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Snow Dog
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Posted: June 20 2007 at 05:42 |
Harkmark wrote:
Anthony wrote:
Harkmark wrote:
Well, I am not impressed with what I have heard by Mostly Autumn, but they seem to have lost their judgement totally. Maybe it's time to change management... I would prefer not to have a "Bryan Adams fan" enjoying my music...and that's not snobbery, only common sense...
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The band manages themselves, so changing management will not happen! Also, I guess that when you're watching "The Wall live in Berlin"-DVD, you always skip "Empty spaces" and "Young Lust"? |
Ok. At least they know what they are doing then. As for the rest of your comment, I don't know what you are talking about.
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I do...and I think Bryans Adams choice as the singer/guitsrist on Young Lust is inspired.
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A B Negative
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Joined: May 02 2006
Location: Methil Republic
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Points: 1594
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Posted: June 20 2007 at 05:43 |
Harkmark wrote:
I would prefer not to have a "Bryan Adams fan" enjoying my music...and that's not snobbery, only common sense...
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No, that's snobbery.
My friend is going to the gig at Murrayfield, he's a fan of both Mostly Autumn and Bryan Adams. In fact, it was through him that I first heard MA. I ended up going to see MA with him when they started their show with a set of Pink Floyd covers before doing their own material, a great gig.
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"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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Norbert
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Joined: October 20 2005
Location: Hungary
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Points: 2506
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Posted: June 20 2007 at 05:49 |
tszirmay wrote:
My goodness, scary thoughts what with progbands opening for POP giants, so let’s have some fun (that’s a prog tradition) with a few nightmare scenarios:
On stage,
Dream Theater opening for Celine Dion
The Flower Kings opening for Cher
IQ warming up the crowd for Shakira (Yipes!)
Magma warming up for Madonna (now, THAT’s Kinky!)
Brand X opening for Justin Timberlake
Fish starts off the Pink show (stop giggling!)
The Watch kicks off Tim McGraw (spaghetti country, anyone?)
Hawkwind opens for Dolly Parton (Damn! talk about Space Ritual!) |
Or Sleepytime Gorilla Museum opening for Michael Bolton...
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Harkmark
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 29 2005
Location: Norway
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Points: 538
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Posted: June 20 2007 at 06:02 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Harkmark wrote:
Anthony wrote:
Harkmark wrote:
Well, I am not impressed with what I have heard by Mostly Autumn, but they seem to have lost their judgement totally. Maybe it's time to change management... I would prefer not to have a "Bryan Adams fan" enjoying my music...and that's not snobbery, only common sense...
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The band manages themselves, so changing management will not happen! Also, I guess that when you're watching "The Wall live in Berlin"-DVD, you always skip "Empty spaces" and "Young Lust"? |
Ok. At least they know what they are doing then. As for the rest of your comment, I don't know what you are talking about.
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I do...and I think Bryans Adams choice as the singer/guitsrist on Young Lust is inspired. |
I have "Live in Pompeii". That'll do it for me. And it's not because of Bryan Adams.
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clarke2001
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Joined: June 14 2006
Location: Croatia
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Posted: June 20 2007 at 12:03 |
Harkmark wrote:
Well, I am not impressed with what I have heard by Mostly Autumn, but they seem to have lost their judgement totally. Maybe it's time to change management... I would prefer not to have a "Bryan Adams fan" enjoying my music...and that's not snobbery, only common sense...
| Without any deeper elaboration of your statement, it just look childish.Why not?
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Hercules
Prog Reviewer
Joined: June 14 2007
Location: Near York UK
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Points: 7024
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Posted: June 20 2007 at 12:19 |
Anyone who doesn't at least like Evergreen has absolutely no taste, no soul. So Mr Snow Dog, you're clearly a lost cause.
They have done more great songs than almost any other band I can think of. There are very few I don't like except Pocket Watch and Science and Machinery. (And that's not just because I work with Iain Jennings, their former keyboard player!)
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A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
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kerberos
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Joined: June 20 2007
Location: United Kingdom
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Points: 6
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Posted: June 20 2007 at 12:28 |
Quick geography lesson: Murrayfield is in Edinburgh and the home of Scottish rugby.. As for Mostly Autumn, i haven't got round to listening to them although being an Events Steward, there's a good chance i will be there. You say Bryan Adams will be there too?
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The T
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Joined: October 16 2006
Location: FL, USA
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Posted: June 20 2007 at 13:48 |
Norbert wrote:
tszirmay wrote:
My goodness, scary thoughts what with progbands opening for POP giants, so let’s have some fun (that’s a prog tradition) with a few nightmare scenarios:
On stage,
Dream Theater opening for Celine Dion
The Flower Kings opening for Cher
IQ warming up the crowd for Shakira (Yipes!)
Magma warming up for Madonna (now, THAT’s Kinky!)
Brand X opening for Justin Timberlake
Fish starts off the Pink show (stop giggling!)
The Watch kicks off Tim McGraw (spaghetti country, anyone?)
Hawkwind opens for Dolly Parton (Damn! talk about Space Ritual!) |
Or Sleepytime Gorilla Museum opening for Michael Bolton...
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I still think that the possibility of Meshuggah opening for Mariah Carey and Death opening for Barbra Streisand are more intersting...
