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hellogoodbye 
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Sagichim
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Posted: November 16 2013 at 14:54 |
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I love that album Pierre! and you're right, RPI fans should feel right at home with it. Lovely symphonic stuff, with beautiful melodic vocals all over.
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AEProgman
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Posted: November 16 2013 at 21:05 |
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^^ Will have to check out that Spanish RPI...would that make it Spanalian or Italinish...
 Anyway, I forged into the modern RPI today with Ingranaggi Della Valle - In hoc signo. Wow!
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TheH
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Posted: November 23 2013 at 15:57 |
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Next comeback:
Gleemen have a new Album out called Oltre...lontano, lontano and there will be a DVD with historic Nuova Idea stuff |
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AEProgman
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Posted: December 05 2013 at 21:01 |
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Enjoying this one hit wonder this evening for the first time.
Amazing teenage band, sure beats today's teenage music....
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Finnforest
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Posted: December 05 2013 at 21:19 |
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Good stuff! Jim there's an interview with one of the Semiramis dudes at Italianprog.com
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 00:04 |
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It is a great album, Jim....er, JimS lol!
Haven't listened to it in some time....I just remember the rougher energy it had! Sigh...another one to dig off the shelf! |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 00:22 |
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Love it.
 The singer, I think, was sixteen for the recording.
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 00:27 |
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That's one I wish I had on vinyl, Pierre....just look at that amazing cover, such a definitive RPI image!
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 00:29 |
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Me too, Michael. My look on this world !
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Sagichim
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 01:41 |
Remember? I thought you know the album backwards I think it's one of the greatest RPI albums of the 70's for those who likes the rougher side of it, totally psychotic stuff! |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 01:59 |
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Sagi, I used to listen to it all the time years ago, and like that Gianni D'Errico one and a few others, I just kind of moved onto other albums, even though they've stayed in the back of my mind and are actually quite special!
I've actually had a glut of new stuff to get through lately, so I need to make time to revisit some old favourites 
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Sagichim
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 02:04 |
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Yes naturally we all moved on but indeed it's always great fun revisiting the classics.
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 02:12 |
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Sagi, nothing like digging out an old favourite that you overdosed on years ago, and then you hear it again now - can be like an awakening, or having that excitement of hearing it for the `first time' all over again!
Recently discovered that thrill with PFM's `Per Un Amico'! Loved it years ago, then left it behind. I then listened to it a few weeks ago, and thought `Damn, that is pretty much a faultless album'! 
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Sagichim
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 02:51 |
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Well of course! You know only here in this thread I found out that
people regard PFM as a "light" RPI band, as in not having enough italian
flavour in their music. Well after thinking about it I came to the
conclusion that yes they are looking at what's going on in england but still I think they combine just enough italian flavour, I guess their most italian album is the debut.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 03:29 |
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If I may chip in here with something random.......
........has anyone taken the time to read the lyrics on the Acqua Fragile album 'Mass Media Stars' ??? They are by Marva Jane Marrow.... eg : 'There wishing their ax and pen Weren't that heavy Calling you 'cross the square Oh, please, Collecting a coin to get sick Mad sipping a drop from a drip Do knock right when your dictionary fails' ...........really hard to make heads or tails of most the lyrics on the album 
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 03:35 |
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I don't actually know that album, Tom!
Sagi, not sure if others feel the same way, but I always felt that after `Per Un Amico', the band seemed to kind of....`cheapen' themselves a little by incorporating more Genesis cliches. That's one of the big reasons why many people don't see RPI as it's own thing. I mean, even the singer on `Chocolate Kings' tried to emulate Gabriel, much to my annoyance. Although I've finally warmed to that album, I think `Jet Lag' was a big improvement in breaking away from the Genesis sound! |
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Sagichim
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 06:20 |
I totally agree with you my friend, although I do enjoy his singing in Jet Lag's last song Traveler, the opening keyboard theme is devine |
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 06:28 |
Hah I had that exact same experience Michael! What really surprised me about it was just how complex it was. Impossible overturns in the music shifting from modern classical to folk to symphonic - done in an impeccable way no less. These cats were/are skilled! Part of the reason behind folks calling them light RPI is probably down to the vocals methinks. How could prog ever sound so velvety and sweet? That's something that belongs in pop right? Wrong. Harmonium's 5 seasons album isn't a light prog album either, but I've seen people describe it as such before. Again I think it's the vocals. Maybe also the breezy note of mellotron that features on both those albums.
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Posted: December 07 2013 at 08:15 |
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I notice that Cervello is now available on VINYL again. If ever there was a title to splurge for....makes me wanna buy a turntable just to get that.
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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