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| Neil66 ((stav) anger) | Posted: Jul 01, 2011 - 14:40 Sitting here on a Friday night home alone, wifey's out so the volume knob works again & got FOABP vinyl playing loud - this masterpiece is on right now.... Bill, you've not played this since 2007 according to the log, not sure if that's correct but in any case... play it again Bill :-) |
| dctrpunda (the thin line of here) | Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 18:14 lagger wrote: PURCHASED THE CD AND IT JUST KEEPS GROWING ON ME LOVE THE DRUMS yea same here, I didn't like it at first, but it does grow on you in a very nice way. I didn't read through all the posts, but I hear Radiohead in the first bits of singing. Way Out Of Here is my current fav with the "Soundscapes of Robert Fripp" - guitar god of King Crimson back in the day |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Sep 30, 2007 - 03:59 Got my tix for Oct. 10 in Asheville. Can hardly wait.
I'm going to the October 23rd show here in Cincy with a bunch of friends- This will be my third time seeing the band. I can't wait either!!!! Damn 23 days to go  Last time I saw them live (at the House of Blues in Cleveland last May) they played this juggernaut live and holy hell it kicked some serious ass    |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Sep 16, 2007 - 18:56 Their drummer Gavin Harrison is jaw droppingly good |
| RobK (Leucadia, CA) | Posted: Sep 16, 2007 - 18:54 Sounds like they've got a pretty good drummer. fuh2 wrote: What an aural journey!
That's what she said. Thank you and good night. |
| CoYoT51 (Reims, France) | Posted: Sep 16, 2007 - 18:47 Yet had the luck to see them once... and I'll have it one more time, at the Olympia in Paris! I'm sure it will we great another time. Thx, RP! |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Sep 15, 2007 - 09:17  |
| (former member) (Near the coffeemaker) | Posted: Sep 11, 2007 - 20:43 I've bought a lot of PT since I came here  - the drumming on this album is back up to speed (thought Deadwing was a little short in the percussion department) - thanks Bill. |
| photonancy | Posted: Sep 11, 2007 - 20:35 ummmmmm...........i'm not getting the link between this and scarborough fair? |
| fuh2 (I think I'm in the USA) | Posted: Sep 11, 2007 - 20:34 What an aural journey! The sounds these guys use are like nothing I've ever heard before. Volume higher and higher. |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 13:14 ziggytrix wrote: This tune feels a lot more like APC or Rush than Tool. It's a great song, too, don't anyone let my prior comments let you think otherwise. I just don't agree with the Tool-bashing. Gee, I think they sound like Porcupine Tree. This album keeps growing on me. Love PT and RP! |
| Cruithne3753 (Bristol, UK) | Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 12:16  If you don't think Porcupine Tree are awesome, then there is something very wrong with you and you are different and strange. All your friends think Porcupine Tree are great.
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| trekhead (Oooh, I could just give you SUCH a Pinch!) | Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 11:53 Nice set. Oh. That was all one song... 8. Just the same. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 11:53 FeydBaron wrote: Everyone is mentioning Tool, but I heard a section in there was reminded me strongly of A Perfect Circle.
This tune feels a lot more like APC or Rush than Tool. It's a great song, too, don't anyone let my prior comments let you think otherwise. I just don't agree with the Tool-bashing. |
| Pyro | Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 11:48 I love that even though my boss interrupted this song, it was still playing when he left my office. PT is the best...along with RP, of course! |
| Nabla (Ver-Cork-st (Ireland)) | Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 11:48  |
| Older_Gentleman (GreenVegas, SC) | Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 11:46 Got my tix for Oct. 10 in Asheville. Can hardly wait. |
| schmibo (Cincinnati, OH) | Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 11:46 A long time ago, I posted a comment that Carter Beauford was god. Now, I know that Gavin Harrison is... ;-) |
| timjclark (Woodstock, GA) | Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 11:45 Wow, do we get the full 17 minutes here on RP? Outstanding. I never knew that Alex was on this. Cool! |
| g-rod (Church of the Acceptance of Mortality) | Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 11:45  |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 11:40 lagger wrote: PURCHASED THE CD AND IT JUST KEEPS GROWING ON ME LOVE THE DRUMS
I need to pick up this album, for sure. |
| lagger (monterey/68/salinas,ca. U.S.) | Posted: Aug 31, 2007 - 11:40 PURCHASED THE CD AND IT JUST KEEPS GROWING ON ME LOVE THE DRUMS |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 00:45 The vocals are not 'weak' per se. They are simply understated. Awesome harmonies all the same. |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Aug 22, 2007 - 22:38 Actually Alex Lifeson from Rush does play the guitar solo about a third of the way through the song. Wilson does all the rest of the guitar work though  |
| Gish05 (Pittsburgh, PA) | Posted: Aug 22, 2007 - 20:23 Awesome song. |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Aug 22, 2007 - 20:21 Atombender wrote: Great stuff, but I think the singer is quite weak in the whole ensemble.
