VDGG best song per album
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Topic: VDGG best song per album
Posted By: Titan
Subject: VDGG best song per album
Date 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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Posted By: parrymason
Date 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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Posted By: magog
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:27
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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Posted By: Under
Date 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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Posted By: gdub411
Date 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)
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date 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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Posted By: gdub411
Date 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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Posted By: Under
Date 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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Posted By: DEzerov
Date 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
------------- 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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Posted By: gdub411
Date 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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Posted By: gdub411
Date 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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Posted By: beterdedthnred4
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 12:58
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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Posted By: Bj-1
Date 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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Posted By: Under
Date 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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Posted By: con safo
Date 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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Posted By: `Ubu
Date 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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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 28 2005 at 06:42
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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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: October 28 2005 at 12:44
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
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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: October 28 2005 at 14:41
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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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date 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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Posted By: MoodsWings
Date Posted: November 02 2005 at 20:53
The Aerosol Grey Machine - Into A Game - I couldn't really decide here but this is my current favourite. It'll probably change next week.
*The Least We Can Do is wave to each other - Refugees
*H to He who am the only one - Killer
Pawn hearts - a tie: A Plague of lighthouse Keepers/Lemmings
*Godbluff - Scorched Earth
*Still life - My Room (Waiting for Wonderland)
*World Record - A place to survive
The Quiet Zone-The Pleasure Dome - Lizard play
* I don't own these ones on cd yet,
but I did get a slightly worn copy of Godbluff on vinyl today for a few
bucks.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: November 03 2005 at 04:25
The Aerosol Grey Machine - Giant Squid/Octopus (have to be played together I feel)
The least we can do is wave to each other - After The Flood
H to He Who Am The Only One - Pioneers Over C
Pawn Hearts - Man-Erg
Godbluff - The Sleepwalkers
Still Life - Childlike Faith In Childhood's End
World Record - Masks
The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome - Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever (Running)
Vital - Cannot decide yet
Present - Nutter Alert
It's hard to choose just one! I love Plague of Lighthouse
Keepers, House With No Door, Lost, Darkness 11/11, Afterwards,
Orthenthian Street (actually, that's very high up my list!), Into A
Game, Still Life, Pilgrims, the oft forgotten My Room (Waiting in
Wonderland) as well as the amazing Meurgly's III (The Songwriter's
Guild).
Still Life is my favourite album.
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Posted By: jonali
Date Posted: November 03 2005 at 05:09
The Aerosol Grey Machine - Afterwards
The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other - Darkness
H to He Who Am the Only One - Pioneers Over C
Pawn Hearts - Man-Erg
Godbluff - The Sleepwalkers
Still Life - Still Life
World Record - When She Comes
The Quiet Zone/ The Pleasure Zone: Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever (Running)
Haven't heard Present
PH solo
Fool's Mate: The Birds
The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage: A Louse Is Not a Home
In Camera: The Comet, The Course, The Tail
The Future Now: Energy Vampires
A Black Box: Fogwalking (though the first three minutes of Flight are absolutely breathtakingly beautiful)
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Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: November 03 2005 at 05:09
My picks:
The Aerosol Grey Machine - Afterwards The Least We Can Do is wave to each other - After the Flood H to He who am the only one - Killer Pawn hearts - A Plague of lighthouse keepers Godbluff - Arrow Still life - La Rossa World Record - Meurglys III The Quiet Zone-The Pleasure Dome - Cat's Eye?Yellow Fever (Running) Past/present - Every Bloody Emperor
Great thread, by the way!
------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present"
PETER HAMMILL
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: November 03 2005 at 15:46
H to He who am the only one - the emperor in his war room
pawn hearts - pawn hearts
godbluff - the sleepwalkers
still life - pilgrims
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Posted By: Mategra
Date Posted: November 05 2005 at 02:44
Aerosol Grey Machine - Octopus The Least We Can Do... - White Hammer H to He... - Lost Pawn Hearts - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Godbluff - Sleepwalkers Still Life - Pilgrims World Record - A Place to Survive The Quiet Zone... - The Siren Song Present - Nutter Alert
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Posted By: omri
Date Posted: November 05 2005 at 13:38
Only those I have :
The least we can do ... - After the flood
H to He - Pioneers over C
Pawn hearts - A plauge of ligthouse keepers
Godbluff - Arrow
Still life - La rossa
World record - Meurglys III
There are many others which are great like darkness, lost and especially my room.
From his solo career I want to add that "Time heals" is a briliant track.
------------- omri
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Posted By: nico
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 07:21
the aerosol grey machine - Afterwards
The least we can do....- Refugees
H to He.... - Killer
pawn Hearts - Man Erg
Godbluff - Sleepwalkers
Still Life - LA Rossa
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Posted By: Plonzo
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 08:12
A little bit of a problem: there's usually more than one favorite per album....
Aerosol Grey Machine - Necromancer
The Least We.... - White Hammer
H to HE....- The Emperor In His War Room
Pawn Hearts - Man Erg
Godbluff - Undercover Man
Still Life - Pilgrims
World Record - A Place To Survive
Quite Zone... - Cat's Eye, Yellow Fever
Present - not decided yet
And then, thers's Peter Hammill solo............
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