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Titan 
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:05 |
A really great band, quite underrated imo. Anyway:
The Aerosol Grey Machine - Afterwards
The Least We Can Do is wave to each other - White Hammer
H to He who am the only one - pionneers over c.
Pawn hearts - A Plague of lighthouse keepers
Godbluff - Scorched earth
Still life - Pilgrims
World Record - A place to survive
The Quiet Zone-The Pleasure Dome - Lizard play
Past/present - Nutter Alert
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parrymason
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:15 |
This is hard. I only have about half of all their albums, so it gets even harder.
The only thing I`m really sure of is that Sleepwalkers is the best track on Godbluff. 
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magog
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:27 |
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Fantastic poll, congratulations Titanic:
Van der Graaf are my favourite band, so I'd even take three pieces for each album, but the poll is clear. So:
Afterwards
Refugees
Lost
The plague of lighthouse keepers
The sleepwalkers
Childlike faith in childhood 's end
When she comes
Yellow fever/cat's eye
Roncevaux
Every bloody emperor
I also considered Time Vaults because it mostly contains original tracks or very different versions.
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Under
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:34 |
 Titan wrote:
A really great band, quite underrated imo. Anyway:
The Aerosol Grey Machine - Afterwards
The Least We Can Do is wave to each other - White Hammer
H to He who am the only one - pionneers over c.
Pawn hearts - A Plague of lighthouse keepers
Godbluff - Scorched earth
Still life - Pilgrims
World Record - A place to survive
The Quiet Zone-The Pleasure Dome - Lizard play
Past/present - Nutter Alert
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Only three albums in my possession:
H to He who am the only one - The emperor ...
Pawn hearts - A Plague of lighthouse keepers
Godbluff - Arrow (at the moment, but mt first VDGG songs was Undercover Man, and that song will always keep a special place)
Next album to discover would be Still Life and I hope it will be more in line with Godbluff than Pawn Hearts. Pawn Hearts is sometimes a bit too much for me.
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gdub411
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:41 |
The Aeresol Gray Machine....Aquarian
The Least We Can DO is Wave To Each Other... After The Flood
H to He Who am The Only One ...... Lost
Pawn Hearts.....A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Godbluff....Sleepwalkers
Still Life....LA Rossa
The Quiet Zone/Pleasure Dome....Cats Eye/Yellow Fever(Running)
Present....Every Bloody Emperor
Oops ...and from World Record....Merglys III(the Songwriter's Guild)
Edited by gdub411
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BaldJean
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:43 |
The Aerosol Grey Machine - Octopus
The Least We Can Do - After the Flood
H to He - Killer
Pawn Hearts - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
Godbluff - Arrow
Still Life - La Rossa
World Record - Meurglys III
The Quiet Zone - Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever (Running)
Vital - Ship of Fools
Presence - In Babelsberg (this song sowly grew on me; at first I would have voted for "Every Blood Emperor" or "Nutter Alert")
some real tough cookies though, especially on Godbluff
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gdub411
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:45 |
Under wrote:
Next album to discover would be Still Life and I hope it will be more in line with Godbluff than Pawn Hearts. Pawn Hearts is sometimes a bit too much for me.
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It is.
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Under
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 12:09 |
^ Thanks, if you mean that Still Life is more in line with Godbluff.
Otherwise you mean to confirm that Pawn Hearts is a bit too much for me. and you were in fact teasing me with this guy attached ->
Anyhow, you are right.
BTW I also have the first solo album from Hammill, but after a short enthusiastic period feel that I am losing interest a bit. I assume other albums are not only piano and voice.
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DEzerov
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 12:31 |
Under wrote:
^ Thanks, if you mean that Still Life is more in line with Godbluff.
Otherwise you mean to confirm that Pawn Hearts is a bit too much for
me. and you were in fact teasing me with this guy attached ->
Anyhow, you are right.
BTW I
also have the first solo album from Hammill, but after a short
enthusiastic period feel that I am losing interest a bit. I assume
other albums are not only piano and voice.
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Hammill solos woth exploring -the one's I have anyway...
Over
Fireships
In A Foriegn Town
Black Box
The Silent Corner and the Empty stage
And Close As This
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The moon is made by some lame cooper and you can see the idiot has no idea about moons at all - Nikolay Gogol
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gdub411
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 12:33 |
Under wrote:
^ Thanks, if you mean that Still Life is more in line with Godbluff.
Otherwise you mean to confirm that Pawn Hearts is a bit too much for me. and you were in fact teasing me with this guy attached ->
Anyhow, you are right.
BTW I also have the first solo album from Hammill, but after a short enthusiastic period feel that I am losing interest a bit. I assume other albums are not only piano and voice.
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I'll clarify...Still Life is more in line with Godbluff than it is with Pawn Hearts.
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gdub411
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 12:45 |
Under wrote:
BTW I also have the first solo album from Hammill, but after a short enthusiastic period feel that I am losing interest a bit. I assume other albums are not only piano and voice.
