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Topic: The most depressing prog-rockPosted By: efemernoe_leto
Subject: The most depressing prog-rock
Date Posted: November 21 2022 at 09:20
Hello people! Advice me please the most depressing prog-rock albums you ever heard. Something very melancholic, sad, hopeless, gloomy, but without atonal avant-garde things please.
Replies: Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 21 2022 at 10:02
Univers Zero - Heresie Shub-Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 21 2022 at 10:13
efemernoe_leto wrote:
Hello people! Advice me please the most
depressing prog-rock albums you ever heard. Something very melancholic,
sad, hopeless, gloomy, but without atonal avant-garde things
please.
Without atonal avant-garde things it won't be "the most" - but this whole album is still gloomy, sad and stuff. Here's the titletrack
Posted By: edefakiel
Date Posted: November 21 2022 at 13:19
The Void, by Beardfish.
Rikard wrote it after the death of his two newborns.
Cry, I'll hold you as we fall.
Feels like we've done this once before.
Come now, let's cry ourselves to sleep,
A dreamless sleep, sheltered in the deep
This helplessness, I can feel it too,
Like there is nothing we can do.
So cry, for a moment it will make it better.
Break
I no longer know myself,
I'm just a memory of somebody else.
I can feel my soul detach,
I'm just a memory, even to myself.
They will never know
How we long to take them in our arms,
To hold them and to love them
As only a mother and father can.
It's tearing me apart,
This sorrow is the void
And it's eating me from inside.
It is really heavy stuff.
Posted By: edefakiel
Date Posted: November 21 2022 at 13:37
By the way, a Rei Ayanami avatar asking for depressing stuff is pretty fitting.
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: November 21 2022 at 16:13
Peter Hammill : A Louse is not a home (from his 1974 LP The silent corner and the empty stage),
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 21 2022 at 16:24
I was going to say Love Beach...but that was a little on the nose.
How about this instead?
Devil Doll - Dies Irae
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: November 21 2022 at 16:27
How about Mike Rutherford's maudlin masterpiece: Genesis "Open Door".
(It appears on "Side 4" of the live album Three Sides Live).
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 21 2022 at 23:22
Guess it would be useful to know if you're 50 of 15, what you like and what
you know... I mean should one bother reccomending "classics from the
prog-canon" such as http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfR6_V91fG8" rel="nofollow - Starless , http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px9Kt6QQQaI" rel="nofollow - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers. ..?
I'd say a lot of Godspeed You! Black Emperor fits the description
and of course http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTyzLI2IaB4&t=1s" rel="nofollow - Swans - but I've understood that their sound palette is not for everyone.
...I find everything I've posted/mentioned here uplifting - and they all have a cathartic quality.
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 22 2022 at 07:41
Saperlipopette! wrote:
Guess it would be useful to know if you're 50 of 15, what you like and what
you know... I mean should one bother recommending "classics from the
prog-canon" such as http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfR6_V91fG8" rel="nofollow - Starless , http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px9Kt6QQQaI" rel="nofollow - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers. ..?
...
Hi,
I doubt that I listen to music, because it is a "happy" something or other, or some sort of "depressing" this or that.
It has always been the same. There was always "happy" folks music, as much as there was "unhappy" folk music, and thinking that Progressive is any different is a problem, that I would not wish to sit through at all.
If it is all so "depressing", then I ask why we buy it, and review it? And why we "ask", in the first place. Like there is not anywhere around the world some rather unfair and unfortunate this or that that we will "replace" with one piece of music or another, so we don't have to discuss the real issues.
It's all too confusing for me, and yeah, being a theater and film person, the amount of EMOTION in all of it can be rather crazy and insane ... heck, if truth be told, half of Shakespeare is depressing!
I really think that the music that brings it all up is the most important part of it, since not all the lyrics really match the music much, even though we think they do. If you take the lyrics out of some of these things, you WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CREATE anything with the same/similar idea, and specially so if you DO NOT KNOW the piece, so you can't cheat!
So, don't fall for it, if the title suggests it is dark or this or that ... in most cases, these days of commercial everything, a little sales is a good thing ... regardless! And the dark stuff has a way to attract the younger generation who really seems to be infatuated with the paper-mache side of things.
And, for me, PH is not dark. No one that sings in rock music is more REAL than Peter Hammill.
------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 22 2022 at 08:06
^ I'm actually not in disagreement with you moshkito, which is why I also wrote
Saperlipopette! wrote:
...I find everything I've posted/mentioned here
uplifting - and they all have a cathartic quality.
