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Raff
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Posted: April 02 2010 at 09:12 |
You know, I made a huge blunder in my Overlook review - the one I originally wrote for ProgressoR (there is an edited version of it here) - when I called its cover 'cheesy' . In fact, it reminded me of some DT stuff...
When Ken added me as a friend on Facebook, and I realized that he was the artist, I would've liked the earth to open up and swallow me whole. He's a very nice guy, and one hell of an artist too. |
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 02 2010 at 09:47 |
The Overlook album cover reminds me a little of the Transatlantic covers.
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artguyken
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Posted: April 07 2010 at 21:49 |
Raff, dear lady, you're far to hard on yourself. You are entitled to your opinion. What made so funny to me was that I was the proof reader on the review before it was posted. I thought Vitaly had written it and teased him about it. Anyway, I got a good laugh out of it and there were/are absolutely no hard feelings
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 08:31 |
It has been nearly a week, time to give this album another spin. The song Parallels is to Rush's YYZ what Porcupine Tree's Time Flies is to Pink Floyd. A serious tribute to the forefathers of prog. The song takes the YYZ riff and incorporates it within their song to develop an entirely new song, but the tribute is definitely there. I wonder what the back story is behind this, if there is any.
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Garion81
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 11:43 |
I think this is their best to date. They have matured very nicely through the three projects. They have some quirks I don't care for but overall a very fine band. The vocals on this one really add something to the music and I think are a great element addition. The vocals seem to draw the song out of the music.
As for the artwork, meh! It reminds me of very bad early Genesis music.
(Just kidding Ken.)
Actually he modified my Bison in my sig and added flames to it to model off his blazing bison covers. Have had the extreme pleasure of meeting Ken a few times and even attended Proto-Kaw shows together. I have some of his artwork on my wall at home and my wallpaper on my computer(s).
Edited by Garion81 - April 08 2010 at 11:44 |
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artguyken
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 14:32 |
Quirks? ha! You mean like the hollering at the beginning of the album? What's that about?
I'll ask Vitaly about XYZ. Brian, that was especially funny knowing your love of Genesis and the art of Genesis. And thanks for the plugs. ;0) |
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artguyken
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 16:08 |
Vitaly told me that he did not have Rush or "XYZ" in mind at all when he wrote this, though he does admire them.
As they say in the movies: "Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental" |
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Garion81
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 17:02 |
and the military marching cadence on Overlook for another example.
I thought you would appreciate that. Actually if you think about it came out as a compliment because I love early Genesis music.
We really do have to get that radio show going Ken.
I really kick myself sometimes that we couldn't find away to go see Fromuz at Bajaprog a few years ago. Now there is no festival and the town of Mexicali took abig hit from that earthquke a few days ago. Edited by Garion81 - April 08 2010 at 17:02 |
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artguyken
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 19:52 |
Kak zhal! (It's a pity! - Russian) Yes, Brian, agreed! (on all counts)
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artguyken
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 21:03 |
I just read a strong review on a Dutch prog site, Background Magazine, which says interestingly:
"But the real strength of this quartet is the fact they have composed original music. No hints of Yes, Genesis or any other classic band. The music sounds so fresh and tasty. And they bring a lot to the table: besides the standard guitars/bass/dums/keys, they also use instruments like vibraphone, marimba and tubular bells. Although their music is not strictly instrumental, there are not that many vocals on the album. Surprisingly I didn’t even miss these. The music is so lush and fantastic, it just takes me away to a much nicer place…" http://www.backgroundmagazine.nl/ (CD Reviews/F/From.uz) |
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 21:51 |
I know that I am not the only one that hears YYZ on the song Parallels.
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Windhawk
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Posted: April 08 2010 at 22:49 |
I don't remember if I mentioned YYZ in particular on that song, but at least in my notes RUSH is mentioned and underlined. This band has taken me on an interesting musical journey on their 3 albums released so far. And as I understand it they have their next 2 already more or less finished as well.
Oh, and hiya Ken, nice to see you popping in here :-) |
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artguyken
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Posted: April 09 2010 at 06:15 |
And I don't disagree with you, as I am not familiar with the song in question. All I know is there was no intentional similarity.
My point in quoting the article is that different ears hear different things. The more familiar you are with a band, the more likelihood your ears will detect a similarity. I listened to what I could find online at iTunes and Amazon, but you know how that is, they're only 30 second clips. So I still can't comment from knowledge of XYZ. |
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artguyken
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Posted: April 09 2010 at 10:23 |
oh, hi, Olav!
From.uz has a "Seventh Story" concert DVD ready for release, as well as an acoustic set of songs from all three albums that have been released. |
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artguyken
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Posted: April 09 2010 at 14:28 |
Ahah! Yes. Rush Fan, I hear it. A friend just sent me YYZ. The intro is nearly note for note. Beyond that, I hear no similarity, but the riff at the beginning. Gotcha.
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 12 2010 at 19:18 |
The riff throughout the entire song sounds familiar to me. Maybe it is La Villa Strangiato that I am also hearing. I am tired and confused and tend to get song titles mixed up. I'll have to listen to Parallels and then YYZ and maybe other songs to figure out what I am hearing.
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artguyken
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Posted: April 12 2010 at 21:51 |
I'd love for us not to get hung-up on this one song. If you'd like to see segments from the Fromuz debut release, "Audio Diplomacy", you can watch at youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fromuz+progressive+rock&aq=f
The top half dozen are from that. Then the next couple are from a promo of the upcoming "Inside Seventh Story" DVD. |
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 14 2010 at 08:06 |
I do need to listen to Audio Diplomacy and it is near time to revisit Overlook. But in the meantime I played Seventh Story again this morning and it sounded frickin' awesome. It was my best listen yet.
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artguyken
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Posted: April 16 2010 at 17:59 |
their music is the sort that requires multiple listens!
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 22 2010 at 12:46 |
I hope that you don't mind Ken, but as a tie in to this thread, I have created a poll for members to select their favorite Fromuz album cover. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=66803&PID=3628603#3628603
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