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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2009 at 11:44
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Encouraging to see the BBC call Japan "Art Rockers" rather than "Synth Poppers". Approve


Exactly what I thought Dean


Me too. That surpised me actually...

Congrats to Porcupine Tree, and of course to Muse. Great to know that there are still enough people listening to excellent creative music, to push it high into the charts.

Up yours Simon Cowell!!
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2009 at 11:07
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Encouraging to see the BBC call Japan "Art Rockers" rather than "Synth Poppers". Approve


Exactly what I thought Dean

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Points: 602 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2009 at 11:01
Thanks for forwarding that!  How very nice to see.
Whether we are really in a period of popular new prog remains to be seen.  I'm also quite curious to see, as time moves on, if Wilson is right that a desire for the big, brave and bold is rising against downloadable culture.  I'm still feeling a tad more skeptical about that these days, watching the album fade with the dusk.  But I would very much like to be wrong.
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Points: 4252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2009 at 10:42
years ago a large part of the attraction of seeing live Prog bands was improvisation, long solos and surprise novelties not heard on their lp's. I hope, if bands start reciting their album in their entirety on stage, people won't be sitting there thinking "why have i paid for a ticket,  travelled here to hear the album - i could be listening to it at home"..Ermm
 
anyway good luck PT it is a very good album! Clap
 
 


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I fear something terrible for Porcu: they plan to play the whole "Incident" piece on stage? A 55 minutes piece?
I just hope they won't suffer the same fate as a famous 70's band which name starts with "Y" and ends with "S".
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Encouraging to see the BBC call Japan "Art Rockers" rather than "Synth Poppers". Approve
What?
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Points: 1043 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2009 at 08:53
Great news, and like Mr Wilson says it's nice to see that ambition is not a dirty word any more. Hopefully lots of UK kids are now forming prog bands instead of just wanting to get on bloody Pop Idol.

Prog Idol - now there's an idea for a show!
"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"

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Always nice to see a link for PA in the BBC's website.
Bigger on the inside.
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Score one for progressive rock!

Congratulations to them.
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Thats great news, thatb their album charted sop high!
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Points: 19643 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2009 at 07:10

Great article
The more self-indulgent we became, the more people liked it. It gave us this confidence to do something even more absurdly ambitious.


Seems semi-true, really!
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