...but I think I understand where efemernoe_leto is coming from/asking for. Maybe this person from Moldova is very young, perhaps his or hers english skills are quite limited (I know mine is). There can be a number of reasons to cut a stranger online asking for reccomendations some slack. The simple part is knowing what's not being asked for. In this context I think I'll have a better chance hitting the mark with someone singing:
I prophesy disaster And then I count the cost I shine but, shining, dying I know that I am almost lost
...rather than
Well of course I had to have one in fact I ordered three So I could watch the golf girl, could see she fancied me And later on the golf course after drinking tea It started raining golf balls and she protected me
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 22 2022 at 11:08
If it weren't for your criteria, then I would be more likely to recommend albums by Robert Wyatt and Peter Hammill and various non-Prog artists -- although it works better for specific pieces (and I could recommend melancholy Wyatt songs to you, for instance, which I think would work better than all of Rock Bottom). Most album I can think of however have melancholy music, but might ultimately be life-affirming, and are not really altogether hopeless (think David Bowie's Blackstar).
Maybe various Marillion would work quite well for you, try Brave and maybe Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet. Maybe some gazpacho and Phideaux, Green Carnation (all music rather out of my wheelhouse). It would help to know more about your tastes/ what you like since Prog is such a big umbrella (I often like the more avant music).
The Scandinavians can do depressing quite well. Lots of Post-Rock. And of course Radiohead. An plenty of sad prog folk.
I know you asked for Prog, but the closest album to your sad and hopeless description that I can think of is The Antler's Hospice (a kind of Indie Rock that I put under a loose prog and prog related umbrella, it has post-rock qualities -- I don't limit myself to prog).
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: November 22 2022 at 18:38
Anathema - Alternative 4
Anathema - Judgement
Marillion - Brave
Gazpacho - Night
Liquid Scarlet - II
Koi - In Tomorrow Hid Yesterday
We lost The Sea - Departure Songs
Landberk - Indian Summer
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
non prog
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Red House Painters - Ocean Beach
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: November 22 2022 at 19:15
Coyote by Kayo Dot
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Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp !
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: November 22 2022 at 19:28
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=22046" rel="nofollow - Tadeusz Woźniak - Tren o Rσży. A very sad acoustic ballad. Being able to understand the lyrics plays a huge part in the emotional aspect though, I'm afraid.
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: November 23 2022 at 03:45
Whenever someone asks for something sad or poignant, I give them these two consecutive tracks:
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 23 2022 at 07:44
I prophesy disaster wrote:
Whenever someone asks for something sad or poignant, I give them these two consecutive tracks:
...
The Wall
...
Hi,
I find this sad.
If we look at the history of OPERA for example, many of them are actually tragic in their stories, but many are also different. But we don't go out looking at Puccini, Verdi, Wagner and many other composers as folks that created something "depressing" ... it is all another wonderful example of our own feelings and how, at times, things derail our lives ... and ... let's face it ... that is not "depressing" ... it is the reality of life that we refuse to accept and understand and learn to live with it and get better from it.
I am not sure I like this "depressing" idea, because all it is doing is putting some stuff out there somewhere in an area where many folks don't want to bother ... and while I'm not going to say that the whole thing is nutz and bizarre, I will tell you that a lot of the arts, music and such, are an expression, and many of them come from a space that is harsh, difficult and ... we continue to play Walt Disney in our minds to make sure we never see anything else, and then on Friday Nights go see some of the worst horror flicks ever made and worship many of them like it is ... insane ...
Weird ... just totally weird!
------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com
Posted By: efemernoe_leto
Date Posted: November 23 2022 at 10:13
moshkito wrote:
I prophesy disaster wrote:
Whenever someone asks for something sad or poignant, I give them these two consecutive tracks:
...
The Wall
...
Hi,
I find this sad.
If we look at the history of OPERA for example, many of them are actually tragic in their stories, but many are also different. But we don't go out looking at Puccini, Verdi, Wagner and many other composers as folks that created something "depressing" ... it is all another wonderful example of our own feelings and how, at times, things derail our lives ... and ... let's face it ... that is not "depressing" ... it is the reality of life that we refuse to accept and understand and learn to live with it and get better from it.
I am not sure I like this "depressing" idea, because all it is doing is putting some stuff out there somewhere in an area where many folks don't want to bother ... and while I'm not going to say that the whole thing is nutz and bizarre, I will tell you that a lot of the arts, music and such, are an expression, and many of them come from a space that is harsh, difficult and ... we continue to play Walt Disney in our minds to make sure we never see anything else, and then on Friday Nights go see some of the worst horror flicks ever made and worship many of them like it is ... insane ...