The drummer makes me want to practice more on my drumset! Eight eight eight! SW is actually quite the vocalist. There's an acoustic version of Sentimental (the track that follows this on on the record) floating about that is simply stunning. But you are quite correct, Gavin Harrison could quite possibly be the best drummer on the planet. And he's even better live. |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 03:05 Well the singer is a man named Steven Wilson who formed the band way back when. For the first 6 years he WAS Porcupine Tree- playing all instruments doing all vocals and writing. He writes about 98% of the music and lyrics, does all vocals and guitar work including writing bass and keyboard parts on some songs. I guess we'll just have to "put up" with his weak vocals Personally I adore him  Kind of like saying I love Bob Dylan but I wish they would get a different vocalist hehe (now that I think about I bet some people do think that)  |
| reindeer (The Constitution State) | Posted: Aug 20, 2007 - 23:51 Thank you once again, Bill, for turning me onto yet another awesome band that I would otherwise never had heard of. Porcupine Tree is amazing. What a great song. Thank you Bill! |
| More_Cowbell (North of Chicago, IL, USA) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 09:02 FeydBaron wrote: Everyone is mentioning Tool, but I heard a section in there was reminded me strongly of A Perfect Circle.
Don't think I'd heard this track from beginning to end before. I like it a bit better now. Agree, but PC is essentially the same band as Tool. |
| trekhead (Oooh, I could just give you SUCH a Pinch!) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 09:01 This IS still the same tune! 
7, despite that. |
| skdenfeld (Bend, Oregon) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 09:00 Holy Mother of All Things Long! This is long. And absolutely bloody fantastic!!! |
| bcorcoran (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 09:00 chiggins wrote: bcorcoran: I haven't seen them recently, but I saw them at the Ventura Theater during the Undertow tour, and again at the Santa Barbara Bowl (which they are forbidden from ever playing again for cranking it way, way up).
I've seen a lot of concerts that left me excited and babbling about how incredible they were. Both shows were the kind of experience where I was so blown away that I couldn't talk for about an hour, and I had to carry my jaw out of the show to keep it off the floor. Sucks that you saw 'em on an off night. Try again when they're on their own. Maybe. It'll be a while though. |
| FeydBaron (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:59 Everyone is mentioning Tool, but I heard a section in there was reminded me strongly of A Perfect Circle. Don't think I'd heard this track from beginning to end before. I like it a bit better now. |
| wookie (Pleasanton, CA) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:59  |
| crinky (New England) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:59 jadedragon wrote: Where else would you hear a 17.5 minute song?
Must be bathroom time for Bill.  |
| chiggins (Ever'whar) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:58 bcorcoran: I haven't seen them recently, but I saw them at the Ventura Theater during the Undertow tour, and again at the Santa Barbara Bowl (which they are forbidden from ever playing again for cranking it way, way up). I've seen a lot of concerts that left me excited and babbling about how incredible they were. Both shows were the kind of experience where I was so blown away that I couldn't talk for about an hour, and I had to carry my jaw out of the show to keep it off the floor. Sucks that you saw 'em on an off night. Try again when they're on their own. |
| thekid (St. Louis, Misery) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:57 Damn it ... I don't have the money to buy ALL of their CDs. ::sigh:: |
| siandbeth (Santa Cruz California) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:55 jadedragon wrote: Where else would you hear a 17.5 minute song?
RP rawks! Totally. It helps that I really like the song but I just want to say THANKS again RP for playing music that doesn't fit a specific format! PT is a group that is growing on me, for sure. |
| iw3gtf | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:52 Hope to see this godlike live sometime... |
| Atombender (Frankfurt, Germany) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:52 Great stuff, but I think the singer is quite weak in the whole ensemble. The drummer makes me want to practice more on my drumset! Eight eight eight! |
| peyotecoyote (London, Ontario) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:52 shasta wrote: I'd rather listen to Choctaw Bingo 3x in a row.
And I gave that a 2  Whoa, slow down there shasta...don't wanna pop your cork. |
| bcorcoran (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:51 Dobber wrote: Wow! Interesting comments!?! I can certainly understand not being into Tool's music because it is dark, heavy and it has the wierd time structures. They are, however, extraordinarily talented musicians. Also, they have unique sound that they are entirley responsible for creating (unlike say Porcupine Tree, who is also a great band, but sounds quite a bit like its influences). Finally, Tool has an incredibly tight live sound, and they put on the best live show that I have ever seen. I take it you never went to Summerfest... but: Tool played their set and left. They didn't even put on a show. |
| chiggins (Ever'whar) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:49 7... no 2... no 8... no 2 again. argh. Interesting for sure, but comparisons to Tool aren't making any sense to me though. |
| sukilau (cellar dweller) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:48 as cartman would say "kick ass" |
| Nabla (Ver-Cork-st (Ireland)) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:47 That band is a phenomenon!!!  |
| chilibob (Peachtree City, Georgia) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:45 Thanx RP! |
| Pyro | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 08:43 Great band, great CD!! Thanks, RP, for introducing me to PT. (They're a little "harder" than my tastes usually run, but at my age (52), that's not surprising.) |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Aug 14, 2007 - 20:30 I love Porcupine Tree and I really dig RP Even the traditional forum trolls don't bother me here. Seriously everytime you get 500 people really happy about something they have in common the trolls have to come out and make their grunting noises and rude remarks. It's an internet tradition  |
| catrip (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Aug 14, 2007 - 19:56 Um.... wow? |
| swruch (Hamilton, NJ) | Posted: Aug 14, 2007 - 19:53 My eternal thanks to Bill & RP for turning me on to PT a few years ago. I've been a big fan ever since. Got to see them with Robert Fripp on the Deadwing tour - it was one of the best concerts in recent memory. |