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italprogfan 
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 Posted: September 28 2005 at 20:35 |
 BaldFriede wrote:
chopper wrote:
I'm getting the impression that this album was not too popular with the reviewer -
"This Steaming fess pit of repusively dated eighties synth pop is so horribly gruesome it is not even worthy of being metioned in the same sentence as an excriment hermiting in the nether regions of peter gabriel's toilet bowel"
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Yes, but this nice sentence loses a bit due to the misspelling of "excrement". "metioned" and "fess pit" (he probably means "cesspit") I take for typos. And of course there is no such verb as "to hermit" (though it is a nice idea). And also, of course, it is "toilet bowl" and not "toilet bowel".
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no, that's part of the beauty of it...
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chopper
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Posted: September 29 2005 at 09:20 |
italprogfan wrote:
Easy Livin wrote:
- This album did not make me vibrated
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me neither...
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Was it a Vibrators album by any chance?
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Bryan
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Posted: October 02 2005 at 19:10 |
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Hahaha, I love this site.
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James Lee
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Posted: October 03 2005 at 01:30 |
Clasics, one in& alls. 
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greenback
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Posted: October 06 2005 at 14:05 |
regarding my review of close to the edge:
This is one of the best YES' albums. Some parts are really complex and rhythm changing. The epic track "Close to the Edge" contains outstanding lead & backing vocals; the airs are very catchy and addictive. Squire's bass is very bottom and loud. Wakeman's keyboards can be floating, rhythmic and melodic: there is a very vibrant church organ part. Howe's electric guitar is very good, and Bruford's drums are quite elaborated. Nobody steals the show here: the musicians play together and the good cohesion is obvious. The weak point of the album: the 3 first minutes on "Close to the Edge" are a bit irritating and Howe's guitar sound VERY coarse and goes nowhere!
"And You and I" has more acoustic elements. Wakeman's floating mellotron and Howe's spatial guitar are very impressive. "Siberian Kathru" is the most accessible one: great vocals arrangements, the bass is very bottom, loud and complex, as always. This record really sounds like the prog band STARCASTLE!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Bob (Easy), this is an intelligent way to tell people who like close to the edge and want similar stuff that there is a band named starcastle who does the same music!
you have to be VERY careful when it is time to "judge" reviews!
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Easy Livin
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Posted: October 06 2005 at 14:36 |
Sorry Greenback, I admit I did take your quote out of context, hence one of the reasons I didn't give names.
I asumed your comment about Starcastle was made in jest, since they are always accused of being copycats of Yes' sound.
Your review was fine of course, and no criticism was intended.
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Barla
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 00:29 |
An Easy review  !!
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Guillermo
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 01:21 |
Some of the reviews that you quoted are funny!
I read all the quotes...hoping to not find one of my reviews quoted!
Some of my reviews start with some memories of how I listened to an album for the first time, like : "My father bought this album for the family in 1970...". It `s good to see that my style of writing in some reviews is not considered in the "funny quality" classification!
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Avatar: Photo of Solar Eclipse, Mexico City, July 1991. A great experience to see. Maybe once in a lifetime.
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Easy Livin
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 03:52 |
I'm working on the third edition Guillermo. 
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mystic fred
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 04:03 |
!"This music is slightly show-tuney as my Mom pointed out, but thats what she says about all prog. "
my family used to criticise my prog by calling it "wailey-wailey" music!!
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Bob Greece
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 04:33 |
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This is like the Coleman's Balls of Prog. Bob - I think you need to contact some publishers with a proposition for a book titled "Progger's Balls".
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Joren
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 04:44 |
greenback wrote:
regarding my review of close to the edge:
This is one of the best YES' albums. Some parts are really complex and rhythm changing. The epic track "Close to the Edge" contains outstanding lead & backing vocals; the airs are very catchy and addictive. Squire's bass is very bottom and loud. Wakeman's keyboards can be floating, rhythmic and melodic: there is a very vibrant church organ part. Howe's electric guitar is very good, and Bruford's drums are quite elaborated. Nobody steals the show here: the musicians play together and the good cohesion is obvious. The weak point of the album: the 3 first minutes on "Close to the Edge" are a bit irritating and Howe's guitar sound VERY coarse and goes nowhere!
"And You and I" has more acoustic elements. Wakeman's floating mellotron and Howe's spatial guitar are very impressive. "Siberian Kathru" is the most accessible one: great vocals arrangements, the bass is very bottom, loud and complex, as always. This record really sounds like the prog band STARCASTLE!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Bob (Easy), this is an intelligent way to tell people who like close to the edge and want similar stuff that there is a band named starcastle who does the same music!
you have to be VERY careful when it is time to "judge" reviews!
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It still doesn't make sense greenback. Starcastle sounds like Yes, Yes doesn't sounds like Starcastle.
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Chipiron
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 05:39 |
Are we going to create a review rating?
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greenback
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 13:10 |
Joren wrote:
greenback wrote:
regarding my review of close to the edge:
This is one of the best YES' albums. Some parts are really complex and rhythm changing. The epic track "Close to the Edge" contains outstanding lead & backing vocals; the airs are very catchy and addictive. Squire's bass is very bottom and loud. Wakeman's keyboards can be floating, rhythmic and melodic: there is a very vibrant church organ part. Howe's electric guitar is very good, and Bruford's drums are quite elaborated. Nobody steals the show here: the musicians play together and the good cohesion is obvious. The weak point of the album: the 3 first minutes on "Close to the Edge" are a bit irritating and Howe's guitar sound VERY coarse and goes nowhere!
"And You and I" has more acoustic elements. Wakeman's floating mellotron and Howe's spatial guitar are very impressive. "Siberian Kathru" is the most accessible one: great vocals arrangements, the bass is very bottom, loud and complex, as always. This record really sounds like the prog band STARCASTLE!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Bob (Easy), this is an intelligent way to tell people who like close to the edge and want similar stuff that there is a band named starcastle who does the same music!
you have to be VERY careful when it is time to "judge" reviews!
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It still doesn't make sense greenback. Starcastle sounds like Yes, Yes doesn't sounds like Starcastle.
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you won't argue with a guy who owns 2 bachelor's degrees in science and applied science:
if starcastle sounds like yes, then yes sounds like starcastle. end of demonstration.
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Space Chief
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Posted: April 21 2006 at 20:30 |
italprogfan wrote:
Easy Livin wrote:
- This album did not make me vibrated
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me neither... |
Maybe you're doing it wrong.
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Guillermo
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Joined: November 28 2004
Location: Mexico
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Posted: April 27 2006 at 22:58 |
mystic fred wrote:
!"This music is slightly show-tuney as my Mom pointed out, but thats what she says about all prog. "
my family used to criticise my prog by calling it "wailey-wailey" music!!
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Hello, mystic fred:
An out of topic question: why do you have the image of an Anne Sophie Mutter album in your Avatar image?
Maybe it is because she is pretty. Am I wrong?
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