Weird ... just totally weird!
Wow, man, i am just a simple moldovian teenager, keep calm, i asked for depressing music, not for philosophic essays
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 23 2022 at 10:52
efemernoe_leto wrote:
moshkito wrote:
I prophesy disaster wrote:
Whenever someone asks for something sad or poignant, I give them these two consecutive tracks:
...
The Wall
...
Hi,
I find this sad.
If we look at the history of OPERA for example, many of them are actually tragic in their stories, but many are also different. But we don't go out looking at Puccini, Verdi, Wagner and many other composers as folks that created something "depressing" ... it is all another wonderful example of our own feelings and how, at times, things derail our lives ... and ... let's face it ... that is not "depressing" ... it is the reality of life that we refuse to accept and understand and learn to live with it and get better from it.
I am not sure I like this "depressing" idea, because all it is doing is putting some stuff out there somewhere in an area where many folks don't want to bother ... and while I'm not going to say that the whole thing is nutz and bizarre, I will tell you that a lot of the arts, music and such, are an expression, and many of them come from a space that is harsh, difficult and ... we continue to play Walt Disney in our minds to make sure we never see anything else, and then on Friday Nights go see some of the worst horror flicks ever made and worship many of them like it is ... insane ...
Weird ... just totally weird!
Wow, man, i am just a simple moldovian teenager, keep calm, i asked for depressing music, not for philosophic essays
Yes, unfortunately these type of replies are more depressing than the music you are asking for. It's that whole combination of pompous and tedious (or "pompedious", if you prefer) that litters every thread with the dung of dismal diatribes.
Of course, said poster ignores the fact you are seeking to listen to that sort of composition, and other posters are offering songs they think fit your requests. That, and it would seem to me a majority of folks gravitate to sad songs for personal reasons. You know, like the entire Blues genre that has been around for the last 150 years or so.
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 23 2022 at 16:57
^^Consider the source...then do what I do and ignore it.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 05:44
Anything by Gazpacho . The singer sounds like he is about to burst into tears at any moment.
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 06:42
Posted By: efemernoe_leto
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 10:42
Saperlipopette! wrote:
^ I'm actually not in disagreement with you moshkito, which is why I also wrote
Saperlipopette! wrote:
...I find everything I've posted/mentioned here
uplifting - and they all have a cathartic quality.
...but I think I understand where efemernoe_leto is coming from/asking for. Maybe this person from Moldova is very young, perhaps his or hers english skills are quite limited (I know mine is). There can be a number of reasons to cut a stranger online asking for reccomendations some slack. The simple part is knowing what's not being asked for. In this context I think I'll have a better chance hitting the mark with someone singing:
I prophesy disaster And then I count the cost I shine but, shining, dying I know that I am almost lost
...rather than
Well of course I had to have one in fact I ordered three So I could watch the golf girl, could see she fancied me And later on the golf course after drinking tea It started raining golf balls and she protected me
I think its better to tell you something about me. As i said, i am a simple moldovian teenager 15 years old, but my native language is russian. The main trouble for me is that i like the concept of prog rock, but when i try to listen some "classic" prog albums, i understand, that it really doesnt fit my soul, thats not my vibe. you know, the british/american/other european "depressing" music is much more happier then the russian "happy" music . And i try to find something. Thats why i created my post. It will be better if i post some examples of "vibe" i like, from english and russian (in the descriptions of russian songs there are lyrics, just copy it to google translate. i checked, the translation isnt very bad).
There are some of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEs_qLHkwlE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMwdL5WtFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88g_wyUiBZU
dont pay much attention to genre of those songs.
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 10:45
efemernoe_leto wrote:
Saperlipopette! wrote:
^ I'm actually not in disagreement with you moshkito, which is why I also wrote
Saperlipopette! wrote:
...I find everything I've posted/mentioned here
uplifting - and they all have a cathartic quality.
