SR V: To boldly go where no room has gone before

It isn't bad at all.  I don't hate it.

It's just not prog.

See above.

2007.  FoaBP.

Watershed is prog.  I got the year wrong.

James wrote: And how a non-prog album can be best prog album of 2008 on P.A. makes me moist.

Are you saying Opeth isn't prog?

Edit: Well 2007 was PT, and I know you can't stand SW, but c'mon. Don't give us this bullsh*t again.


Edited by birdwithteeth11 - May 13 2009 at 15:57

Ricochet wrote: James wrote: And how a non-prog album can be best prog album of 2007 on P.A. makes me moist. We don't wanna know about that process.

It's quite simple.

A bunch of relatively clueless n00bs vote for something that's popular and not-prog because they cannot listen to anything that actually is prog and better.


Edited by James - May 13 2009 at 15:56

MovingPictures07 wrote: TGM: Orb wrote: For some reason, I found nothing about FOABP interesting at all. It's not really offensive, though the lyrics/vocals/concept are an unusually bad effort to be relevant, just there is not a moment of it that stands out as good. My Ashes and the title track I can remember, but I don't actually like either of them. I'm not too big on the lyrics either, but I never pay attention to lyrics with Porcupine Tree; they're irrelevant to me. I can see how you wouldn't like it, but I thought it was pretty good. Not sure if it was my favorite though, but Anesthetize is definitely their best track IMO.

mm. I wouldn't care about the lyrics if he wasn't obviously stressing them so much, same thing with Scenes From A Memory Metropolis - lyrics only matter to me much if they're good (e.g. Bob Dylan) or they really are trying to be important, and in that case I think you need to sympathise with Wilson's old man grumblings to appreciate the non-emphatic nature of the music.

I just can't remember anything happening in that album. Maybe I'll have to give it a few more listens.

James wrote: Hmm but Hammill can write and sing.  He also composes much better too.

Those are objective statements though.

I'm trying to show you that it can't be objectively quantified.

TGM: Orb wrote: James wrote: TGM: Orb wrote: For some reason, I found nothing about FOABP interesting at all. It's not really offensive, though the lyrics/vocals/concept are an unusually bad effort to be relevant, just there is not a moment of it that stands out as good. My Ashes and the title track I can remember, but I don't actually like either of them. It's sort of how I'm feeling about it myself. It's a vast improvement on Deadwing though. I find Wilson's voice irritating and his lyrics aren't that fabulous either.  I much prefer the music but even that doesn't interest me as much as I would like it to. I like some of their earlier stuff. I can't think of many albums where nothing stands out, though... might give it a review one of these days.

Oh it stands out more than Zeit does.  I cannot remember a single note of Zeit.  It just went on and on like Ariston.

Ricochet wrote: Uhm... Elixirs!

Blackdance!

Uhm...
















Elixirs!

James wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: James wrote: The beginning.  The keyboards remind me of something from O.K. Computer. Hmmm... I don't know. I think Anesthetize as a whole is a completely different musical beast than any of Radiohead. The keyboards though, I can see how you thought of that. I don't agree that they're similar, but if anything is remotely close---it would be that. Because the drums aren't close at all, neither is the style, and I wouldn't say Wilson sounds similar to Yorke at all either. Actually, his voice did remind of Yorke a little. The song now sounds nothing like it did at the beginning.  It was just that intro.

Oh, okay. I see what you mean.