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Posted: December 03 2012 at 06:45
The closing section of The Whirlwind by Transatlantic - wonderfully emotional/emotive climax to a 79 minute epic piece of music; brought tears to my eyes when I first heard it & again, when I saw the live DVD and saw Neal Morse virtually in tears at the end.
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Posted: December 03 2012 at 08:16
Hi,
In watching a DVD, I ... cried ... for quite a few moments.
Actually this happened more than once ... and here they are, and my thoughts behind it at the time!
Caravan DVD at ProgFest - I am not sure why, but towards the end -- I think it was "For Richard" -- they were really in sync, and I knew ... that there was no more Caravan after this concert ... a couple of things here and there, but all in all .. you knew the band was over.
Nektar at ProgFest also I think ... have to look. I saw this band twice, met them and knew them. They were, by far, one of my favorite bands live ... the energy, the effort, and the gumption ... to put out like they did. Even though "Remember the Future" was fantastic, in the end, I really thought that it was on par with a couple of their "conceptual things" but counter the strength of many of their things, like "Sounds Like This", or the Side 2 of "A Tab in the Ocean", but above all ... you knew ... it was over. It was really over, and whatever music that would be labelled "Nektar" would never come close to the original. It was special. The new version does not have the sould, or the strength of the original. It's nice ... but half baked to my ears.
Magma - IN SF at the Festival in 1999. I did not think this would work, live, totally having forgotten that I had a couple of Live albums of theirs. But in the end, I helped start a 15 minute standing ovation that had Christian in tears ... and us as well. I iKNEW right then and there, that I would NEVER in my life, see something else so special ... from the heart ... for the heart ... with the heart ... and so beautifully done. The most deserving standing ovation I have ever been a part of.
Klaus Schulze/Lisa Garrard ... there are moments in the Live CD that are too good and precious ... and it is difficult to discuss in this board the guts that it takes for someone to get up and do what they did with Klaus, be it Lisa, or Arthur Brown, or Manuel Gottsching, or Mr. Tiepold (spelling) ... and yet, there are moments in there that gut your heart in pieces ... you can not script that ... you can not define that ... you can only appreciate the courage that it takes to go on stage and let it all hang out ... and do your best. ... and of course, hearing the audience jump when Klaus says that in the end he would do a Sequencer piece for them ... we will never appreciate anything like that in America, because of its top ten!
I got the Mike Oldfield DVD - Exposed -- a couple of years back, and after seeing Pierre Moerlin tear up that DVD left and right, all I could think was ... the night I spent with the band and took pictures of them, in Portland and Eugene ... and what a magnificent drummer he was ... I remember the tune up in Eugene, and MNike was worried about his bass being "too bass'y" ... and Pierre immediately stomped the Bass Drum 10 times or so ... and I said something like ... what would rock'n'roll be without the bass'y sound! ... which cracked everyone up ... on the way home the first thought I had was ... Black Sabbath would sound stupid without it!
Edited by moshkito - December 03 2012 at 08:24
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In watching a DVD, I ... cried ... for quite a few moments.
Actually this happened more than once ... and here they are, and my thoughts behind it at the time!
Caravan DVD at ProgFest - I am not sure why, but towards the end -- I think it was "For Richard" -- they were really in sync, and I knew ... that there was no more Caravan after this concert ... a couple of things here and there, but all in all .. you knew the band was over.
Nektar at ProgFest also I think ... have to look. I saw this band twice, met them and knew them. They were, by far, one of my favorite bands live ... the energy, the effort, and the gumption ... to put out like they did. Even though "Remember the Future" was fantastic, in the end, I really thought that it was on par with a couple of their "conceptual things" but counter the strength of many of their things, like "Sounds Like This", or the Side 2 of "A Tab in the Ocean", but above all ... you knew ... it was over. It was really over, and whatever music that would be labelled "Nektar" would never come close to the original. It was special. The new version does not have the sould, or the strength of the original. It's nice ... but half baked to my ears.
Magma - IN SF at the Festival in 1999. I did not think this would work, live, totally having forgotten that I had a couple of Live albums of theirs. But in the end, I helped start a 15 minute standing ovation that had Christian in tears ... and us as well. I iKNEW right then and there, that I would NEVER in my life, see something else so special ... from the heart ... for the heart ... with the heart ... and so beautifully done. The most deserving standing ovation I have ever been a part of.
Klaus Schulze/Lisa Garrard ... there are moments in the Live CD that are too good and precious ... and it is difficult to discuss in this board the guts that it takes for someone to get up and do what they did with Klaus, be it Lisa, or Arthur Brown, or Manuel Gottsching, or Mr. Tiepold (spelling) ... and yet, there are moments in there that gut your heart in pieces ... you can not script that ... you can not define that ... you can only appreciate the courage that it takes to go on stage and let it all hang out ... and do your best. ... and of course, hearing the audience jump when Klaus says that in the end he would do a Sequencer piece for them ... we will never appreciate anything like that in America, because of its top ten!
I got the Mike Oldfield DVD - Exposed -- a couple of years back, and after seeing Pierre Moerlin tear up that DVD left and right, all I could think was ... the night I spent with the band and took pictures of them, in Portland and Eugene ... and what a magnificent drummer he was ... I remember the tune up in Eugene, and MNike was worried about his bass being "too bass'y" ... and Pierre immediately stomped the Bass Drum 10 times or so ... and I said something like ... what would rock'n'roll be without the bass'y sound! ... which cracked everyone up ... on the way home the first thought I had was ... Black Sabbath would sound stupid without it!
Lisa Gerrard. Oh boy. She can make anyone cry with her voice. Baraka is no exception. :)
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Posted: December 10 2012 at 11:56
The Irish Air instrumental on Camel's Harbour of Tears have brought me to my tears a couple of times. The sensibility of Latimer's guitar playing is just incredible.
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Posted: December 10 2012 at 12:57
PinkMoodyCamel wrote:
The Irish Air instrumental on Camel's Harbour of Tears have brought me to my tears a couple of times. The sensibility of Latimer's guitar playing is just incredible.
What a great album. Not bad for your first posts
Edited by octopus-4 - December 10 2012 at 12:58
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Posted: December 10 2012 at 16:59
The instrumental section of When She Dreams She Dreams in Color from Discipline's To Shatter All Accord, especially when the melotron counter melody kicks in. It is one of the most emotionally charged moments in music I've heard in a while.
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Posted: December 11 2012 at 19:04
Yeah, I'll admit there's a few songs that "move me to moisture". "Time Stand Still" by Rush gets me tearing up just about every time. (Such a gorgeous song, and yet such a horrible video!)
Non-prog: Pearl Jam's "Black".
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Posted: December 27 2012 at 16:39
Everytime i listen to Foxtrot I cry. If i just hear supper's ready it's not the same. It's got to be the whole thing or no deal. I also cry at the end of A Tab In The Ocean andTarkus. I don't understand why. Oh and on something that isn't prog, just because he is so frequently mentioned, anything by from Scott Walker's first three albums usually does the trick, depending on how much whiskey ive consumed and whether or not I'm screaming the lyrics in my apartment lok
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