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A wonderful example of transcendental bollocks! Tongue
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

transcendental bollocks 

I think that was Robert Fripp's band in secondary school.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

transcendental bollocks 

I think that was Robert Fripp's band in secondary school.

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Another word salad served by Wickie:
www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=3156942

Generic with hardly any references to the album and very hard to read, except maybe for people with a special talent for transcendant reading, whatever that might be.

Edited by someone_else - February 25 2025 at 07:04
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

^ Appreciate it if you'd do the "honours" of trying to contact the user to share your specific concerns, Ken, if you don't mind doing so. I don't think it matters if it comes from an Admin, SC, or any member if sharing concerns. Warnings usually are better left to Moderators, but I, from a strictly personal standpoint, would rather not be that official or officious at this time. That kind of thing takes its mental toll on me and I have not been doing that great health-wise (either physically or mentally, well, they work in tandem). I think someone may have tried to contact this person before, very unsure, vague and perhaps false memory of that.

Anyway here is the review as I like to preserve these before deleting.

Originally posted by thewickedfall thewickedfall wrote:

The album in concept art does not reflect their actual experiences according to their biographical background information(but I could be wrong) nor does it envelop to the spirit of progressive thinking. It feels that if I write what I want they will turn me into this album cover? As far as concerned any group with modern progression of instruments can be considered progressive as all albums have changes in sound to some extent into of which are considered progressive since the elements included unto this album are from folk but into rock. This melded variation albeit is attempting to be unique and was at the time frame for the most part of trying to transcend musical tastes from folk to rock with folk rock. In then time many fans consider it as pushing the tide of sound but truthfully rock in general can be considered a progression from folk. In this regard but truly in progressive music if considering the whole genre to be progressive as this album of folk to rock attempts at enveloping collectively into progressive from previous that it returns to classical music will never be matched in progressions of its ever changing styles of rhythm as essential music that stands all time but just did not record to modern standards from then time.

That the root of progressive music can be viewed as classical composing and music while all else are applied variants disguising the classical into the modern by the modern innovation/progression of instrument. Pushing the tide and envelop of sound has long been staple of progressive music while embracing progressive music towards this understanding means progressive music becomes a catch all to vary any sound in any musical time frame and anything in between. The progression of modern instruments can be viewed as naturally progressing sound meaning any album can be viewed in this progression of sound which does not make any album nor worst or better but falls into all people will never agree with another in progressive as it is the agreed differences that make the progressions. This album is a fan favorite album that has transcended time but all albums should in this regard and don't think one does it any better than the other since even what one considers as the worst or most horrible album is still widely available to the public.

In transcendance the album is transcendant towards music not necessarily entirely progressive but used the flow of progressive instruments from one genre to another as only they could into providing the recordings they did. Just to note the musicians from this time era that are considered as the founders of progressive music never played on purpose progressive music meaning they did not define or a musician group member from then time did not explicitly label their sound according to information as progressive. The progressive genre was created after the fact as they all played to play cause simply that is what they like spending their time doing. And so with that observance included none of the groups are considered progressive or essential since simply they never thought of themselves as progressive musicians to begin with as it is other people attempting to create the label progressive. The labels into defining music in my opinion have to be labeled by the musicians or those who participated into playing.


I deleted the review for JT's Aqualung page, but its transcendent spirit lives on here.

ok, but, in the spirit quite opposite to this reviewer, I'm liable to be quite direct and comprehensible.  
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^ That's a plus. Appreciate it if you mean that you will try to contact the reviewer. I find being direct and comprehensible a challenge currently. Thanks, Ken. Well, actually it kind of always is a challenge. I'm not very comfortable being direct commonly and as for being comprehensible, I've been told that I barely say a word that can be understood (I think the words themselves are fine usually, it's more how I string them together).

