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Posted: May 01, 2013 - 19:30
 
Thank you rp for the copious amounts of PT.

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 16:24
 
 I guess so if you don't like them. I beg to differ though. oceansurf wrote:
too much porcupine tree on RP...  There I said it.

 




oceansurf
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 16:21
 
too much porcupine tree on RP...  There I said it.

cormatic
(Dublin, Ireland)
Posted: Mar 02, 2013 - 20:21
 
 jnesser wrote:
You can compare them to whoever you want. Obviously Steven Wilson has been influenced by many great artists and you can hear that.  He is a brilliant musician. PT songs always have an emotion and fee that take me to a place outside of this crazyass world. Isn't that what music is for? It is for me, anyways.
 
Well said ,  and RP assists wonderfully. Love it.

Cheers to RP!

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jan 13, 2013 - 12:48
 
 Imkirok wrote:

I think it has a little deeper meaning than that.  And by a little, I mean a lot.
 

I really do like these guys, but they are the Rock band equivalent of Debbie Downer. 
File:Debbie Downer.PNG

Imkirok
(The Arctic Hinter Land)
Posted: Dec 27, 2012 - 13:56
 
 rdo wrote:
So you got a pimple when you were 13.  Get over it.
 
I think it has a little deeper meaning than that.  And by a little, I mean a lot.



rdo
(DC)
Posted: Nov 11, 2012 - 18:44
 
So you got a pimple when you were 13.  Get over it.

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 08:36
 
 Umberdog wrote:
I always get a "Pink Floyd" feeling from these guys. I rate them rather high among my personal favorites.
 
Some Pink Floyd, some King Crimson, a little Yes and Tull.

All wonderfully filtered thru Steven Wilson's own sensibilities. 

Umberdog
Posted: Sep 09, 2012 - 20:40
 
I always get a "Pink Floyd" feeling from these guys. I rate them rather high among my personal favorites.

thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 11:32
 
 dingleberry wrote:
Hmmm, when it started there I had a flash of Led Zeppelin, No Quarter.

Close the door, put out the light. You know they won't be ho...me tonight. 
 

yes, I caught that too but remember, all great artists and poets steal

tiny_tina_zuleta
(Colombia / The city of eternal spring)
Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 22:54
 

Exquisite music for body and soul ....beautiful sounds......



Thin_Air
Posted: Apr 19, 2012 - 10:34
 
 jnesser wrote:
You can compare them to whoever you want. Obviously Steven Wilson has been influenced by many great artists and you can hear that.  He is a brilliant musician. PT songs always have an emotion and fee that take me to a place outside of this crazyass world. Isn't that what music is for? It is for me, anyways.
 





Spot on!

dingleberry
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 18:48
 
Hmmm, when it started there I had a flash of Led Zeppelin, No Quarter.

Close the door, put out the light. You know they won't be ho...me tonight. 

ShaunJ
(Tsawwassen, BC)
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 09:21
 
 EleventhMan wrote:
why do creepy children photos equate to coolness?   it smacks of desperation..
 
If you actually listened to the cd from the beginning to the end and understand the content, this photo fits perfectly  

jnesser
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 09:10
 
You can compare them to whoever you want. Obviously Steven Wilson has been influenced by many great artists and you can hear that.  He is a brilliant musician. PT songs always have an emotion and fee that take me to a place outside of this crazyass world. Isn't that what music is for? It is for me, anyways.

EleventhMan
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 09:09
 
why do creepy children photos equate to coolness?   it smacks of desperation..

jberko
(Franklin, TN)
Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 19:02
 
I saw them twice live in 2010.  Great artists, all.

hansvw
Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 02:20
 
Excellent song, it has an even better version on their live DVD album recorded in Tillburg, Netherlands. 

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Sep 13, 2011 - 08:38
 
When my mother and father
Gave me their problems
I accepted them all


merrickw
(New York)
Posted: Sep 13, 2011 - 08:38
 
 bokey wrote:
When does Jimmy Page kick in?
 

First post sums it up.  Close the door, put out the light, you know they won't be home tonight.


Jamunca
(Asheville, NC)
Posted: Aug 10, 2011 - 08:28
 
 Jelani wrote:
OH!!!
These vocals SUCK! He should stop singing and get someone else.
Lyrics are too damned literal and un- poetic.
Totally ruins the great instrumental accompaniment.
 
