12/21/2012 is coming!

progbethyname wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: False alarm.  The Mayans just ran out of room on their calendar. I'll say.

Indeed - whenever I see anyone scaremongering about this upcoming date I point out that the world does not end every December 31st. 
And if the Mayans said it means we'll think differently about time, then why does that have to mean The End Of Time?
People are gullible idiots sometimes.

Slartibartfast wrote: False alarm.  The Mayans just ran out of room on their calendar.

I'll say.

Favorite band: Rush

Albums (studio only):

Octahedron - The Mars Volta
Part the Second - maudlin of the Well
Open Sky - Iona
Vapor Trails - Rush
A Dramatic Turn of Events - Dream Theater
Relayer - Yes
Presto - Rush
Refulgence - Epignosis
Foxtrot - Genesis
Hemispheres - Rush

Covers (excluding those already listed in albums section, live albums included)

Choirs of the Eye - Kayo Dot
Ship Arriving too Late to Save a Drowning Witch - Frank Zappa
Have a Nice Day - Bon Jovi
Counterparts - Rush
Live in London - Iona (cause Joann is pretty)
Fire of Unknown Origin - Blue Oyster Cult
Fragile - Yes
The Bedlam in Goliath - The Mars Volta
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull (for some reading material)

My favorite band: Tom Waits

Moogtron III wrote: ]ELP - Tarkus I was waiting for someone to mention The Tarkus Album cover. That thing is badass!!! Quite funny too.

Edited by Moogtron III - November 30 2012 at 04:30

Wow. Cool forum. Very nice, but also quite difficult to pick definitively, so I will go by what jumps out at me for the 2112 milestone. :)

Favored Band: Dream Theater

Favourite Albums (10)

1) Dream Theater: Awake
2) Dream Theater: Scenes of Memory
3) Saviour Machine: Saviour Machine 1
4) Queensrÿche: Operation MindCrime
5) Saviour Machine: Legend Pt 1:1
6) IQ: Ever
7) Genesis: Trick of the Tail 
8) IQ: The Seventh House
9) Tangerine Dream: Phaedra
10) Soulfly: Soulfly 5 The Dark Ages

Album Covers (Art Work) --Gonna choose Strictly Prog of course 

1) Iron Maiden: Brave New World
2) Rush: Grace Under Pressure
3) Yes: Relayer ( full sleeve drawing)
4) Neal Morse ( Sola Scriptura)
5) Symphony X ( Paradise Lost)
6) Meshuggha ( ObZen: expanded art work edition) 
7) Vangelis: The City
8) Dream Theater: Images and Words
9) Arena: Songs From The Lions Cage
10) shamall ( This is Human Behaviour)

Ok. I love so much more cover art but I'll respect the rules and keep to a succinct 10. :) 

Favorite Band - Pink Floyd

Ten Albums-
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Radiohead - OK Computer
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
Yes - Close to the Edge
Rush - Hemispheres

Ten Covers-
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Sleep - Dopesmoker
Yes - Relayer
Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 2
Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Tool - Lateralus

thellama73 wrote: Favorite Band: Argh, I guess... Jethro Tull. Ten Desert Island Discs 1. In the Court of the Crimson King 2. A Passion Play 3. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn 4. Be Bop Deluxe - Drastic Plastic 5. The Complete Million Dollar Quartet Session 6. Bran Eno - Before and After Science 7. David Bowie - Low 8. The Kinks - Face to Face 9. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model 10. Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique Ten Album Covers 1. In the Court of the Crimson King 2. Brian Eno - Another Green World 3. Cluster 71 4. Penguin Cafe Orchestra  - S/T 5. Queen - News of the World 6. The Residents - Eskimo 7. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans 8. Be Bop Deluxe - Drastic Plastic 9. Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue 10. Can - Monster Movie

I love Symphonie Fantastique-i must have about 60 versions of it, my faves being Pierre Monteux-Paris Orchestra-1930 (the only recording with touchings taken down from Berlioz himself to conductor Eduard Colonne-sadly the written copy of this was destroyed in WW2-Monteux had it in his home, and he was part Jewish, so the Nazis did in his home)
Otto Klemperer-Philharmonia Orchestra-1960s
Bruno Walter -NY Philharmonic-1954

So I just realized that the world is supposed to end on International Rush Day.  Pretty cool, huh?   That's what I thought this thread was going to be about, actually.

I will (maybe) come up with a list later when I don't have to write and edit things.