Biggest comeback?
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Topic: Biggest comeback?
Posted By: TOD KREMER
Subject: Biggest comeback?
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 00:19
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Allow me, Thyme Traveler, to riff on your Genesis thread. What are the best real-world examples of a band releasing alot of dreck (and/ or taking alot of time off) and then coming back out of the blue with something unbelieveably strong or even of classic proportions? Perhaps The Moodies coming back with Long Distance Voyager after many years off and "so-so" Octave. I'm sure there has to be more (King Crimson fans might want to weigh in). |
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 00:22
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Though I've not heard it, Present has to be one of the biggest prog comebacks of all time. Now if Jethro Tull would just write another album... ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: TOD KREMER
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 00:30
| Stonebeard, are you saying that Tull should just keep trying until they get it "right" again? There probably is another classic in them (I'm not so sure that it would be with current line-up though). |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 00:34
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Yes. Why should all the classics be composed by brilliant artist in their youth? I think all the prog greats are just as capable of turning out classics albums now as ever. They just can't try to to the same thing over. Recognize your style of music, play inside it, but add new influences and experiences that you learned along the way. Robert Plant has done this his entire solo career. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 04:27
It is, but in a different way. VdGG did not produce a lot of dreck, they just didn't produce anything for 28 years. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 06:23
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Posted By: Bilek
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 08:45
They did, indeed! Check out the line-up of solo Peter Hammil recordings from 1978 onwards! (of course there are heck a lot of truly solo projects) Hammill leaned on his former VdGG mates most of the time, and though I didn't hear anything of him after 1983's Patience -with the exception of Skin and Spur of the Moment, which is a collaboration with an ex-vdgg Guy Evans- , I'm sure there's a lot of "dreck" coming from the same members (on and off, including a very early Generator member Potter) , especially between '80 and late nineties... As for Present, it is not a heck of a VdGG album, especially when you try to comepare it to Pawn Hearts or Still Life (which would be a mistake by the way...), but it's a very worthy effort considering the downfall of prog in the last two decades... Not a lot of truly great recent albums by the dinasours, as for my opinion only a couple of Wakey records (Return and Out There, to be specific) can match up with it... And I'm not sure wheteher Wakey himself would be able to produce such stunning records, after listening to Songs from the Middle Earth! AS for other comebacks, I can think of Yes' stunning returns (three times!) after the dreadful union and Big Generator albums (chronology reversed in favor of dreadfullness!) Keys to Ascension (s), even the former Talk, The Ladder and Magnificaton are indeed great albums matching up with their '70's classics... no other fine reunions I can think of... ------------- Listen to Turkish psych/prog; you won't regret: Baris Manco,Erkin Koray,Cem Karaca,Mogollar,3 Hürel,Selda,Edip Akbayram,Fikret Kizilok,Ersen (and Dadaslar) (but stick with the '70's, and 'early 80's!) |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 12:42
That's what I meant. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 12:46
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Crimson made the biggest come backs in the ´80 and ´90!!! but not because they made bad albums and after a while again good ones...they were just now present for like 8 or 10 years every time...
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 15:01
EXACTLY THE SAME HERE!!!
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Posted By: lightbulb_son
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 15:26
i agree with u about plant. his solo stuff is great. ------------- When the world is sick Can't no one be well But I dreamt we were all beautiful and strong 
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 15:27
I'm predicting that Godspeed's next album will shatter the earth . . . hopefully
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 15:37
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Posted By: White Queen
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 23:04
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Queen VdGG Yes |
Posted By: Progfans
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 23:20
I think this is the 2 better come back ------------- La cuisine c,est comme l,amour, il faut y croire pour que ca marche |
Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 00:09
They sure can do better than their last studio release. |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 00:23
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Going for the One / 90125 Godbluff Crest of a Knave ok, these don't fit the question, but to me they were incredibly important comeback albums for each band. ------------- 
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 01:24
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Crimson, especially because they did it twice. What is even more amazing is
that they also completely restructured their sound both times. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 02:05
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Uriah Heep. Sea of Light was a relief when released in 1995.Their best effort since 1981's Abominog. 1998's Sonic Origami confirmed that the band was back on track but unfortunately nothing new came since then. ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 02:15
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Both Ever and Subterranea were comebacks for IQ. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 03:12
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Although he never went away as such, Robert Wyatt managed produce what I gather is an amazing album, Cuckooland. VdGG also did it twice and also on the both of their comebacks they've changed their sound. If you consider the question only in reference to an original lineup, then VdGG also doesn't falter. Individual band member's albums don't really come into the question here, because we are referring to the band. -------------   
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Posted By: merlinsmommy
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 03:15
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How about the origional Peter Gabriel Band? Well, Tony Levin, Larry
Fast and Jerry Marotta are together again as the Tony Levin Band. They just released a new CD called "Resonator" and it is super! They are also going out on tour! Dates can be found at www.tonylevin.com which by the way is quite a great website! |
Posted By: Sterling
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 16:25
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WOW! The origional Peter Gabriel Band playing together again!!
I love the sound of those first Gabriel albums! Any of you heard the new Resonator CD yet? I'm waiting for mine to come in the mail. Any of you gonna get to see the Tony Levin Band live? I'm gonna try to arrange something to get there! |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 03:37
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Maybe Camel's "Dust and Dreams". It's not that the 80s albums were worthless (I like most of 'Stationary Traveller'), but this one was a return to form not being pushed by the record labels to get a hit single. And things just kept on going better from this point on.
... or maybe I'm wrong |
Posted By: chazmire
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 12:03
| The music critic at my paper gave me an advance copy of 'Resonator' and I've only heard it once through. So forgive the sketchy review. No liner notes. It's a very vocal/song cd. 2 instrumentals. The vocals sound kinda quirky to me (who is it-- I think Tony sings at least one, but I don't recognize the voices). A remake of his song 'Utopia' from 'Waters of Eden', the gorgeous melody coming at the end. Very good playing throughout, of course. But the vocals make it seem very different to me than his other releases. The style of the songs makes it sound like they are a bar band made of really accomplished players, if you can get what I'm trying to say. Maybe like 'The Bears'. |