Picked up "The Bedlam in Goliath" today.

Don't worry at all, Micky is a lot like me... His bark is much worse than his bite, and he's got a heart of gold. Unfortunately, the medium can lend itself to misunderstandings of every kind - the essential thing is to realise they are nothing but misunderstanding, and that no one is out for anyone else's blood.

As to the 'horrible', well, I told you I do a lot of writing in my work, but I didn't tell you I am a former teacher...

Hey Raff, what is your opinion on Cavalettas? It is my pet peeve of the album, along with Askleios.. actually, i don't hold the album in very high regard at all.. ah well. :)

Also, keep spreading the word about Kate Bush's Aerial. I heard you got Micky into it, but i listened to disc 2 again today and i realised that it is simply masterliness. It deserves more attention.

Oh, i have only heard Hounds of love and Aerial, but Aerial is truly ... crossover, or whatever it's called nowadays :)
Hounds of love isn't void of prog elements either, the second half is at least conceptual in theme, even if less so musically. Haven't heard much else, but it is clear that she is a very artistic person, and as far as i know, she never overdoes it.

Ah, Aerial is the perfect summer album. It's so warm, somehow. Maybe the artwork that goes with it ha something to do with that as well :)

Edit: i just posted a review of "Aerial", and since noone will ever see it due to the new rules discriminating non-collaborators (just kidding... or am i?), i was thinking i'd say it here instead, maybe you could take a look at it? :) I try to do my best with all reviews, and i know i sometimes go too far with the metaphors and all that, but.. well. :) Aerial is a great album and it deserves attention..


Edited by Evans - February 08 2008 at 17:48

A clappie from the clappie man himself! Thanks, Micky, i try my best. I should probably get around to it more often if i ever want any title under my name, though, haha! :)

Forward thinker indeed.. you gave five stars to SFAM and then spent a few hundred pages explaining why it was such a pain in the ass to listen to.. : ) Strange.. but VERY prog.

Have you tried any DT since you discovered Opeth and Mastodon? Not that they are alike or anything, and i really only like A change of seasons by them, but maybe you had some sort of anti-metal barrier which was torn down by Opeth.. but who cares, really. It's just one band anyway..
Ah well. I'm going to bed. In a poor attempt to appear on topic i will say that i still don't get Bedlam at all. Goodnight.

micky wrote: Raff has all the DT but Octavarium so I've heard them all but that one.... and since I really took more of an interest in PM since last summer ... I have heard SC.  I bought it for Raff as sort of a gag gift for Xmas... and funny thing is.... we both sort of enjoyed it.    Just softening in our old age I guess.

micky wrote: p0mt3 wrote: micky wrote: Raff has all the DT but Octavarium so I've heard them all but that one.... and since I really took more of an interest in PM since last summer ... I have heard SC.  I bought it for Raff as sort of a gag gift for Xmas... and funny thing is.... we both sort of enjoyed it.    Just softening in our old age I guess.   The ironic thing is, I just got through reviewing a DT album, then I come on here and read this   Well, with me (as I say in the review, actually), it's alwaysbeen a double-edged sword with me when it comes to DT. At times they can really move me, and others it just seems like they are keeping score amongst themselves as to how many notes they each played within a milisecond. Truly a love-hate relationship for me. DT has always been a bit of an enigma to me ...face it... what is the one band you can really say DT are very...very similar to.... yes... one of the bands I absolutely ADORE most... Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.  Much  of the same sh*t that is slung at DT... could..and has been thrown at ELP.

micky wrote: for me... DT came to encapsulate what I don't like about modern prog.  Especially Patrucci's playing. Too clinical... overproduced.. and lacking the fire...passion...

I'll get round to reading that Aerial review ASAP... I've just got back from the grocery store, and now I am relaxing with TBiG and PA!

As I promised Evans, I've been listening to whether the drums and vocals really overwhelm everything else in the mix. So far, I don't really have that impression at all... The guitar sound is quite clear and audible, and Cedric's voice is not mixed higher than the other instruments. In my opinion, there a lot of vocal parts on this album, which is the main reason why the voice seems to be more prominent.

A very intriguing aspect of this album are the song titles, which seem to have been taken from both mythology and fantasy literature (two things I'm very much into). "Metatron" is a character from Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass (which I've started reading very recently), "Ilyena" from Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, "Ouroboros" from a novel by R.E. Eddison called The Worm Ouroboros. Then, "Goliath" comes from the Bible, and "Asklepios" is the Greek god of medicine. However, I'm still at a loss as to what "Aberinkula" means...