...but I think I understand where efemernoe_leto is coming from/asking for. Maybe this person from Moldova is very young, perhaps his or hers english skills are quite limited (I know mine is). There can be a number of reasons to cut a stranger online asking for reccomendations some slack. The simple part is knowing what's not being asked for. In this context I think I'll have a better chance hitting the mark with someone singing:
I prophesy disaster And then I count the cost I shine but, shining, dying I know that I am almost lost
...rather than
Well of course I had to have one in fact I ordered three So I could watch the golf girl, could see she fancied me And later on the golf course after drinking tea It started raining golf balls and she protected me
I think its better to tell you something about me. As i said, i am a simple moldovian teenager 15 years old, but my native language is russian. The main trouble for me is that i like the concept of prog rock, but when i try to listen some "classic" prog albums, i understand, that it really doesnt fit my soul, thats not my vibe. you know, the british/american/other european "depressing" music is much more happier then the russian "happy" music . And i try to find something. Thats why i created my post. It will be better if i post some examples of "vibe" i like, from english and russian (in the descriptions of russian songs there are lyrics, just copy it to google translate. i checked, the translation isnt very bad).
There are some of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEs_qLHkwlE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMwdL5WtFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88g_wyUiBZU
dont pay much attention to genre of those songs.
My question at this point...
Are you thinking more about the lyrics being depressing, or the tone of the music, or is it just a combination of the both? What if a tune 'sounds' depressing but the lyrics are about unicorns spreading love?
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Posted By: efemernoe_leto
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 10:46
richardh wrote:
Anything by Gazpacho . The singer sounds like he is about to burst into tears at any moment.
i listen some fragments from their songs from album "night". it reminds me about radiohead, but sounds very interesting, thanks!
Posted By: efemernoe_leto
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 10:49
JD wrote:
efemernoe_leto wrote:
Saperlipopette! wrote:
^ I'm actually not in disagreement with you moshkito, which is why I also wrote
Saperlipopette! wrote:
...I find everything I've posted/mentioned here
uplifting - and they all have a cathartic quality.
...but I think I understand where efemernoe_leto is coming from/asking for. Maybe this person from Moldova is very young, perhaps his or hers english skills are quite limited (I know mine is). There can be a number of reasons to cut a stranger online asking for reccomendations some slack. The simple part is knowing what's not being asked for. In this context I think I'll have a better chance hitting the mark with someone singing:
I prophesy disaster And then I count the cost I shine but, shining, dying I know that I am almost lost
...rather than
Well of course I had to have one in fact I ordered three So I could watch the golf girl, could see she fancied me And later on the golf course after drinking tea It started raining golf balls and she protected me
I think its better to tell you something about me. As i said, i am a simple moldovian teenager 15 years old, but my native language is russian. The main trouble for me is that i like the concept of prog rock, but when i try to listen some "classic" prog albums, i understand, that it really doesnt fit my soul, thats not my vibe. you know, the british/american/other european "depressing" music is much more happier then the russian "happy" music . And i try to find something. Thats why i created my post. It will be better if i post some examples of "vibe" i like, from english and russian (in the descriptions of russian songs there are lyrics, just copy it to google translate. i checked, the translation isnt very bad).
There are some of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEs_qLHkwlE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMwdL5WtFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88g_wyUiBZU
dont pay much attention to genre of those songs.
My question at this point...
Are you thinking more about the lyrics being depressing, or the tone of the music, or is it just a combination of the both? What if a tune 'sounds' depressing but the lyrics are about unicorns spreading love?
combination. i think every of those things is important to create the depressing atmosphere. but i dont understand english by ear very well, so, it can be even about unicorns.
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 12:35
California by Mr. Bungle is very uncharacteristically downtrodden musically and lyrically for a band primarily known for its over-the-top goofiness. It really sounds like a band mourning its imminent demise.
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 12:36
Epitaph makes me nostalgic and is depressed
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Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 14:58
Quite a bit of early Barclay James Harvest has this vibe; 'Song for Dying' and 'Happy old world' on 'Once again' are good examples.. Some of the Moody Blues material (Childrens childrens children, Seventh Sojourn) has a sad, wistful, keening quality about as do tracks like 'A Salty Dog' by Procol Harum.. which is why Nick Cave was so into it.
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 16:21
efemernoe_leto wrote:
JD wrote:
efemernoe_leto wrote:
Saperlipopette! wrote:
^ I'm actually not in disagreement with you moshkito, which is why I also wrote[QUOTE=Saperlipopette!]...I find everything I've posted/mentioned here
uplifting - and they all have a cathartic quality.
[EDIT]
dont pay much attention to genre of those songs.
My question at this point...
Are you thinking more about the lyrics being depressing, or the tone of the music, or is it just a combination of the both? What if a tune 'sounds' depressing but the lyrics are about unicorns spreading love?
combination. i think every of those things is important to create the depressing atmosphere. but i dont understand english by ear very well, so, it can be even about unicorns.
