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greenback 
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Posted: November 02 2004 at 21:10 |
Man, they rule!
It is probably the most semi-classical prog band ever! If you look back what they've accomplished, you do not have the choice to be impressed! It is one of my favorite prog band! Nevertheless, few people talk about them. How can they be so underrated?
I would like to write here their name with their usual font style, but that's all I can do:
RENAISSANCE
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gdub411
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Posted: November 02 2004 at 21:21 |
I've always wanted to invest in more Renaissance. I can't seem to find them other than the 2 I already own at the record stores(Tales of a Thousand Nights pt1 and 2). I like them but I cannot say I love them. But then again I own their greatest hits products and should give their regular LPS a try. I will, but I will have to probably purchase them over the internet.
Annie Haslim definately has one of the best voices in prog.
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greenback
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Posted: November 02 2004 at 21:37 |
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oh yeah! Renaissance is serious stuff!
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gdub411
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Posted: November 02 2004 at 21:44 |
 greenback wrote:
oh yeah! Renaissance is serious stuff! |
Is this greenback or a friend of his?...you seem to be acting a bit strange tonight ...what did you do with the real greenback?
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greenback
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Posted: November 02 2004 at 21:54 |
gdub411 wrote:
greenback wrote:
oh yeah! Renaissance is serious stuff! |
Is this greenback or a friend of his?...you seem to be acting a bit strange tonight...what did you do with the real greenback?
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Acting very strange is a bad Mike Rutherford album, and to be honest I was just listening to it!!
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Paco Fox
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 04:21 |
I also love Renaissance. They are not usually placed in the top classic prog bands with Yes, Emerson, Crimson, etc, but they usually come next with the likes of Camel or Gentle Giant. Personally, I would include it among the best and more influential. I understand bands like Camel or Oldfield (my two favourite) are usually left out of the top classic bands, because they came a bit late. But Renaissance started at the beginning of the movement.
I tend to think that this group is victim of its non-popular style: being too sweet for most of the tastes, specially in this forum.
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Velvetclown
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 05:05 |
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Great band, but A Song For All Seasons was the last interesting studio album.
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Blacksword
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 05:12 |
I'd like to know more about this band. I have one album by them called 'The other woman' (1986) I think its terrible to be honset, but I have a feeling it may not be anything like their earlier work. It features singer Betty Thatcher (no relation to the facist dictator) and not Annie Haslan (??) I bought it on the strength of 'Northern lights' which is a lovely song.
The album is a collection of dreadful, self indulgent love songs which all sound exactly the same and are in no way progressive IMO.
Can anyone reccomend a good solid album by this band??
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Velvetclown
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 05:16 |
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Anything from Prologue to A Song For All Seasons.
http://www.nlightsweb.com/
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oliverstoned
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 05:23 |
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Yes, that's an excellent band who created their own style
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threefates
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 09:52 |
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Love Renaissance.. saw them live many times (the John Tout line-up anyway). Their live album "Live at Carnegie Hall" was a great live album... and my favorite album by them is "Ashes are Burning"... I love the song "Can You Understand".
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THIS IS ELP
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Dick Heath
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 09:57 |
oliverstoned wrote:
Yes, that's an excellent band who created their own style |
Twice, even!
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sigod
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 10:39 |
Wha? Renaissance?
Never heard of them up until this point. I shall now investigate.
I'm assuming that they are no-longer a going concern?
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Man Erg
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 12:51 |
sigod wrote:
Wha? Renaissance?
Never heard of them up until this point. I shall now investigate.
I'm assuming that they are no-longer a going concern? |
Recently reincarnated as John Dunford's Renaissance.But as said before only bother with Prologue
to Song for all Seasons albums.
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Fragile
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 19:11 |
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Rennaissance were a tremendously talented band with the supreme vocal talents of Annie Haslam.Their early music was easily their best from Prologue to Turn of the Cards' which, for me was their best, although, Ashes and Scherrazadde were both musically brilliant.recently 'Tuscany' had it's moments but they will be played many times on my pc and from my discs.Major regret is that I never saw them I cannot remember if they toured here in the U.K.
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greenback
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 19:22 |
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Once I dreamed I was wearing the Scheherazade '75 Tour T-shirt, featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra!
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Fragile
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 19:45 |
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I'll take it that's a yes then.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: November 03 2004 at 23:30 |
Great band, they had their own folky/Celtic style, but simply amazing, probably the most symphonic band in all the sense of the word.
And Annie Haslam is from another planet, she's incredible.
Iván
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Paco Fox
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Posted: November 04 2004 at 03:32 |
Blacksword wrote:
I'd like to know more about this band. I have one album by them called 'The other woman' (1986) I think its terrible to be honset, but I have a feeling it may not be anything like their earlier work. It features singer Betty Thatcher (no relation to the facist dictator) and not Annie Haslan (??) I bought it on the strength of 'Northern lights' which is a lovely song.
The album is a collection of dreadful, self indulgent love songs which all sound exactly the same and are in no way progressive IMO.
Can anyone reccomend a good solid album by this band??
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In the 90s, Michael Dunford, who was Renaissance Mark II (a long story that one) main composer, released this album and some compilations of earlier hits as 'Michael Dunford's Renaissance', but this is not technicaly the same band. Besides that, he continued the pop trend the group started with 'Camera, camera', so it's not interesting for prog heads.
My recomendation is you start with the same record I did, 'Scheherezade and other stories'. You can also try 'Turn of the Cards'.
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Man Erg
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Posted: November 04 2004 at 04:30 |
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Don't overlook the first two (original line-up.See archive.) albums ,Prologue and Renaissance. The Illusion album is also well worth checking out
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