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Tsevir Leirbag
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 12:23 |
Good afternoon, everyone! Keppa4v, is it you?
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Les mains, les pieds balancés
Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers,
Un marin mort,
Il dormira
- Paul Éluard
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Pekka
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 12:25 |
Yes, that's me all right  Perhaps I should re-introduce myself in the noob section...
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Tsevir Leirbag
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 12:42 |
 That might be an idea!
How are you doing?
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Les mains, les pieds balancés
Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers,
Un marin mort,
Il dormira
- Paul Éluard
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Pekka
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 12:47 |
A bit fluish but otherwise fine, thank you  Think I might do a wee bit of drumming now...
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Tsevir Leirbag
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 12:58 |
How was that Brand X album, did you like it?
Edited by Tsevir Leirbag - September 20 2009 at 12:59
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Les mains, les pieds balancés
Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers,
Un marin mort,
Il dormira
- Paul Éluard
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Pekka
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 13:10 |
I didn't really listen to it as closely as I should have, but the parts I really paid attention to told me that I should give it another listen very soon  So yes it felt pretty good, that was my first touch with that band.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 13:13 |
Does one know if there is a scientific name for suffering from anti-climaxes? And no, I don't mean sexual anti-climaxes.  Recently, whilst doing my family history, I have found a lot of interesting facts and have come to a few dead-ends in my ancestry too (not like my previous dead-ends mind you; these are much more permanent ones where the paper-trail kind of stops). I was on a high when I found some information recently but now I've found it, I am anti-climatic. I have also just finished Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle; it was a great read as are all Vonnegut books I've read so far. However, I now have run out of Vonnegut books to read until I purchase some more. So I am now, once more, feeling anti-climatic, This is not good.
Edited by James - September 20 2009 at 13:16
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 13:37 |
How is this for climactic?
I just changed my rating of Kate Bush's Hounds of Love from one star to two.
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Pekka
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 13:41 |
^Cool, only two to go anymore 
Oh, how I'd love that album if it was made in some other time than the darkest 80s.
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Ricochet
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 13:42 |
Haven't found that Irving book yet.
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Ricochet
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 13:42 |
Epignosis wrote:
How is this for climactic?
I just changed my rating of Hazards of Love from five stars to two.
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 13:54 |
Epignosis wrote:
How is this for climactic?
I just changed my rating of Kate Bush's Hounds of Love from one star to two.
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Well, it's a step on a long, long road in the right direction.
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Pekka
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 14:20 |
I must listen to Hounds tomorrow, it's been a while.
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 14:22 |
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I must listen to Hounds tomorrow, it's been a while. |
I must listen to Hounds ALL THE TIME, but not as much as The Dreaming, which must be even more than all the time.
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 14:24 |
Sorry folks, but I'm fairly certain two is the ceiling for that album.
It's mostly pop for crying out loud, and has a "prog" side that is worse than the pop side.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 14:24 |
And I'm sorry but Deadwing is not remotely good. How can it be anyone's favourite PT album? Seriously!
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 14:25 |
Epignosis wrote:
Sorry folks, but I'm fairly certain two is the ceiling for that album.
It's mostly pop for crying out loud, and has a "prog" side that is worse than the pop side.
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What's wrong with pop (when it's done well)?  That's why I like some Muse and Queens of the Stone Age sometimes. Good pop.
Edited by James - September 20 2009 at 14:26
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Pekka
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 14:30 |
James wrote:
And I'm sorry but Deadwing is not remotely good. How can it be anyone's favourite PT album? Seriously!
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It's got their two best songs and lots of other very good material. That's how.
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 14:39 |
James wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Sorry folks, but I'm fairly certain two is the ceiling for that album.
It's mostly pop for crying out loud, and has a "prog" side that is worse than the pop side.
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What's wrong with pop (when it's done well)? 
That's why I like some Muse and Queens of the Stone Age sometimes. Good pop.
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I love good pop music, the same as I love almost any kind of music (I listen to country and rap also).
In fact, it was not Kate Bush's album in and of itself that made me change the rating- it was reviewing Muse's Black Holes and Revelations last night, which I think is largely crappy pop music, yet I still managed to give it a two.
That's what led me to believe that my one star rating of Hounds of Love was too harsh, especially since out of 1980s pop music, I really rather like four of the first five songs on that one. I mainly changed the rating because to be honest, I reserve one star ratings for those albums I am almost positive I will never listen to again, and I find Hounds of Love to have some real charm despite my initial disliking it.
But this is a prog website, and so I also try to factor that in as well, and sorry, but what part of Hounds of Love is prog is really bad. My opinion of course.
Edited by Epignosis - September 20 2009 at 14:40
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Epignosis
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Posted: September 20 2009 at 14:42 |
Pekka wrote:
James wrote:
And I'm sorry but Deadwing is not remotely good. How can it be anyone's favourite PT album? Seriously!
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It's got their two best songs and lots of other very good material. That's how. | The title track, lyrics, "Lazarus," "Arriving Somewhere but Not Here," and for about twelve other reasons, Deadwing is an easy and solid five stars.
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