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el böthy 
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 Topic: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In glorious times
Posted: May 07 2007 at 17:01 |
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The new Sleepytime Gorilla Museum album is out... yeeeeeessssssss!!!
I have it, and have heard it two times till now, who else has heard it? Liked it? Love it... Hated it?
Inial thoughts... The album is more guitar oriented than their previous one, the masterpiece Of natural history, and even harder, if not more metal. It seems that the spoken songs that were so amusing in ONH are no longer present here, but Carla sings more... If one thing is for sure, they didnt copy themself... and that good! Later on I will deliver more vital information, but now, I would like to hear your opinion... yes... YOU!
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el böthy
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 18:46 |
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not the most popular band ever, eh?
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The Wizard
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 18:54 |
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I'd like to get into this band, since I love Mr. Bungle and all the bands they're compared to.
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KoS
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 18:57 |
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I heard some of the songs when I saw 'em live. They sounded very good.
I 'll buy it soon.
Jody might have some idea.
Edited by king of Siam - May 07 2007 at 19:01
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 19:04 |
It's out already? I thought it came out in like 3 weeks! 
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Ghandi 2
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 19:26 |
 heyitsthatguy wrote:
It's out already? I thought it came out in like 3 weeks! |
It leaked. My friend showed me a little bit, and although I didn't hear much (he really wanted me to hear the third track, which didn't especially grab me), I love the first part of In Glorious Times. I wish he would sing more (maybe he does on ONH; I haven't heard it yet); the vocals there are achingly beautiful. I also love Carla.
Needless to say, I will be purchasing Of Natural History and In Glorious Times once it is officially released.
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Speesh
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 19:38 |
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I've been hearing nothing but good things about them, I'll have to get Of Natural History soon as I can.
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zappaholic
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 21:00 |
I wouldn't mind checking it out. Of Natural History is excellent, one of my favorite albums of the past couple years. The Sleepies are true originals.
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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el böthy
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 21:10 |
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For those that dont already own Of Natural History... what are you waiting fooooor?
And yes, my copy is not original, unfortunatly their albums do not reach this part of the world (no surprise here) and to buy them original is far too expensive... unless someone has a copy of one of thir albums that they dont want... I pay the shipment...jejej, yeha like thats gonna happen
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 21:10 |
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I really like it,even better than Of Natural History.I like that it's heavier,more guitar oriented and if at all possible even more insane than their previous releases.
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el böthy
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 21:22 |
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Love Nil´s and Carla´s vocals... specially Nil´s in The Companions, specially his softer more teatrical voice
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Drakk
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 22:32 |
These guys never cease to amaze me.
I didn't think they'd be able to top Of Natural History, but for me they did.
All their albums are extremely good, though.
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[QUOTE=darkshade] [QUOTE=Sckxyss]
I'm disappointed - neither of these players are avant-garde!
Al di Meola.
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haha i know. but the poll itself is avant-garde
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MusicForSpeedin
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 22:45 |
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I have the other two but I didnt know of this. I'm probably going to pick this up now. Thanks
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cuncuna
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Posted: May 07 2007 at 23:10 |
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I'll have to get it. I love their previous one. I still think that Prog Metal should be defined by their sound and aproach. Great musicians they are must should ought shall...
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¡Beware of the Bee!
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Philéas
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Posted: May 08 2007 at 10:55 |
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I still haven't heard them at all. Shame on me. And shame on them for making my "albums to get"-list even longer...
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mecca
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Posted: May 08 2007 at 14:18 |
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Definitely my favorite release from SGM. The drumming has a lot better mix in the album as well. Heavy, more Carla, more violin (more Carla), and cool phone messages. 10/10.
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: May 08 2007 at 14:20 |
all my sources say it doesn't come out until May 29th 
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mecca
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Posted: May 08 2007 at 17:40 |
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Their album leaked late April.
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el böthy
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Posted: May 08 2007 at 20:32 |
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Have you noticed that in the first song Nils and Carla sing in spanish one part? Talk about goosebumps! Whats up with that... did they thought that its quite cool that the MArs Volta is doing it, so they discided to do it too?... mmm maybe, either way, its awesome
and the last 5 songs... who else here things they make one big epic?
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mecca
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Posted: May 09 2007 at 07:02 |
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Hm... maybe about the epic part. But it's not necessarily copying another band if you're speaking a widely popular language in a song. I don't think TMV is the first band to sing Spanish lol. And I've heard confirmation that the phone recordings are of or about Nil's brother Per who OD'd, and that's why we have the hospital stuff at the end. Really sad when you think about it and all the stuff that's said. Pretty f**king epic altogether.
Edited by mecca - May 09 2007 at 07:04
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