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The Miracle
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 18:32 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
oliverstoned wrote:
I've listen carefully to one Porcupine tree album and found it very bad: flat, uninspired, no virtuosity at all...zero! |
That's the problem.
You only listened to ONE album.
Hardly enough,especially when judging a band with such a big discography.
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Don't even try: Oliver is a hopeless case when it comes to modern prog
This thread is indeed pointless IMO. PT are a pretty unique and hard to get into band. It took me a while to get into In Absentia, Deadwing was more accessible, and Signify I still don't quite get. Still I think it's very close minded to discard them after one listen to one album... and their albums are very different!
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 18:56 |
I heard 3 PT albums and wasn't interested. But I'd thought I'd let Gentletull know that I recently picked up 2 Jethro Tull albums from the 90s. Dotcom and Roots to branches. Fantastic stuff and these guys are still a level above all the modern day so called Progressive bands. I also download It all trickles down from your site. Very good Dotcom B side single
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 19:24 |
tull are still in a league of their own. Almost all modern rock bands sound amateur when I listen to tull songs like awol, wicked windows, far alaska. Very clever songs
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 20:05 |
Porcupine
Porcupine droppings are usually about 2/3 "inch. They are curved and round. Porcupines walk slowly and because of this they have very sharp quills that can stick into your body. You have to use tweezers to take them out. The track is about 2 1/4 inches long.
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There ya go!
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 20:13 |
Porcupine tree:
Crap (fossilized, yet!):
They're OK -- I quite like Lightbulb Sun, and what I've heard of Wilson's solo stuff.
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 20:52 |
They gained my admiration after seeing the live DVD filmed at Rockpalast. Excellent!
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CryoftheCarrots
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 21:33 |
gentletull wrote:
tull are still in a league of their own. Almost all modern rock bands sound amateur when I listen to tull songs like awol, wicked windows, far alaska. Very clever songs |
Who are you kidding?I saw Tull live last year.Jethro Dull!! What a boring concert that was,other than the outstanding Budapest.Anderson has lost his vocal range and was near impossible to hear.Now that was a concert I found amateurist.I saw TMV 3 weeks ago and was blown away by the raw energy emanating from that band.If PT ever make there way to Australia I will definately see them.Modern Proggers keep it coming.And no I dont hate old prog either.
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 21:55 |
sleeper wrote:
progrocks wrote:
well there is alot of 18 year olds in here, so you would expect them to be into modern stuff. When they get older they will agree with me ;) |
That is the most Ageist statement I have heard on hear. Just because you are older than me doesnt make you right, just as I am younger than you doesnt make me right.
I also think you are very wrong as you seem to have a very closed minded view on what makes a good album/band/genre. When I look for music I look for technical abilaty and creativaty as well as the abilaty to craft a good song, that is why prog is so appealing to me and why I wont have any trouble finding good, new music over the next few decades because talented musicians are allways poping up.
@Sean Trane, I agree with you on what you are saying about reviewers needing considerably more experience of prog before they go right a review because how can you tell what is a masterpiece when the only album you have heard is Big Generator (I'm not sure but I bet its better than a lot of pop). For this reason I have stoped righting reviews because I couldnt honestly justify some of my rateings withought any real knoledg of the bands discogrophy and other bands in the genre. However there are always some albums that stand up above the rest, Metropolis Pt2 for me is one of them and there are a couple of others.
BTW as for TMV first album I found it a lot more focused than FTM and maybe even more agressive but I think it was pretty good.
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Don't let anybody tell you that this is not a good and important album. I spent a lot of time thinking about it before i gave it five stars. Nobody who has severly criticized it has done so with an understanding of what the album is doing. That being said, people may not like the style but it is what it is.
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 22:00 |
why hasnt this been closed yet? it's really absurd at this point. two sides will never agree. let it die.
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 22:15 |
hey carrots, we are talking about tulls studio albums dotcom and roots. They are miles ahead of porcupine, tool. U would be stupid to judge tull as a band from a recent concert. Ian can't sing anymore in concert. But the 2 albums we were discussing are at a much higher level than all these new bands
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The Miracle
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 22:23 |
gentletull wrote:
hey carrots, we are talking about tulls studio albums dotcom and roots. They are miles ahead of porcupine, tool. U would be stupid to judge tull as a band from a recent concert. Ian can't sing anymore in concert. But the 2 albums we were discussing are at a much higher level than all these new bands |
That's a fanboyish and ignorant statement!
Come on, you don't know these new bands well enough to judge like that.
It's as if I said that Falling Into Infinity and Train Of Thought is better than all those 70's oldies. It may not be to your taste, but never generalize like that.
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 22:39 |
I can get the best 10 songs from dotcom (including It all trickles down) and it would be easily better than Tools best 10 songs they have ever done
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 23:06 |
this thread still exists? yeesh.
new topic: genesis is teh suck!!11!! megadeth f@*in' ownz!!1!
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The Miracle
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 23:13 |
gentletull wrote:
I can get the best 10 songs from dotcom (including It all trickles down) and it would be easily better than Tools best 10 songs they have ever done |
A Tool fan would answer: "I can get the best 10 songs from Lateralus and it would be easily better than Tulls best 10 songs they have ever done"
Everything in the universe is relative
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CryoftheCarrots
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 23:22 |
gentletull wrote:
hey carrots, we are talking about tulls studio albums dotcom and roots. They are miles ahead of porcupine, tool. U would be stupid to judge tull as a band from a recent concert. Ian can't sing anymore in concert. But the 2 albums we were discussing are at a much higher level than all these new bands |
Funny that but 90% of the songs Tull played in that concert were from the early albums.More blues numbers.That shows what Jethro Tull themselves think of their newer material!
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 23:25 |
Tool fans obviously dont know what's good and what's bad lol. Beleive me Tull cream those bands in the 90s lol. You can hear a few of those songs at my site under Dotcom and Roots to branches. Ian sings very well in them too. The music is alot smarter and it's several classes above. Laterus was rubbish to my ears
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 23:30 |
A hate thread with 8 pages...I can't go wrong posting here.
I own Voyage 34 and The Sky Moves Sideways, and I like them fairly well. I gave 4 stars to Voyage 34 and will probably give close to the same but perhaps a bit more to The Sky...
I've heard a few songs from Deadwing and they failed to do anything at all for me.
There ya go.
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 23:36 |
You know what... the more I hear them, the less I like them. Reinvented musak...that is all, right intentions too
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Posted: February 23 2006 at 23:38 |
gentletull wrote:
Tool fans obviously dont know what's good and what's bad lol. Beleive me Tull cream those bands in the 90s lol. You can hear a few of those songs at my site under Dotcom and Roots to branches. Ian sings very well in them too. The music is alot smarter and it's several classes above. Laterus was rubbish to my ears
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I'm all for people being fans of a band and all, but I think you need to take a breather, man.
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