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dr prog 
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 Posted: August 30 2016 at 14:00 |
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Easy money isn't much of a track imo. Talking drum is a bit of filler too
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All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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mechanicalflattery
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Posted: August 30 2016 at 14:12 |
*casually walks back in*
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What have you people done to The Talking Drum?!
I'm starting to feel like Atticus Finch here, defending the innocent and all that.
Edited by mechanicalflattery - August 30 2016 at 14:12
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miamiscot
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Posted: August 30 2016 at 14:53 |
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Dellinger
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Posted: August 30 2016 at 20:32 |
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I didn't expect Talking Drum to "win" this one. I really enjoy that one, and as a combo with Larks Toungues part 2 they are the highlight of the album for me. I guess I have to vote for Book of Saturday... even though if I follow my logic for voting on Selling England by the Pound I would have to go for Larks Toungues part 1, for I don't really find much melody to enjoy from it, and it's much longer than Book of Saturday (actually, it is Larks part 1 that won't let me consider this one a 5 star album, while I could pass Book of Saturday).
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Progosopher
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Posted: August 30 2016 at 20:53 |
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There's something about Easy Money that grates on me a little bit, even though it has a cool groove in it.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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infocat
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Posted: August 30 2016 at 22:38 |
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I love The Talking Drum. Really, all of the songs are very good / great. But since I "had" to pick something I picked Book of Saturdays.
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Belief is not Truth.
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Manuel
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Posted: August 31 2016 at 09:10 |
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Another album that I like very much. No vote from me.
Edited by Manuel - August 31 2016 at 09:12
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CapnBearbossa
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Posted: August 31 2016 at 11:36 |
That 2-second silent track between LTIA-I and Book Of Saturday.... 
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Will higher mighty force redeem
the one who dropped the moral compass,
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Dellinger
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Posted: August 31 2016 at 21:05 |
 Progosopher wrote:
There's something about Easy Money that grates on me a little bit, even though it has a cool groove in it. |
Yeah, I guess I understand that. It was difficult for me to decide if I like that song or not, and then, I mostly like the live versions, I don't really enjoy the studio version that much.
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someone_else
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Posted: September 01 2016 at 04:24 |
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Hard to pick one. LTIA part 1 is a grower and it has some magic, so I vote for Book of Saturdays,
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twseel
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Posted: September 01 2016 at 07:17 |
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First vote for Part Two, never understood the love
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: September 01 2016 at 08:17 |
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CPicard
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Posted: September 02 2016 at 01:16 |
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The 2 LTIA tracks are hard to bear: I don't really hear the music in it, just a collection of random instrument parts all stuck together to make people believe Fripp and Co. had some "great plan" for music or something.
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Rednight
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Posted: September 02 2016 at 17:53 |
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^Someone get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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BunBun
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Posted: September 02 2016 at 18:45 |
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easily talking drum. Pointless noodling. It doesn't detract from the album but it doesn't add much, i usually tune out when it plays without even knowing it
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Dellinger
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Posted: September 02 2016 at 21:36 |
CPicard wrote:
The 2 LTIA tracks are hard to bear: I don't really hear the music in it, just a collection of random instrument parts all stuck together to make people believe Fripp and Co. had some "great plan" for music or something.
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I agree completley with you about part 1, but I really love part 2. It may be noisy and crazy, but I do hear the music in it and I love it.
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Lewian
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Posted: September 03 2016 at 10:16 |
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I like them all. Will vote Easy Money because some things in this go against my musical intuition, although it works by and large.
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CapnBearbossa
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Posted: September 03 2016 at 12:38 |
CPicard wrote:
The 2 LTIA tracks are hard to bear: I don't really hear the music in it, just a collection of random instrument parts all stuck together to make people believe Fripp and Co. had some "great plan" for music or something.
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Think of LTIA 1 & 2 as "chamber metal" ... if that helps at all. If not, Toronto 2015 (downloadable from dgmlive.com) starts off with a rollicking live Larks 1. A bit shorter and punchier than the studio original.
Edited by CapnBearbossa - September 03 2016 at 12:39
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DDPascalDD
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Posted: September 03 2016 at 13:34 |
Lewian wrote:
I like them all. Will vote Easy Money because some things in this go against my musical intuition, although it works by and large.
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What do you mean with against your musical intuition? It flows pretty natural to me, after some listens, that is.
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Terrapin Station
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Posted: September 03 2016 at 14:53 |
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"Least favorite track" doesn't really compute in this case for me.
In fact, that doesn't compute in most cases for me. I'm not someone who feels that track quality varies on most albums.
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