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The Wizard 
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Joined: July 18 2005
Location: United States
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 Posted: March 22 2006 at 18:57 |
 ¢¾Old¢¾Hen¢¾ wrote:
I was given their new album. Haven't really listened to it cus I don't listen to CDs anymore .. just my mp3 player :P
Though I did listen to the first few tracks over Christmas. Omg .. it's sooo early Floyd :D you can definately hear the progressive-rock-ness.
Anyone else like them?
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The singing turns me off, but the instrumental parts are awesome.
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CryoftheCarrots
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Joined: November 29 2005
Location: Australia
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 18:53 |
If you like TMV's albums,try to see them live.There freeform jam style live will blow you away.Truly awesome.I couldn't believe how small Omar is,but his Santanaesque latin guitar sound was brilliant.
Great band.
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The Miracle
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Joined: May 29 2005
Location: hell
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:59 |
I love them too   Best way to express - writing the longest FTM review ever 
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Rashikal
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Joined: December 07 2005
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:44 |
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I LOVE THE MARS VOLTA~!!!
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listen to Hella
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¢¾Old¢¾Hen¢¾
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Joined: March 21 2006
Location: United Kingdom
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Points: 107
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:09 |
Rashikal wrote:
syd barrett had other redeeming qualaties
as in he wasnt some bisexual punk
he was an asexual drug addict recluse
thats much better
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He was also very gorgeous-looking :) and schweet.
I know where syd barrett lives ...
I love that song :)
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Moatilliatta
Prog Reviewer
Joined: December 01 2005
Location: United States
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Points: 3083
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:08 |
Manunkind wrote:
Rashikal wrote:
30 days is a long time to change one's mind.
omar has admitted himself he doesnt know how to play. a word for word quote is: "sometimes when i solo i dont really know what im doing, i just put my hands in cool-looking positions"
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30 days from saying that you love TMV to throwing it into the trashcan together with DT? Weren't you just trying to make a spectacular entrance for your Magma/Can topic ?
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Yea, what's with that?
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www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph
 
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Moatilliatta
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Joined: December 01 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:05 |
Rashikal wrote:
Meddler wrote:
The Mars Volta is only the best modern prog band.  |
you need to get out more
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No, that is correct.
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www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph
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rockandrail
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Joined: September 22 2005
Location: France
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:03 |
NaturalScience wrote:
If you like that, you should definitely get their first release, "De-loused in the Comatorium". The more I listen to the two albums, the more I find the first to be much superior to the second. I really liked what I can only describe as "structured chaos" on De-loused, whereas on FTM there's not as much as structure, much more free-form and ambient...but I realize that people might prefer that approach.
Brilliant band, though. 
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I totally agree with your analysis. I discovered Frances first and was impressed. Then, much moree recently, I could listen to Deloused. The latter is uncomparably far far better. No fillers, no unnecessary noise. Probably the best progressive album since Red.
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Pierre R, the man who lost his signature
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sleeper
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 09 2005
Location: Entropia
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Points: 16449
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:43 |
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TMV are brilliant, their creativaty out-strips many of their contempories and they are seasond musicians, so even if they dont know exactly what it is they are doing(in music theory terms at least), they do know what sounds there after and they know how to get them.
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Oxygen Waster
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 24 2005
Location: Canada
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Points: 296
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:38 |
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I freakin Think they are Amazing....One of the best Jam bands around right now too.
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Rashikal
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Points: 546
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:31 |
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he has quite the ladie's man in his early days but ever since he
stopped recording music there are no documents (that i have seen) of him even speaking to
anyone besides him immediate family. i was kidding when i said he was asexual
Edited by Rashikal
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listen to Hella
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Ghandi 2
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Joined: February 17 2006
Location: United States
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:21 |
Haha. I wouldn't call him asexual; around half of his solo songs are love songs (albeit almost painfully innocent ones).
I borrowed FTM from the library once. Some parts were good, but there was too much random noise and too much extended brass senction sem-freakout sections. If they had edited it down to around 45 minutes I would probably have liked it a lot.
Oh yeah, the lyrics sucked. That ruined it too.
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Empathy
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Joined: June 30 2005
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Points: 1864
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:21 |
Rashikal wrote:
syd barrett had other redeeming qualaties
as in he wasnt some bisexual punk
he was an asexual drug addict recluse
thats much better
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Sounds reasonable 
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Empathy
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:19 |
Rashikal wrote:
have you heard the two songs?
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Yes, but not back to back. I might check it out, I might not. It's
really of no consequence to me. Even if that _one_ passage is note for
note identical, it's not going to lead me to the conclusion that TMV is
worthless.
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Manunkind
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Joined: February 02 2005
Location: Poland
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Points: 2373
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:18 |
Rashikal wrote:
30 days is a long time to change one's mind.
omar has admitted himself he doesnt know how to play. a word for word quote is: "sometimes when i solo i dont really know what im doing, i just put my hands in cool-looking positions"
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30 days from saying that you love TMV to throwing it into the trashcan together with DT? Weren't you just trying to make a spectacular entrance for your Magma/Can topic?
Omar's quote... whatever. I kinda suspected TMV were winging it at least somewhat, and it doesn't change my opinion of them... they're a wonderful catastrophe, with the emphasis definitely on the word 'wonderful' here. Freaking great band, despite, or maybe even because of their flaws to a certain extent.
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"In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun
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Rashikal
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:16 |
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syd barrett had other redeeming qualaties
as in he wasnt some bisexual punk
he was an asexual drug addict recluse
thats much better
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listen to Hella
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Rashikal
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:15 |
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have you heard the two songs?
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listen to Hella
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Empathy
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Joined: June 30 2005
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:15 |
Rashikal wrote:
30 days is a long time to change one's mind.
omar has admitted himself he doesnt know how to play. a word for word
quote is: "sometimes when i solo i dont really know what im doing, i
just put my hands in cool-looking positions"
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If you think Syd Barrett never took that approach, you're fooling yourself.
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Inferno
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:14 |
Rashikal wrote:
well, on deloused, the breakdown part of "take the veil" sounds exactly like Robert Frippwork
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It doesn't like Fripp works first and the guitars from Mars volta
are much more influenced by Mahavishnu Orchestra without sounding like
them!!
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anael
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: September 09 2005
Location: Mexico
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Points: 825
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Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:12 |
Pink Floyd and The Mars Volta are my fav bands.
If you like TMV, give a try to At The Drive-In (pre-TMV) or Omar Rodriguez-Lopez new album, excellent one , and some guys says that Hot Hot Heats sounds similar to TMV...not so much but good band anyway
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