- excellent musicianship throughout;
- Richard Sinclair's vocals;
- great sense of humour.
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The Miracle
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Posted: April 27 2006 at 00:17 |
 Peter Rideout wrote:
"Because I'm not you, my tastes are different than yours, and it gives me pleasure."
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I think this sums it up perfectly. Aaron, your question has been answered! 
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Peter
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Posted: April 27 2006 at 00:12 |
The Miracle wrote:
Peter Rideout wrote:
BTW, I really don't think I can "explain" what is "good" about an album to someone that doesn't like it, or its genre. 
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You got this right - I'd rather get shot in the chest with projectile diarrhea than try to explain to you what's good about prog metal |
Yeah, Aaron has set us an almost impossible, pointless task, really:
"I don't like it. Why do you like it?"
"Because I'm not you, my tastes are different than yours, and it gives me pleasure."
Enlightening, eh wot? 
Edited by Peter Rideout - April 27 2006 at 00:15
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The Miracle
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Posted: April 26 2006 at 23:59 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
BTW, I really don't think I can "explain" what is "good" about an album to someone that doesn't like it, or its genre.
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You got this right - I'd rather get shot in the chest with projectile diarrhea than try to explain to you what's good about prog metal
Maddox rules
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Peter
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Posted: April 26 2006 at 23:55 |
 Just curious, Aaron:
How old are you?
How much exposure to jazz/fusion have you had?
What are your preferred prog styles & artists?
BTW, I really don't think I can "explain" what is "good" about an album to someone that doesn't like it, or its genre.
Lots of us quite like the music -- simple as that, really.
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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The Miracle
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Posted: April 26 2006 at 23:37 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
Define "music," please.
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Peter
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Posted: April 26 2006 at 23:24 |
Define "music," please.
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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stonebeard
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Posted: April 26 2006 at 23:18 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
It has good music. |
So does the prog-metal subgenre. 
Go on...make the connection....
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Peter
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Posted: April 26 2006 at 23:09 |
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It has good music.
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Aaron
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Posted: April 26 2006 at 22:23 |
wrong forum i know, blah blah blah
Aaron
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Aaron
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Posted: April 26 2006 at 22:22 |
I don't get it? Come to think of it, i guess I don't really like the Canterbury style. But this is a classic of the genre. Explain to me what is so good about it, nothing special to me.
Aaron
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What is so good about The Rotter's Club?