Great answer !
I feel the same way when I listen to foreign language songs. I catch about 1 in 200 words which I may have heard somewhere before, but it is the the timbre of the voice and the cords and keys that the music is performed in that has the most meaning to me. I will, from time to time try and find, or through the google machine, translate lyrics to know what the song is about.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 17:08
Sad and gloomy as requested.
Posted By: Gordy
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 18:11
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: November 24 2022 at 22:38
Il Bacio Della Medusa (Italy) - "Discesa agl'Inferi d'un Giovane Amante" (2008).
No need to understand Italian to feel the atmosphere. Just listen to.
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Posted By: Ronstein
Date Posted: November 25 2022 at 03:00
Surprised we've not had these two yet!!
And you could also try 'People Who Eat Darkness ' and Drive Home', also by Steven Wislon. All are enhanced by the brilliant Jess Cope films.
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 25 2022 at 03:39
efemernoe_leto wrote:
JD wrote:
efemernoe_leto wrote:
Saperlipopette! wrote:
^ I'm actually not in disagreement with you moshkito, which is why I also wrote
Saperlipopette! wrote:
...I find everything I've posted/mentioned here
uplifting - and they all have a cathartic quality.
...but I think I understand where efemernoe_leto is coming from/asking for. Maybe this person from Moldova is very young, perhaps his or hers english skills are quite limited (I know mine is). There can be a number of reasons to cut a stranger online asking for reccomendations some slack. The simple part is knowing what's not being asked for. In this context I think I'll have a better chance hitting the mark with someone singing:
I prophesy disaster And then I count the cost I shine but, shining, dying I know that I am almost lost
...rather than
Well of course I had to have one in fact I ordered three So I could watch the golf girl, could see she fancied me And later on the golf course after drinking tea It started raining golf balls and she protected me
I think its better to tell you something about me. As i said, i am a simple moldovian teenager 15 years old, but my native language is russian. The main trouble for me is that i like the concept of prog rock, but when i try to listen some "classic" prog albums, i understand, that it really doesnt fit my soul, thats not my vibe. you know, the british/american/other european "depressing" music is much more happier then the russian "happy" music . And i try to find something. Thats why i created my post. It will be better if i post some examples of "vibe" i like, from english and russian (in the descriptions of russian songs there are lyrics, just copy it to google translate. i checked, the translation isnt very bad).
There are some of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEs_qLHkwlE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMwdL5WtFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88g_wyUiBZU
dont pay much attention to genre of those songs.
My question at this point...
Are you thinking more about the lyrics being depressing, or the tone of the music, or is it just a combination of the both? What if a tune 'sounds' depressing but the lyrics are about unicorns spreading love?
combination. i think every of those things is important to create the depressing atmosphere. but i dont understand english by ear very well, so, it can be even about unicorns.
I would find it easier to reccomend you some non-prog, but I think you should check out that Godspeed You! Black Emperor (and the band in general) track - which has very little in common with the classic prog that doesn't fit your soul.
Speaking of soul, Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready has crushed mine:
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 25 2022 at 03:55
Ronstein wrote:
Surprised we've not had these two yet!!
And you could also try 'People Who Eat Darkness ' and Drive Home', also by Steven Wislon. All are enhanced by the brilliant Jess Cope films.
Interesting you should post these Steven Wilson tracks and videos. I find them emotional, especially the raven one but not depressing.
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: November 25 2022 at 10:50
Listen to some soft goth and goth metal instead if you really want to get sad.
Try Bathory, Sopor Aeturnus and London After Midnight.
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: November 25 2022 at 11:48
Is the OP out there??
Anyway, Sylvan - Posthumous Silence is quite depressing and has zero avant sprinkles.
Posted By: efemernoe_leto
Date Posted: November 26 2022 at 06:13
Grumpyprogfan wrote:
Is the OP out there??
Anyway, Sylvan - Posthumous Silence is quite depressing and has zero avant sprinkles.
yep, OP is here. I listened some fragments for a couple of songs, thats perfect, thank you much! I will listen the full album.
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 26 2022 at 07:35
In my world, Tom Waits is about as progressive as you can get. Beyond progressive, and into some strange netherworld. Oh, and you won't ever find an uplifting, happy or optimistic song in the lot.
