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Tony Fisher 
Prog Reviewer
Joined: April 30 2005
Location: England
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Points: 967
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 Posted: July 06 2005 at 19:23 |
Muse - Absolution is an album I find hard to do in one go. Great album, but one side of the double vinyl is all I can manage at a time.
The Wall is a terribly overrated album IMO; don't think I've ever listened to it all in one go because it's so boring in parts. Plus kids used to sing Another Brick in the F*****g Wall during the break between lessons and I got totally fed up with it. Meddle to Animals is a far better period.
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Deadwing12
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Joined: April 16 2005
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Points: 301
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 19:09 |
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I can't remember the last time I got all the way through a King Crimson
album in one sitting...maybe The Power to Believe, ONCE. While I really
like and appreciate their stuff, but dammit i find it so hard to listen
to sometimes!
I also have never made it all the way through Pink Floyd's The Wall,
except through movie form, where I think it works much better. There
are some hideously dull moments on the CD, though!
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Tony Fisher
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Joined: April 30 2005
Location: England
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Points: 967
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 19:07 |
 Arteum wrote:
Radiohead! Of course, I cannot stand Radiohead! You think I am just a very irritable person ... but I am usually very quiet and tolerating ... But Radiohead is killing me with its whining. I find it impossible to listen to for more than 5 minutes. |
I couldn't agree more!! One of the worst bands I've ever heard.
No Pussyfooting by Fripp and Eno is also one of the most irritating experiences of my life; 40 minutes of repetitive mindless noodling.
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SymphoniColburn
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Joined: July 05 2005
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Points: 50
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 18:58 |
Bj-1 wrote:
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (Studio side) |
Agreed, with the exception of The Narrow Way- which, it seemed no matter how hard they tried to bring jarring sounds into, they failed.
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bertburt
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Joined: May 12 2005
Location: Canada
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Points: 142
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 18:42 |
I agree with Biggles, '200 Motels' is pretty tough....
I've found the absolute worst for me is anything by Pavlov's Dog. The music isn't bad, but wow, Surkamp has the WORST voice I have ever, ever, heard (sort of a drunk Stevie Nicks meets Geddy Lee before puberty). Godawful....
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Tony R
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin
Joined: July 16 2004
Location: UK
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Points: 11979
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 18:18 |
I'm currently listening to Lard Free (no that's not Danbo's new diet) by Lard Free......
Challenging in a self-concious way I think,but interesting nonetheless...
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The Prognaut
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Joined: April 14 2004
Location: Somewhere Else
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 18:03 |
I'd say VdGG. Since "Pawn Hearts" was my first aproach to the band, I had several blackouts while listening to their music. I mean, the sensitivity combined with this sort of darkness and mystery, evoked such reactions in me that led me to no-place else but to put hands on another production by the band. It was like I couldn't have enough of them! So I got "Still Life" and "H to He..." same day. Now, I've dedicated a special part of my ears just to VdGG. There's always something new to me hidden in their music, something unrevealed and provocative. One of my fave bands now...
Land
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break the circle
reset my head
wake the sleepwalker
and i'll wake the dead
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trailrunner
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Joined: July 05 2005
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 17:49 |
Genesis ”The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” is so rich that it exhausts my brain before I get to the end. Even now that I know the whole thing by heart I find it a great challenge to listen through in one sitting. Great piece of art!
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Alonso
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Joined: June 29 2005
Location: Mexico
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Points: 16
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 17:36 |
Hola:
I agree with Dick from UK, The ceremony album from Spooky tooth is the most dificult rock album that i ever heard but i love the album now is an excelent experiment and very obscure too.
Another album that i consider difficult could be Zeit from TD but i love it now, did you remember that album from one of the fleetwood mac guitar players hwho gots a leppard snoring in a tree thats a difficult album, (is a shame that i cant remember the name of the guy right now, can you imagine i got the record in home damm).
Alonso
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keep it prog
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artsagile
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Joined: June 17 2005
Location: Chile
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Points: 22
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 17:27 |
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I like Van der Graaf Generator. Pawn Hearts in one of my Top 20, but i can´t stand and listen Live Vital entirely. Very bad recording quality, noisy and dirty sound.
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Biggles
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:32 |
I also tried listening to "Out Bloody Rageous" by Soft Machine, and found it extremely boring.
Yes's "Tales from Topographic Oceans" is also difficult to listen to, and it took me about a month before I finally understood King Crimson's "Larks' Tongues in Aspic."
Edited by Biggles
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The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe.
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Biggles
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:31 |
Arteum wrote:
Radiohead! Of course, I cannot stand Radiohead! You think I am just a very irritable person ... but I am usually very quiet and tolerating ... But Radiohead is killing me with its whining. I find it impossible to listen to for more than 5 minutes. |
Agreed.
Frank Zappa's "200 Motels" is probably the hardest album to listen to I have ever come across.
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The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe.
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Moogtron III
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Joined: April 26 2005
Location: Belgium
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Points: 10616
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:29 |
Henry Cow - Western Culture
Where it comes to Henry Cow, I will keep trying. There's something very attractive in the music so that's why I don't give up
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Baazetu
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Joined: July 03 2005
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Points: 17
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:27 |
Thing Fish and Playground Psychotics by Frank Zappa
Invisible Connections and Beauborg by Vangelis
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I am the cold trembling of your hands, your wet dreams and your broken reality...
I soak your temper warm, I am the incubus...
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BaldJean
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Joined: May 28 2005
Location: Germany
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Points: 10387
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:25 |
The Owl wrote:
Present/Univers Zero: BLOODY BRILLIANT but very hard to digest in large doses for me.
Henry Cow: It's Dagmar's voice that keeps me from enjoying them as much as I'd like to.
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I love the voice of Dagmar Krause, especially on some of the records of
the Art Bears. Just listen to how wonderfully she sings the Brecht poem
"On Sucide" on "Hopes and Fears" by the Art Bears (an album that should
be rated much higher than it actually is).
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:21 |
Arsillus wrote:
Pretty much all Magma.
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It is difficult to the listen to Magma. I love the music that they make, it's just the vocals really put me off.
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Megamoss
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Joined: March 27 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:15 |
"Most anything with Mike Patton. Particularly Mr. Bungle. Even Fantomas is even easier to listen to than Mr. Bungle. crazy. just nuts"
I disagree. I can always find method in the madness with Mr Bungle. Disco Volante is a bit rough for first time listeners but it shines in the end.
I'll have to put a vote in for Trout Mask Replica. Breathtaking Nonsense mixed with purposeful musical incompetance.
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Functionless Art Is Merely Tolerated Vandalism
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Tony R
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Joined: July 16 2004
Location: UK
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Points: 11979
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:15 |
I'm gradually compiling a CD called "Certif1ed Unlistenable" 
It is VERY challenging.........
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Progzilla
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Joined: July 05 2005
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Points: 206
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:11 |
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I would have to say Spastic Ink - Inc compatible:
http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_C D.asp?cd_id=5984
There's so much happening, and so fast! Delightful, a must for metal proggers.
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Currently listening to:
- Andromeda
- Pagan's Mind
- Kamelot
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The Owl
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 19 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 363
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:04 |
Present/Univers Zero: BLOODY BRILLIANT but very hard to digest in large doses for me.
Henry Cow: It's Dagmar's voice that keeps me from enjoying them as much as I'd like to.
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People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction!
www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic
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