I got hit with multiple COVIDs and flus (missed my boosters due to getting sick) and it has majorly affected my respiratory system. That is getting better slowly, but I feel like I'm in a fog all the time. And now I am barely sleeping. Not at all compos mentos and thus my depression has got worse. I am planning to go to California soon (my wife travels there now twice a month) and I think that should do me good.

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Looks like he just reposted another "interesting" review of Aqualung. Probably is an auto-translation thing, but sometimes I think we're a little too lenient with these kinds of reviewers. When they continue to post stuff that has people asking for deletions repeatedly, why not just delete the account and move on? We have many quality reviewers that put a lot of time and effort into writing something useful, which I'm grateful for. To see their work get bumped off the front page for nonsense is unfortunate and not necessary.

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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

transcendental bollocks 

I think that was Robert Fripp's band in secondary school.

That would sound infinitely better than the accounting firm moniker Giles, Giles and Fripp LOL


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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Looks like he just reposted another "interesting" review of Aqualung. Probably is an auto-translation thing, but sometimes I think we're a little too lenient with these kinds of reviewers. When they continue to post stuff that has people asking for deletions repeatedly, why not just delete the account and move on? We have many quality reviewers that put a lot of time and effort into writing something useful, which I'm grateful for. To see their work get bumped off the front page for nonsense is unfortunate and not necessary.

Just my two cents.

I absolutely agree with this. I have said on several occasions that this type of nonsense causes the site severe reputational issues. In an ideal world, it would be better to have a sort of admin permission to publish a review, but I appreciate that is difficult owing to resource and the voluntary nature of the site.
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

A wonderful example of transcendental bollocks!
Which is a very Bri'ish way to describe it.
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I have notified Wickie by private forum email that their review was removed and why, with some advice going forward.  The email has been read but they did not respond.   If they continue posting such nonsense, I agree with Jim that we should dump the account.  There is nothing redeeming about those reviews unlike those of Papa Pork lol

ohhh it looks like he reposted before I wrote him so my email was robbed of its teeth
While this review is better it's still gibberish I'd say




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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

^ That's a plus. Appreciate it if you mean that you will try to contact the reviewer. I find being direct and comprehensible a challenge currently. Thanks, Ken. Well, actually it kind of always is a challenge. I'm not very comfortable being direct commonly and as for being comprehensible, I've been told that I barely say a word that can be understood (I think the words themselves are fine usually, it's more how I string them together).

I got hit with multiple COVIDs and flus (missed my boosters due to getting sick) and it has majorly affected my respiratory system. That is getting better slowly, but I feel like I'm in a fog all the time. And now I am barely sleeping. Not at all compos mentos and thus my depression has got worse. I am planning to go to California soon (my wife travels there now twice a month) and I think that should do me good.

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SUB ROSA KriTherion & other Sub Rosa albums
https://www.progarchives.com/album-reviews.asp?id=89918

Almost all 5 star ratings are by new accounts, which are being created every day.
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^ Thanks, unfortunately such rating abuse can be all too common I will investigate more later. Yep, definitely lots of abuse with at least one rater creating lots of accounts to rate with 5's. Will deal with.

EDIT: That took a long time to confirm and delete as I wanted to be sure, so many ratings to go through and deal with. As it turns out, every 5 star rating other than uber-rater dannyb came from the same user. Some people go very, very hard on promotion and it often can end up reflecting badly on the band.

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I remember the Brazilian attorney used to rate every Jon Anderson's album with 5 stars multiplied by nearly 100 accounts. I have purchsed (luckily in a discount) the Deseo remixes because of him.
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Thanks! I've even liked (or, to be precise, my kids especially liked it) the album itself, and gave it 4 stars.
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Thanks to auto-translate, I can say that this is a decent review. But isn't there a rule that all reviews must be in English?
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Originally posted by AlanB AlanB wrote:

But isn't there a rule that all reviews must be in English?
Yes, it is indeed a rule. I think the reviewer didn't read the rules before posting their review because they couldn't understand them. xd Ironic.
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The rules should be written in all languages so that all can understand. ;) Most who speak French have some understanding of English and commonly those who speak English could understand a lot of written French. I plan to edit that with the translated version even though online translators are not ideal.

