Long songs by Porcupine Tree
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Topic: Long songs by Porcupine Tree
Posted By: WrytXander
Subject: Long songs by Porcupine Tree
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 13:08
Just a few songs that go over 10 minutes. Enjoy!  Funnily enough, turns out there are exactly 10 songs that are longer than 10 minutes... I'm mainly stuck between Sky Moves Sideways and Anesthetize.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 13:31
| Always really enjoyed the hell out of "Arriving Somewhere but Not Here" |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 13:40
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 13:48
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Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 14:12
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Arriving Somewhere but Not Here
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 14:13
I'll third that.
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bloodnarfer wrote:Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 14:20
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It's not on the list, but the full studio version of Even Less (14+ minutes) is a personal fave. It's in the "Recordings" collection (2001) ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 14:26
yep good one
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 14:32
I'll see your three, and raise it to four!!  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: WrytXander
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 14:43
Ah, that must have been why I missed it. Will check it out for sure, thanks! ------------- 20+ prog bands discovered and explored in 3 years, still going strong... |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 14:51
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Arriving Somewhere is historically my favorite here, but I admit I didn't like it nearly as much when I revisited it recently. I voted for a relative underdog, Russia on Ice, instead. Something about that song's lyrics really resonates with me. If it's really about what I think it's about, anyway. I'm happy to remain in the dark about that answer. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 14:52
Agreed. So many good choices here, but ultimately have to go with "Anesthetize." By the way, on the most recent Steven Wilson tour, "Radioactive Toy" was an encore song. At least in Boulder, where I saw the show, the version done by the current band was fantastic. I don't know if any of the shows were recorded, but I would love to put may hands on a live recording if for nothing more the version of this tune done by this band. |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 16:01
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"Moonloop". Beautiful light parts and eventually a really kicking riff. I did try out "Even Less" based on Neu!mann's recommendation, and it's fantastic, too.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 16:14
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Anesthetize, but Arriving Somewhere But Not Here and Moonloop come close. ------------- 
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 16:26
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Arriving Somewhere, but not Here... ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 16:27
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The Sky Moves Sideways on its Coma Divine version is my favorite one. ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 16:31
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Russia on Ice has always been one of my favorites. Buying New Soul is another fantastic song, though omitted here. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 20:12
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Russia On Ice ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 20:25
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The Sky Moves Sideways ------------- |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 21:57
| Difficult choice between Radioactive Toy and The Sky Moves Sideways (Coma Divine versions, which are the ones I know). And with a close 3rd slot for Russia on Ice (Warzawa Version). I guess I'll go with The Sky Moves Sideways today, since I'm in a Pink Floyd mood (waiting to get my hands on their new album). |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 22:02
I also heard Radioactive Toy on the same tour (on Mexico City), and indeed it was amazing. As far as I know, there's no video or CD release from this tour, but it would be great since he did a lot of killer versions of his songs (mainly... heavier). He did release the previous tour on DVD though, but I think the Raven tour was better (at least for what I heard on the DVD). However, if you can't get the latest tour version of Radioactive Toy, you may enjoy at least the version on Coma Divine, which is really great too... though not as heavy nor with flute or sax (I don't remember which instrument might have been added to that version). Still, I don't know the original version of the song, so I can't really compare them. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 22:46
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 23:35
It Will Rain For A Million Years ?? I don't have this track  Anyway, don't want to vote because many are really on an even keel with me. Today, I'll say Russia On Ice.......maybe Anesthetise.........or Sky Moves Sideways.........perhaps Moonloop..... Daww, can't choose........... |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 02:45
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Million Years is On The Sunday Of Life - P Tree's Piper. Although given the morass of early releases before this more or less official debut that observation may not be clear. Big thumbs up to that unsung hero Alan Duffy the P Tree lyricist before SW learned to read and write so well... Thought Buying New Soul would be here making the voting choice monumentally difficult... Instead it's just mildly impossible. Love the Recordings album - consisting of rejects (!!!) that make me wonder at their ability to compile an album. Spoiled for choice - what a problem. Went for Burning Sky as the more recent and famous numbers would probably get more attention plus I think it is possibly the best example of the non virtuoso doing an exceptionally splendid piece of music.. I usually go for the more spacey and psychedlic of P Tree (although most material has awesome virtue). Strange As It Seems I did not vote for Radioactive Toy but just thought I'd mention the live album where that epic piece of wonder gets a nice 16 minute relaxed work out... |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 06:53
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Arriving Somewhere but Not Here ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 14:05
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I love Burning Sky, but went with Anesthetize simply because it's incredible the band could still put out such good music after 7 albums. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: November 20 2014 at 14:41
| How about "love songs" by Porcupine Tree? I am curious (yellow). I couldn't resist (and who gets the reference?). |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: November 21 2014 at 11:00
EXACTLY. This is my opinion too.
