Trains or Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
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Topic: Trains or Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Subject: Trains or Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 01:38
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I know people get tired of Porcupine Tree polls,there have been so many. I've been listening to a lot of "live" PT lately and these two songs are clearly two concert favourites.
Please choose between these two songs, then tell us what your all time favourite Porcupine tree song is. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 01:40
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Normally this would be a tough poll for me, since you have the absolutely serene "Trains" in there, but... "Arriving Somewhere... but Not Here" remains to be my ultimate, favorite Porcupine Tree song ever. It's brilliant in oh so many ways. I've noticed that even the people who think that Deadwing was a step in the wrong direction seem to like that track. My favorite PT track from my favorite PT album. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 01:44
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I am not a huge fan of Trains , not as good as Lazarus or My Ashes , so.... Somewhere is amazing , real prog workout , Fine Pinetree ! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Anderson III
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 03:17
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Though both are great songs, neither strike me as anything that special. Trains gets the vote. My favorite from them? Maybe Anesthetize. ------------- "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 05:21
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Trains.
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 05:57
| 'Arriving somewhere..' is more 'prog' but Trains remains one of my top PT songs, and gets my vote in this poll. I tink the band are pretty fed up with the song now, but the fans always wanna hear it live. It's a brilliantly crafted, yet fairly simple song. |
Posted By: Dalezilla
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 06:08
| Trains is easily my all time favorite song. |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 06:20
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Of those two definitly "Arriving...". "Trains" seems to be suffering from the "Wish You Were Here" syndrome - it has so much overexposion that it's getting enauseating.
I'm a bit torn as to which is my favorite PT song, but it's either Voyage 34 Phase 1 or Voyage 34 Phase 2. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 10:12
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The heavier option.
------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 10:33
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Seeing them live a little over a year ago with everyone in the audience doing the clapping during the appropriate sequence on "Trains" is a cool memory that elevated that song forever in my mind. But I have to go with the title track to "Fear of a Blank Planet" for my all-time favorite for now (at least until the new album comes out hopefully next year). ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 13:20
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I'm hard-pressed to think of a favorite. "Deadwing" might be it, but I love both poll choices. No vote from me. Well...maybe "Trains." Fun to sing and play. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 13:36
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I really like some of their earlier songs like "Starsdie" and "Waiting",although "Arriving somewhere..." is up there with "Blackest Eyes" as far as more modern ones go. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 13:50
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Arriving Somewhere but not here is one of my fav PT songs, Trains is just good, nothing more.
My personal all time fav PT song, is the live (Coma Divine) version of The Sky Moves Sideways ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 14:16
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They're probably my two favorite PT songs, but Trains is my clear favorite. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph  
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 14:27
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Trains is my second favorite song of all time. Just seeing the title of this thread was enough so that I had to listen to it right away. Trains, without a doubt. -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 14:59
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Even less, Hatesong, Radiocative toy , those are my faves ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Anderson III
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 15:12
Hey, speaking of favorite songs, how is it going with the Insane song list from way back? I sure would like to know how the results turn out. ------------- "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo |
moreitsythanyou wrote:Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 15:36
Slowly but surely. College is a lot of work, as is maintaining a social life. ------------- <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Nil Recurring
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 16:04
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As far as the live versions I like Arriving somewhere more, because trains, in my opinion, is missing some of the atmospheres it has on In Absentia. The studioversion of trains I find outstanding. My fave PT songs al time I can't chose between Futile and Way Out of Here. My favourite live track is The Sky Moves Sideways as they played it in Amsterdam december 5th 2007. Masterful ------------- Music is no entertainment.. music is art! thread it that way |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 16:07
can I choose 'Russia On Ice'??...
no, thought not...Arriving, then... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 16:44
Arriving Somewhere is sublime, Trains is merely "very, very good".  |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 17:17
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I agree with you Tony. Another song i really like from early in their career is "Rainy Taxi" becuase it does have a krautrock flavour to it. Steven said he was listerning to a lot of krautrock when he came up with that song not surprisingly. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: CryoftheCarrots
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 17:52
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"Arriving" for the poll. As for an absolute favourite too hard to choose! A song I saw them perform live this year that was outstanding was "Dark matter" from Signify.I really hope they include that on the new DVD when its released. A very unexpected but brilliant inclusion to the live set. Several people standing near me who didn't know Signify were asking what song is that and what album. ------------- "There is a lot in this world to be tense and intense about" MJK |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: November 09 2008 at 19:54
I love the Staircase Infinities disc, Cloud Zero is excellent  .Tony R is very accurate in his description, though 
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Posted By: trackstoni
Date Posted: November 14 2008 at 13:26
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Agreed with Toni's R Opinion , Arriving Somewhere is Sublime , and Trains is on the Edge of excellency // ------------- Tracking Tracks of Rock |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: November 17 2008 at 09:16
I love that disc too. Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape is my all-time fave PT track. The guitar solo is mindbending. I'm also mad for Always Never, off the main album. Those 2 tracks sum up what I love about early PT.
As for the poll, I'll go for Trains, a favourite mode of transport
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: November 17 2008 at 16:09
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Trains is a nice song, but Arriving is the best Porcupine Tree and one of the best songs in prog. Period.
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: TDW
Date Posted: November 18 2008 at 00:56
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Really love both the songs, but I can still remember I saw PT live for the first time on the Deadwing tour in the 013 (concerthall in Tilburg, The Netherlands) without knowing what the band was about before that... Arriving moved me to tears, it was so amazingly powerful! (Though I still think it sucks that you did not put Radioactive Toy on that list  )------------- http://www.tdwmusic.com"> 
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: November 18 2008 at 01:28
Ooooooooh. I agree..... That's probably my favorite PT song. I take back anything I said before that would have been to the contrary 
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Posted By: laztraz
Date Posted: December 01 2008 at 20:37
| Blackest Eyes and Halo are my two faves. |