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Floydian42
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Joined: January 13 2007
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 846
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Posted: June 20 2007 at 14:19 |
The T wrote:
Norbert wrote:
tszirmay wrote:
My goodness, scary thoughts what with progbands opening for POP giants, so let’s have some fun (that’s a prog tradition) with a few nightmare scenarios:
On stage,
Dream Theater opening for Celine Dion
The Flower Kings opening for Cher
IQ warming up the crowd for Shakira (Yipes!)
Magma warming up for Madonna (now, THAT’s Kinky!)
Brand X opening for Justin Timberlake
Fish starts off the Pink show (stop giggling!)
The Watch kicks off Tim McGraw (spaghetti country, anyone?)
Hawkwind opens for Dolly Parton (Damn! talk about Space Ritual!) |
Or Sleepytime Gorilla Museum opening for Michael Bolton...
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I still think that the possibility of Meshuggah opening for Mariah Carey and Death opening for Barbra Streisand are more intersting... |
Or Opeth starting for Hilary Duff. Well, my thoughts on it are that it'll only worsen the prog look for a bunch of pop fans who don't give a rats ass about anything prog, or reasonably complex for that matter will spread the word that this band and there kind of music sucks, and persuaded by friends a lot of people will just hate prog. Oh well. But uhh... good for Mostly Autumn, it'll get them a quick buck and certainly won't hurt there fans view of them in any way.
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Harkmark
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Joined: October 29 2005
Location: Norway
Status: Offline
Points: 538
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Posted: June 20 2007 at 18:18 |
clarke2001 wrote:
Harkmark wrote:
Well, I am not impressed with what I have heard by Mostly Autumn, but they seem to have lost their judgement totally. Maybe it's time to change management... I would prefer not to have a "Bryan Adams fan" enjoying my music...and that's not snobbery, only common sense...
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Without any deeper elaboration of your statement, it just look childish. Why not?
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The statement is not childish, but arrogant, generalizing and not very thoughtful. Arrogance is needed when it comes to Bryan Adams. Thoughtfulness is in this case not a necessary trait of an argument. I prefer oblivion...
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BroSpence
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Joined: March 05 2007
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Points: 2614
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Posted: June 20 2007 at 20:25 |
puma wrote:
well that's just a mean judgment to make. Think of all the juvenile dipsh*ts who listened to King Crimson in 1971. |
I didn't say all Tool's fans were juvenile dipsh*ts, but that is the stereotypical group. I mean I love Tool a lot, but have you ever been around a large group of Tool fans? It can be quite amusing, but at the same time, some of those people are in their late 20s acting like 13 year olds. Its like a Beavis and Butthead festival or something.
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Vince
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Joined: March 24 2005
Location: Canada
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Points: 95
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Posted: June 20 2007 at 20:42 |
I personally think that the Bryan Adams fans will be either uninterested by Mostly Autumn, or pleasantly surprised... I always thought MA was a very pop-oriented prog, i.e., they are among the most accessible prog bands...
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"The mind is like a parachute: it doesn't work until it's opened"... Frank Zappa.
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Hyperborea
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Joined: March 06 2007
Status: Offline
Points: 234
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Posted: June 22 2007 at 23:25 |
Imagine the pathetic and awfull Celine Dion being upstaged by a worse act than her.....Dream Theater.
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Vibrationbaby
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Joined: February 13 2004
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Points: 6898
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Posted: July 10 2007 at 16:57 |
Nothing can be any worse. I mean that, really. It embarasses me to be Canadian and even worse from the same province as this waste of a carbon unit.
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NotAProghead
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Joined: October 22 2005
Location: Russia
Status: Offline
Points: 7889
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Posted: July 10 2007 at 23:45 |
Hercules wrote:
.........And that's not just because I work with Iain Jennings, their former keyboard player!
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Can you tell us what Mr. Jennings is doing now (probably in a separate thread)?
After his departure from MA it seems we lost his traces.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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NotAProghead
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Joined: October 22 2005
Location: Russia
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Posted: July 10 2007 at 23:48 |
Bryan Adams made a good choice, thanks to him.
But after MA set he really risks to find himself in the shadow of supporting band.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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debrewguy
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Joined: April 30 2007
Location: Canada
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 12:24 |
Vibrationbaby wrote:
Nothing can be any worse. I mean that, really. It embarasses me to be Canadian and even worse from the same province as this waste of a carbon unit.
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Ah, c'mon ... so he's popular. Compared to too many other "rock" stars, he's kept out of the celeb mags, delivers the goods for his fans on a consistent basis for a period of 20 plus years, has never really followed trends, and basically just put out enjoyable (if you like this type of music) stuff. In fact, he's a classic canadian - i.e. nice. So I find it hard to see what in blazers you see in him that would make you hate him. Oh, I know, he's more successful than your pet band
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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debrewguy
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 12:25 |
Vibrationbaby wrote:
Nothing can be any worse. I mean that, really. It embarasses me to be Canadian and even worse from the same province as this waste of a carbon unit.
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Ah, c'mon ... so he's popular. Compared to too many other "rock" stars, he's kept out of the celeb mags, delivers the goods for his fans on a consistent basis for a period of 20 plus years, has never really followed trends, and basically just put out enjoyable (if you like this type of music) stuff. In fact, he's a classic canadian - i.e. nice. So I find it hard to see what in blazers you see in him that would make you hate him. Oh, I know, he's more successful than your pet band
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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Vibrationbaby
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Points: 6898
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Posted: July 13 2007 at 16:41 |
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