 



jmana
Posted: Aug 10, 2011 - 08:24
 
 Jelani wrote:
OH!!!
These vocals SUCK! He should stop singing and get someone else.
Lyrics are too damned literal and un- poetic.
Totally ruins the great instrumental accompaniment.
 
 

You people are so hard to please!

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 19:30
 
OH!!!
These vocals SUCK! He should stop singing and get someone else.
Lyrics are too damned literal and un- poetic.
Totally ruins the great instrumental accompaniment.
 

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 14:56
 
This one done on their live DVD is absolutely brilliant.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Apr 08, 2011 - 17:28
 

The No Quarter comment again, eh?  This thread is indeed getting long! -hehe-

 

Glad everybody is enjoying the tune. Workaholic Steven Wilson is the renaissance man of my generation even if he is a decade or so younger.



audiophelia
(Pennsylvania)
Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 13:48
 
 scrubbrush wrote:
intro sounds like No Quarter... will rate after the song's over. i either like these guys' songs or hate em. usually no middle ground.
 
Beat me to it! LOL!

mapman
(East Coast USA)
Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 13:47
 
I love that I can hear stuff like this on RP!
Definitely a dark and bleak album by PT.  Reminds me of "The Wall" by Pink Floyd in that regard.  Or Mahler's 3rd symphony perhaps.

Not very cheery or for the weak of heart!

Also one filled with lots of good music, if you can stand to make it through.

An instrumental only version might broaden the appeal.
{#Umbrella}


unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Mar 08, 2011 - 05:25
 
 scrubbrush wrote:
intro sounds like No Quarter...
 
Very much so.  I got out of my chair to comment, and realized it wasn't Zeppelin.  (That's the only reason for my comment, and, as usual, I'm not the first to notice.)

Would be an interesting juxtaposition, yes?

Canlistener
(Ontario Canada)
Posted: Mar 08, 2011 - 05:23
 
Shivers.... every time I hear this.  A 10 for me.

Felix_The_Cat
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 14:24
 
 scrubbrush wrote:
intro sounds like No Quarter... will rate after the song's over. i either like these guys' songs or hate em. usually no middle ground.
 
That song gave these guys a very good idea for this song's intro, I would say...


horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 09:25
 
 westslope wrote:
Opeth's Damnation CD is beautiful.  Not very metal like but a very nice CD.
 
Agreed! One of my favorites.

Steven is now working on a solo project with the lead singer/guitarist of Opeth, Mikael Akerfeldt. No set time of release. Nature of having time to work on things.

If you can get past the growling voices of current heavy metal, bands like Opeth, Katatonia, and Swallow the Sun are full of instrumental experimentation. It's the genre of my son and now he's turning me onto bands as opposed to the other way around.

{#High-five}


Glencoe_JC
(GlasVegas)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 08:55
 
moving
simple and yet complex
such is life
thanks for giving us PT Bill
{#Music}

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 08:53
 
Opeth's Damnation CD is beautiful.  Not very metal like but a very nice CD.

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 08:51
 
Funny that you mention Opeth...I just got their Damnation CD, my first from them. horstman wrote:

If you like metal, then you have probably heard of Opeth, of Sweden. Steven Wilson (lead singer of Porcupine Tree) has produced two of Opeth albums, played keyboards on one of their albums and is very good friends with the band. He also speaks highly of Katatonia and Orphaned Land, two very influential metal bands. Seen all these bands except Opeth (sigh) and they all are very good in concert.

Welcome to RP, land of musical expansion!!!

 


Mosay
(England)
Posted: Oct 30, 2010 - 16:49
 
 horstman wrote:

If you like metal, then you have probably heard of Opeth, of Sweden. Steven Wilson (lead singer of Porcupine Tree) has produced two of Opeth albums, played keyboards on one of their albums and is very good friends with the band. He also speaks highly of Katatonia and Orphaned Land, two very influential metal bands. Seen all these bands except Opeth (sigh) and they all are very good in concert.

Welcome to RP, land of musical expansion!!!

