yodasan_magoo wrote: 

 Well said! This was the first song I ever heard from this band and a big THANKS to RP for introducing them to me. Now I can't seem to get enough of these great musicians and writers. I'd like to see them in concert.

 crockydile wrote:I will be checking em out the night before in Dallas - i am stoked 

Another work of art from PT

 Propayne wrote: 
My wife doesn't really like PT and it gets played a lot in our car, but one day I had Stupid Dream playing and she said "Is this Porcupine Tree? I really like it." She still doesn't love their music as a whole but does listen to this CD on her own.

 garycha wrote:Ha, funny that you mention your wife. When I first brought PT home 5 or so years ago my wife, on initial listens, thought they were too heavy. Then she discovered RP (we work at home together) and Bill, as we all know, throws in some of PTs more melodic, pretty songs regularly. My wife was won over (in a big way) and I took you to see the band live. She now is as big a fan as me.

Bought "Stupid Dream" by mistake in 1995.  Turned out to be a brilliant mistake.  Forgot PT for  few years, then revisited at "In Absentia" release and collected pretty much all Steven Wilson output since then.

Saw them for first time this year playing "The Incident"  My wife was blown away and she is does not normally do 'heavy'.  Stunning band and musicianship.

Love this track.  And the lyrics:

"It's no fun to be told
That you can't blame your parents anymore"

"Sullen and bored the kids stay
And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play
And in this way wish away each day"
Great stuff.

I actually hope that PT DON't get too big.

Bill, please schedule "I Drive The Hearse"

Edit: check out SW acoustic version on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cJwLcBW3Ow

Never heard of PT before RP and I am a little surprised they are not more mainstream.  The more I listen to their music the more I realize how outstanding the writing and musical ability of these guys are.

 Darlington wrote: 
Timing is everything.

I especially go back to what I like to call my "puberty" bands - which for me is early-to-mid '70s.

That stuff never leaves you... 

There are some songs that are very evocative of certain periods of time in my life. For whatever reason, I song just gets "stuck" in a particular time and every time I hear it I am immediately taken back to that time. When this CD came out I had it in my car and listened to it constantly. I esecially remember listening to it on a late night drive from here to Durham, NC  and every time I hear it, I am immediately transported back to that time and that drive...

 crockydile wrote: 
Full disclosure. I love to criticize, but I'm going to see them on April 21st in Houston. Really looking forward to it!

 That_SOB wrote: 
Agreed.

I'm 49 and it was very hard back in the early '70s to find a Zeppelin t-shirt for instance (unless you were lucky enough to go to a show and I wasn't).

And now, walk into Target or Wal-Mart or Hot Topic... it just blows my mind.

Anyway, back to PT. I first read about them in the british music mags 4 or 5 years ago and caught them live at some small venues in the northern Virginia area back then. Just an awesome live band and this last time I saw them in Baltimore the place was just jam packed.

They have been on a nice, steady climb since the early '90s.

Seems like PT has issues with transitions in songs. The first song in Dead Wing has a really abrupt one and the move into the chorus of this song is a little shocking, too. Almost like there was a cut/paste from another song.

A new name: Paste-or-Copy Tree

 westslope wrote: 
Hehehe, I know, it's a double edged sword.

It can be hard for a band to sell some music and make money, but keep their street cred.

Back in the '70s I never ever would have thought AC/DC would have worked out a deal with a retailer like wally mart but they did.

So Propayne, I was just thinking that when Wal-Mart starts advertising PT CDs on sale, we'll know the band has arrived.

If you want to get a taste of what a live show is like, the "Arriving Somewhere" DVD is worth getting.  I am totally kicking myself that I was asleep at the wheel when they did a quick tour and hit California last fall, I'm in Arizona and I would have driven that far to see them live.

The only thing I can compare them to from personal experence is Dixie Dregs with Steve Morse in the early days.  Musicians would flock to their shows at smaller venues to see the jaw dropping guitar playing and the extreme musicianship of the whole band, but most people had never heard of them.  Until after Steve Morse won Guitar Player of the Year a bunch of times...  I don't know in what form Steve Wilson might erupt into popular view, he has chosen a pretty "narrow road" of excellence artistically, but I think its really just a matter of him deciding whether to make the minor tweaks that would bring him more mainstream attention.  I'm not sure that would be welcomed by his current hard core progressive rock fans though, even if the result was pretty decent overall.  Think early/later Genesis (hinge year maybe 1976-77) as a parallel I guess.

I could see him doing some pretty amazing atmospheric film scores somewhere down the road.

Saw that PT's live DVD "Arriving Somewhere" is being stocked by Best Buy now, so I have definitely noticed that they are growing in popularity.

tell everyone you know about this band . they deserve more radio play everywhere. the best band currently making music

 rdo wrote: 

My perspective is opposite. I heard of Radio Paradise through the PT mySpace page several years ago. I first learned of PT through a musician friend of mine.  When I first saw them at the Moore Theatre in Seattle- 2005, there couldn't have been more than a couple hundred people in the crowd.  Last September, the place was packed.  I don't know if they will ever be monster-sized, but I'll keep buying their work and turning my friends on to them.

My least favorite PT song.

 rdo wrote: 
I had no idea.  I just assumed that the last two people I told about PT were out of the loop!
So when they play in Dallas this April, it might be a smallish show?  That would be even better!

OFF TOPIC:  Any comments on the Jansen/Barbieri projects?

 rdo wrote: 
Went to see them back in December, via RP enlightenment. The venue was packed (1200 or so). They, and I don't say this lightly, are one of the best live acts I've ever seen! Truly deep and wide experience. Thanks RP

 jagdriver wrote: 

True.  These guys are a pretty obscure band so far as I know.  Maybe I am just out of the loop, but this band does not exist outside of RP land - I mean I have never heard anything about them anywhere.  I love them now, due entirely to RP.  Are they big anywhere?  I also wonder if they are aware of the attention they get on RP that they so deserve on a larger scale.

Bill, each time you play this song, and others by Porcupine Tree or Steven Wilson. I am falling for this guy, Steven Wilson. See?!
It's terrible, isn't it? You must have the cure, right?

 EssexTex wrote: 
Agreed, EssexT, agreed!

thanks, you're right it's great

 westslope wrote: 

Very nice!!

 westslope wrote: 
I second that. Normal rocks.