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    Posted: November 15 2004 at 21:23

which track do you consider the most sentimental one from him?

I would say: hammer in the sand and the toast: 2 beautiful and poignant songs!

spectral mornings and every day are quite sentimental too!
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I've always liked the song 'You're Own Special Way' from Wind and Wuthering.
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'Blood on the rooftops' has always been one of my favourite songs, because it manages to comunicate (at least to me) a great sense of loss and meloancholy for the past, even if it's a past I never lived.

For the same reasons, 'Strutton Ground' really moved me the first time I listened. To a point of getting out and buying the record (hey, I had dowladed a few songs to see if it was ok  )

 
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Rutherford wrote "Your Own special way", and it's the weakest track on WAW!

"The virgin and the Gypsy" is my pick from Mr Hackett, though when he was enthralled by the Devastatingly shagtastic Miss Poor he went all gooey and wrote lots of tosh love-songs, however I would possibly have done the same if I'd ever got out of her bed long enough to write music.............



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Star of Sirius from Voyage of the Acolyte and Kim from Please Don't Touch

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Originally posted by Swinton MCR Swinton MCR wrote:

Rutherford wrote "Your Own special way", and it's the second weakest track on TOTT (the title track is the worst).

"The virgin and the Gypsy" is my pick from Mr Hackett, though when he was enthralled by the Devastatingly shagtastic Miss Poor he went all gooey and wrote lots of tosh love-songs, however I would possibly have done the same if I'd ever got out of her bed long enough to write music.............

Your own special way is from 'Wind & wuthering' not TOTT.

I agree with you. Its a weak song, the worst on WAW.

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Aye - Your right - I got it into my head that YOSW was on "Trick" side 2 - However it is years since I listened to TOTT and possibly last year when I listened to WAW, I almost certainly skipped YOSW coz I don't like it! - I think it suffers because nearly every other track on the album is excellent - YOSW should have been replaced with Bank's "Inside and out" - then WAW would have been a truly awesome collection of songs!
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Originally posted by Swinton MCR Swinton MCR wrote:

Aye - Your right - I got it into my head that YOSW was on "Trick" side 2 - However it is years since I listened to TOTT and possibly last year when I listened to WAW, I almost certainly skipped YOSW coz I don't like it! - I think it suffers because nearly every other track on the album is excellent - YOSW should have been replaced with Bank's "Inside and out" - then WAW would have been a truly awesome collection of songs!

Agreed, and I think the throw away instrumental 'Wot Gorilla' should have been replaced with Hacketts 'Please dont touch' which was rejected by Phil Collins for WAW, and ended up on Steves second solo album ( I think)

Post Gabriel Genesis were quite good at making a classic album, then sticking in something really wet and pointless in a bid to attract some pop credibility, even back in 1975.

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Originally posted by Swinton MCR Swinton MCR wrote:

Rutherford wrote "Your Own special way", and it's the weakest track on WAW!

 

 should have checked that one!
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Originally posted by greenback greenback wrote:

I would say: hammer in the sand and the toast: 2 beautiful and poignant songs!

Indeed two of my all-time Hackett favourites. The first is ageless, almost a classical piece; the second really conveys that gentle swaying, 'tipsy' feeling.

I would also add his Concert for Munich from the "Momentum" album. Perhaps not so very 'prog' but quite moving piece just the same.
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Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

Star of Sirius from Voyage of the Acolyte and Kim from Please Don't Touch

Ahh... Star of Sirius is the song that hooked me to Hackett. Very moving too. 
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Originally posted by Paco Fox Paco Fox wrote:

Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:

Star of Sirius from Voyage of the Acolyte and Kim from Please Don't Touch


Ahh... Star of Sirius is the song that hooked me to Hackett. Very moving too. 



From the sublime(Star..) to the slushy(Kim)

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Oh... what's it called... the track before The Silk Road off of To Watch the Storms... Rebecca, I think.  Perhaps not his most sentimental, but touching all the same.
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MECHANICAL BRIDE AND THE DEVIL IS AN ENGLISHMAN!!!!

SOOOOOOOOOO SENTIMENTAL!!!
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Well..besides Sentimental Institution, I'd vote for Man
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Originally posted by HaroldTheBarrel HaroldTheBarrel wrote:

Oh... what's it called... the track before The Silk Road off of To Watch the Storms... Rebecca, I think.  Perhaps not his most sentimental, but touching all the same.

I also found Rebecca rather touching, specially when the guitar solo kicks in after the moody beggining. I even went on to view again Hitchcock's movie inspired by my enjoying of the song!
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Originally posted by the musical box the musical box wrote:

MECHANICAL BRIDE AND THE DEVIL IS AN ENGLISHMAN!!!!

SOOOOOOOOOO SENTIMENTAL!!!

About 'The Devil...':

I was really shocked when I listened to this song. Hackett plays many musical styles, but the least thing I was expecting is a cover of a Thomas Dolby song!. And THAT Thomas Dolby song!! A raritie from a soundtrack of a KEN RUSSELL film!!! Originally sung (recited) by Timothy Spall!!!!

The curious thing is that I always thought Dolby to be one of the musicians from the new wave that could interest most to prog-heads with open minds to other genres. His carreer was very ecclectic, and none of his five records sound like the others. I'm not saying it borderlines prog (well, a bit in a couple of songs, but just a bit), but he is a very interesting listen.

Incidentally, he was one of the musicians Ian Anderson cited as an influence on what he tried with 'Walk into Light' and 'Under Wraps'. He didn't succed, though
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The most sentimental tracks from Steve Hackett are:

"Firth Of Fifth" from Seconds Out (with Genesis).

"Shadow Of The Hierophant" from The Tokyo Tapes (without Genesis).

I'm looking for midi tracks from this excellent guitar player. Does anybody know of a good web page?
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Always those hard questions...

There are too many sentimental pieces by Hackett. From To Watch The Storms I'd suggest This World.
she feels wind around her
she feels a warming sun
she feels some raindrops wet her leaves
since that time she lost her griefs
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Originally posted by Eclipse1977 Eclipse1977 wrote:

The most sentimental tracks from Steve Hackett are:

"Firth Of Fifth" from Seconds Out (with Genesis).

"Shadow Of The Hierophant" from The Tokyo Tapes (without Genesis).

I'm looking for midi tracks from this excellent guitar player. Does anybody know of a good web page?

 

Midi files? Good! I'm the only one here who likes it!!

I found this:

http://ckk2.tripod.com/midi.htm

The guy forgot to put guitars on Spectral mornings, but The Steppes is excellent!

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