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rushfan4 
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 Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:38 |
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James, Do you have Thin Air yet? I haven't listened to it yet, but it was available on eMusic, so I went ahead and downloaded it over the weekend.
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:39 |
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How anyone thinks Awake is not the best DT album is beyond me...
And anyway, World Record is still a great record. I prefer other VDGG albums... almost all other VDGG albums, but the number of albums I don't prefer all other VDGG albums to is very small.
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horsewithteeth11
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:39 |
Nah, I'm not really a n00b.  Or wait, am I?!  Well, at least I'm not as n00by as James. 
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horsewithteeth11
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:40 |
 TGM: Orb wrote:
How anyone thinks Awake is not the best DT album is beyond me...
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Awake and Images and Words are so close that it doesn't matter too much to me.
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rushfan4
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:40 |
TGM: Orb wrote:
How anyone thinks Awake is not the best DT album is beyond me...
And anyway, World Record is still a great record. I prefer other VDGG albums... almost all other VDGG albums, but the number of albums I don't prefer all other VDGG albums to is very small.
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How anybody can think that Metropolis Part 2 is a 1 star album is beyond me...
I haven't heard World Record, but the VDGG albums that I prefer are very small.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:41 |
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World Record you may like, it's easier on the ears and the songs aren't quite so weird.
No, I must order Thin Air.
I need it on CD. MP3s/FLAC just won't do.
Edited by James - July 06 2009 at 15:42
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The Quiet One
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:43 |
TGM: Orb wrote:
How anyone thinks Awake is not the best DT album is beyond me...
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Perhaps because it has it's pretty heavy moments? I find it good, specially 6:00, Innocence Faded and Lifting Shadows.., while Scarred, Voices, The Silent Man, Space Dye-Vest and Erotomania have there really good moments.
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horsewithteeth11
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:44 |
rushfan4 wrote:
TGM: Orb wrote:
How anyone thinks Awake is not the best DT album is beyond me...
And anyway, World Record is still a great record. I prefer other VDGG albums... almost all other VDGG albums, but the number of albums I don't prefer all other VDGG albums to is very small.
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How anybody can think that Metropolis Part 2 is a 1 star album is beyond me...
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Pwned
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:46 |
The Quiet One wrote:
TGM: Orb wrote:
How anyone thinks Awake is not the best DT album is beyond me...
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Perhaps because it has it's pretty heavy moments? I find it good, specially 6:00, Innocence Faded and Lifting Shadows.., while Scarred, Voices, The Silent Man, Space Dye-Vest and Erotomania have there really good moments.
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Hm... oersonally, I wouldn't consider anything off it remotely as heavy as Speed King or the opening solo off Facelift or something like that. It's pretty metallic, I'll give you, but I don't really mind any musical styles enough to complain if they seem well-written and memorable to me (I mean, my main problem with metal is when it's done very blandly, which is a bit... the songs off Awake don't strike me as that).
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The Quiet One
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:48 |
TGM: Orb wrote:
The Quiet One wrote:
TGM: Orb wrote:
How anyone thinks Awake is not the best DT album is beyond me...
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Perhaps because it has it's pretty heavy moments? I find it good, specially 6:00, Innocence Faded and Lifting Shadows.., while Scarred, Voices, The Silent Man, Space Dye-Vest and Erotomania have there really good moments.
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Hm... oersonally, I wouldn't consider anything off it remotely as heavy as Speed King or the opening solo off Facelift or something like that. It's pretty metallic, I'll give you, but I don't really mind any musical styles enough to complain if they seem well-written and memorable to me (I mean, my main problem with metal is when it's done very blandly, which is a bit... the songs off Awake don't strike me as that).
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Come on, compare Speed King to The Mirror or Caught in a Web. Speed King is heavy, though more raw sounding IMO, it doesn't create a wall of sound like those from DT do.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:50 |
The opening solo on Facelift is heavy? Gosh, you need educating on heaviness. Try Guapo's Black Oni (especially one section) and get back to me.
Edited by James - July 06 2009 at 15:50
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:53 |
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Epignosis
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:54 |
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I only rate albums one star if I can't see myself listening to them again ever.
I've handed out fewer than ten of those honors.
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Padraic
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:54 |
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To everyone: LOL.
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:54 |
James wrote:
The opening solo on Facelift is heavy?
Gosh, you need educating on heaviness. Try Guapo's Black Oni (especially one section) and get back to me.
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That organ solo (the huge stretchy one) is massive, raw and mind-stretching. Heavy is not simply having guitars and drums and being loud.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:56 |
Epignosis wrote:
I only rate albums one star if I can't see myself listening to them again ever.
I've handed out fewer than ten of those honors.
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I agree: Pictures at an Exhibition
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Padraic
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:56 |
Epignosis wrote:
I only rate albums one star if I can't see myself listening to them again ever.
I've handed out fewer than ten of those honors.
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I can only think of three right now for myself. But yes, that criterion works well. Albums so terrible you're tempted to throw them away, so they don't foul up your collection with their stinkiness.
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Padraic
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:57 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:57 |
TGM: Orb wrote:
James wrote:
The opening solo on Facelift is heavy?
Gosh, you need educating on heaviness. Try Guapo's Black Oni (especially one section) and get back to me.
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That organ solo (the huge stretchy one) is massive, raw and mind-stretching. Heavy is not simply having guitars and drums and being loud.
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I know. Also listen to Elton Dean's Unlimited Saxophone Company. That's also heavy. Just saxophones and a trumpet (I think).
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: July 06 2009 at 15:59 |
Padraic wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
I only rate albums one star if I can't see myself listening to them again ever.
I've handed out fewer than ten of those honors.
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I can only think of three right now for myself. But yes, that criterion works well. Albums so terrible you're tempted to throw them away, so they don't foul up your collection with their stinkiness.
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Pain of Salvation - Scarsick Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Tarkus Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Raise My Fatty Toes Like Fishing Rods to Hell That's three.
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