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I think you are referring to Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night and not Fool's Mate...correct?Yes that lp is stripped down a bit, but listen to the last tune again...(In the) Black Room/The Tower.....great piece of Prog...if you are referring to Fool's Mate, then I am surprised you thought it as only guitar and piano given the guest musicians on that one. Also, it is not one of his better works.
Silent Corner and The Empty Stage and In Camera are probably more your cup of tea, although Silent Corner has its stripped down tunes as well...the highlights of that lp are Modern, Red Shift and A Louse is not a Home. If you can excuse Hammill for not making a pure prog effort on these lps, then you may find(as I did) to appreciate the raw emotion on these....especially Chameleon.
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beterdedthnred4
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 12:58 |
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Here's the ones that I own
H to He: House with No Door
Pawn Hearts: Man-Erg
God Bluff: The Undercover Man
Still Life: Childhood's Faith in Childhood's End
World Record: Wondering
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Bj-1
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 15:22 |
- The Aerosol Grey Machine: Haven't Heard
- Least We Can Do is Wave To Each Other: Haven't Heard All Songs
- H to He, Who Am The Only One: Pioneers Over C.
- Pawn Hearts: Lemmings (Including "Cog")
- Godbluff: Scorched Earth
- Still Life: Haven't Heard All Songs
- World Record: Meurglys III
- Quiet Zone/Pleasure Dome: Haven't Heard
- Present: Haven't heard all songs
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Under
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 15:53 |
gdub411 wrote:
Under wrote:
BTW I also have the first solo album from Hammill, but after a short enthusiastic period feel that I am losing interest a bit. I assume other albums are not only piano and voice.
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I think you are referring to Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night and not Fool's Mate...correct?Yes that lp is stripped down a bit, but listen to the last tune again...(In the) Black Room/The Tower.....great piece of Prog...if you are referring to Fool's Mate, then I am surprised you thought it as only guitar and piano given the guest musicians on that one. Also, it is not one of his better works.
Silent Corner and The Empty Stage and In Camera are probably more your cup of tea, although Silent Corner has its stripped down tunes as well...the highlights of that lp are Modern, Red Shift and A Louse is not a Home. If you can excuse Hammill for not making a pure prog effort on these lps, then you may find(as I did) to appreciate the raw emotion on these....especially Chameleon.
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Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night it is and it is certainly not a bad album. The last track is indeed very much VDGG.
A Lous is not a Home is, as I understood, a solo song from Hammill. Yet it appears on the remastered 2005 version of Godbluff as bonus track.
Choices, choices.... I think I will check out Still Life first and then move on to Hammills solo pieces. Enough to keep me busy for a while.
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con safo
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Posted: October 27 2005 at 18:46 |
The Aerosol Grey Machine - Octopus
The Least We Can Do is wave to each other - White Hammer
H to He who am the only one - pionneers over c.
Pawn hearts - A Plague of lighthouse keepers
Godbluff - Sleepwalkers
Still life - La Rossa
World Record - Meurglys III
The Quiet Zone-The Pleasure Dome - Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever
Past/present - Every Bloody Emperor
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`Ubu
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 00:57 |
The Aerosol Grey Machine - Afterwards
The Least We Can Do is wave to each other - White Hammer
H to He who am the only one - Killer
Pawn hearts - Lemmings
Godbluff - Undercover Man
Still life - Pilgrims
World Record - When She Comes
The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome - Cats Eye/Yellow Fever
Vital - Ship of Fools
Past/present - Every Bloody Emperor
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"..So what´s the speed of dark?.."
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 06:42 |
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The Aerosol Grey Machine - Afterwards
The Least We Can Do is wave to each other - Darkness 11/11
H to He who am the only one - House with no door
Pawn hearts - A Plague of lighthouse keepers
Godbluff - Scorched earth
Still life - Pilgrims
World Record - Meurglys III
The Quiet Zone-The Pleasure Dome - Lizard play
Past/present - Every Bloody Emperor
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Man Erg
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 12:44 |
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Aerosol - Afterwards
The Least We Can Do...- White Hammer
H to HE - House with No Door
Pawn Hearts - Man Erg
Godbluff - Arrow
Still Life - La Rossa
World Record - When She Comes
Quiet Zone...- Chemical World
Vital - Sci Finance
Present - Nutter Alert
Edited by Man Erg
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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NutterAlert
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 14:41 |
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Aerosol - Aquarian
The Least We Could Do...- Out of my book
H to HE - House with No Door
Pawn Hearts - Lemmings & Man Erg
Godbluff - The Sleepwalkers
Still Life - Childlike faith...
World Record - Meruglys III
Quiet Zone...- Cats eye/Yellow fever
Vital - Nadirs Big Change
Present - In Babelsberg (now replacing Nutter Alert)
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Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: October 28 2005 at 17:09 |
- Afterwards
- Refugees
- The Emperor in his War Room
- Man-Erg
- The Undercover Man
- Pilgrims or My Room
- Wondering
- Lizard Play
- (haven't decided yet for Present)
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