 

Metal and Progressive Rock are oddly connected. I suppose it's because of the experimentation and good musicianship. Both genres push boundaries and frankly show off

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Oct 01, 2010 - 17:32
 
 ferg wrote:
hey all, i'm new to the station but i like the music alot eaven tough i used to be almost solely a metal listener rp plays some asome music
 
If you like metal, then you have probably heard of Opeth, of Sweden. Steven Wilson (lead singer of Porcupine Tree) has produced two of Opeth albums, played keyboards on one of their albums and is very good friends with the band. He also speaks highly of Katatonia and Orphaned Land, two very influential metal bands. Seen all these bands except Opeth (sigh) and they all are very good in concert.

Welcome to RP, land of musical expansion!!!


westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 16:07
 

I wouldn't call it dreary.  The subjects that are raised and occasionally critiqued are dreary but not the music.

 

PT music is sometimes plodding.  And plodding in interesting, original and highly melodic ways.



nicolewe
Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 16:07
 
spacey and dreamy...nice{#Cool}

planet_lizard
(Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy)
Posted: Aug 28, 2010 - 01:07
 
 listen_n_sf wrote:
What they gain in musicianship, is lost to their utter dreariness. 
 
As my wife would say "that's boys' music..."

Radiohead is in the same category to her.

I'm a boy. I love it.


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Aug 13, 2010 - 07:08
 
 listen_n_sf wrote:
What they gain in musicianship, is lost to their utter dreariness. 
 
The dreariness is one of the best things about this band.  Almost anyone can become a reasonably accomplished musician, it's not as difficult as people think, but being successfully dreary is a gift.


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jul 12, 2010 - 09:44
 
 SmileOnADog wrote:

Art imitating life I guess.  At least the version of reality/life that the unfortunate minority of the population whose evolved "denial of unpleasant realties" filter isn't functioning up to par are subjected too.  That is, when they aren't goosing their serotonin receptors with SSRI's, another feature of modern life that Steve (damn his realism again!) has critiqued in several of those dreary songs of his.

 



ToddBradley
(Broomfield, CO, USA)
Posted: Jul 12, 2010 - 09:30
 
Never heard of this group, but the songwriting reminds me a lot of Nine Inch Nails.

plaice3
Posted: Jun 27, 2010 - 18:49
 
New-to-me Porcupine Tree — excellent.  {#Sunny}

ferg
Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 12:53
 
hey all, i'm new to the station but i like the music alot eaven tough i used to be almost solely a metal listener rp plays some asome music

smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 12:53
 
Marital striff with the wife at home. Lousy day today.
This song just cuts straight through the middle of my heart.

scrubbrush
Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 12:50
 
intro sounds like No Quarter... will rate after the song's over. i either like these guys' songs or hate em. usually no middle ground.

calypsus_1
Posted: May 23, 2010 - 23:37
 

Porcupine Tree 006 by `kyza
Kylie Keene  ©2010 `kyza

Copyright © 2010 Kylie Keene. This photo may not be published, reproduced, copied, manipulated, modified, sold, transmitted, redistributed, projected, used in any way without the explicit, prior written permission of Kylie Keene. All rights reserved.

Porcupine Tree @ Tivoli, Brisbane 2010



Jeff09
(Gainesville, Florida USA)
Posted: May 09, 2010 - 19:09
 
 SmileOnADog wrote:

Art imitating life I guess.  At least the version of reality/life that the unfortunate minority of the population whose evolved "denial of unpleasant realties" filter isn't functioning up to par are subjected too.  That is, when they aren't goosing their serotonin receptors with SSRI's, another feature of modern life that Steve (damn his realism again!) has critiqued in several of those dreary songs of his.
 
 Yeah, what he said...

SmileOnADog
(Arizona)
Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 15:09
 
 listen_n_sf wrote:
What they gain in musicianship, is lost to their utter dreariness. 
 
Art imitating life I guess.  At least the version of reality/life that the unfortunate minority of the population whose evolved "denial of unpleasant realties" filter isn't functioning up to par are subjected too.  That is, when they aren't goosing their serotonin receptors with SSRI's, another feature of modern life that Steve (damn his realism again!) has critiqued in several of those dreary songs of his.


listen_n_sf
Posted: Mar 24, 2010 - 14:47
 
What they gain in musicianship, is lost to their utter dreariness.