The official Prog Archives Porcupine Tree Thread!

CryoftheCarrots wrote: Still bangin me 'ead at 50. Why this band have never made it big mainstream is beyond me.They appeal to all ages/sexes.My biggest problem with PT is I keep buying more and more!

Oh cool, I'm not the old guy anymore

Still bangin me 'ead at 50.

Why this band have never made it big mainstream is beyond me.They appeal to all ages/sexes.My biggest problem with PT is I keep buying more and more!

I must subscribe to this thread.

My dad (who got me into prog to start with) actually got me into PT by telling me to see if they were any good. After that I got Stupid Dream, which I thought was only alright at first, then FoaBP and In Absentia, which I still didn't really like, but then I got TSMS which completely hooked me.

From there I've worked through the rest of their stuffed and loved it all

Edited by progkidjoel - May 24 2010 at 16:29

heard the songs fear of a blank planet and way out of here but didn't get an album by them until the incident came out (didn't like the album at first but after a few spins it grew on me), since then bought foabf and deadwing

*laughs* I guess that puts me on the old stogy side of life at age 38.

I'm 16 and first heard about them when I was 14, although didn't actually get into them until I was 15.

idiotPrayer wrote: progkidjoel wrote: Kind of dissapointed with the reissue - I'd love to hear it in 5.1, and since I already have the original CD, I don't have any reason to get that one. 5 of the 9 songs are however featured in 5.1 on the stupid dream and lightbulb sun reissues

Hehe, I forgot that
I guess the main point of the reissue is just to make it available on a CD to the hundreds of fans who don't have a copy, more than anything. Although some bonuses would've been nice.

Roland113 wrote: Yeah, I'm pretty excited about the reissue regardless of any remastering or anything, it's impossible to get without forking over a boatload of cash. With that being said, I've got to say, this band has really been growing on me, I saw them two weeks ago and loved the show but the weird thing is that I've been listening to them almost exclusively since the show.  If any pays attention to my Last FM numbers, I think Porcupine Tree has shot up over the last few weeks, knocking off a bunch of favorites and barreling down on Genesis.  That's almost sacred ground. Regardless, every time I listen I hear something new.  I recently pulled "Buying New Soul" off of my "Lightbulb Sun" bonus disc.  Holy crap, how did that song not make it on the regular disc, as I said, I can't wait for "Recordings" to be reissued to get the rest of the out takes.  "Stupid Dream" has really been growing on me as well.  I absolutely love "Even Less", the creepy numbers read at the end are so haunting. "Prodigal" and "Dot Three" off of "In Absentia" are both fantastic.  The solo at the end of "Prodigal" is worthy of anything that Roine Stolt would pull off and "Dot Three" is just a beautiful laid back piece that builds up beautifully.  "Nil Recurring" is a recent pick up and I think every song on that is great.  In total, I'm just plain loving this band as of late.

Yeah, I'm pretty excited about the reissue regardless of any remastering or anything, it's impossible to get without forking over a boatload of cash.

With that being said, I've got to say, this band has really been growing on me, I saw them two weeks ago and loved the show but the weird thing is that I've been listening to them almost exclusively since the show.  If any pays attention to my Last FM numbers, I think Porcupine Tree has shot up over the last few weeks, knocking off a bunch of favorites and barreling down on Genesis.  That's almost sacred ground.

Regardless, every time I listen I hear something new.  I recently pulled "Buying New Soul" off of my "Lightbulb Sun" bonus disc.  Holy crap, how did that song not make it on the regular disc, as I said, I can't wait for "Recordings" to be reissued to get the rest of the out takes.  "Stupid Dream" has really been growing on me as well.  I absolutely love "Even Less", the creepy numbers read at the end are so haunting.

"Prodigal" and "Dot Three" off of "In Absentia" are both fantastic.  The solo at the end of "Prodigal" is worthy of anything that Roine Stolt would pull off and "Dot Three" is just a beautiful laid back piece that builds up beautifully.  "Nil Recurring" is a recent pick up and I think every song on that is great.  In total, I'm just plain loving this band as of late.