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schizoidman 
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 Posted: November 29 2013 at 11:02 |
Don't know any of the four so, have to pass.
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: November 29 2013 at 13:42 |
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Magnification is good The Keystudio material is much better.
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Michael678
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Posted: November 29 2013 at 14:43 |
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Clockwork Angels is excellent, and a couple of songs on Magnification are good too, but i need to listen to the latter in its entirety as well
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dr wu23
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Posted: November 29 2013 at 22:35 |
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Roots To Branches is a decent album......Clockwork Angels is also pretty good....certainly not the best work by either band. Haven't heard Mag, stopped listening to Yes after GFTO,.....nor The Present.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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Prog_Traveller
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Posted: November 29 2013 at 22:50 |
[- Van Der Graaf Generator Present I have not heard any of the reunion albums; I am familiar with where they left off as Van Der Graaf.]
I have only heard Trisector of the more recent ones. I like it but I'm hoping the others are at least as good.
I don't know the JT and have only heard the Rush CA album once. I'm a Yesfanboy so of course I like Mag and even OYE(to some degree anyway).
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Man With Hat
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Posted: November 29 2013 at 22:59 |
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Present is an excellent return from nowhereland for VDGG. A slightly more modern take on what you'd expect from later period VDGG. At times aggressive, at times beautiful, at times soaring. I agree with MS that it's the best album since their reunion.
Roots To Branches is a continuation of things they've been doing through the 80s. Straighter, more rock, less adventurous than the Tull of the prog days. That said, it is better than pretty much everything they've done since BATB, but doesn't really touch the prog stuff. Solid and if your a big fan worth owning.
Only heard Magnification once, never had a desire to again.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: November 30 2013 at 05:25 |
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That's not really true concerning Roots to Branches, it incorporates influence from several styles of music Jethro Tull hadn't really drawn inspiration from before. Or maybe it's just that it does more interesting things with them than the band has done since Broadsword...
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"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: November 30 2013 at 07:49 |
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I do not have Clockwork Angels - the last Rush album I have is 'Roll The Bones', then I lost interest.
Tull's 'Roots To Branches' - I received the CD as a gift that came highly recommended by my friend Daniel, and it is my fave Tull since Broadsword. Many excellent moments throughout.
Naturally I jumped on the VDGG reunion release (being a long-time fan) and was instantly impressed with it - especially some of the improv pieces - took me right back to when I discovered Pawn Hearts (in 1990).
I had a taping of Magnification from a mate since its release - I listened a few times and thought it was O.K. Now I have the (3 sided) dbl LP in purple vinyl and having lapped it up the way I prefer, it is a wonderful album.
Really not sold on 'modern' Rush though.....
Edited by Tom Ozric - November 30 2013 at 07:51
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: November 30 2013 at 07:54 |
 someone_else wrote:
my favourite post-2000 VdGG album is A Grounding in Numbers.
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That sounds about right......
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