Poist-Rock Appreciation Thread

You know, if someone or more than one someones 'took over the world', they would make the peasants (i.e. middle class) feel like they're important and in charge of this and better off than the rest of the world, and they would call their evil reign Democracy it is the truth. Otherwise there'd be rebellion. In conclusion, capitalist democracy is evil lawlaw

rileydog22 about a year ago in the Top 5 Epics thread wrote: In approximate order: 1. Genesis--Supper's Ready.  Everything about it is beautiful!  The finale gives me goosebumps every single time! 2. Magma--De Futura.  Absolutely incredible, 18 minutes of Janik Top's best bass work, topped with Christian Vander's impecable drumming, odd time-signature melodies, primodial grunts, and strange noises from minimoogs.  3. VdGG--A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers.  Features some of Robert Fripp's best guitar work.  I love how the finale is the only happy part of the song, as the narrator has finally gone so insane that he has invented an imaginary friend to keep him company.  4. Nektar--Remember the Future.  What are they talking about?  Who cares!  Very melodic, very upbeat, a lot of fun.  5. Jethro Tull--A Passion Play.  Tull's best work, it features the best writing and performance the band ever put together.  Beautiful melodies throughout, with wisecracks left and right.

Same thread:

shakespeare wrote: 5. The Creation/The Seperated Man (tie) - Neal Morse. The gorgeous melodies (first played on The Creation, and some reprised on The Seperated Man) can really uplift and touch the listener. Portnoy and George in the rhtythm departement really tear it up, but not too the excess that it takes away from the excellent writing, or from the beautiful melodies. The instrumental sections in these songs are absolutely brilliant, and are as atmospheric as ambient music, as exhilirating as prog metal, and as moving as Morse's music has ever been. ... 3. Octavarium - Dream Theater. Dream Theater, as far as I knew, were just a bland metal band. I thought they were just musical geniuses with no skill at writing and no musical sensitivity. But when I took this album out of the library, and heard this song, that presumption was shattered to pieces. Not only are these some of the very best musicians in the world, but they are also phenomenal writers, and explore in many different style of music. This album is extremely emotional from its moody beginning, to its epic climax.

shakespeare wrote: Dream Theater ... are also phenomenal writers

Goddamnit Shakespeare.  God.  Fcukin.  Damnit.

NaturalScience wrote: I don't think there's bands that I used to enjoy but don't now, but there's a lot I don't listen to lately.

better not offend the progtologist


Edited by Pnoom! - June 14 2008 at 23:28

I still laugh every time I see it.

Except actually funny.

And without the sadness part.  It's just funny.

With a well-developed taste for blood sense of humor