War Of The Worlds
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Topic: War Of The Worlds
Posted By: Petra
Subject: War Of The Worlds
Date Posted: September 05 2004 at 15:02
War of the Worlds |
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: September 05 2004 at 15:55
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Can't add much to that Petra, a wonderful album. I also love Phil Lynott's part with Julie Covington, but Justin Hayward's contribution is supreme. The album should be included in the "Various artists" section of the archives. Two things fru |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 05 2004 at 19:47
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Really great album, Jeff Wayne managed to blend two opposite genres from the late 70's, Prog' and Disco music, but he did it so well that even a Disco hater like me can love and appreciate the album. Agree with Easy Living about the shortened ve |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 06 2004 at 02:44
| The whole album is a bit of a musical 'fudge' to me.Not really that satisfying overall,good in places but ultimately I can live without it. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 06 2004 at 04:18
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It was probably the first encounter I had with prog in any shape or form. My friend played it to me in 1978, and I loved it. I have a vinyl copy complete with the picture book, although its rather tatty now. I will no doubt get round to buying it in on |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: September 06 2004 at 15:15
It's now been added to the archives. |
Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: September 06 2004 at 16:28
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So it has!! Hmm ..I'm curious about Spartacus now, I've not heard that. ------------- Don't hate me I'm not special like you |
Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: September 08 2004 at 16:30
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I have the computer game based on this album's veiw of war of the worlds... ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: September 09 2004 at 01:34
| I'm curious now. I'll have to put this on my list of albums to check out... |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: September 21 2004 at 11:36
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I agree that it's a fine album. However, I bought the box set back in 1980 and it contains a terrible, terrible, twelve inch disco re-mix of the main theme. If you find a copy if the disco re-mix, it should only be used as a last |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: September 22 2004 at 19:04
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Just to add my own brand of negativety to this thread. |
Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: September 22 2004 at 21:44
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Oh Reed Loverà.It will only be in your dreams that a retraction will have appeared.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 03:18
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Posting when you are overly tired is not a good thing.Reed Lover will be suitably embarrassed when he wakes up the next morning (I'm talking from personal experience here BTW I did give a negative |
).Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 07:32
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Here I am and I stand by what I said! ------------- 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 09:17
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^ (Obviously didn't get any last night, got up too early, on the wrong side of the bed, and hasn't had his coffee yet....) |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: September 27 2004 at 14:15
| Heh, I'm afraid I'm actually going to have to agree with Reed Lover. Let's just say I refuse to ever rate an album with a great deal of narraration any higher than a 2. I'd actually compare it to Wakeman's Journey to the Center of the Earth in |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 27 2004 at 17:51
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[QUOTE=Useful_Idiot]Heh, I'm afraid I'm actually going to have to agree with Reed Lover. Let's just say I refuse to ever rate an album with a great deal of narraration any higher than a 2. I'd actually compare it to Wakeman's Journey to the |