Frank's Wild Years (from Swordfishtrombones)
Well Frank settled down in the Valley
And he hung his wild years On a nail that he drove through His wife's forehead
He sold used office furniture Out there on San Fernando Road And assumed a $30,000 loan On a little two bedroom place
His wife was a spent peice of used jet trash Made good bloody marys Kept her mouth shut most of the time Had a little Chihuahua named Carlos That had some kind of skin disease And was totally blind
They had a thoroughly modern kitchen Self-cleaning oven (the whole bit) Frank drove a little sedan They were so happy
One night Frank was on his way home From work, stopped at the liqour store Picked up a couple of Mickey's Big Mouths Drank 'em in the car on his way
To the Shell station, he got a gallon of Gas in a can, drove home, doused Everything in the house, torched it Parked across the street laughing
Watching it burn, all Halloween Orange and chimney red then Frank put on a top forty station Got on the Hollywood Freeway Headed north
Never could stand that dog
------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
Posted By: efemernoe_leto
Date Posted: November 26 2022 at 08:12
The Dark Elf wrote:
In my world, Tom Waits is about as progressive as you can get. Beyond progressive, and into some strange netherworld. Oh, and you won't ever find an uplifting, happy or optimistic song in the lot.
Frank's Wild Years (from Swordfishtrombones)
Well Frank settled down in the Valley
And he hung his wild years On a nail that he drove through His wife's forehead
He sold used office furniture Out there on San Fernando Road And assumed a $30,000 loan On a little two bedroom place
His wife was a spent peice of used jet trash Made good bloody marys Kept her mouth shut most of the time Had a little Chihuahua named Carlos That had some kind of skin disease And was totally blind
They had a thoroughly modern kitchen Self-cleaning oven (the whole bit) Frank drove a little sedan They were so happy
One night Frank was on his way home From work, stopped at the liqour store Picked up a couple of Mickey's Big Mouths Drank 'em in the car on his way
To the Shell station, he got a gallon of Gas in a can, drove home, doused Everything in the house, torched it Parked across the street laughing
Watching it burn, all Halloween Orange and chimney red then Frank put on a top forty station Got on the Hollywood Freeway Headed north
Never could stand that dog
I like Tom's music, his vocal is unique!
Posted By: Gordy
Date Posted: November 26 2022 at 08:14
The Dark Elf wrote:
In my world, Tom Waits is about as progressive as you can get. Beyond progressive, and into some strange netherworld. Oh, and you won't ever find an uplifting, happy or optimistic song in the lot.
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 26 2022 at 10:33
Current 93 are one of the most dark and depressing prog bands I've ever listened to, so, for that reason, I definitely wouldn't recommend them, not unless you want to quickly empty the house of late night partygoers who've overstayed their welcome.
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: November 26 2022 at 11:44
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Current 93 are one of the most dark and depressing prog bands I've ever listened to, so, for that reason, I definitely wouldn't recommend them, not unless you want to quickly empty the house of late night partygoers who've overstayed their welcome.
Neveri heard of them, all members are 93 years old ?
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: November 29 2022 at 02:50
Saperlipopette! wrote:
Speaking of soul, Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready has crushed mine:
If what's left of your soul is still hungry for a battering, I highly recommend Uboa:
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 29 2022 at 10:26
efemernoe_leto wrote:
richardh wrote:
Anything by Gazpacho . The singer sounds like he is about to burst into tears at any moment.
i listen some fragments from their songs from album "night". it reminds me about radiohead, but sounds very interesting, thanks!
actually Radiohead (especially Kid A) was my other shout although most people are well familiar with them!
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 29 2022 at 10:37
mellotronwave wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Current 93 are one of the most dark and depressing prog bands I've ever listened to, so, for that reason, I definitely wouldn't recommend them, not unless you want to quickly empty the house of late night partygoers who've overstayed their welcome.
Neveri heard of them, all members are 93 years old ?
Current 93 have been described as post-apocalyptic industrial folk, so don't say you weren't warned beforehand if you decide to give them a listen, otherwise you could be in for a bit of a shock.
Posted By: Gordy
Date Posted: November 29 2022 at 10:58
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
mellotronwave wrote:
Psychedelic Paul wrote:
Current 93 are one of the most dark and depressing prog bands I've ever listened to, so, for that reason, I definitely wouldn't recommend them, not unless you want to quickly empty the house of late night partygoers who've overstayed their welcome.
Neveri heard of them, all members are 93 years old ?
Current 93 have been described as post-apocalyptic industrial folk, so don't say you weren't warned beforehand if you decide to give them a listen, otherwise you could be in for a bit of a shock.