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Asyte2c00 
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 Posted: September 24 2006 at 10:34 |
 Melomaniac wrote:
I bought Godbluff by VDGG, and I have a hard time with their style, and with Hamill's vocals... Any album by VDGG you guys recommend? |
H to He, Who Am the Only One Its their most accessible album "Killer" and "House with No Door" are amazing songs. VDGG is simply brilliant.
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Melomaniac
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Posted: September 24 2006 at 10:38 |
Asyte2c00 wrote:
Melomaniac wrote:
I bought Godbluff by VDGG, and I have a hard time with their style, and with Hamill's vocals... Any album by VDGG you guys recommend? |
H to He, Who Am the Only One Its their most accessible album "Killer" and "House with No Door" are amazing songs. VDGG is simply brilliant. |
Thanks, I'll give it a shot.
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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Fassbinder
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Posted: September 24 2006 at 10:52 |
Melomaniac wrote:
Asyte2c00 wrote:
Melomaniac wrote:
I bought Godbluff by VDGG, and I have a hard time with their style, and with Hamill's vocals... Any album by VDGG you guys recommend? |
H to He, Who Am the Only One Its their most accessible album "Killer" and "House with No Door" are amazing songs. VDGG is simply brilliant. |
Thanks, I'll give it a shot. |
That's right. And, as already was said in another thread, I would recommend also The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other (more like H To He, Who Am The Only One) and Still Life (more like Godbluff). But, overall, Van der Graaf Generator is the group which is very hard to get into... However, once you like it, you (probably) love it forever...
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Mlaen
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Posted: September 24 2006 at 11:32 |
ELP 
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Negru Voda
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Posted: September 24 2006 at 13:57 |
Magma. I ..... just.... can't..... get into it. The songs start out nicely but then they repeat the same verse 100 times and that repetition is driving me nuts! especially since it's in a gibberish language. And Mars Volta. They're just pop-punk to me. I don't see (or rather hear) any progressive elements in their music. 
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Negru Voda
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Posted: September 24 2006 at 14:00 |
Melomaniac wrote:
I bought Godbluff by VDGG, and I have a hard time with their style, and with Hamill's vocals... Any album by VDGG you guys recommend? |
I had problems with Hammil's vocals aswell. Whenever he started singing I felt like punching my speakers  But I persevered and I now I find his voice to be incredible, among the finest in prog. There's no guaranteeing (sp?) that you'll get into the band, it's definetely an aquired taste and it' a lot like the lottery: there's a chance you'll win, and there's a chance you'll lose.....
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tuxon
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Posted: September 24 2006 at 14:04 |
Why should you wnt to get into a band.
If it doesn't sound right on first listening I leave it alone for a while, adn try again later, just in case I missed it the first time, if than I still can't find anything worthwhile I will simple not listen to them anymore. If you really want too you can make yourself believe you like something, but in the end your only bore yourself.
so don't try to hard to like something, just focus on what you like, every minute wasted on listening something you don't like is a minute lost forever.
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I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT
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limeyrob
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Posted: September 24 2006 at 14:48 |
Rush Oh Dear 
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limeyrob
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Posted: September 24 2006 at 14:50 |
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Oh and Anglagard - Just don't seem to get it
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darkshade
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 00:47 |
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i cant really get into progessive disco, idk, maybe it's just me...
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transend
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 01:53 |
Terra Australis wrote:
Neil Morse Solo.I really liked Spock's Beard but now that he is making overtly religious music I am not interested in being preached at. I don't mind more subtle lyrics but the titles are enough to put me off. Good luck to him, I am sure he is happy but I feel disinclined to listen to his new stuff. The main problem is he took Spocks Beard's interesting music with him...
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I could not agree more with you, Spocks lost something and his solo stuff makes me cringe, I gave up on him, just cant stand another sixty mins of the same "jesus this, god that" with Mike Portnoy drumming. I love DT but he is wasted w/Morse.
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transend
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 01:55 |
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AS for bands, I cant get into....a few..
Radiohead, do not too much for me, though I do like the song 'Airbag' alot!
Tool - likely coz I love synths, so that maybe the issue there.
Opeth - same as most other people, I cant stand his vocals, if all their albums were like 'Damnation' I would be a big fan.
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tardis
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 02:05 |
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I generally don't have this problem, however I do have difficulty getting into Tool.
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Jared
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 09:54 |
It's strange isn't it... I just can't get into Opeth at all, and I made a concerted effort with Ghost Reveries, because my Brother In Law is so heavily into it. I sold my copy in the end...
On the other hand, I genuinely think Tool's Lateralus is in the top 5 prog metal albums of this century... I found it courtesy of PA, and it spent the entire of last summer going round and round in the car CD player!! Why?? I can't really explain!
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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rainbow111
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 11:27 |
Whitesnake...I donno, I mean I like David Coverdale, its just..I hate hair metal...
oh and Jethro Tull...I don't like the vocals too much (yeah I know, I'm nuts).
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It's got to be slow
Taking love the only way
It's got to just flow
Making love and taking time to let it grow
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darkshade
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 13:25 |
Tool, Spock's Beard, Eloy
Mahavishnu Orchestra and ELP were tough for a while, but they eventually clicked for me after repeated listens.
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Tuzvihar
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 14:33 |
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Genesis...
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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
Charles Bukowski
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oldebag
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 14:54 |
Oh, my dears... I am relieved this thread is open!There is "something" about Yes that irritates the .....out of me! there ! I said it! At last the burden is lifted  ..... ! of course ,it could be associations of the times( one in particular comes to mind  ) I guess I really need melodic prog in any form. I'm not like you , perhaps........my ears are a direct link to my heart............but you still all have the biggest of hearts!! later.....
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Jared
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 14:55 |
darkshade wrote:
Tool, Spock's Beard, Eloy
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Hah! 3 of my fave bands... keep percevering, darkshade!! 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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stonebeard
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Posted: September 25 2006 at 14:59 |
fandango wrote:
darkshade wrote:
Tool, Spock's Beard, Eloy
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Hah! 3 of my fave bands... keep percevering, darkshade!! |
Fannydangle! 
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