SR IV: This is the end, my only friend, the end.

Well, on a completely non-n00b related front, I got my CD today.  I'll be checking it out tomorrow.  It's one of two things I bought with my GEMM winnings from last month.

Epignosis wrote: Well, on a completely non-n00b related front, I got my CD today.  I'll be checking it out tomorrow.  It's one of two things I bought with my GEMM winnings from last month.

Wow, that's an old album now...

I need their new one actually.  I quite like Hinterland for what is.

James wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Because I heard Kate Bush's highest-rated album on PA and it was straight-up pop for half of the album. I didn't really care for it. I wouldn't call Babooshka, Wuthering Heights, Hounds of Love, The Man with the Child in his Eyes and some of her others straight-up pop.  Yes they charted well and were popular in their day but I wouldn't call it straight-up pop. Try other albums besides Hounds of Love, 'cause that is her most poppy release. Evanescence got a number one in the UK and they're not straight-up pop.

I hate Evanescence though.

MovingPictures07 wrote: James wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Because I heard Kate Bush's highest-rated album on PA and it was straight-up pop for half of the album. I didn't really care for it. I wouldn't call Babooshka, Wuthering Heights, Hounds of Love, The Man with the Child in his Eyes and some of her others straight-up pop.  Yes they charted well and were popular in their day but I wouldn't call it straight-up pop. Try other albums besides Hounds of Love, 'cause that is her most poppy release. Evanescence got a number one in the UK and they're not straight-up pop. I hate Evanescence though.

I'm not keen on them either.

I was just using an example of a non-typical pop band becoming popular that isn't that bad.


Edited by James - April 30 2009 at 18:33

James wrote: Epignosis wrote: Well, on a completely non-n00b related front, I got my CD today.  I'll be checking it out tomorrow.  It's one of two things I bought with my GEMM winnings from last month. Wow, that's an old album now... I need their new one actually.  I quite like Hinterland for what is.

I haven't heard it yet either.

If you want to hear something more experimental by Kate Bush, try The Dreaming. It features my favourite song by her, "Pull Out the Pin" (read my review to see what I mean).

Changing the subject, earlier today I found out Opeth are playing in DC on May 27.. .I'd really like to catch them!

And remember it was Dave Gilmour that discovered her, I believe.

She also did that not-so-good single with Peter Gabriel.

But even that was good compared to Phil Collins solo...

Raff wrote: Alitare wrote: James wrote: Alitare wrote: I don't have a problem with rock music. Just banal rock with weakly distorted guitars, playing unoriginal solos without any real hook or knack for melody or bold experimentation, who are only competent in their skills, composition deficient, and lyrically never going past hot rods, hard drugs, heathen women, or the occasional Frank Zappa concert... That described all hard rock, ever. Oh really? I am glad you agree. Oh yes, those idiots who like hard rock....

Ah, Raff, I am merely poking fun. I don't have a taste for hard rock, but I don't actually feel it is an inferior music.

James wrote: Epignosis wrote: Well, on a completely non-n00b related front, I got my CD today.  I'll be checking it out tomorrow.  It's one of two things I bought with my GEMM winnings from last month. Wow, that's an old album now... I need their new one actually.  I quite like Hinterland for what is.

So? I just got Close to the Edge like...nine years ago.

I bask in my fleeting youth, as well as in what great prog comes my way.  I take my time, and savor each album as it comes along.

Pat, you're married with kids... I am sure I would be in the same situation as you are if I was a mother. Unfortunately, I am much older, and I was a spinster until four months ago. Micky was also in your shoes a few years ago, and in an unhappy marriage to boot. We are perhaps an unusual couple in that we both enjoy music, and the same kind of music as well.