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Posted By: dave-the-rave
Date Posted: November 21 2014 at 12:40
You refer to the Swedish film of some repute, no? 
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: November 24 2014 at 10:36
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Arriving Somewhere for me but they are all pretty awesome ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 24 2014 at 12:57
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None of the above, but Where We Would Be comes to mind. Yeah it's not very long but it moves me. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 24 2014 at 13:23
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Of that list....'Arriving Somewhere' , but there is an extended version of 'Even Less' that is one of my favorite long ones by them. Also a big fan of 'Dark Matter' from Signify which is over 8 minutes . ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 24 2014 at 23:47
| Even PT short songs kick severe ass...... |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: November 25 2014 at 05:34
| Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape is my favourite PT track, it's not quite 10 mins long but it's close. From the list it's Moonloop. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 25 2014 at 05:39
Not overly long, but Not Beautiful Anymore is special too. I don't know what it is, but I can't rate any PT album below a 4 star. They are all excellent to brilliant. Fanboy alert !!! 
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Posted By: RoeDent
Date Posted: November 25 2014 at 09:00
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Had to go with Arriving Somewhere, but Anesthetize comes close. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: November 25 2014 at 09:46
(almost) This  I prefer the 30+ minute version of Moonloop from Transmission IV. Then again, I pretty much love every option in this poll. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 25 2014 at 11:54
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ASBNH is fantastic.....but I like the metalness of Anethetize. -------------   
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Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: November 25 2014 at 12:43
Yeah, pretty much this. At 10:25 Buying New Sould would have easily gotten my vote. I'll give my vote to "Russia on Ice" but I highly recommend "Recordings" to the original poster as both "Buying New Soul" and the extended "Even Less" are required listening in my mind. ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: November 25 2014 at 12:57
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never heard of them before seeing this thread. checking them out now on you-tube and i'm really liking what I hear. time to check ebay
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: November 26 2014 at 03:09
Dave that really is a release I'd love to have. The only time I've ever seen it available it's been £120-130 or so, which is a bit excessive. I'll just have to keep watching out for it, the two versions on TSMS will just have to do for now. I just love that era of PT. |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: December 02 2014 at 20:48
Anesthetize.------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 04:08
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Gonna sound like a damn hipster, but my favorite long composition by PT is The Cross/Hole/Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape from Tarquin's Seaweed Farm. Love the Prince cover (which Steven apparently dislikes?) and the way it segues into a psychedelic guitar anthem. Fond memories of driving back from a PT concert with the car full of people who only knew the band's material post-In Absentia, putting on the tape and hear them cry in boredom. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 04:11
There, fixed   I'm very much like that myself. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 04:18
Eh eh. Yep, space/psychedelic PT is what makes it for me. Sure, I like every period, even parts of "The Accident", but the early years is where the good stuff's at. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 04:23
Good to see some love for their early releases. Never heard that one though, but I'll sure check it out  I voted for 'The Sky Moves Sideways'
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 04:25
 I feel the same. I love stuff like Nil Recurring and Deadwing too, but there's a certain je ne sais quoi about those early years that pips it for me. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 05:24
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It's nice to see Arriving Somewhere but Not Here leading in this poll. Excellent song from the start to the end. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 05:32
I know, the pricing of it these days is absolutely ridiculous. Reissue would be nice methinks. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |