slowhand
(NC) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:19 | |
Bought this album in the last week. Best "listen through" album since "dark side of the moon". Love how riff elements progress through entire album. You will love it if you have the patience to quietly listen all the way through. Sadly, i feel most people are not capable of doing this. Channelsurfidis seems to rule in todays world.
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Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:18 | |
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htowncoog
(Texas) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:18 | |
The "female like voice" is not good. She's right on the edge of being out of tune, and the melody is tiresome. I still give the composition a 5, but that vocal...ARRRRRRGGGHHHHH!  |
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robghall
(Menlo Park, CA) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:18 | |
Somewhat enjoyable for the first 5 minutes, but goes on WAY too long.
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papaman
(Downstate New Mexico) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:18 | |
bc wrote:
I listen to RP all the time, and this would be the second time I've heard this.
And I hope to hear it again.
Oh you will. |
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sirrus
(#8-) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:16 | |
All of this over bumping uglies with Bambi...
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slickdh
(Lost in the world) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:16 | |
Wow.  |
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bc
(It's everything. Location, Location, Location.) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:14 | |
RBS76 wrote:No really - is RP doing the Pay Per Play thing with this? I feel like I've heard it every day for the last couple weeks. I'm getting sick of this song and I haven't even purchased the CD yet. Not agaaaaaaaaaaaaaain.
I listen to RP all the time, and this would be the second time I've heard this. And I hope to hear it again. |
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lingchih
(Irving, Texas) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:14 | |
Well, I haven't been listening much lately. This is the first time I've heard it. And, I think I like it.
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revsully
(Vermont) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:13 | |
Good God! That sounds like a little boy singing... and he's probably wearing a newspaper boy hat and knickers.  |
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aelfheld
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Unexpectedly - and refreshingly - complex, yet lacking the unpleasantly self-indulgent bombast of The Moody Blues or Electric Light Orchestra.
More, and better, than I expected from this group.
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rexswain
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My wife is asking me to change the station.
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RBS76
(Syracuse, NY) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:10 | |
No really - is RP doing the Pay Per Play thing with this? I feel like I've heard it every day for the last couple weeks. I'm getting sick of this song and I haven't even purchased the CD yet. Not agaaaaaaaaaaaaaain.
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revsully
(Vermont) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:08 | |
These guys make me queasy... like cabaret and newspaper boy hats.
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1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:04 | |
There's a fog upon L.A. and my friends have lost their way (for some strange reason those lyrics came to mind at the intro of this song)
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Leslie
(Antioch, CA) | | Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 09:03 | |
Well rats. I'm getting really tired of hearing this already. A little less rotation would be great, because I like it, but I don't want to hear it every few days. EDIT: How spoiled we are here at RP. We don't have to hear the same song 4 times a day like on corporate radio  |
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lixy
(Sverige) | | Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 11:15 | |
This album is a masterpiece! Best I've heard all year. Annersjen: It has 17 tracks. |
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squidish
(Underwater in the SF Bay) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 10:16 | |
Masterpiece! Rebirth of the 70's concept album mixed with rock opera.
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jcioban
(Between NYC and Boston) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 10:15 | |
Wait...I'm pretty sure it's about to end.....but, OH NO, I was wrong again...... ;-)
Ahhh, it's "That Hzards of Listening To This Song..."
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annersjen
(in the rolling hills of New York) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 10:13 | |
How many songs is this one?
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agnes
(the Malibu Holler) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 10:11 | |
I know, the female character is supposed to be young, fragile, blah blah, but her voice is teetering on the edge of being too weak for that melodic line.
Every time I listen to this, I feel like it's going to crack.
Come back when your balls drop, sister.
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wenatchee
(Duvall, WA) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 10:10 | |
Wailing comes to mind . . . sea harpies, nails on a chalkboard, that kinda thing |
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hobbitt
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Has more than a passing nod to some of Renaissance's music. Not bad in small doses. |
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raerae333
(Jacksonville, FL) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 10:09 | |
bbryan wrote:Nope - no doubt about it - this is absolutely the bomb. This is the kind of music as a kid where I was living it while listening and obsessing about the backstory in the album artwork and liner notes (think Wall and Lamb Lies Down). Good to know that song cycles and rock operas still make the occasional appearance in the digital age. Even better to know that people (and radio stations) still play them.
I have to agree as well - I was thinking this was very in the rock opera tradition when I hit RP forum to see thoughts real quick.....I really like the attempt at doing something grander and further reachign than just a single and, I'm really missing how this is barely better than a poke in the ear..... |
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chyk5
(Florida) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 10:06 | |
I bought this CD this weekend after listenting to this pair of tracks. It is excellent throughout. It's been a long time since I've heard a really good "thematic" album. It flows flawlessly from track to track.
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Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 10:02 | |
pipedreams wrote:This song beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick...but not by much. More like a poke in the ear. |
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UliB
(Germany) | | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 14:55 | |
bbryan wrote:Nope - no doubt about it - this is absolutely the bomb. This is the kind of music as a kid where I was living it while listening and obsessing about the backstory in the album artwork and liner notes (think Wall and Lamb Lies Down). Good to know that song cycles and rock operas still make the occasional appearance in the digital age. Even better to know that people (and radio stations) still play them.
I totally agree - this kind of music unfortunately is very rare in the radio stations today - good that RP is doing a good job in playing sometimes "offstream" music. Please keep on doing so. many thanks |
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jlind
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 13:33 | |
I really like that RP plays off the wall large portions of albums like this, but this really doesn't need to be in a weekly, let alone multiple-times per week rotation.
(and just so I don't get yelled at again Bill, I know you played this atleast on saturday) :)
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bbryan
| | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 13:29 | |
Nope - no doubt about it - this is absolutely the bomb. This is the kind of music as a kid where I was living it while listening and obsessing about the backstory in the album artwork and liner notes (think Wall and Lamb Lies Down). Good to know that song cycles and rock operas still make the occasional appearance in the digital age. Even better to know that people (and radio stations) still play them.
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 13:28 | |
papaman wrote:This has received quite a bit of play on RP and I sense my interest in it waning already. The hazards of repetition... I guess.
Yes; it's seeming a bit more ostentatious on each listen. I admire what they're attempting here, but it doesn't work for me. That said, I generally like most of what I've heard from them. |
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