You can never trust the British.

nacho wrote: felona wrote: Ahem!!!  I may live in Australia but I AM BRITISH !!!!!!!!!!   OK, thanks for telling us, we won't trust you!

I say old chap, what I should have said was ... you're absolutely jolly well right old bean ...

well, would you trust a Brit posing as an Aussie doubling as  a bearded Polish female athelete thinly disguised as Steve Hackett pretending to be a Prog lover ... I think not good man, what??

Paradox wrote: Trouserpress wrote: limeyrob wrote: Look at the top 50. We may not be trusted but we make some damn good music. And cake... we make quite good cake. Chelsea Buns!

 

Victoria Sandwich ... Eccles cakes ... Gingerbread Men

Paradox wrote: Trouserpress wrote: limeyrob wrote: Look at the top 50. We may not be trusted but we make some damn good music. And cake... we make quite good cake. Chelsea Buns!

and probably brew the best beer.

And don't forget the sumptous Faggots that we eat!

Check out the John Cleese link I put in 'Just For Fun' forum

Retrovertigo wrote: What's wrong with the British?  There's Monty Python and Trouserpress!

....I gotta throw Red Dwarf in there too.I love that show!!!!

Man Overboard wrote: PT's remake of Fadeaway signifies everything I don't like about their current iteration...   Edit:  To elaborate: I first got into Porcupine Tree in 1999, when I found a copy of Up The Downstair at a record shop.  It seemed unique, so I thought I would give it a try.  It was amazing...  and Small Fish/Burning Sky/Fadeaway is still one of my favorite album closers. As of late, PT's had far too little spacy exploration, far too much alt-rock.  Now, I don't mind alt-rock in my prog, but I dislike it when it wasn't there to begin with and creeps in like a tumor later on. So when I heard that PT was doing Fadeaway on tour again, I was excited.  I read they did it on the XM2 disc, so I got ahold of that... ...  Who is this guy singing?  Why does it hurt my ears?  The song itself remains basically unchanged, but the VOCALS are something awful...  it would be like having Captain Beefheart sing Golden Slumbers or Jon Anderson singing Bobby Brown Goes Down, some songs just do not need a vastly different vocalist on it, especially when it's not even a cover...  if this is how they wish this song to be remembered...

First off.. you were listening to a live version of Fadeaway... and it was sung by John Wesley, who plays guitar with PT on the road.  I've heard him do that song live, and personally didn't find it to be that bad. 

Second, since when did anything live sound just like the studio version... and who are you to question Steven Wilson's taste.  He likes the way Wes sings it.  Also I really like the direction in which PT have headed lately.  Deadwing is now my second favorite PT album behind In Absentia.  I prefer them a little harder.. and less spacey.  But if you don't like Deadwing.. you'll probably love their next album, since last I saw Mr. Wilson he was buying some obscure heavy metal albums and the Godspeed You Black Emperor cd...

I live in Britain....but i'm Scottish first and foremost.

The first thing American's do when they see a great British comedy is say "that's great, let's see how we can butcher it!"

A perfect example is the US version of The Office. But there were also US versions of Red Dwarf and Coupling which were so bad I couldn't believe it. Why bother trying to mess with perfection? it was quite obvious from the start that you'll never be able to top those shows.

A good comedy can't get you the Clap.