Here it is in French by Arrakeen

Quote Mostly Autumn : Un Voyage Musical Captivant

Le dernier opus de Mostly Autumn confirme la place du groupe comme l'une des formations les plus importantes de la scène rock progressif actuelle.

Avec ce nouvel album, le groupe britannique nous offre une collection de compositions riches et nuancées qui témoignent de leur évolution artistique tout en restant fidèles à leurs racines. Dès les premières notes, on reconnaît l'identité sonore distinctive de Mostly Autumn : des mélodies envoûtantes portées par la voix extraordinaire d'Olivia Sparnenn-Josh, des arrangements complexes mais accessibles, et cette capacité unique à créer des atmosphères qui évoquent tantôt les landes brumeuses du Yorkshire, tantôt des paysages cosmiques.

L'album se distingue par sa cohérence thématique et sa diversité musicale. Les compositions alternent passages méditatifs et explosions d'énergie, avec une maîtrise technique impressionnante. Bryan Josh, guitariste et principal compositeur, démontre une fois de plus son talent pour créer des solos mémorables et des riffs accrocheurs, tout en laissant de l'espace pour que chaque musicien puisse s'exprimer.

Les textes, introspectifs et poétiques, explorent des thèmes universels comme le temps qui passe, la connexion à la nature, et la quête de sens dans un monde en perpétuel changement. Cette profondeur lyrique, combinée à la richesse des arrangements, invite à l'écoute répétée pour en saisir toutes les subtilités.

Ce qui frappe également dans cet album, c'est l'équilibre parfait entre tradition et innovation. On y retrouve les influences folk et classic rock qui ont forgé l'identité du groupe, mais aussi une volonté d'explorer de nouveaux territoires sonores, notamment à travers l'utilisation judicieuse des claviers et des sections orchestrales.

Mostly Autumn prouve avec ce nouvel album qu'ils restent une force créative majeure du rock progressif contemporain, capable de toucher aussi bien les aficionados du genre que les nouveaux venus.

Une ?uvre ambitieuse et émouvante qui mérite amplement l'attention des amateurs de musique exigeante.


Here it is in English:

Quote Mostly Autumn: A Captivating Musical Journey

Mostly Autumn's latest opus confirms the band's place as one of the most important bands on the current progressive rock scene.

With this new album, the British band offers us a collection of rich and nuanced compositions that testify to their artistic evolution while remaining faithful to their roots. From the first notes, we recognize Mostly Autumn's distinctive sonic identity: captivating melodies carried by the extraordinary voice of Olivia Sparnenn-Josh, complex but accessible arrangements, and this unique ability to create atmospheres that evoke at times the misty moors of Yorkshire, at times cosmic landscapes.

The album is distinguished by its thematic coherence and musical diversity. The compositions alternate meditative passages and explosions of energy, with impressive technical mastery. Bryan Josh, guitarist and main composer, once again demonstrates his talent for creating memorable solos and catchy riffs, while leaving space for each musician to express themselves.

The lyrics, introspective and poetic, explore universal themes such as the passage of time, the connection to nature, and the search for meaning in a constantly changing world. This lyrical depth, combined with the richness of the arrangements, invites repeated listening to grasp all the subtleties.

What is also striking in this album is the perfect balance between tradition and innovation. We find the folk and classic rock influences that have forged the identity of the group, but also a desire to explore new sonic territories, notably through the judicious use of keyboards and orchestral sections.

Mostly Autumn proves with this new album that they remain a major creative force in contemporary progressive rock, capable of touching both aficionados of the genre and newcomers.

An ambitious and moving work that amply deserves the attention of lovers of demanding music.


Now see: https://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=3158695

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That was intended as a joke. We also have rules against swearing. I have alerted you before, even very recently after removing a post of yours.

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